Navigating Freedmen’s Bureau Records – Strategies for Research Success

10:00am - 11:00am
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Library Branch: Online Programs
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
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Are you struggling trying to find your freedmen ancestors prior to 1870? Learn how to get past those brick walls with an introduction to the Freedmen's Bureau record collection. Learn how to identify and locate Freedmen’s Bureau records that support ...

Reading Ready Pickup

10:00am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Highland Hills Branch
Room: Highland Hills - In Library
Age Group: Infant & Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Early Literacy
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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...

Dallas 101 - Oak Lawn

11:00am - 12:00pm
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Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
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It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood! Take a tour of Dallas neighborhoods and learn more about what makes Dallas special. This series will venture through both common and less well-known neighborhoods of Dallas. Take a look into the histo...

Juana Inés: La niña que amaba leer

11:00am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Online Programs
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11)
Program Type: Español, Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
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JUANA INÉS: LA NIÑA QUE AMABA LEER Esta obra de teatro bilingüe cuenta la historia de la poetisa mexicana Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, quien vivió en México durante el siglo XVII cuando se desanimaba a las mujeres a leer y escribir. Con perseveranci...

Freedmen’s Bureau Experience Workshop

11:30am - 1:30pm
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Library Branch: Online Programs
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
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Experience the Freedmen's Bureau records during this interactive, hands-on two hour workshop with guest speaker Shamele Jordan. Learn tools and strategies, interact in state breakouts, and deepen your research to find the enslaved. Registration is li...

Beginning Piano and Keyboard

2:00pm - 3:00pm
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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
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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...

Beginning Violin Class

3:00pm - 4:00pm
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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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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...

Regarding Music: Explorations in Music Appreciation

3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Library Branch: Online Programs
Age Group: Teen, Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
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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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Library Branch: Online Programs
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11), Teen, Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
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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 ...