Freegal is here-Downloadable music for free with your Brewster Public Library card.  Just enter your library card number to download up to three songs per week --  156 songs per year  --  that you can keep forever. Songs are downloaded in an MP3 format (compatible with everything), so they can be saved to any computer, mobile device or MP3 player, including an iPod or iPhone.  There are no digital rights management restrictions, and no special software is required. Choose from hundreds of thousands of songs in over 100 genres of music from the Sony Music Entertainment catalog, through the Freegal music service.

Museum Passes
Thanks to the Friends of the Brewster Public Library, we now have vouchers or passes to the Museum of Natural History, the Guggenheim Art Museum and the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in NYC, Katonah Museum of Art, the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art in Ridgefield, CT and discount tickets to the Norwalk Maritime Aquarium and Mystic Aquarium. Town of Southeast library card holders in good standing may borrow the passes for a three day period. Call the library to reserve your passes and for more detailed information about this service.

Good Dog Foundation
Volunteers from The Good Dog Foundation will visit the library on Saturday mornings  to give children experience reading aloud to a certified therapy dog! This is a wonderful  opportunity to build a special bond with a therapy dog and to give struggling or reluctant readers an opportunity to gain confidence and improve reading skills by reading aloud to a therapy dog. Bring a favorite book of your choice. Reading sessions are available by appointment only. Call the library to register.

2013 Holiday Hours:
Tuesday, December 24th-9am-1pm
Wednesday, December 25th-closed
Thursday, December 26th-closed
Tuesday, December 31st-9am-1pm
Wednesday, January 1st- closed

Upcoming Programs:
Laughter Yoga, Thursday, January 2nd,10am. Call the library to register.
European Travelogue, Part 2 with Ed Di Tomas, Saturday, January 11th, 3pm.
Chess Classes for children ages 5-12, Wednesdays, 5:30pm-6:45pm. 
Book Discussion Group meets second Wednesday of the month at 1pm. Cl lick here for titles.
Library Board Meeting,  5pm, Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Friends of the Brewster Public Library Meeting,TBA.
Zumba  Gold Classes, Thursdays, 9:15-10am. New session starts January 9, 2014.
Homework Help for grades K-8, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 4-6pm.
Reading Buddies Program, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 4-7pm.

AMAZON:
Are you planning to shop on line? Make your purchases and help the Brewster Public Library at the same time. Click here and a percentage of your Amazon.com order will be donated to the Brewster Public Library. With Amazon’s wide selection of products and no additional charges, helping the library couldn’t be easier! Please remember the Brewster Public Library only receives this donation if you enter Amazon through our web site and purchase items within 24 hours.

In the event of inclement weather, please listen to WHUD-FM - 100.7, or WPUT-AM - 1510.  Call the library before you leave your home or office.

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Children’s Holiday Programs-Registration Required
Saturday, December 7th, Teddy Bear Story Time 11:00 am-All Ages.
Thursday, December 12th, Gingerbread House Craft, 4:30 pm. Please bring a bag of candy and an 8 oz. milk carton-Ages 3 and over.
Saturday, December 14th, Gingerbread House Craft, 11:00 am. Please bring a bag of candy and an 8 oz. milk carton-Ages 3 and over.
Saturday, December 21st, Celebrate the first day of Winter! Stories and Craft 11:00 am -All Ages
Saturday,  December 28th, Diary of a Wimpy Kid Party, 12:30 pm-Ages 6 and over.

Laughter Yoga is coming to the Brewster Public Library on Thursday January 2, 2014 at 10:00 am. Amazing facts about laughter include, lowering blood pressure, strengthening the immune system, and releasing endorphins, the “ feel good” chemicals in our bodies. Laughter Yoga is a fun way to exercise and relieve
stress.  The class will run for 45 minutes.  Wear comfortable clothing- yoga mats are required. Colleen Burke, a certified Yoga instructor who recently received her certification in laughter yoga will lead the class.  Colleen has taught yoga to all ages at after-school programs in Brookfield, Great Hollow Wilderness School and Conference Center, studios and privately.  She is most interested in transformation and helping others lead more quality lives. Call the library@845 279-6421 to register.

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Brewster Standard On Line
The Brewster Public Library is pleased and proud to offer the on line edition of the Brewster Standard. The Brewster Standard was the newspaper which covered  the Village of Brewster and the Town of Southeast  from 1870  to 1982 when Emerson Addis, a young printer, came from Appleton, Wisconsin to start a new newspaper.  It not only reported news from  Brewster and Southeast but also Tilly Foster, Sodom,
Patterson,Carmel, Mahopac, Somers, North Salem, Croton Falls and  Danbury, Conn.  Many people eagerly awaited the weekly edition of the Brewster Standard to see if their births, wedding or other events in their lives were printed. Emerson  Addis and his daughter, Marjorie, known as “Marj” to all, did most of the writing, editing, printing and delivering of the Standard from 1870 until 1982 when fire destroyed the building on Main Street.

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We are all deeply saddened by the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut.  The National Child Traumatic Stress Network has online resources to help you and your children cope with the violence and related anxiety. Some other helpful links are: 
http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/aftermath.aspx
http://www.nimh.nih