STEAMx

STEAMx logo with robot arm, illustrated hand painting flowers, and brain half made of circuits

Students aged 11-13 who enjoy engaging in science, technology, engineering, art, and math are invited to join us and explore various STEAM topics. First, STEAMx will introduce participants to a topic and its supporting ideas. From there, participants will be given a problem and challenged to engineer a solution or create an example. Challenging, unusual, and different, these programs are a great way to exercise the brain in the most fun way possible.

Registration in required.

 

 

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This is NOT a Book Club

October

October's book is The Witch Boy graphic novel by Molly Ostertag. Registration starts on September 23rd. 

This is NOT a Book Club (TINA) is not your traditional book club. Patrons ages 10-13 are invited to join us in-person or virtually for this hybrid program. All participants will get a free book to pick up from the Grab & Go shelf (usually 2 weeks before the program)! On the day of the program we will hangout, talk about the book, and compete for prizes in our live trivia event! In-person participants will create a themed craft.

  • Ages 10-13
  • Register 1 spot per person
  • Socially distanced, masks optional
  • In the notes field, write
    • VIRTUAL if you are attending virtually
    • IN-PERSON if you are attending in-person
    • UNDECIDED if you are not sure

Registration for this program ends on October 21, 2021.

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Baby Storytime

We are very glad to continue offering Baby Storytime to our patrons, but due to changing circumstances, please read the following information thoroughly.

Together with a Youth Librarian, children 24 months and under, along with a loving adult, will build early literacy skills in a welcoming environment through meaningful stories, songs, and play. Encourage a love of language and reading while practicing listening and cooperative tasks. We look forward to sharing this experience with you.

With consideration for the ongoing pandemic, and in response to patron feedback, please take special note of the following:

  • Registration is required for Baby Storytime.
  • Registration is for the entire 6-week session.

  • Baby Storytime will take place in the Community Room in order to provide adequate physical distancing between families.

  • Masks are recommended, but not required, for caregivers and any children over age 2. Fully vaccinated presenting librarian may choose not to wear a mask.
  • To minimize disruptions, patrons who arrive more than five minutes late will not be able to enter the program.
  • In the event of a storytime cancellation due to unforeseen circumstances, all registered participants will be emailed. If possible, a Zoom link may be included for a live virtual storytime. 
  • If you have further questions about storytime, registration, or other library programming, please call the library at 734-397-0999.

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Polymer Clay Jewelry

Polymer clay is a versatile medium and a great way to experiment with your creative side! Learn the basics of working with polymer clay and make your own jewelry at home! Most supplies will be provided, but a few basics will be required from home. Registration is required and will begin on Thursday, 8/26 at 9:00am. This program is for ages 18+. 

One week prior to the program, registered participants will receive an email with instructions for picking up program supplies and attending the virtual program via Zoom.

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Nonfiction Book Group October 2021

The Nonfiction Book Group will be meeting in person on Saturday, October 16, 2021 at 10:00 AM in the Friend's Activity Room.  For those who prefer meeting via Zoom, you can still opt to attend this meeting virtually - it is up to you! The registration process is the same for in person and virtual attendance.  We will be discussing: 

Also available in: e-book | audiobook | e-audiobook | large print

Bestselling author and Podcast host Malcolm Gladwell offers a powerful examination of interactions with strangers, and why it often goes wrong. How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach something about the way people relate to each other that isn't true? A challenging and controversial excursion through history, psychology, and scandals taken straight from the news, Gladwell revisits the deceptions of Bernie Madoff, the trial of Amanda Knox, the suicide of Sylvia Plath, the Jerry Sandusky pedophilia scandal at Penn State University, and the death of Sandra Bland, throwing the understanding of these and other stories into doubt.

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Below are the titles that the Senior Book Group will be reading in September, October, November, and December of this year.

September

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Pachinko follows one Korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them all. Deserted by her lover, Sunja is saved when a young tubercular minister offers to marry and bring her to Japan. So begins a sweeping saga of an exceptional family in exile from its homeland and caught in the indifferent arc of history. Through desperate struggles and hard-won triumphs, its members are bound together by deep roots as they face enduring questions of faith, family, and identity.

Senior Book Group: October

The Senior Book Group will again be meeting in person on Thursday, October 28 from 2:00pm-3:00pm in the Friends' Activity Room to discuss Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge.

Libertie : a novel by Kaitlyn Greenidge

Coming of age as a free-born Black girl in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn, Libertie Sampson is all too aware that her mother, a physician, has a vision for their future together: Libertie will go to medical school and practice alongside her. But Libertie feels stifled by her mother's choices and is constantly reminded that, unlike her mother, Libertie has skin that is too dark. When a young man from Haiti proposes to Libertie and promises she will be his equal on the island, she accepts, only to discover that she is still subordinate to him and all men. As she tries to parse what freedom actually means for a Black woman, Libertie struggles with where she might find it--for herself and for generations to come.

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