Wintertime Wreaths

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Join us as we head into the winter months! We will be making a festive wreath that you can hang on your front door or in your home. You will take home your own wreath along with new knowledge on making beautiful wreaths of your own! No previous experience needed---just an open mind and creativity! Adults 18+, Registration begins October 23th.

Image provided by Etsy – Festive Burlap Wreath – Your Handmade Wreath

 

Registration required.

Upcoming sessions

There are no upcoming sessions available.

2018 National Book Awards Longlists-Literature for Young People

September 14, 2018 | davisr

The 2018 National Book Awards Longlist of Literature for Young People has been announced. The finalists will be announced on October 10th, so be sure to check back! See the full list of ten at the website or find the books to read from the library.

The poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by Eugene (ILT) Eugene/ Yelchin M. T./ Yelchin Anderson

National Book Award Nonfiction Longlist Announced

September 13, 2018 | davisr

The 2018 National Book Awards Longlist for Nonfiction was announced today. The finalists will be announced on October 10th. See the full list of ten at the website or find the books to read from the library.

 

One person, no vote : how voter suppression is destroying our democracy by Carol (Carol Elaine) Anderson
The Indian world of George Washington : the first President, the first Americans, and the birth of the nation by 1953- Colin G. (Colin Gordon) Calloway

Travel Photography with Gale Courses

September 10, 2018 | davisr

Join us and discover this fascinating world through a photographer's eye. This course will address the special needs and techniques digital photographers need to capture scenes from around the world and bring them home. We'll focus on specific tips for digital photographers, and how to use both traditional techniques as well as those unique to digital equipment.  

All Gale Courses are free with your Canton Public Library card, and the next set of classes will begin on Wednesday, September 12. Learn on your own schedule, and receive a certificate of completion when you've finished. Our goal is to provide lifelong educational opportunities for you to gain new skills or improve existing ones. New sessions are offered every month. Take advantage of these instructor-led courses on our databases page!

 

Introduction to Windows 10 with Gale Courses

September 5, 2018 | davisr

Welcome to Windows 10, the completely new operating system from Microsoft, which offers a more robust, more powerful, and completely unique computing experience. In this course, you'll gain the foundation you need to get started right away using Windows 10. We'll begin with the basics: finding your way around the operating system.  You'll get to know the expanded Start menu, desktop, and system settings so you can feel right at home. Next, you'll learn to customize the features of this operating system and personalize your desktop so you can make your computer truly your own.

All Gale Courses are free with your Canton Public Library card, and the next set of classes will begin on Wednesday, September 12. Learn on your own schedule, and receive a certificate of completion when you've finished. Our goal is to provide lifelong educational opportunities for you to gain new skills or improve existing ones. New sessions are offered every month. Take advantage of these instructor-led courses on our databases page!

Intermediate QuickBooks 2018 with Gale Courses

September 4, 2018 | davisr

Learning how to use QuickBooks to its full potential, goes far beyond learning the basic features of the program.  Even many experienced QuickBooks users often struggle when applying certain business situations to QuickBooks. In this course, you’ll learn how to utilize many of the more in-depth features and applications. It is designed for those QuickBooks users that already feel that they have a good grasp on the basics, or those that have successfully completed the Introduction to QuickBooks course.  Whether you are a small business owner, bookkeeper or accountant needing a QuickBooks refresher, after taking this course, you’ll feel more confident and secure in accounting for your business.      

All Gale Courses are free with your Canton Public Library card, and the next set of classes will begin on Wednesday, September 12. Learn on your own schedule, and receive a certificate of completion when you've finished. Our goal is to provide lifelong educational opportunities for you to gain new skills or improve existing ones. New sessions are offered every month. Take advantage of these instructor-led courses on our databases page!

Fall Florals

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Back by popular demand...a fall floral arranging class! We will be working on making centerpieces that WOW! We will provide the flowers, supplies, and know-how to make beautiful arrangements. You will take home your own arrangement along with new knowledge on making beautiful creations of your own! No previous experience needed---just an open mind and creativity! Adults 18+, Registration begins September 21.

 

Flowers by Melody licensed under CC 2.0

Upcoming sessions

There are no upcoming sessions available.

Keyboarding with Gale Courses

August 13, 2018 | davisr

If you want to learn touch-typing or improve your existing typing skills, this is the perfect course for you! In these lessons, you'll use the Keyboarding Pro 5 program, a typing tutorial designed for personal computers, to learn how to touch-type—that is, to type text you read from a printed page or a computer screen without looking at your keyboard.  

Using Keyboarding Pro's built-in word processor, you'll learn how to create, edit, and save word processing documents. As you improve your typing speed and accuracy, you'll use the word processor's timed writing feature to continually hone your skills. You'll even learn posture tips to minimize fatigue and help prevent carpal tunnel syndrome.

All Gale Courses are free with your Canton Public Library card, and the next set of classes will begin on Wednesday, August 15. Learn on your own schedule, and receive a certificate of completion when you've finished. Our goal is to provide lifelong educational opportunities for you to gain new skills or improve existing ones. New sessions are offered every month. Take advantage of these instructor-led courses on our databases page!

Discover Sign Language with Gale Courses

August 8, 2018 | davisr

It's truly amazing that we can communicate just by using our hands! Add different facial expressions, and you have a conversation—the language used by Deaf people. In this course, you'll discover how to use this graceful, expressive language to communicate.

You'll begin with an introduction to the language itself, and learn to create the signs for numbers. You'll also master the sign alphabet so you can fingerspell proper names.

Then you'll learn to sign phrases and expand to complete sentences, and see how to put it all together so you can introduce yourself and start a conversation. Along the way you'll learn signs for colors, numbers, where you live, family, and the activities you like to do and even the ones you don't.

All Gale Courses are free with your Canton Public Library card, and the next set of classes will begin on Wednesday, August 15. Learn on your own schedule, and receive a certificate of completion when you've finished. Our goal is to provide lifelong educational opportunities for you to gain new skills or improve existing ones. New sessions are offered every month. Take advantage of these instructor-led courses on our databases page!

Intermediate QuickBooks 2018 with Gale Courses

August 3, 2018 | davisr

Learning how to use QuickBooks to its full potential, goes far beyond learning the basic features of the program.  Even many experienced QuickBooks users often struggle when applying certain business situations to QuickBooks. In this course, you’ll learn how to utilize many of the more in-depth features and applications. It is designed for those QuickBooks users that already feel that they have a good grasp on the basics, or those that have successfully completed the Introduction to QuickBooks course.  Whether you are a small business owner, bookkeeper or accountant needing a QuickBooks refresher, after taking this course, you’ll feel more confident and secure in accounting for your business.      

All Gale Courses are free with your Canton Public Library card, and the next set of classes will begin on Wednesday, August 15. Learn on your own schedule, and receive a certificate of completion when you've finished. Our goal is to provide lifelong educational opportunities for you to gain new skills or improve existing ones. New sessions are offered every month. Take advantage of these instructor-led courses on our databases page!

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