Sea Turtles Saturday, May 5th

Save Saturday for Rosenberg Library's Sea Turtle Program. Come learn about these endangered sea creatures on Saturday.

10-11:30 am in the McCullough Room

Second Saturday Book Club Continues in April~

Attention Readers: Join us for the next meeting of Rosenberg Library’s

new book club!

Second Saturday Book Club

Noon to 1pm

Rosenberg Library, 2^nd Floor, McCullough Room

Bring a brown bag lunch and help choose the first book to be read for our monthly meetings.  Participate regularly or occasionally, whatever works for your interest and schedule. 2012 Selection Choices: primarily reading fiction, with nonfictions once every 3 months or so. March : Lucky: by Alice Sebold (prequel to Lovely Bones, book to movie) April: The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown May:  Salt by Mark Kurlansky **Contact Poom  at ptaylor@rosenberg-library.org or 409-763-8854 x115 for more information.

Organic Food and Health Matters

Organic Food: Is It Healthier? A discussion of the organic/local food movement in terms of personal and environmental health.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

4:30 - 5:30 pm

Rosenberg Library, 2310 Sealy Street

McCullough Room, 2^nd floor

Please join us for a discussion of organic foods, locavorism, diet, and health.  Dr. Demark-Buik is a specialist on locally grown healthy organic foods.  

This program is free and open to the public.

Recommended Sites by speaker, Pak Jakobi

Where to go for further information:

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/county/smith/tips/misc/attractbirds.html

http://wildbirdhabitatstore.com/ (Wood Country Medium Hanging Platform)
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http://www.galvestonfeatherfest.com/

http://www.moodygardens.com/calendar_of_events/index.cfm (Birding 101)

http://www.houstonaudubon.org/default.aspx/MenuItemID/123/MenuGroup/Home.htm (Houston Audubon Sanctuaries)

BACKYARD BIRDING THIS SATURDAY

Backyard Birding for Beginners

Rosenberg Library

Come learn about the birds in Galveston’s backyards. This program will cover common birds found in Galveston's backyards for the beginner bird watcher and hints on how to attract particular birds by an avid bird watcher, Pat Jakobi.



Pat is also a photographer who has a blog, www.imagesofgalveston.com featuring photos and field notes from her local explorations. Her photographic images tend to focus on the ephemeral nature of island life and birds. She is a member of Galveston Island Nature Tourism, sponsors of FeatherFest April 12 – 15 of this year.

This program will be at the Rosenberg Library, 2310 Sealy Street in Galveston on Saturday, March 10th, from 9:30 am to 10:30 am in the McCullough Room.



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Please call the reference desk at 409-763-8854 Ext 115

NEW RL BOOK CLUB: SECOND SATURDAYS AT NOON

Attention Readers: Join us for the next meeting of Rosenberg Library’s

new book club!

Second Saturday Book Club

Meeting: Saturday, March 10th

Noon to 1pm

Rosenberg Library, 2^nd Floor, McCullough Room

Bring a brown bag lunch and help choose the first book to be read for our monthly meetings.  Participate regularly or occasionally, whatever works for your interest and schedule. 2012 Selection Choices: primarily reading fiction, with nonfictions once every 3 months Saturday, March 10: Lucky: by Alice Sebold (prequel to Lovely Bones, book to movie) A fine balance by Rohinton Mistry, The tiger’s wife by Téa Obreht, Believing the lie by Elizabeth George, Never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro, The weird sisters by Eleanor Brown, Salt by Mark Kurlansky, Quiet by Susan Cain. **Contact Poom  at ptaylor@rosenberg-library.org or 409-763-8854 x 115 for more information.

Gardeners: program on Saturday at Rosenberg Library

Kitchen Gardens! By Mary Demeny, a Master Gardener~

2/25/2012: SATURDAY: ROSENBERG LIBRARY

2310 SEALY STREET, GALVESTON, TX 77550
 9:30 - 10:30 AM

Kitchen gardens by a master gardener, who will talk about the 7 points to growing a successful garden, including seed selection, soil, sunshine, pot gardening and planting in flower beds. Basics of planting a garden in the city.

Location: McCullough Room

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: CALL 409-763-8854 X 115