Decorating Gingerbread Houses at Hageman Library
Decorating Gingerbread Houses will return to Westchester Public Library’s Porter branch on Thursday, December 4. Space is limited, so registration is required for each of the eight sessions. The sessions will begin at 12:30 and take place every half hour: 12:30, 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3:30, and 4 pm. Call or visit Hageman Library at 100 Francis Street, Porter to register.
Join Deb Pedone and create wonderful Christmas memories with this free program. Materials will be provided by the library. Attendees will enjoy adding personal touches and decorations to their houses.
For more information or to register, call Hageman Library at 926-9080.
Free Blood Pressure Screening at Thomas Library
NorthShore Health Center will provide blood pressure screening free to walk-in patrons at Westchester Public Library on the third Wednesday of each month beginning November 19. Patrons may come to the Bertha Wood meeting room on the second floor of Thomas Library, 200 W. Indiana Avenue, Chesterton, between the hours of 10 am - 1 pm.
Maysha Carlson is the Outreach coordinator for the Porter County area. Carlson has been with NorthShore Health Centers for eight years. She loves her job because she loves helping people.
Blood pressure is the pressure of the blood in the circulatory system, often measured for diagnosis since it is closely related to the force and rate of the heartbeat and diameter and elasticity of the arterial walls.
For questions about the blood pressure screenings, call the NorthShore Health Center at 742-8145.
Bookmarks at the Museum presents Secrets of the Lighthouse
Join Linda Wells for Bookmarks at the Museum on Thursday, November 20, at 2 pm at the Westchester Township History Museum, 700 W. Porter Avenue, Chesterton. Wells will review Secrets of the Lighthouse. Refreshments will be served.
With her new novel Secrets of the Lighthouse, English author Santa Montefiore presents a hauntingly romantic novel in which a young woman goes in search of her family’s past and ends up discovering her future.
Ellen Trawton flees London, her job, her fiancé, and her mother for the wild Connemara coast in Ireland. There, her imagination is captured by the ruins of a lighthouse where a young mother died. The ghost of the young wife, Caitlin, haunts the nearby castle. Unable to move on, Caitlin watches her husband and children, hoping they might see her and feel her love once more.
The ruggedly beautiful Connemara coastline with its tightknit community of unforgettable characters provides the backdrop for this poignant story of two women seeking the peace and love they desperately need. For each, the key will be found in the secrets of the past, illuminated by the lighthouse.
Bookmarks takes place on the third Thursday of the month at the museum and, for this month only, on the second Friday of the month at Michigan City Public Library, 100 E. 4th St., Michigan City.
It is not necessary to read the book before attending. Books are available at both Thomas and Hageman Libraries.
The museum, a free cultural and educational service of Westchester Public Library, is open to the public Wednesday-Sunday from 1-5 p.m. or by appointment. Call 983-9715 for more information.
Christmas Exhibit at Museum
The Westchester Township History Museum will open a new temporary exhibit, Gen Xmas: Toys and Gifts of the 70s and 80s. Refreshments of the 70s and 80s will be served at the exhibit opening, which will begin at 2 pm on November 22. The exhibit will run through February 22. The museum is housed in the Brown Mansion located at 700 W. Porter Avenue, Chesterton.
The 1970s and 1980s witnessed dramatic changes in American society, culture, politics, and technology. The new exhibit, Gen Xmas:Toys and Gifts of the 70s and 80s, celebrates an era that introduced video games, home computers, 8-track players, VCRs, MTV, disco music, Star Wars, the Brat Pack, the Transformers, and more.
Join the stroll down memory lane to an era not too far gone.
For more information, please call the museum at 983-9715.
Library Film Series to show Maleficent
Come to Westchester Public Library to enjoy Maleficent on Saturday, November 22, at 5 pm. Meet at the Library Service Center, 100 W. Indiana Avenue, Chesterton. No registration is necessary; attendance is free of charge.
A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises up to be the land’s fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her heart to stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces a battle with the invading king’s successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom – and perhaps to Maleficent’s true happiness as well.
Enjoy munching popcorn while watching the movie.
Maleficent, rated PG, has a running time of 97 minutes. Copies of the DVD will be available for checkout at Thomas Library, 200 W. Indiana Avenue, Chesterton, and Hageman Library, 100 Francis Street, Porter, after the screening.
For more information, call the Audio-Visual Department at 926-7696.