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20 Subjects in 90 Minutes: Themed Program Ideas for Adults
1. 20 Subjects in 90 Minutes:
Themed Programs for Adults
Amy Alessio amyalessio@sbcglobal.net
2. Pinterest
Facebook groups
Adapt popular event
http://www.teenlibraria
ntoolbox.com/tpib-
programs/
Community favorites
Resource books
Do you have a virtual
group with nearby
colleagues?
3. THEMES!
• Reading Program Themes
• Library Wide Events
• National Library Week
• Card Sign-Up Month
• Banned Books Week
• Money Smart Week
• Book Themed Events:
• One Book, One Community
• Special Events
• Anniversaries of library,
community, state, national
• Commemorative
• Events
• People
Sacramento PL, 2013
4. ARTISTIC ADVENTURES
PROGRAMS ARTS IN ACTION
Crafterwork
Meet a New Hobby
Retro Crafts
Holiday Gifts on a Dime
Make something from a how-
to library book or DVD
Design Coloring Book Pages
Trash Into Treasure
Make something on a theme in
library Makerspace
Collaborative projects –
decorate parts of mural (paper)
5. TRY A CRAFT
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE SKILLED…
Flower Loom
Quilling
Pom Poms (think roller
skates)
Macrame (but no plant
hangers)
Woven Barrettes
Scrapbooking
3-D Paper Crafts, origami,
ornaments
6. National Library Week Kick-Off for
Discover New Worlds at Your
Library
Art or Craft Fair and Flea Market
Ready for “Libraries Transform?”
7. CREATURES
Adults read to dogs
too!
Local animal scavenger
hunt
Pet parades – virtual or
live
Get Caught Reading
with an Animal
Vacation pet photos
Dog food for fines –
help the shelters and
pantries
Make Blankets for
Shelters
8. DECADE OR TIME PERIOD PLEASERS
Fashion
Food
Music
Books, movies or TV from that time or set in
that time (Happy Days)
Tutorials and demonstrations of dance steps
Photos – ask patrons for memorabilia, prom
pictures, recipes from that era for contest
Trivia Contests
9. WWI
From Over There to Your Library
•Meatless meals
•Famous ads and
marketing campaigns
or commercials
•Genealogy program
on military records
•National War I
Museum and
Memorial:
https://www.theworldw
ar.org/
10. TOPICS FOR BOTH WWI AND WWII
VEGETABLE GARDENING, CANNING AND
MEATLESS MEALS
KNIT YOUR BIT: PATTERNS KNIT FOR
SOLDIERS
11. WWII AND THE BATTLE ON THE HOMEFRONT
Rationing, Vegetable Gardens and Spam: WWII Foods
Norman Rockwell, Marvel and other memorable art from
WWII
Knitting or veteran program with WWII Museum Staff:
http://www.nationalww2museum.org
Local Veterans’ groups or reenactors
Rosie, Spies and Farm Corps: the role of women during
WWII (Marilyn Monroe)
Memorabilia sharing Victory Tea
12. 50’S
Vintage Car Shows
Vintage Apron
Decoration (or Poodle
Skirts)
History of Billboard Hits
Soda Fountain
Mixology
James, Audrey or
Marilyn Movie Fest
Korean War
13. LIBRARY LUAU
Dancing
Decorations
Ukulele
Taste of the Hawaiian Islands
Pineapple, Poi and Spam?
Volcanoes and more travel
presentation
Drink mixology
WWII tie-in with history
14. 60’S
Elvis, the Beatles, Neil Diamond and Woodstock
October Sky, the Rocket Boys and Space mania
Tie Dyeing (socks, accessories, something different)
Cooking Trends: in the van,easy gourmets,
Cocktail Parties
Anniversaries: Assassinations of JFK, Bobby and MLK Jr.
16. 70’S
•10 Tips for Saving Energy
in Your Home
•Retro Game Night , or
What can you build with an
Erector set or Tinkertoys?
