Mondays

            Toddler storytime for crawling babies from 19 months - 3 years at 10 a.m. 

Babygarten storytime for newborn to 18 months at 6 p.m.

Tuesdays

Babygarten storytime for newborn to 18 months at 10 a.m.

Family storytime for pre-kindergarten – 3^rd grade and their parents at 6:30 p.m.

Chauvin Branch

Tuesdays, 3/4 & 3/18

Tip Toe Toddler Storytime for 3 & 4 year olds at 10 a.m.

East Houma Branch

Mondays

Preschool storytime for pre-k to 3^rd grade at 6:30 p.m.

Wednesdays

Babygarten storytime for newborn to 18 months at 10 a.m.

Gibson

Wednesday, 3/5

Preschool storytime at 10 a.m.

Mobile Library

Wednesday Storytime at 4 p.m.

Montegut

            Thursday, 3/13

Preschool storytime 10:00 a.m.

North Terrebonne

Wednesdays

Preschool storytime at 10 a.m.

Special Storytimes and Craft Workshops

March 1: Towel Bunny Craft for 4^th-6^th graders at 2 p.m. East Houma Branch

March 11: After School Club for 1^st & 2^nd graders from 3 – 4:30 p.m. Gibson Branch

March 11: Spring Globe Craft Workshop for pre-K – 4^th graders at 4 p.m. Bourg Branch

March 12: After School Club for 3^rd & 4^th graders from 3 – 4:30 p.m. Gibson Branch

March 12: Gaming Day (Dance Dance Revolution and Guitar Hero) for 9-12 year olds from

4 – 6 p.m. Main Library

March 12: St. Patrick’s Day Craft for 8-12 year olds at 4:30 p.m. Chauvin Branch

March 13: Spring Has Sprung Storytime for preschool – 3^rd grade at 5 p.m. Chauvin Branch

March 13: Book Discussion featuring The Spiderwick Chronicles: Book #1 The Field Guide for

4^th -6^th graders at 5:30 p.m. Main Library

March 19: Egg Decorating Workshop for 1^st – 3^rd graders at 4 p.m. Main Library

March 20: Spring Storytime and Craft Workshop for children of all ages from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Montegut Branch

March 22: Spring Time Craft Workshop for pre-k – 3^rd graders at 2 p.m. East Houma Branch

March 26: Spring Break Gaming Day (Ninendo Wii) for 9-12 year olds from

 3 – 5 p.m. Main Library

March 27: Free movie featuring Nancy Drew for 4^th grade and older at 3 p.m. Main

Library

March 28: Celebrate National Kite Month: Kite Craft Class for 1^st – 4^th grade at 3 p.m. Main

Library

March 29: Tween Kids in the kitchen to create healthy springtime snacks for 4^th -6^th graders at

 2 p.m. East Houma Branch

Teen Activities (7^th-12^th)

March 6: Pencil Holder Craft Workshop at 4 p.m. Registration required.

Limited seating. Chauvin Branch

March 8: Scrapbooking Workshop at 3 p.m. Main Library

March 11 & 25: Crafts for teens at 4 p.m. Mobile Library

March 13: Egg Decorating Workshop for 5^th – 12^th grade at 4 p.m. Bourg Branch

March 15: Free practice ACT exam from 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. for anyone enrolling in collage.

Tests are graded by The Princeton Review and mailed to participants. Bring a #2 pencil

and a scientific calculator may be use. Registration required. Limited seating. Main

Library

March 15: Game Day featuring Guitar Hero at 4 p.m. Main Library

March 27: No-Sew Pillow Craft Workshop at 4:30 p.m. Montegut Branch

March 29: Teen Advisory Borad Meeting at 4 p.m. Main Branch

Activities for Teen Tech Week -March 2-7

March 1: Nintendo Wii at 4 p.m. Main Library

March 3-7: Guitar Hero at 4 p.m. Chauvin Branch

March 4: Karaoke from 4 – 5:45 p.m. Limit 10. Gibson Branch

March 4: Internet Scavenger Hunt with prizes at 3:30 p.m. Mobile Library

March 5: Numbered Chairs Contest at 6 p.m. Main Library

March 6: Nintendo Wii from 3 – 6 p.m. for 5^th –12^th  Bourg Branch

March 7: Hairspray Sock-Hop with Karaoke at 4 p.m. Montegut Branch

March 8: Nintendo Wii Competition with refreshments at 2 p.m. East Houma Branch

Adult Activities

VITA Schedule: (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) Tuesdays and Saturdays form 10 a.m. – 2

p.m. at the Main Library, 2^nd floor

Tuesdays: Adult oil painting classes taught by Gail LeCompte from 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Bring a

