Page 6 - Boca Club News - June '21

Page 6, Boca Club News

Boca Happenings

Boca Public Library Launches

Summer Reading Program, “Tails and Tales,”

With Prizes for All Ages—Kids to Adults

Badge Book when they sign up, which they can use to Engagement Coordinator. “This year, more than any
follow along with the Beanstack app as they read and do other, our youth have fought hard to make academic
fun activities to earn virtual tickets. Tickets enable them gains while in a pandemic. Our goal is for children and
to enter drawings at the end of summer for the chance to teens to keep reading during the break as a proven way
The Boca Raton Public Library has launched its annual win passes to Palm Beach Zoo or Animal EDventure Park! to stop the ‘summer slide’ when those academic gains
Summer Reading program with the theme, “Tails and • ’Tweens and teens in Grades 6–12 can log the minutes made during the school year are lost during the summer.
Tales,” which runs through August 31st. A library card they read online for the chance to win a wireless karaoke Our experienced library team is here to help by providing
is not required to participate. Generously supported by microphone or a portable speaker at the end of summer. reading recommendations for students at all reading levels,
Friends of the Boca Raton Public Library, this year’s • Adults are eligible for an end-of-summer drawing for from preschool through high school.”
animal-themed program will inspire all ages to roar book lovers’ gift sets when they log the books they read There are several ways to enroll in this free program.
into reading. The program includes enrollment for kids, online. Install the Beanstack mobile app through Google Play
’tweens, teens, and adults through the Beanstack mobile • Everyone who signs up for Summer Reading on or the Apple Store, and look for “Boca Raton Public
app or online: Beanstack receives a “Tails and Tales” tote. Library.” Participants can also sign up through the banner
• Babies and preschoolers can earn prizes at 6, 12, and “Our Summer Reading program offers all ages some at bocalibrary.org or visit the Spanish River or Downtown
15 hours of reading with a parent or caregiver. fun prize incentives to encourage them to read throughout Library location. The library’s friendly team members are
• Children in elementary school will receive a free the summer,” notes Amanda Liebl, Events & Community always happy to assist.

Morikami Japanese Gardens and Museum from page 1

air courtyard with a dry garden of gravel, pebbles and small Among the highlights
boulders, and a permanent exhibit chronicling the history of that await visitors is the
the Yamato Colony, a Japanese farming community in South major garden expansion,
Florida 100 years ago. the first phase of which was
All of this is available at the Morikami Museum and completed in 2001. The new
Japanese Gardens, which has been one of South Florida’s gardens, Roji-en—the George
cultural treasures since 1977, and has now been following CDC D. and Harriett W. Cornell
guidelines since its re-opening, which, depending on CDC Gardens—reflect six major
policy at the time, may include masking, proper distancing in historical periods of Japanese
its dining area, handwashing and frequent sanitizer use. garden design, from the ninth
to the 20th Century, and serve
as an outdoor extension of
the museum. Roji-en consists
of the Shinden Gardens (9th-
12th Centuries); Paradise
Garden (13th-14th Centuries);
Early Rock Garden (14th
Century); Late Rock Garden
(15th Century); Flat Garden
(16th-17th Centuries), and
Modern Romantic Garden
(19th-20th Centuries).
Activities are planned
throughout the summer
for visitor participation.
Among the most interesting
are the Beginners’ and
Intermediate Classes in the
art of the Traditional Japanese
Tea Ceremony, taught by
instructor Yoshiko Hardick—
the Beginners’ on Thursdays
and the Intermediates’ on
Sundays. Information about
these and other activities for
both adults and children—as
well as hours and admission
prices—is available on the
Morikami website or by
calling (561) 495-0233.