West Deptford Free Public Library
420 Crown Point Road, West Deptford, NJ 08086  (856) 845-5593

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The Unexpected Book Club
2nd Monday of each month at 11 a.m.

• The next book we will be reading in February is My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. See you then!

Movie Matinee
Friday, January 18, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Join us for a showing of Won't You Be My Neighbor? An exploration of the life, lessons, and legacy of iconic children's television host, Fred Rogers. Rated PG-13; 1hr 34 min.

Please call the library at 856-845-5593 to register.

Microsoft Word Basics Classes

Microsoft Word basics classes will be held. Please call the library at 856-845-5593 to register.

Part 1 Sessions

• January 21, 6:30 p.m.
• January 30, 1:00 p.m.

Part 2 Sessions

• January 23, 1:00 p.m.
• January 28, 6:30 p.m.

Simplify Your Spending and Saving Strategies
Thursday, January 24, 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Take control of your financial future. In this presentation you'll learn more about:

• Setting personal financial goals
• Balancing saving, spending and borrowing to help achieve your goals.
• Strategies for controlling debt and improving credit scores.
• Practical savings options for now through retirement.

Please call the library at 856-845-5593 to register.

An Evening of Jazz with Brian Betz & Denis DiBlasio
Thursday, January 31, 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Join us for hot jazz on a cool night with baritone saxophonist and flautist Denis DiBlasio, Director of Rowan University Jazz Studies, and Brian Betz, jazz guitarist, composer and Rowan University educator. Please call the library at 856-845-5593 to register.

Tai Chi with Ralph Quinn
February 4 - May 20, Monday afternoons at 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.


Come join Ralph Quinn for Tai Chi classes. Classes will not take place on February 18 and April 22.

Oriental Brush Painting with Maureen Peters
Thursday, February 7, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

An introduction to oriental brush painting, including learning to control the brush and make strokes. Participants will create a final piece to take home. No previous skills required. Maureen Peters is former president of Philadelphia Calligraphers' Society and owner of Letterworks Art Studio. Please call the library at 856-845-5593 to register.

Jazz and the American Spirit*
Thursday, February 21, 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.

From the advent of V-Discs (victory discs) and the USO, evidence will be provided on music's ability to heal a nation through economic devastation and the turmoil of war. Presented by Michael James Conklin. Please call the library at 856-845-5593.

*This program is made possible in part by funding from The Gloucester County Cultural and Heritage Commission at Rowan College at Gloucester County, a partner of the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of the State.

A W.A.S.P. Takes Wing: The Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII*
Thursday, March 21, 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.

During World War II, more than one thousand women volunteers completed the WASP military pilot training program. They endured terrible Texas weather, snakes, spiders and scorpions, as well as the hostility of some male instructors. Graduating WASPs piloted every kind of military aircraft, tested new and overhauled airplanes (some with defective parts or dangerous reputations), delivered more than 12,000 planes, and flew over 60,000,000 miles (sometimes towing targets that soldiers shot at with live ammunition!) Thirty-eight of them died serving their country. Then they were told that men needed their jobs and they were dismissed and forgotten. Carol Simon Levin tells the story of the amazing WASPs through the eyes of Ann Baumgartner Carl, the Jersey girl who trained as a WASP, became the only American woman to test-fly experimental planes during the war, and the first American woman to fly a jet airplane! Please call the library at 856-845-5593 to register.

*This program is made possible in part by funding from The Gloucester County Cultural and Heritage Commission at Rowan Collage at Gloucester County, a partner of the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of the State.

Please call the library at 856-845-5593  to register for these free programs. 
 Refreshments and door prizes!

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