•Woven Oven Mitts,
Macrame
•Saturday Night Fever
Moves
•History of Tupperware
•Owls Everywhere Again
•Bingewatch Bradys and
other popular TV
Sewickly PL Pinterest Board
https://www.pinterest.com/mgs311/
decades-1970-s/
18. DELICIOUS READS AND MORE: FOOD EVENTS
Tasters Club
Treats and Beats by the Decade
Delicious by Ruth Rendell and popular foods
mentioned from WWII and modern times
19. RECIPE SCRAPBOOKING
Glue copies onto 8 ½ x 11 cardstock or scrapbook paper
Stickers, printed recipes and quotes from cutters
Page protectors for 3-ring binder
Have patrons bring copies and exchange for drop in
program
Ties in with holiday or international themes
20. HOLLYWOOD COMES TO THE LIBRARY
Gourmet
Popcorn
After Hours
Oscar Night
Party
Short Movie
Festival
Local Actors,
Filming
Locations
Hollywood
Hauntings
21. HORROR-IBLE IDEAS
Retro Halloween Night
80’s monsters:
Freddie, Chucky, Jason
Dress in Halloween
or 80’s
Duct tape or toliet
paper costumes
Finish the scary story
contest or flash scary
fiction 1000 words
Storytelling 101
Goosebumps TV fest
Walking Dead still big
29. Money board game tournaments
Prizes for winners, most in savings,
other categories
Design town Monopoly board or Life
game and play at another session
30. MYSTERIOUS EVENTS
Crimescene as display
or one-time program
(Paper Towns program)
2008 Texas Teen Reads
Manual
Local scam alert
programs
Mystery flavors
Classic crime TV &
movies
T/F Town ordinance
laws vs. historical
Self-Defense
Puzzle tournaments
Puzzle & Scrabble
crafts
31. OUT OF THIS WORLD: SPACE AND FUTURISTIC
Space Comedy or Alien night
with paper airplane contest
Recycled Rockets
Starry eyed jewelry crafting
History of fortune telling
Library of the Future Movie
Contest
32. SPORTS OR OLYMPIC YEAR: READ FOR THE GOLD!
Recreate Guinness everyone read event or other events
Mini Guinness Book games
Fit Fair
Tech Fair
5K Ready in January
Match Mascot to City Trivia
33. STEAMPUNK
Timepiece & gear crafts
Conventions:
Fashion parade
Crafts
Victorian history
Popularity of authors like
Gail Carriger
Ship Design Contests
Model Train Days
34. LARP
Artists Alley
Animation and video effects
Action figure easy stop-
motion
What is Your Superpower?
board
Comic and Toy Fair with
appraisals
Comic book discussions,
little known or international
superheroes
Superhero
Staff
35. Classic video games
Virtual branch scavenger hunt
Demonstrate Raspberry Pi for Pie Day
Old time photos or travel photos with Green Screen,
costumes
Find your family in Genealogy drop in
TECHNOLOGY TIE-INS
36. WORLD OF IDEAS
Virtual Travel and tasting
for countries, regions
World of Flavors tour with
phrases
International holiday
traditions
World famous candies
Artists by country, copy
their style on tiles, t-shirts
Local travel through time
37. WORLD OF IDEAS: SAVING THE WORLD
• Terrarium make and take with recycled toys, containers
• Paint library rain barrel, auction
• Garden design contests, or implement in community
• Tips on write on boards
• Recycling drives each month
Description:
Themed events are popular throughout the year at libraries and community colleges, and often entice a lot of visitors. In addition to summer reading programs, One Book community tie-ins, special themed weeks (Money Smart, National Library Week), and anniversary celebrations, are you ever wondering what else you could provide for adults to get them interested and engaged?
I will introduce you to 20 themes that you can use, including three or more program ideas per theme. While outside performers and groups are often necessary to hire to meet these themes, many topics can be addressed by staff run events.
3 program suggestions for each of 20 themes
**Photo from your library, you get a prize! Email me.
Intro
Background: few years children’s, 19 years Teen, several years adult readers advisory, giving programs on food/book/recipe/decades themes at local libraries and community colleges. If I discuss my programs, it is because I hope you will take my ideas and adapt them for your own.
Themes are all about brainstorming, but it can be hard to know what patrons will attend.
These are some I’ve done or seen that are meant to give you ideas for themed events or for any time of the year that may appeal to your patrons. Often your most popular events can be squeezed into themes. For example, a book trivia or bingo event for adult could easily have a mystery or horror theme
Quick overview of each theme – meant to be fast touch on each theme. Not getting into details on how to fund or staff these, though I will discuss variations on making them simpler or running them in a stand alone version vs. a theme.
Some of these ideas may seem obvious, but I have included variations, or new ways to do some favorite returning events, or ways to spin them for different themes.
*I will have outline/all copy on slides available attached to the survey for this program or you can email me
What social media are you using now?
Community favorites – could you partner with senior centers or park districts to stretch funds, get bigger audiences?
Theme + library – may not always work
Lewis & Clark anniversary
Idea bubble board
SRP historically remembered by families, associated with library – look how many books celebrated in Sacramento PL
Many schools have required titles
Schools give credit at elementary level for participating.