16”x20” canvas, easel and sack lunch. Main Library

Wednesdays: Mexican Train Dominoes at 1 p.m. Main Library

March 1: Spring Cleaning Book Sale from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Price: Buy a bag for $2

and fill it to the top. Main Library

March 4: Thinking Out Loud Book Discussion Group lead by Jackie Jackson, NSU English

instructor, will discuss The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova at 6:30 p.m. Main Library,  2^nd floor Charles Davidson Board Room. Funded by Friends of the Library.

March 5: Classical Guitarist Peter Fletcher will perform from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Main Library

This program is funded by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council as administered by the Houma Regional Arts  Council and Friends of the Terrebonne Public Library.

March 6: Thursday Nights @ Your Library is a get-together in the adult fiction area from

6:30 - 8 p.m. New adult book club and creative conversation group will discuss new releases, non-fiction studies or off-beat fiction. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah will be discussed. Main Library

March 8: Scrapebooking Workshop at 3 p.m. Main Library

March 10: Eager Readers Book Discussion will meet at 1:30 - 3 p.m. to discuss Poisonwood

Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. Main Library, 2^nd floor Charles Davidson Board Room

March 15: Second Thoughts Book Discussion will discuss One for the Money by Janet

Evanovich at 3 p.m. East Houma Branch.

March 15: Adult BINGO at 4 p.m. East Houma

March 18: Homemakers Club will meet from 9:30 – 11:30 p.m. Public is invited. Montegut

Branch

March 28: Oral History Program with guest speaker Gina Danos on fire prevention and safety.

Bring a covered dish for the pot luck lunch from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Bourg Branch

March 30: Comic Book & Graphic Novels Discussion Group will meet at 2 p.m. in the Charles

Davidson Board Room Main Library

Upcoming Program

April 5: Jambalaya Writers’ Conference will feature lectures and panels on poetry, prose, editing, and

publishing. Published authors and poets, agents and publishing representatives will be speakers throughout the day. This year's keynote speaker is F. Paul Wilson, science fiction and horror thriller author. He has published more than thirty books, and the tenth in his Repairman Jack series, Harbingers, was released in 2006. The conference is free and open to the public, but lunch and admission to Mr. Wilson's address is $25 before March 14, 2008. See the Terrebonne Parish Library's webpage for more details and information on registering. This program is funded by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council as administered by the Houma Regional Arts  Council and Friends of the Terrebonne Public Library.

*Date change* RELIC: Drs. Daryl Holmes and Margaret Minor will lead this free six-week discussion program entitled “Elizabeth I of England and her Times.” It will offer a biography, military and diplomatic history, social history and a look into the English world as seen in Shakespearian mind. This program will be held on six consecutive Wednesdays beginning April 9 through May 14 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. at the Main Library in the distance education classroom. All reading material is supplied and registration is required. Books packets are ready for pick-up. This program is sponsored by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.

Exhibits at the Main Library

• M & M candy items and dispensers display can be viewed in the children’s display case.
• Then & Now exhibit of old and new item by Roger Bourgeois on display in the lobby.
• Salvador Dali: The Halsman Photographs on display March through May. Friends and colleagues Philippe Halsman and Salvador Dali met once a year in the US to collaborate and discuss art, world events, and anything else that struck their fancy. During most of these visits, Halsman's camera was not far. Portraits of Dale taken by Halsman have becomes some of the most famous and most recognizable works of art in the world. The Terrebonne Parish Library System is proud to display ten of these photographic portraits. This exhibit is organized by Blair-funded by a grant from the Louis P. Saia Foundation and the Friends of the Terrebonne Public Library.
• “So Much More than Just a Map” exhibit on display on the 2^nd floor. This traveling exhibit is from the Louisiana State Museum.