Bringing in the new year with the library

Christ­mas 2012 is now his­tory, with all its excite­ment, hus­tle and bus­tle and joy. I hope yours was wonderful.

But the kids are home for another few days, and they might be a bit rest­less, bored and look­ing for some­thing to do. The Delaware County Dis­trict Library has a great line-up of pro­grams next week, designed to keep chil­dren and teens alike engaged and entertained.

The “Mup­pet Movie Marathon” con­tin­ues, with the show­ing of the orig­i­nal Mup­pet movie at 2 p.m. Wednes­day, and “The Mup­pets” (2011) at 2 p.m. Thurs­day. The movies will be shown in the Youth Ser­vices activ­ity room at the Orange Branch, 7171 Good­ing Blvd.

The Ostran­der Branch, 75 N. Fourth St., will host a Fam­ily Fun Day on Thurs­day. Chil­dren of all ages are encour­aged to join us for a day of fun and games, begin­ning at 11 a.m. with “Book Bingo.” Bring a lunch for a pic­nic at the library and join the “Lunch Bunch” from noon to 1 p.m.. The 1:30 –2:30 p.m. hour will be filled with all sorts of board games, fol­lowed at 3 p.m. with Wii and gam­ing. Then join your friends for movie night start­ing at 6:30 p.m. Stop by for any or all of these great activities.

You can intro­duce your lit­tle ones to yoga through cre­ative move­ment, relax­ation and sto­ries at “Story Time Yoga” at 11 a.m. Fri­day at the Orange Branch. Pre­reg­is­tra­tion is required for this pro­gram. Call the branch at 740–657-2665to reg­is­ter your child.

It’s Free Book Fri­day at the Delaware Main Library from 4 to 5 p.m. Fri­day. Get a free book, talk about your favorite books, hang out with friends. Call Teen Librar­ian Mandy Hen­ning for details at 740–362-3861.

Did Santa bring you an eReader this year? Come to our hands-on work­shop and find out how you can down­load eBooks from the library for free. Bring ques­tions for our eReader experts to the Orange Branch from 2 to 3 p.m. Jan. 5 .

As a reminder, the library will close at 5 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and reopen with our reg­u­lar hour on Wednes­day. And remem­ber, the Pow­ell Branch will be closed for ren­o­va­tion con­struc­tion until Jan. 7.

Happy New Year from the board and staff of the Delaware County Dis­trict Library!

What is that wire cage that holds the cork on a bot­tle of cham­pagne called?

The Sotheby’s Wine Ency­clo­pe­dia notes that the wire cage is called a muse­let and it fits over the cork of a bot­tle of cham­pagne, sparkling wine or beer to pre­vent the cork from emerg­ing under the pres­sure of the car­bon­ated con­tents. It derives its name from the French museler, to muz­zle. Muse­lets are also known as wire­hoods or Cham­pagne wires.

How old is Tim Curry?

British actor, singer, com­poser and voice actor Tim­o­thy James “Tim” Curry was born on April 19, 1946. Cur­rent Biog­ra­phy notes that Curry first rose to promi­nence with his break­through por­trayal of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the 1975 cult film “The Rocky Hor­ror Pic­ture Show,” repris­ing the role he’d orig­i­nated in the stage pro­duc­tion. After Rocky Hor­ror, Curry gar­nered acclaim for his sup­port­ing roles as Rooster in the 1982 film adap­ta­tion of “Annie,” as The Lord of Dark­ness in the 1985 film “Leg­end,” and as Wadsworth in the 1985 film “Clue,” as well as for his star­ring roles as Wolf­gang Amadeus Mozart in the 1980 Broad­way pro­duc­tion of “Amadeus”, as Pen­ny­wise the Clown in the 1990 hor­ror TV minis­eries “It,” and as King Arthur in the 2005 Broad­way pro­duc­tion of “Spamalot.”

What do you call the image of a reli­gious fig­ure on an object, such as the Shroud of Turin?

Parei­do­lia is a psy­cho­log­i­cal phe­nom­e­non involv­ing a vague and ran­dom stim­u­lus (often an image or sound) being per­ceived as sig­nif­i­cant. Com­mon exam­ples include see­ing images of ani­mals or faces in clouds, the man in the moon or reli­gious image on a piece of toast, and hear­ing hid­den mes­sages on records when played in reverse. The Illus­trated Reverse Dic­tio­nary was the source for this answer.

If you have a ques­tion that you would like to see answered in this col­umn, mail it to Mary Jane San­tos, Delaware County Dis­trict Library, 84 E. Win­ter St., Delaware, OH 43015, or call 740–362-3861. You can also email your ques­tions by vis­it­ing delawarelibrary.org or directly to Mary Jane at mjsantos@delawarelibrary.org. No mat­ter how you con­tact us, we’re always glad you asked!

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