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Young boy building with Lego blocks

Lego Lab

Monday, July 1, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Youth Services Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
STEAM Activities, Workshop
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Ages 6–11: Challenge your child’s construction skills, teamwork abilities, and creativity at Lego® Lab! Your child can attempt the monthly challenge or build their own designs. At ...

Required
Mother and infant daughter building with wooden blocks

Busy Builders

Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Youth Services Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
STEAM Activities
Age Group:
All Ages
Busy Builders:

All Ages: From simple towers to intricate structures, you and your child can create anything you can imagine with Busy Builders. Playing with blocks in an open social setting ...

Holiday Closing

All Day
Main Library, West Branch Library

All Library locations will be closed in observance of this holiday.

Closing
Senior man in Hawaiian shirt and Panama hat using his smartphone

Tech Travel Toolkit

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Haute Create at Main Library
Program Type:
STEAM Activities, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Adults
Cartoon dungeon interior with traps

AR Adventure Quest

Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Lobby at Main Library
Program Type:
STEAM Activities, Summer Reading
Age Group:
All Ages
Pile of happy children laying on the ground outside

Libratory

Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Meeting Room B | WBL at West Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Gardening & Nature, STEAM Activities, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Age 6–11: Do you have a budding artist or a mad scientist whose creativity is waiting to be unleashed? Stop by the Libratory and get ready to experiment! Libratory takes ideas from...

Smiling star made of fusible beads

Pixel Art with Perler Beads

Friday, July 12, 2024 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Meeting Rooms A, B & C at Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, STEAM Activities
Age Group:
Children, Teens
Young boy in lab coat with bubbles in one hand and blackboard of science images behind him

Curious Kids

Saturday, July 13, 2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Youth Services Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
STEAM Activities
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Ages 7–12: How are crystals formed? Is slime a liquid or a solid? What is a tessellation—and how do you make your own? If your child has questions like these, then Curious Kids has...

Required
Young woman wearing VR headset, reaching out to touch multi-colored lights

Experience Virtual Reality

Saturday, July 13, 2024 at 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Haute Create at Main Library
Program Type:
STEAM Activities
Age Group:
All Ages
Experience Virtual Reality:

Ages 12 & Up: Create intricate clockwork mechanisms, save a fantasy world, become a spy, or travel to distant planets with either the HTC Vive™ or the Meta Quest 2 VR headset.&...

Leather keychains engraved by laser cutter

Coordinates Keepsake

Monday, July 15, 2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Haute Create at Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, STEAM Activities, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Required
Mother and infant daughter building with wooden blocks

Busy Builders

Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Youth Services Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
STEAM Activities
Age Group:
All Ages
Busy Builders:

All Ages: From simple towers to intricate structures, you and your child can create anything you can imagine with Busy Builders. Playing with blocks in an open social setting ...

Maker Hour: Play with Your Food

Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Meeting Room B | WBL at West Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Family & Community, STEAM Activities
Age Group:
All Ages
Young boy building with Lego blocks

Lego Lab

Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Youth Services Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
STEAM Activities, Workshop
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Ages 6–11: Challenge your child’s construction skills, teamwork abilities, and creativity at Lego® Lab! Your child can attempt the monthly challenge or build their own designs. At ...

Required
Stained glass butterfly in window

DIY Faux Stained Glass for Kids

Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Youth Services Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, STEAM Activities, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Children
Required
Pile of happy children laying on the ground outside

Libratory

Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Meeting Room B | WBL at West Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Gardening & Nature, STEAM Activities, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Age 6–11: Do you have a budding artist or a mad scientist whose creativity is waiting to be unleashed? Stop by the Libratory and get ready to experiment! Libratory takes ideas from...

Silhouette of a Lego® mini-fig

Lego Stop Motion Animation

Monday, July 22, 2024 at 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Lifelong Learning Center at Main Library
Program Type:
STEAM Activities, Workshop
Age Group:
Children
Lego® Stop Motion Animation (Kids):

Ages 8–12: Encourage your child to turn their ideas into reality, experiment with creative problem-solving, and work cooperatively with others. Teams of two will build models, crea...

Required
Multiple Lego® mini-fig heads with different expressions

Lego Stop Motion Animation for Teens

Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Lifelong Learning Center at Main Library
Program Type:
STEAM Activities, Workshop
Age Group:
Teens
Lego® Stop Motion Animation (Teens):

Ages 12–18: Build your own Lego® movie, from character casting to creating movement, with Lego® Stop Motion Animation for Teens! Team up to design your set, direct the action, and ...

Required
Pile of happy children laying on the ground outside

Libratory

Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Meeting Room B | WBL at West Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Gardening & Nature, STEAM Activities, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Age 6–11: Do you have a budding artist or a mad scientist whose creativity is waiting to be unleashed? Stop by the Libratory and get ready to experiment! Libratory takes ideas from...

Illustration of shark with various fish and rocky ocean floor

I Survived Shark Week

Friday, July 26, 2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Meeting Rooms A, B & C at Main Library
Program Type:
STEAM Activities
Age Group:
Children
Required
Teenage artist leaning on painting

Art Adventures for Teens

Friday, July 26, 2024 at 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Teen Space at Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, STEAM Activities, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Teens
Starry night sky

SkyDome Planetarium: Session 1

Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 10:00am - 10:45am
Lobby at Main Library
Program Type:
Education & Tutoring, Family & Community, Speakers & Lectures, STEAM Activities, Summer Reading
Age Group:
All Ages, Children, Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Ages 5 & Up: Are you ready to blast off? Take a trip through the galaxy with the SkyDome Planetarium! Start your journey with a flight through our solar system and learn about ...

Required
Starry night sky

SkyDome Planetarium: Session 2

Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 11:00am - 11:45am
Lobby at Main Library
Program Type:
Education & Tutoring, Family & Community, Speakers & Lectures, STEAM Activities, Summer Reading
Age Group:
All Ages, Children, Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Ages 5 & Up: Are you ready to blast off? Take a trip through the galaxy with the SkyDome Planetarium! Start your journey with a flight through our solar system and learn about ...

Required
Starry night sky

SkyDome Planetarium: Session 3

Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 12:30pm - 1:15pm
Lobby at Main Library
Program Type:
Education & Tutoring, Family & Community, Speakers & Lectures, STEAM Activities, Summer Reading
Age Group:
All Ages, Children, Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Ages 5 & Up: Are you ready to blast off? Take a trip through the galaxy with the SkyDome Planetarium! Start your journey with a flight through our solar system and learn about ...

Required