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Teen Thursday: Vibrant Vision Boards

Thursday, August 22, 2019, 5:00 pm

A vision board is a type of collage that expresses your goals and dreams for the future. Join us for a creative collage session and make a vision board for the new school year! Ages 13-19; meet in the teen area.

Legos After Lunch

Friday, August 23, 2019, 2:00 pm

What can YOU do with a box of Legos? Exercise your building engineering and creative imaginative skills with this STEAM program. For school age children.

Come Read to Your P.A.L.

Tuesday, August 27, 2019, 7:00 pm

Join dogs from People Animals Love (P.A.L.) for a special story hour on the first and fourth Tuesday of each month featuring an opportunity for children to meet and read with dogs. P.A.L. story hours provide a great way for your budding reader to get some reading practice in with an attentive and patient audience.

Preschool Story Time

Wednesday, August 28, 2019, 10:30 am

Share the fun of reading with your children ages 3-5 years. Children and their grownups will explore stories and activities to encourage children to develop a lifelong love of reading and learning. These 30-to-40-minute programs are designed to promote language and listening skills, expand children’s imaginations and arouse their curiosity about the world around them.

Baby and Toddler Story Time

Thursday, August 29, 2019, 10:30 am

This 20-to-30-minute program is full of books, songs, rhymes and finger plays for children birth to 2 years old. Our Baby and Toddler Story Time is a great way to introduce your child to language skills in a positive and fun environment. Children and their grownups are encouraged to engage with the books and songs and to actively participate in the program.

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Teen Thursday: Voice Your Vision

Thursday, August 29, 2019, 5:00 pm

Come to the last Teen Thursday of the summer and share your ideas for library activities during the school year. Ages 13-19; meet in the teen area.

Job Search and Application Assistance

Tuesday, September 3, 2019, 10:00 am

Come to the Lamond-Riggs Library every other Tuesday beginning on March 5 from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m.. We are glad to walk you through the various steps of a job search, such as resume formatting, cover letter writing, creating an email account and completing online job applications.

Come Read to Your P.A.L.

Tuesday, September 3, 2019, 7:00 pm

Preschool Story Time

Wednesday, September 4, 2019, 10:30 am

Baby and Toddler Story Time

Thursday, September 5, 2019, 10:30 am

Pages

Around the World in Eight Books

Did you know that International Children’s Book Day falls in the month of April?Come along with us as we tour the world. Go on a global trip as we stop through eight fictional ports, exploring different authors' take on the world. But wait - we'll also make a postcard to commemorate the journey! You can sketch a part of your voyage or create something entirely abstract; it’s up to you.

Sisters on the Battlefield

Throughout the ages, women have always fought beside, behind, with men and alone when the need arose. In the United States, women fought in the Wild West, the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.Native American and African American women also made great contributions on the battle front.

Poetic Musings

Book spine poetry challenge

Image by covs97/ FlickrIf your looking for inspiration or feeling creative, then join us as we pay tribute to National Poetry Month. We’ll start with a short read aloud session - share a favorite poem or sample one of the library’s anthologies for fun.

Connecting to Your Roots Using Genealogy Online Research

Are you planning a family reunion this year? Do you have photos of family members that you can't identify or you know little about the people in those photos? Use the next family gathering at a funeral, wedding or holiday celebration to begin your search for your family history.

Cinderella Folk Tales From Around the World

Not every Cinderella goes to a ball dressed in glass slippers. Some girls don’t even have a fairy godmother to give them a ride in a pumpkin carriage! Can you imagine?

Zora Neale Hurston Book Talk

Celebrating Women's History Month

Love is in the air...

Valentine's Day Event in the Library

Valentine's Day is over. Did you enjoy your day like we did? Dare I say that there is a feeling of love left over in the air?

Job Hunting with Social Media

Image by Yoel Ben-Avaraham / FlickrWhat do sites like Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn have in common? As forms of social media, both job seekers and employers are using technology such as this more and more. If you have ever been hesitant to join an online site but are interested to learn, then this workshop is for you!In this program, we will explore the following topics:

Black History Film

This film is based on the 1995 Million Man March in Washington, D. C., in which 1 million African American men marched peacefully in a bid for greater unity and understanding.The story follows men on a charter bus from Los Angeles to D.C. Their issues, personalities and concerns begin to erupt on the long trip.

Recreation in Segregated Washington, D. C.

Photo exhibit at the library

The month of February, come view a photo exhibit of theaters, restaurants, hotels and other places of recreation for African Americans during the era of segregation in Washington, D. C.

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