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Future Makers: Build It Motor Bots

Tuesday, July 23, 2019, 4:00 pm

Invent a motorized machine that uses wiggles and vibrates to move. Explore how small electric motors and battery packs can be combined with unusual and everyday materials to create unique machines of your own design. All creations go home. Best for ages 6-12.

Baby Lap Time

Wednesday, July 24, 2019, 10:00 am

A story time experience for our youngest library users and their caregivers. These 20-30 minutes story times introduce books, songs, rhymes, tickles and bounces developmentally appropriate for children ages birth to 1 year. Baby Lap Time is a wonderful way to introduce your child to the joys of reading in a positive and fun atmosphere.

Move to the Music!

Wednesday, July 24, 2019, 10:30 am

Adults of all ages are welcome to Move to the Music! Kathy Gracenin will incorporate elements of Tai Chi, Yoga, Qi Gong and Dance to help the body and mind. Dancing a little each day improves strength, balance and alignment and improves the health of your brain. Dancing in your chair is also great! Class size is limited to 25 participants, so arrive early.

Toddler Story Time

Wednesday, July 24, 2019, 11:00 am

Get up and get moving at our Toddler Story Times! These 20-30 minute programs are full of books, songs and fun activities designed to help develop your child’s language skills. Children ages 1-3 years and their grownups are encouraged to engage with the stories and activities and participate in the program along with the children. Tickets are required to attend this program. They are available at the Children’s Desk 60 minutes before the start of the story time on a first-come, first-served basis.

Baby and Toddler Story Time

Wednesday, July 24, 2019, 11:30 am

These 20-30 minute story times are full of books, songs, rhymes and fingerplays for children birth to three 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.

Lego Construction Crew

Wednesday, July 24, 2019, 4:00 pm

We supply the Legos, you bring your imagination. Recommended for ages 4-12.

Job Seekers

Thursday, July 25, 2019, 2:30 pm

Looking for a job? Let us help you! Whether it’s an online application, a cover letter, or your resume, you will receive one-on-one help from our library staff. First-come, first-served.

Summer Games at Tenley Library

Thursday, July 25, 2019, 3:30 pm

Bored? Looking for something to do? Come to Tenley-Friendship Library after your summer job to play some great games with friends and family. Ages 13-19, but younger kids are welcome as well. Attending this program counts towards DC Public Library Summer Challenge.

Pajama Movie Night: The Emperor's New Groove

Thursday, July 25, 2019, 6:30 pm

The emperor is turned into a llama by his ex-administrator and must regain his throne with the help of a llama herder. View movie trailer here.

Upper NW Knitters

Thursday, July 25, 2019, 6:30 pm

Join us as we learn to knit and crochet. We meet for two hours, several times a month, and supplies are free.

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Dialogue With Neighbors

A Community Conversation Series

Please join us across the city for a three-part structured community dialogue in June 2018. Each dialogue will build on the previous one. And while some may not be able to attend all three dialogues, we are hoping for a core group to be part of all three dialogues so the conversation can deepen over the three weeks. Refreshments will be served at all dialogue sessions.

Adults

Library of Congress Kids Writing Contest Announced

Rising fifth and sixth graders asked to write about “A Book That Shaped Me”

The Library of Congress National Book Festival's “A Book That Shaped Me” Summer Writing Contest encourages rising fifth and sixth graders to reflect on a book that has made a personal impact on thei

2018 Summer Pajama Movie Night Lineup Announced

Join us each week for fun movies

This summer, put on your PJs and join us Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. at Tenley-Friendship Library for fun children’s movies. Food, blankets and pillows are welcome. Check out our lineup: June 28 - Coco July 5 - The Incredibles July 12 - The Aristocats

Live Off the Land

(As Much as You Can)

It's been a cold, cold winter and I've been flagging catalogs and making sketches, impatient to get a start on the spring and summer garden.

Wonderful "Wee Beasties"

The teeny, teeming world of microbes

Yes, this winter's flu season has been the worst in many years. And, okay, an outbreak of norovirus caused concern at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Home is Where the Hatred is

Stories of Brutality at the Hands of Your Own Country

We often think of bigotry in terms of individual failings. We shame individuals who perpetuate racism and homophobia as people separate from a well-meaning whole. Instead, we should think of them as members of society that allows such attitudes to continue. These books explore how societies are very much complicit in the veils we claim to reject.

Tenleytown Mural

Have you seen the new Tenleytown mural? It’s on the northeast corner of Grant Road at Wisconsin Ave., NW on the wall of the oldest original building in Tenleytown. Take a look at the representations of area landmarks, and then come over to the library to learn more about the second-oldest village in Washington.

Teen Reader's Advisory

Tenley-Friendship Library is proud to announce that one of the teens from the Tenley area who participated in the Teen Summer Reading Program and Teen Book Review Contest won that contest with her excellent review of Monster by Walter Dean Myers. With their permission, we have posted the review below. We hope you enjoy it, and that it inspires you to check out this title and the many others we have at DC Public Library.

Book Cart, Drink Cart

Spiked Titles with a Twist

Yes, it’s true: the craft cocktail revolution is over and won and people can have complex and balanced stiff drinks wherever they find themselves. And yet, this continuing, decade-long interest in fancy drinks speaks to the intersection of history, locavorism, performance art, craftsmanship, and science.

Art All Night

Made in D.C.

Join us as local businesses and public spaces along Wisconsin Avenue transform into pop-up galleries and performance stages for an evening of art in all its forms. Tenleytown’s artistic future is on display at the library as some of tomorrow’s brightest artists and performers from local schools showcase their paintings, sculpture, and ceramics. The award-winning Wilson High School poetry club hosts an invitational poetry slam.

Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library

Tuesday, July 23, 2019, 4:00 pm

Wednesday, July 24, 2019, 10:00 am

Wednesday, July 24, 2019, 10:30 am

Wednesday, July 24, 2019, 11:00 am

Wednesday, July 24, 2019, 11:30 am

Wednesday, July 24, 2019, 4:00 pm

Thursday, July 25, 2019, 2:30 pm

Thursday, July 25, 2019, 3:30 pm

Thursday, July 25, 2019, 6:30 pm

Thursday, July 25, 2019, 6:30 pm

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