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08/10/2016

OMG Seriously!! 1. love these people B. THAT DEATH STAR FIREPIT!!!

06/02/2016

Hey, everyone! In addition to reading this summer, we are going to do some writing! We are kicking around the idea of doing Camp NaNoWriMo in July. We'd form an Adult group and a Tween/Teen group as well. Anyone interested?? :)

05/31/2016

Summer is almost here and we LOVE to see how many book club records we can hit. It's a great way to encourage readers with prizes. The UDC book club counts towards all of these fabulous ones.

Check out the 2016 master list of Summer Reading Programs Here:

A list of summer reading programs for kids that will get them free books, movies, gift cards and more! Updated for summer reading programs 2016.

05/31/2016

Speaking of book clubs... our favorite library's book club starts TOMORROW!!!

“On Your Mark, Get Set… Read!” at the library during our 2016 Children’s Summer Reading Program. This program is open to children 11 years old and younger. Sign up in the Youth Library starting Wednesday, June 1st. Our Summer Reading Program runs from June 1st through August 1st, and duri

05/19/2016

Hey, everyone! While we are working on our new location, there's a new place moving into our old digs! Let's show them some love!! ❤️🌺

• Retail Boutique featuring over 70 local artisans, makers and crafters
• Reserve our Huge Lower Level Event Space for your next shower, Birthday party, club meeting, or other special occasion!

03/03/2016

Today's HERstory Lesson: Jackie Joyner-Kersee!! Happy birthday to this amazing woman who broke down so many barriers for female athletes all over the world.

One of our favorite quotes by her is "We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless."

02/26/2016

We totally LOVE Ify!! And can't wait to open back up and re-start our sewing classes. We can come teach sewing to groups now, though, so let us know if you are interested in a sewing party!

Egypt “Ify” Ufele, a fifth-grade student in Queens, New York, has been crafting outfits for her dolls since age 5. But her foray into fashion — designing clothes that aren’t pint-sized — really kicked off last year, when Ufele launched a clothing label called ChubiiLine. The catalyst for

02/21/2016

A little late today, but it is a really good one!

Today's HERstory Lesson: Buffy Sainte-Marie! Happy birthday, Buffy!!

Buffy is AMAZING! In 1997 she founded the Cradleboard Teaching Project, an educational curriculum devoted to better understanding Native Americans. She has won recognition and many awards and honours for both her music and her work in education and social activism.

We HIGHLY encourage you to get to know more about her!

To learn more about Buffy, please visit her site: http://buffysainte-marie.com/

02/19/2016

Today's HERstory Lessons: A Colorful Collection of Fabulous Females:

Amy is sooo much more than just the Joy Luck Club. And that is saying a lot. :)

Today's HERstory Lesson: Amy Tan!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMY!!

Most of you may know Amy as an American writer whose works explore mother-daughter relationships and the Chinese-American experience. Her best-known work is The Joy Luck Club, which has been translated into 35 languages.

We encourage you to check out her website: https://www.amytan.net/ to fully embrace how endearing she is.

Her welcome; "This website is cluttered and clunky. A web designer told me that--so much stuff on the landing page that you didn't know where to go next. That's exactly how I want it to feel: messy, chatty, busy, confusing, imperfect--just like the official Amy Tan.

To get the right tone, I made this website on my own, start to finish. It has my balance of seriousness and silliness, shades of green, and some useful information, like my bio, the only one that is 100% correct. "

We kind of heart us some Amy Tan. :)

02/18/2016

Today's HERstory Lesson- Molly Dewson!! She was AMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZING!

Today's HERstory Lesson: Molly Dewson! Today is her birthday!

How awesome was Molly??? Well...

She was a feminist and political activist. Head of the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee in 1932 after an active role in the New York Consumer's League. In this new role, she worked with FDR to bring the women's vote into action for his first term.

After graduating, Dewson began working as a secretary of the Domestic Reform Committee of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union, a social and reform club in Boston. There she conducted statistical studies of home life that led to several articles.

In 1913 she and her lifelong partner, Mary G. (Polly) Porter, moved to a dairy farm in Worcester, Massachusetts. By 1915, however, Dewson had recharged her batteries; she entered the Massachusetts suffrage movement. During World War I, both she and Porter went with the American Red Cross to France to aid war refugees. Dewson was chief of the Mediterranean Zone by war's end.

This is just a little bit of her awesome, we encourage you to look up Molly and read more about her!

02/17/2016

We've kicked off our daily HERstory Lessons over at HERstory Lessons: A Colorful Collection of Fabulous Females!

Today's HERstory Lesson: Mary Breckinridge! Today is her birthday!

Mary was the driving force behind rural health-care in America as well as the development of nurse midwives. Born into a politically prominent family, Mary bucked against much of what her family believed. She blazed her own path lead by her life experience. Mary birthed three children that did not survive childhood. This was the driving force for her to become a nurse. Children and the poor became those she wanted to work with most. In addition to all she did for nursing, she did another bold move at that time for women- in 1920 she divorced her husband after he was unfaithful to her.

We encourage you to learn more about Mary and look forward to having more info available about her in the future! :)

02/16/2016

Hey. Hi. How are you?? I know that I have been HORRIBLE at updating here. There has been so much going on and it's really just me (Natali) posting, so things have slipped. BUT.... I have updates!!!

We are still actively looking at spaces in Washington Heights. We found one we REALLY like but are not sure who owns it at the moment. In addition to this, We will be making our curriculum available ONLINE! This is a big step and a fun one. We are starting with our female empowerment program and have tweaked part of it into what will be an on-going coloring series entitle HERstory Lessons: A Colorful Collection of Fabulous Females.

We are also going to kick off our All About the Love campaign again so GET THOSE HEARTS READY !!!

What have you all been up to??