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Cardboard Creations with Sloan-Longway |
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Saturday, January 17, 11:00am or 1:00pm- Join staff from the Sloan Museum of Discovery and Longway Planetarium to explore math and science through stories, songs, and projects while learning to create!
- In the story Big Friends, two friends have a grand time with their imagination and some cardboard boxes. What happens when someone new wants to play with them? Find out while building and playing with your own cardboard creations. Open to any children aged 3 years old or older. We're limited to 25 kids in each session.
- Registration is required. Please register for one of the two available sessions:
11:00am-12:00pm , 1:00pm-2:00pm
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Wednesdays, 10:00-11:30am |
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- Readers in grades K-5 are invited to sign up for a 15-minute "Paws for Reading" session with one of our local certified therapy dogs.
- The goal is to provide a non-judgmental atmosphere in which kids can read without correction or interruption and learn not just to read, but to love reading as well.
- A handful of books will be available, but feel free to bring one from home. Each child will have one-on-one reading time.
- Register here: 5:30-5:45pm [FULL] , 5:45-6:00pm ,
6:00-6:15pm [FULL] , 6:15-6:30pm [FULL] ,
6:30-6:45pm , 6:45-7:00pm
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**This webinar is both for high school students and parents.** |
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- Join Stephanie Foley for a free, practical workshop on decluttering based on Decluttering at the Speed of Life by Dana K. White.
- Learn simple, no-mess concepts and methods to tackle clutter, make real progress, and create a home that works for you.
- Presented by Stephanie Foley, owner of Clearly Manageable.
- Register HERE.
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Made You Look
by Tanya Grant
Sydney Kent is the ultimate It Girl. You want her effortless style, her charisma, her hair. You want to be her; you want to be with her. But the trouble with a star is that everyone else looks dull in comparison. Despite Caitlyn's social media cunning, it's impossible for her to step out from Sydney's shadow. Even Lucy, Sydney's best friend since before her fame, can't escape her role as full-time photographer to the influencer. When the women are invited to post content for a secluded new retreat in the Catskills, alongside Sydney's boyfriend Jeff, stylist Nash, and manager Brent, the weekend feels like it will be a fresh start. But an unexpected snowstorm traps the group together with no cell service, no Wi-Fi, and no way out. Then a killer strikes, and the dream trip becomes a nightmare. Secrets, lies, and scandals are forced to the surface, and the friends can't help but suspect the murderer might be among them. Worse, the killing has only just begun. But where there's danger, there's juicy, jaw-dropping, name-making content to be created. You know you want to look...
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The Sea Captain's Wife: A True Story of Mutiny, Love, and Adventure at the Bottom of the World
by Tilar J. Mazzeo
Summer, 1856. Nineteen-year-old Mary Ann Patten and her husband Joshua were young and ambitious. Both from New England seafaring families, they had already completed their first clipper-ship voyage around the world with Joshua as captain. If they could win [a] race to San Francisco that year, their dream of building a farm and a family might be within reach. It would mean freedom. And the price of that freedom was one last dangerous transit--into the most treacherous waters in the world. As their ship, Neptune's Car, left New York Harbor and sailed down the jagged coast of South America, Joshua fell deathly ill and was confined to his bunk, delirious. ... With no obvious option for a new captain and heartbroken about her husband, Mary Ann stepped into the breach and convinced the crew to support her, just as they slammed into a gale that would last 18 days. Set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush and taking us to the brink of Antarctica, this book gives Mary Ann Patten--the first woman to command a merchant vessel as captain--her due.
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Great Art Explained: The Stories Behind the World's Greatest Masterpieces
by James Payne
Art appreciation made accessible, relevant and entertaining; writer, curator, and YouTube sensation James Payne demystifies great works of art. Based on the popular and enormously successful YouTube channel of the same name, Great Art Explained unveils the fascinating stories behind some of the world's most iconic paintings and sculptures, proving that there's more to art than just watching paint dry. Art can be thrilling, and resonate on a deep personal level. It is how you view the work, place it in context and understand its history that makes an artwork truly come alive. A fresh approach to a classic subject, James Payne's no-nonsense analysis sheds new light on 30 masterpieces from around the globe and reveals what makes them truly timeless works of art. Each chapter delves into not only the art itself but also the artist's life, as well as the work's place in their wider oeuvre; in other words, what makes it "great." From Hilma af Klint's occult altarpieces to Claude Monet's Water Lilies, Botticelli's The Birth of Venus to Georgia O'Keeffe's Jimson Weed, each artwork is explored with clarity and passion. Whether a seasoned art enthusiast or a curious newcomer, this book promises to deepen your appreciation and enrich your understanding of some of the world's greatest treasures.
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Do you love reading, books and libraries? Help out our Friends' group!
What you can do:
- Volunteer to organize all of the donations that are dropped off to the library
- Assist in setting up the annual book sales 3 or 4x a year
- Volunteer to run the book sales
- Help recruit new Friends to the group
- Share ideas for special events to fund raise and support the library!
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