Reading Ready Pickup

10:00am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Prairie Creek Branch
Room: Prairie Creek - Lobby
Age Group: Infant & Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Early Literacy
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Seats Remaining: 21
Event Details:
Getting your child ready to read is as easy as reading, playing, singing, talking, and writing. Register for the Reading Ready program and receive a complimentary kit each month, for five months to help you and your child practice these early literac...

Literary Legos

11:00am - 12:00pm
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Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Online Programs
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11)
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
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Seats Remaining: Unlimited
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Get out of the heat! Pull out those Legos, listen to a fun story and then... Let your creativity shine! Build a Lego creation based on the story. You will have time to talk and share your creations. See what other Lego builders come up with. Th...

Beginning Piano and Keyboard

2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Online Programs
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11), Teen, Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
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Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:
Learn how to read music, understand chord and melodic theory, and to play the piano or keyboard. Participants are encouraged to attend a weekly session, but can join at any time.   This program is available online only. Registration is r...

When Crime Becomes Entertainment: A True Crime Discussion

2:00pm - 3:30pm
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Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Online Programs
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Featured
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Seats Remaining: Unlimited
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Have you ever wondered why, as humans, we're so fascinated with crime, murder, and other atrocities? Join us for a panel discussion to get to the bottom of that very question.  Panelists include true crime author, Robert Sadler, Texas Monthly...

Beginning Violin Class

3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Online Programs
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11), Teen, Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
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Seats Remaining: 9
Event Details:
Interested in learning to play the violin? Join Bill Smith online Saturdays at 1pm. The program will teach students the basics of playing the violin and reading music. No previous experience is needed to join, but it is important to have a violin ava...

Reading Divas Book Club

3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Online Programs
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
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Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:
Are you an Urban Fiction reader? This month we will be reading "Shuggie Bain" by Douglas Stuart Description: Shuggie Bain is the unforgettable story of young Hugh “Shuggie” Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood ...

Regarding Music: Explorations in Music Appreciation

3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Online Programs
Age Group: Teen, Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
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Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:
Expand your music listening skills with this, the latest offering of Bill's Music Classes. Taught by DPL's Music Librarian Andrew Anderson, this class aims to open up areas of knowing and listening to music that will help you enjoy (or appreciate, at...

Beginning Guitar Class

4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Online Programs
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11), Teen, Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
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Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:
Interested in learning to play the guitar? Dust that guitar in the corner off and let's play some songs. You'll learn basic chords and strumming patterns, as well as a bit of music theory in the process. Whatever your goal, we think you'll have ...

Queer Reads Book Club

6:30pm - 7:30pm
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Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Online Programs
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
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Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:
Welcome guys, gals, and nonbinary pals!  For Pride Month we're reading The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America by Eric Cervini. In 1957, at the height of the Space Race, a government astronomer named Fr...