May be chance to bring in new families, those who come only once a year
Food – works with all ages
Lewis & Clark – does not
Community College – read Brokaw’s book:
Many of these will cross over (hints on those given on the handout), or work with other themes such as history
Perfect in time of hands on makerspaces
Adults Rarely Have time to craft, can be expensive to
Make Something From Library book contest
welding
woodworking – people have tools in makerspaces as they may have limited time, funds, opportunity to do something new
Play DVD and set up materials
Break cheap dishes for easy mosaics
Run same day as craft fair – we have craft fair/flea market on NLW Sunday
Try Something New Fair
fee for kits, demos from staff, stores
(doing earrings, and self defense for local library for try something new day)
Retro crafting program
holiday retro crafting
**Many of these would work for Decades programs, to
No Time to learn these? Set up supplies, You Tube demos on ipads or laptops at stations
Scrapbooking recipe page
All remembered this, one did it before I came back
Some seniors just love to make one thing over and over
Some can’t do it, enjoy trying
Show short presentation – You Tube! And let them work. I am not good at these crafts, I don’t have to be.
Art Fairs
Add demonstrations
Flea Market/Craft Fair
Animals, last year we did Paws to Read in IL
Read to a dog popular in youth areas, why not for adults. Many seniors had to give up pets when they move to assisted living, and would enjoy this, or participating if they do not want to read out loud.
Animal scavenger hunt – take pictures of sightings in the area of birds, lizards, anything unique to your area
Pet parades outside the library - photo contest? Does your pet join you when reading? Get Caught Reading with an Animal
Do local pet shelters need something? Knitted blankets, supplies? Bring something in to erase fines, or have a Knit In to make the pet blankets
Creatures – also horror, we will get to that.
Teens always ask if I have fashions in my closet
Books – Peyton Place vs. 50 Shades of Grey Bestsellers from each decade
Series – programs in each month by decade
Make it easy – same program – fashion photos, costume snack themed night, watching the movies
Grandfather’s regiment. Arrow with Me.
Public Relations War
Fewer kids know about this – at least with other wars there are some veterans left to meet and listen to stories.
Local public libraries in my area did a One Book program with M.L. Stedman, the Light Between Oceans.
Food of WWI, served oreos, …
First time Victory Gardens were introduced
War of propaganda – public opinion was actively courted and united for the US to get involved NYPL did exhibits on the art and media used “ The Fight for the American Mind.”
Music from Irving Berlin
National War Museum in Kansas City, MO
1914 – 1918, some libraries delve into the 20’s and the Great Depression
Extension centers from state universities
Rationing, Victory Gardens and Spam: WWII Foods
Normal Rockwell, Marvel and Other Memorable Art from WWII
Veterans will go within 100 miles of NO. Knitting for charity efforts.
50’s and 60’s were distinct in terms of fashion and music as well as in terms of historical happenings
Car shows
Aprons – pocket decorations, circle skirts, poodle decorations inexpensive lots of chefs aprons, or invite people to bring in a plain one, show some cute pocket or painting decorations. Use markers, printed and iron on transfers
Not hard to set up soda fountain bar
Luau – grass skirts, history, pineapple, Spam, music
Memorabilia sharing and showing at Korean War presentation and Social
American Fork PL
National Archives
Atlantic City
Dancing
Ukele music
Can hire
Serve pineapple
Make a volcano
Travel
Have any of you eaten Space Food Sticks? Email me for a prize
Blast Off or Space themes also work with some of the 60’s tie ins
Space exploration: Rocket Boys, October sky (set in late 50’s, start of 60’s space mania)
Show Blast From the Past
Play oldies plus new covers
Form or description of basic needs
Fallout Shelter Flash Fiction Contest
Atomic cake – all flavors if the bomb came? Or just advertising
What would your end of the world plan be?
Photo from national archives, Florida State Archives
70s special
Lots of spinal taps but still entertaining viewing.
Teach some modern techniques
Babysitting training grows up – infant CPR
Health checks
Crossover from Decades
Few teen events that are not food related
Tasters club: cereal, bars, crackers and cheese combinations, fruits and dips, chocolates, holiday candies
Three hole punch scrapbooking paper, glue on recipe (copy), add stickers, words, etc.
