Notary Service Suspended for May

Due to staffing changes, Notary service will not be available at the Library for the month of May, 2024.

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Friday Flicks: The Little Mermaid

Friday, July 19, 2024 at 1:30pm - 3:45pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Film
Age Group:
Preschool, School-Age Children
Event Details:

All movies are shown at 1:30 p.m. in the Library Community Room. No registration is needed, though space is limited. Today's movie will be The Little Mermaid (Rated PG, 2h 15m...

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Preschool, School-Age Children
Program Type: Film
Event Details:

All movies are shown at 1:30 p.m. in the Library Community Room. No registration is needed, though space is limited. Today's movie will be The Little Mermaid (Rated PG, 2h 15min).

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Tech One-on-One

Saturday, July 20, 2024 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Millie Knee Classroom at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One  Do you have a specific computer, mobile device, or other technology related questions?  We are here to help!  Sign up for a 30 minute privat...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Millie Knee Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One 

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Tech One-on-One

Saturday, July 20, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Millie Knee Classroom at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One  Do you have a specific computer, mobile device, or other technology related questions?  We are here to help!  Sign up for a 30 minute privat...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Millie Knee Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One 

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Tech One-on-One

Saturday, July 20, 2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Millie Knee Classroom at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One  Do you have a specific computer, mobile device, or other technology related questions?  We are here to help!  Sign up for a 30 minute privat...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Millie Knee Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One 

Outreach: Legion Park

Monday, July 22, 2024 at 11:00am - 12:30pm
WoW Truck at Main Branch
Age Group:
All Ages, Preschool, School-Age Children
Event Details:

Visit the library at Legion Park! We'll have the WoW Truck there to sign up for library cards and check out library materials.

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: WoW Truck
Age Group: All Ages, Preschool, School-Age Children
Event Details:

Visit the library at Legion Park! We'll have the WoW Truck there to sign up for library cards and check out library materials.

Teen Nintendo Switch Free-Play

Monday, July 22, 2024 at 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Teen Center at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Teens! Spend time in the air conditioning with friends. We're bringing out the Nintendo Switch for free-play on Mondays during June and July. Enjoy a selection of games, and space ...

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Teen Center
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Program
Event Details:

Teens! Spend time in the air conditioning with friends. We're bringing out the Nintendo Switch for free-play on Mondays during June and July. Enjoy a selection of games, and space to relax! No registration required.

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Book Club Social: Hybrid Edition

Monday, July 22, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:45pm
Millie Knee Classroom at Main Branch
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Please join Alana and Amy to discuss what everyone has been reading and watching this month. You may join us in the Millie Knee Classroom upstairs at the library or in Zoom. Com...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Millie Knee Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 17
Event Details:

Please join Alana and Amy to discuss what everyone has been reading and watching this month. You may join us in the Millie Knee Classroom upstairs at the library or in Zoom.

Picture of Mother Goose

Toddler Storytime

Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
StoryRoom at Main Branch
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers
Event Details:

Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes. Each week we will incorporate activities that emphasize and reinforce body part identification, counting, rhythm, ...

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: StoryRoom
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes.

Picture of Mother Goose

Toddler Storytime

Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
StoryRoom at Main Branch
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers
Event Details:

Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes. Each week we will incorporate activities that emphasize and reinforce body part identification, counting, rhythm, ...

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: StoryRoom
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes.

Tech One-on-One

Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 4:00pm - 4:30pm
Millie Knee Classroom at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One  Do you have a specific computer, mobile device, or other technology related questions?  We are here to help!  Sign up for a 30 minute privat...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Millie Knee Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One 

Tech One-on-One

Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:00pm
Millie Knee Classroom at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One  Do you have a specific computer, mobile device, or other technology related questions?  We are here to help!  Sign up for a 30 minute privat...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Millie Knee Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One 

Artist Talk with Q&A

Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Are you interested in pursuing the arts as a career? Join us in the Community Room to chat with Ethan Edvenson, an emerging fine artist living in Des Moines, Iowa who creates ...

Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Program
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Are you interested in pursuing the arts as a career? Join us in the Community Room to chat with Ethan Edvenson, an emerging fine artist living in Des Moines, Iowa who creates mixed media drawings, digital collages, and videos.

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Family Storytime

Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Toddlers, Preschool
Event Details:

Join us in the Community Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes all with an early literacy focus! For ages 2-6 w/adult. No registration required.  

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us in the Community Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes all with an early literacy focus!

For ages 2-6 w/adult. No registration required.

 

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Family Storytime

Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Toddlers, Preschool
Event Details:

Join us in the Community Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes all with an early literacy focus! For ages 2-6 w/adult. No registration required.  

