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FLEA MARKET
Saturday, May 10th
9:00am - 2:00pm
Friends of the North Wilmington Library will host a Flea Market in the Library's parking lot. 
Parking spaces are $10.00 each, tables not included. 
Hot dogs, cookies, and sodas will be sold by the Friends.
 
 
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The Imagination Players
at the Flea Market May 10th
10 - 11:30 am
Puppets, face painting
read-aloud stories
 
North Wilmington Library
3400 N. Market St.
761-4290
 
 
 

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Downtown ART LOOP
10th & Market Sts.
 
JANUARY 2008 
No Art Loop 
 
FEBRUARY 2008 
Mary Ann Dages 
Artist reception held Feb. 1, 5:30 - 8:00 
 
MARCH 2008 
To be announced  
Artist reception held Mar. 7th, 5:30 - 8:00 
 
APRIL 2008 
Mark Turner  
Artist reception held Apr. 4th, 5:30 - 8:00 
 
MAY 2008 
Chico Luiz Diaz 
Artist reception held May 2nd, 5:30 - 8:00 
 
JUNE 2008  
To be announced  
Artist reception held Jun. 6th, 5:30 - 8:00 
 
 
 
North Wilmington Library
ART LOOP
 3400 N. Market St.
 
FEBRUARY 2008 

Yusef Keith - Watercolors 
Artist Reception and Open Mic Poetry. 
February 1st, 5:30 - 8:00 PM 
 

MARCH 2008 

Kathleen Keane - Oils 
Open Mic Poetry and Line Dancing. 
March 7th, 2008  5:30 - 8:00 PM 
(No artist reception) 
 

APRIL 2008 

Bob Walsh - Acrylics and Watercolors 
Artist reception, Open Mic Poetry and Line Dancing. 
April 4th, 5:30 - 8:00 PM 
 

MAY 2008 

Judy Filipkowski - Quilts 
Artist Reception and Open Mic Poetry 
May 2, 2008 5:30 - 8:00 
 

JUNE 2008 

Michael J. Riley - Still Life Portraits 
Artist Reception and Open Mic.  Refreshments. 
June 6th, 2008, 5:30 - 8:00 PM 
 

North Wilmington Library 
3400 N. Market St.
 


 
 
The Wilmington Library
Presents
The Facts of Life
Discussion Leader
Tom Leitch
Wednesdays at noon
You Must Call 571-7407 to Reserve Your Books!
 
 
The Facts of Life
     School is a great place to meet people and trade gossip, but most people graduate before they've learned very much about some essential subjects.  Their ignorance leaves them virtually illiterate about science, mathematics, or comparative religion in ways that have serious consequences for their personal lives and their responsibilities as citizens.  Worse still, many students emerge from school with their heads filled with misinformation about nature, commerce, and history.  Whether through ignorance, intellectual laziness, or more devious motives, even the best-intentioned teachers can leave their students in the dark about some of the basic facts of life. 

     Please join us four Wednesdays at noon this spring for a crash course in everything your school-teachers left out of your formal education, with special attention to the things you learned that weren't true.  Dare to learn what's really inside your Big Mac, why high school textbooks systematically distort American history, and what happens when an  educated guess about astronomical distances or compound interest isn't very well-educated.  Although no diplomas will be issued at the end of the series, every participant will look at the world with fresh eyes that may encourage you to write to your old teachers and set them straight. 
 
 

19 March James W. Loewen, Lies My Teacher Taught Me 

While students memorize place names, dates, and battles, argues Loewen, they're being fed a steady diet of distortions of history whose leading figures are invariably heroic or villainous and whose view of America is based more closely on myth than on history.

9 April John Allen Paulos,  Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences 

How rough are your rough guesses?  Without getting bogged down in higher the minutiae of higher mathematics, Paulos shows that a lack of understanding of fundamental mathematical concepts can have calamitous results

30 April Stephen Prothero,  Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know - and Doesn't  (Please note this book will be available in March) 

Although religion is the most volatile aspect of a given culture, most Americans are not only ignorant about religion - their own as well as others - but perfectly content with their ignorance.  His prescription is a guided tour of the world's great religions.

21 May Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals 

What single ingredient is in one-quarter of all foods sold in a typical supermarket?  How different is organically raised food from the processed food its consumers are avoiding?  By tracing four meals back to their roots.  Pollan answers these questions and reveals what your food was doing before you ate it.

 
Kindly return your books to the Wilmington Library at the end of the session.

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Delaware Money School 
"HOW AN IRA CAN HELP YOU"
Monday, April 7th
6:00 pm 
&
Tuesday, April 8th
1:00 pm
Presented by:Maryann Brown-Martin
MAB Financial, LLC
"AN ASSET ALLOCATION STRATEGY FOR YOU"
Monday, June 2nd
6:00 pm
Presented by:Maryann Brown-Martin
MAB Financial, LLC
North Wilmington Library
3400 N. Market St.
761-4290
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MAY JUNE COMPUTER CLASSES
Sign-up now to reserve your spot in the Free computer classes offered by the Wilmington Library.  For adults 16 or older.  Class sizes are limited.  Sign-up in the Computer Lab or call 654-2184.
 
DATE/TIME: TITLE: DESCRIPTION:
Tuesday 
May 13th 
10:30 - 12:30
Introduction to Computers 
and the Internet
For first time computer users.  This class will teach you the basics of what a computer is, how to use the mouse, and how to go onto the Internet.  Prerequisites: None.
Wednesday 
May 21st 
1:30-3:30
Searching Beyond the Basics Learn tricks in how to search the Internet.  This hands-on class will cover the difference between using Subject Guides and Search Engines.  Special attention will be paid to Google.com.  Prerequisites: participants should have attended "Introductions to Computers and the Internet" OR have a basic knowledge of the Internet and how to use a mouse.
Thursday 
May 29th 
10:30-12:30 
 
Publisher: 
Create Your Own Cards!
Publisher is a software that allows one to create many different types of promotional material.  This class will use one of Publishers features to create our own Cards.  Prerequisites: class participants must know how to use a mouse.
Thursday 
June 12th 
10:30 - 12:30
Introduction to Computers 
and the Internet
For first time computer users.  This class will teach you the basics of what a computer is, how to use the mouse, and how to go onto the Internet.  Prerequisites: None.
Tuesday 
June 17th 
2:30-4:30
Word for Beginners 
(An Introduction)
The purpose of this hands-on class is to provide a basic working knowledge of word processing using Microsoft Word software.  This will enable you to learn how to type letters and other documents.  Prerequisites: class participants must know how to use a mouse.
Wednesday 
June 25th 
1:00-3:30
E-mail for Beginners Class participants will go through the process of setting up a free e-mail account.  The basic features of using an e-mail account will be covered.  Prerequisites: participants should have attended "Introductions to Computers and the Internet" OR have a basic knowledge of the Internet and how to use a mouse.
Wilmington Library
3rd Floor 
Computer Lab
10th & Market Sts., Wilmington DE 19801
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