Delicious
Foods from labels
Treats and Beats by the Decade
Microwave Magic
Crossover from Decades also – winners by decade
Hollywood fashions by decade
Movie Fest Ideas
Gourmet Popcorn Demos
different spices
cheeses
Mix with pretzels, caramel sauce
Oscar Night After Hours, fundraiser movie fest
Oscar fest leading up to it
Local Famous People festival, places
Woodstock IL, Groundhog Day
Hollywood Hauntings
Dress Like Actor contest
Short Movie Night
Movie Theaters review
Decades of Movie Candy
Ghost story night
NextGen did campfire version
Goosebumps movie
appeal to those who collected them years ago as kids – 20’s 30’s
Classic horror films
Finish the scary theme
Hitchcock fest
Duct Tape Halloween costumes
Retro Halloween party
Pumpkin decorating
Great Gourds! Scarecrows outside the library
Costume and make up art
Zombie festival
Walking Dead patrons
30 second scary clip movie contest plus viewing party
Get Scared at the Library
Made with pound cake , fruit
Bring your own flashlight
Storyteller
Scavenger hunt outside
What was the most challenging theme you’ve worked with? www.mandatory.com
Smilies also work for 70’s
Surprisingly Popular – how to do Improv
Local theater teachers
Open Mike Night for Adults
Emoticon Story Contest
Joke Writing Contest – library theme G of course
Funniest Photo on theme
Humor by Decade movies – Chaplin to Carrey
Holiday comedies
Classic Comedy Fest – Romantic Comedy Fest for Valentine’s Day
British humor – Jeeves and Wooster,
Many of the Artistic programs also cross-over here, but as we know the Makerspace has emphasis on technology
**ALA has Top Trailblazing Projects including Mesa Thinkspot
People do not have time to craft, or money or space to get tools. Learning something new is what we’ve always been about. The Makerspace is a new term for an organized place to experiment. Some libraries have Makerboxes people can check out and use for projects.
Squishy circuits is easier as a drop in
3D printing takes time – so two session jewelry
Couple of these are associated with books and paper
The iPod may be a bit dated, but plenty of people could use a phone docking or something similar
Crafting for charity – make squares, or communal blanket project, all work on some art for charity raffle, like rain barrel decoration
Budgets small – limit for some demos, just like drop in days at craft stores
Can’t hire people?
Demonstrate the online courses in budgeting, investing in lobby
Teen or Next Gen budget – give amounts, life happenings, like live Life game Play life or Payday when finished
Demonstrate a few apps
Have board with post its for money and saving tips for all ages
Life Sized Life or Payday games
LaVista PL life sized life for young adults
Or have set budgets, choose from made up colleges with realistic tuitions, spin for # of kids
CSI for seniors
Library crimescene – one day or set up as display **Prize for most creative, most elaborate (no truth needed)
Footprints on floor
https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ld/projects/ttr/2008/manual/whodunit.html Texas 2008 Teens Read Manual
Local police always popular (drug sniffing dogs at teen holiday program)
Mystery flavors – drop of essential oils, unusual chocolates and prizes for guessing correctly, potato chips
60’s Rocket Boys, October sky program
Paper airplane contests at end
- books with serious ones in it
Runes, basic palm, tea leaves
Hopkinton PL fundraiser
Glow in the dark golf in the library, fundraiser
Read for the Gold – 2016 Illinois summer reading
Self defense
Local Olympians
5-K Ready: Overview of ones in area, tips on how to train
January, resolutions
Recreate Guinness Book, bouncing balls, stacking things, dunking Oreos
Fit Fair
Photo of Carol Thomas
Broken timepieces from thrift shops,
Earrings, necklaces (on leather strips)
You don’t have to know much to host
Superhero staff is every summer!
PINTEREST
Comicon – first with 800 – 1000 people
photo opportunities with stormtroopers, get staff or others dressed in costumes to pose with kids in lobby
Digital photos – dropped them into green screen, emailed later
Harry Potter fest at end with Butterbeer
Artist Alley
Live Role Playing – teach fake moves for superhero scenes
Make a mask, design a cape
Recycled Weapon
Photo of reading image with capes
Tardis box
Many of the mentioned ones had Tech Tie-ins
Lower cost – like write on board
Rasberry Pi with pie for national Pie day
Online chat with reference
Downloadable app – show staff
Sign up for program
Link to library social media
Put item on reserve online, or online search
Use online databases
Download ebook or audio book
3D jewelry
Sister City – had to have a German, Indian, Japanese, French – music, food, craft particular weeks
Turkish Delight
British Cadbury
Belgium Chocolates – Pepperridge Farm History
Japanese Pocky
Kolackies
Invite local patrons
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