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Time for Tots (West)

10:00am - 10:30am
Children
Library Branch: West Branch
Room: West Branch Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

Time for Tots is an interactive literacy program featuring simple stories, finger plays, songs, nursery rhymes, and movement activities. This program is for children, ages 18 - 36 months old and their caregivers.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Book Buddies Book Club

10:00am - 11:00am
Adults
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Selma Burke Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

Book Buddies Book Club is held the 2nd Wednesday of the month. 

This program currently has a waiting list. Please go to the Circulation Desk to be added to the wait list or call 704-664-2927.

 

This event is in the "Children" group.

Movers & Shakers (West)

11:00am - 11:30am
Children
Library Branch: West Branch
Room: West Branch Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

Have fun listening to stories, singing songs, learning rhymes, and participating in movement activities that will enhance a love of books and introduce children to a world of imagination.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Accessible Mat Yoga (West)

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: West Branch
Room: West Branch Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

In this class we will begin on the floor with seated postures warming the body up. Then moving into standing poses as we work on balance.

This event is in the "Children" group.

Elementary Explorers (West)

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Children
Library Branch: West Branch
Room: West Branch Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

Come join us to see where the arts can take you. How do art and science collide, how can words paint pictures, can light be broken? Find out all this and more! Elementary age children are invited to join us for hands-on activities in the arts.

This event is in the "Children" group.

Elementary Explorers

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Children
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Youth Services Community Room
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

Come join us to see where the arts can take you. How do art and science collide, how can words paint pictures, can light be broken? Find out all this and more! Elementary age children are invited to join us for hands-on activities in the arts.

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Manga Book Club

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Teens, Adults
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Selma Burke Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Registration Required
Event Details:

Discuss our monthly manga title and participate in an activity based on the manga.

June’s title will be Boys Run The Riot v. 1 by Keito Gaku. 
 

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Chair Yoga

10:00am - 11:00am
Adults
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Youth Services Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

Chair yoga improves muscle and bone strength, flexibility, better dexterity, mind clarity, improves breathing and reduces stress.


No yoga experience required.

This event is in the "Everyone" group.

All Ages Light Box Tracing (West)

10:00am - 12:00pm
Everyone
Library Branch: West Branch
Room: West Branch Meeting Room
Age Group: Everyone
Event Details:

Use a light box to practice sketching and drawing, stenciling, calligraphy, and more!


White paper, light boxes, colored pencils, and pencils will be provided for the program.


This event is in the "Everyone" group.

Art for All

10:00am - 12:00pm
Everyone
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Youth Services Community Room
Age Group: Everyone
Event Details:

Come and learn about different mediums of art. This program will allow patrons of all ages to discover more about some of the world’s variety of art. Join us and create a new work of art each week.

This event is in the "Everyone" group.

Art for All (West)

10:00am - 12:00pm
Everyone
Library Branch: West Branch
Room: West Branch Meeting Room
Age Group: Everyone
Event Details:

Come and learn about different mediums of art. This program will allow patrons of all ages to discover more about some of the world’s variety of art. Join us and create a new work of art each week.

This event is in the "Everyone" group.

Puzzle Swap

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Everyone
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Selma Burke Room
Age Group: Everyone
Event Details:

Have you completed the same puzzles more than once? Ready for some new ones? Bring your gently used puzzles and leave with new-to-you puzzles!

Closed Sundays

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Main Library, West Branch
This event is in the "Children" group.

Baby & Me

9:00am - 9:30am
Children
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Youth Services Community Room
Age Group: Children
Registration Required
Event Details:

Baby and Me is a program for children ages 6 months to 18 months and their caregivers.

This event is in the "Children" group.

Arts Exploration

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Children
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Youth Services Community Room
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

In this drop-in activity children will get to create an art project to take home with them.

This week we will be making yarn monsters.  


 

This event is in the "Children" group.

Arts Exploration (West)

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Children
Library Branch: West Branch
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

In this drop-in activity children will get to create an art project to take home with them.

This week we will be making yarn monsters. 


 

This event is in the "Teens" group.

Teen Kitchen Capers (West)

3:00pm - 4:30pm
Teens
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: West Branch
Room: West Branch Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens
Registration Required
Event Details:

Teens are invited to make easy and delicious recipes that can be reproduced at home. In June, we will be making chicken salad sandwiches and cheddar ranch dip. 

This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Selma Burke Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

Do you love true crime? Join us for a true crime podcast discussion! Twice a month we'll meet at the Main Library to discuss a few episodes of a podcast and share our thoughts on the case.

This event is in the "Children" group.

Time for Tots

10:00am - 10:30am
Children
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Youth Services Community Room
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

Time for Tots is an interactive literacy program featuring simple stories, finger plays, songs, nursery rhymes, and movement activities. This program is for children, ages 18 - 36 months old and their caregivers.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Book Lovers (West)

10:00am - 11:00am
Adults
Library Branch: West Branch
Room: West Branch Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

MPL Book Lovers Book Club is held the 3rd Thursday of the month. This program currently has a waitlist. Please go to the Circulation Desk to be added to the wait list or call 704-799-4200.
 

This event is in the "Children" group.

Movers & Shakers

11:00am - 11:30am
Children
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Youth Services Community Room
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

Have fun listening to stories, singing songs, learning rhymes, and participating in movement activities that will enhance a love of books and introduce children to a world of imagination.

This event is in the "Teens" group.

Teen Tie-Dye Tag

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Teens
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Selma Burke Room
Age Group: Teens
Registration Required
Event Details:

Teens, join us in the most colorful game of tag ever! Beat the heat and go home with your very own wearable piece of art. This game will be played outdoors with water guns and water balloons.

This event is in the "Teens" group.

TAB Meeting

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Teens
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Selma Burke Room
Age Group: Teens
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Write On

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Williams Wing
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

Write On is open to any adult who is interested in writing – all genres, all levels of skill. Led by local author Katherine L. E. White.