55+ Club: Show and Tell

10:00am - 11:00am
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Library Branch: Lochwood Branch
Room: Lochwood - Classroom 1 & 2
Age Group: Seniors
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Required
Seats Remaining: 50
Event Details:

Who says show and tell is just for kids? Bring in a special or interesting item to share with the group that holds significance and share stories about the item(s) you've brought! 

Toddler Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
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Library Branch: Audelia Road Branch
Room: Audelia Road - Auditorium
Age Group: Infant & Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
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Practice the skills you need to be ready to read. Hear stories, sing songs, jump around and learn!

Suggested ages: 18 months - 3 years old.

Toddler Storytime

11:00am - 11:30am
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Library Branch: Audelia Road Branch
Room: Audelia Road - Auditorium
Age Group: Infant & Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
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Practice the skills you need to be ready to read. Hear stories, sing songs, jump around and learn!

Suggested ages: 18 months - 3 years old.

Senior Knitting!

11:00am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Skyline Branch
Room: Skyline - Auditorium
Age Group: Seniors
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Senior knitting group that meets once a week.

Tea Party!

11:00am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Mountain Creek Branch
Room: Mountain Creek - Auditorium
Age Group: Seniors
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Civic Engagement
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Are you ready to embark on a unique artistic journey that combines the soothing charm of tea with the creativity of painting? Look no further than our Library's enchanting Tea Party!

American Mahjong

12:00pm - 3:00pm
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Library Branch: White Rock Hills Branch
Room: White Rock Hills - Classroom A
Age Group: Adult, Seniors
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Required
Seats Remaining: 29
Event Details:

Play a game of American Mahjong with others!

 

Contact Lester Hanson at 8172290649 if you'd like to learn how to play to set up a learning appointment.

 

Chamber Orchestra (Advanced)

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Required
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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Room: Central Library - Shirley Philipson Pollock Performance Space (4th Floor)
Age Group: Family, School Age (ages 6-11), Teen, Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Join us for FREE weekly music classes with top-notch instructors at your local library! Instruments will be provided for use during class.

Free and Open Access Genealogy Resources

2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Room: Central Library - In Library (8th Floor)
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Genealogy can be an expensive habit. Between subscription costs, DNA tests, and all of those miscellaneous costs like costs of copies and printouts and potential travel costs, it can be unsustainable for most of us at an individual level.

Cancelled

Read to Nellie

3:30pm - 4:30pm
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Library Branch: Preston Royal Branch
Room: Preston Royal - Children's Area
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Reading to therapy dogs can help improve kids' confidence in their reading abilities. Since dogs are not judgmental, kids can read to them without feeling the pressure and anxiety that may come from reading to peers. 

Cancelled

Tails and Tales: Read to Therapy Dogs - featuring Henri or Raina

3:30pm - 4:30pm
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Library Branch: Audelia Road Branch
Room: Audelia Road - Reading Lounge
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Reading to therapy dogs can help improve kids' confidence in their reading abilities. Since dogs are not judgmental, kids can read to them without feeling the pressure and anxiety that may come from reading to peers. 

 Crafternoon: Chilly Printimals

3:30pm - 4:30pm
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Library Branch: Vickery Park Branch
Room: Vickery Park - Classroom 2
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Crafternoons every 2nd and 4th Wednesday at the Vickery Park Branch Library!    

Sweet Sounds: Winter Music Classes - Keyboard

4:00pm - 4:45pm
Required
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Library Branch: Hampton-Illinois Branch
Room: Hampton-Illinois - Black Box Theater
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Wednesdays at 4pm will be the keyboard class with an emphasis on music theory!

Classes run from January 3 through March 20. 

Afterschool Games: What's on my Head?!

4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Library Branch: Dallas West Branch
Room: Dallas West - Children's Area
Age Group: Family, School Age (ages 6-11)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
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Join us afterschool for a laugh out loud round of WHAT IS ON MY HEAD?!
Participants will wear a sticky note bearing one word that they don't know- but everyone else does!

Alphabet Animals

4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Library Branch: Paul Laurence Dunbar Lancaster-Kiest Branch
Room: Paul Laurence Dunbar Lancaster-Kiest - Classroom A & B
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

We'll progress through the alphabet, exploring a different animal each week, from "A" for "Ant" to "Z" for "Zebra." Your child will learn about fascinating creatures while building their animal knowledge.

Chess for ages 7+

4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Library Branch: Vickery Park Branch
Room: Vickery Park - Classroom 1
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11), Teen
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Stop by the Vickery Park Branch Library every Wednesday @ 4 pm to learn the rules and strategies of chess!

This program is suitable for kids ages 7 and up and welcome to all!

Mah Jongg

4:00pm - 6:00pm
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Library Branch: Preston Royal Branch
Room: Preston Royal - Auditorium
Age Group: Teen, Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Meet new friends and discover the addiction of the game of Mah Jongg.

These sessions will be open play with no instructors.

You must bring your own set.

Dungeons & Dragons 101

4:30pm - 6:30pm
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Library Branch: Lakewood Branch
Room: Lakewood - Eloise Sherman Conference Room
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Calling all adventurers, young and old, to join us on the last Thursday of every month for "Dungeons & Dragons 101" – an epic journey into the realm of imagination, strategy, and storytelling!

Sweet Sounds: Winter Music Classes - Violin

5:00pm - 5:45pm
Required
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Library Branch: Hampton-Illinois Branch
Room: Hampton-Illinois - In Library
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Wednesdays at 5pm will be the violin class!

Classes run from the January 3 through March 20.

Winter music classes for school-aged students 6-12 yrs on Wednesdays and Fridays. 

Spanish Learners Conversation Table

5:45pm - 6:45pm
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Library Branch: Renner Frankford Branch
Room: Renner-Frankford - Study Room A
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Español, Featured
Event Details:

Practice your Spanish conversational skills at this casual weekly meetup. This program is open to Spanish language learners of all levels. 

Cellphone Photography Workshop

6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Library Branch: Lakewood Branch
Room: Lakewood - Auditorium
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Technology
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Seats Remaining: 65
Event Details:

This class will guide students in how to use their phones more effectively.