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us in the Community Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes all with an early literacy focus!

For ages 2-6 w/adult. No registration required.

 

Zoo to You with Blank Park Zoo

Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Age Group:
Preschool, School-Age Children
Event Details:

Learn about amazing animals with an educator from the Blank Park Zoo and an Animal Ambassador! For ages 2-12, registration required.

Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Preschool, School-Age Children
Required
Seats Remaining: 75
Event Details:

Learn about amazing animals with an educator from the Blank Park Zoo and an Animal Ambassador! For ages 2-12, registration required.

school bus with sticker people craft

Friday Craft for Kids - School Bus

All Day
Main Branch
Program Type:
Craft
Age Group:
Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children
Event Details:

Each Friday we will provide a different fun, hands-on, screen-free craft project or activity to take home and enjoy! Available at the Children's Desk during library hours while sup...

Library Branch: Main Branch
Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children
Program Type: Craft
Event Details:

Each Friday we will provide a different fun, hands-on, screen-free craft project or activity to take home and enjoy!

Outreach : Rose Farm

Friday, July 26, 2024 at 9:00am - 9:30am
WoW Truck at Main Branch
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children
Event Details:

Visit the library's Words on Wheels Truck at Rose Farm for their Farm School Fridays series!  https://www.rosefarmstead.com/the-farm

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: WoW Truck
Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Visit the library's Words on Wheels Truck at Rose Farm for their Farm School Fridays series! 

https://www.rosefarmstead.com/the-farm

Outreach : Rose Farm

Friday, July 26, 2024 at 10:00am - 10:30am
WoW Truck at Main Branch
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children
Event Details:

Visit the library's Words on Wheels Truck at Rose Farm for their Farm School Fridays series!  https://www.rosefarmstead.com/the-farm

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: WoW Truck
Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Visit the library's Words on Wheels Truck at Rose Farm for their Farm School Fridays series! 

https://www.rosefarmstead.com/the-farm

Outreach : Rose Farm

Friday, July 26, 2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am
WoW Truck at Main Branch
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children
Event Details:

Visit the library's Words on Wheels Truck at Rose Farm for their Farm School Fridays series!  https://www.rosefarmstead.com/the-farm

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: WoW Truck
Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Visit the library's Words on Wheels Truck at Rose Farm for their Farm School Fridays series! 

https://www.rosefarmstead.com/the-farm

Outreach: Mayor Tom Becker Park (Cumming)

Friday, July 26, 2024 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
WoW Truck at Main Branch
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Visit the library's Words on Wheels Truck at Mayor Tom Becker Park in Cumming! Create a new library card while you're there and check out some fun library materials. We'll be ...

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: WoW Truck
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Visit the library's Words on Wheels Truck at Mayor Tom Becker Park in Cumming! Create a new library card while you're there and check out some fun library materials.

Elemental DVD Cover

Friday Flicks: Elemental

Friday, July 26, 2024 at 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Film
Age Group:
Preschool, School-Age Children
Event Details:

All movies are shown at 1:30 p.m. in the Library Community Room. No registration is needed, though space is limited. Today's movie will be Elemental (Rated PG, 1h 41min). P...

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Preschool, School-Age Children
Program Type: Film
Event Details:

All movies are shown at 1:30 p.m. in the Library Community Room. No registration is needed, though space is limited. Today's movie will be Elemental (Rated PG, 1h 41min).

Summer Finale

Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Come and celebrate your reading with our family-friendly Summer Reading Finale! This year’s finale celebrates all things comics, graphic novels, and heroes of all kinds. Enjoy indo...

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Come and celebrate your reading with our family-friendly Summer Reading Finale! This year’s finale celebrates all things comics, graphic novels, and heroes of all kinds.

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WDM Writer's Group

Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 10:00am - 1:00pm
Southwoods Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

This in-person group is open to aspiring authors of all experience levels. Each participant brings an approximately 1500-word excerpt of their work-in-progress to read aloud. Fello...

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Southwoods Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Event Details:

This in-person group is open to aspiring authors of all experience levels. Each participant brings an approximately 1500-word excerpt of their work-in-progress to read aloud.

Outreach: Legion Park

Monday, July 29, 2024 at 11:00am - 12:30pm
WoW Truck at Main Branch
Age Group:
All Ages, Preschool, School-Age Children
Event Details:

Visit the library at Legion Park! We'll have the WoW Truck there to sign up for library cards and check out library materials.

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: WoW Truck
Age Group: All Ages, Preschool, School-Age Children
Event Details:

Visit the library at Legion Park! We'll have the WoW Truck there to sign up for library cards and check out library materials.