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SPRING 2022
explore. gather. grow.
Explore. Gather. Grow.
Library Link
Programs for Children, Teens & Adults at the Upper Arlington Public Library
Visit the Lane Road Library to create a pet that really rocks.
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NEWS FROM THE LIBRARY
UA Library on May 3 Ballot Library Link
A publication of the
The Library will be on the May 3, 2022 ballot to seek a renewal of our existing 2-mill
Upper Arlington Public Library
levy plus a 1-mill increase. This is the first increase to operating funds we’ve requested
Editor: Christine Minx
since 2007.
Graphic Designer: Alex Doherty
Local community support is critical to the operation of the Library: it supplies 53% of
our income. The additional funds are needed to operate and maintain our buildings, Main Library
sustain our collection of materials and electronic resources, and fund crucial building 2800 Tremont Road
repairs like a new roof for the Main Library. (614) 486-9621
Even with an increase, the Library will remain an incredible value. The cost to the
taxpayer will increase by less than $3 per month per $100,000 of home value. Lane Road Library
Importantly, by asking for a 10-year levy, we won’t need to return to the voters for a 1945 Lane Road
decade. (614) 459-0273
If the Library does not secure a stable increase in revenue, we will need to drastically Miller Park Library
cut hours, materials, programs and specialized services, and we’ll be unable to fund 1901 Arlington Avenue
critical capital projects. (614) 488-5710
You can find more information at http://levy.ualibrary.org.
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$
Did You Know? Registration: Please register
through our online program
Our users save calendar at www.ualibrary.org.
$38,000,000 COVID-19: Masks are required
for program attendance. All
each year by using the library programs are subject to change or
cancellation based on guidelines
from health authorities.
Our patrons borrowed
1,200,000 Photography: Video and photos
may be taken of library activities
physical and digital items last year for use in future online and print
promotions. If you prefer that you
26,000
or your child not be photographed,
please notify the photographer.
people visit our More info: Find more information
buildings each month from the Library in the quarterly UA
Insight publication.
We’ve distributed On the cover: Emma and Maria
29,000
prepare for Lane Road Library’s Pet
Rock event on March 24. See pg. 10.
free COVID test kits
5,000
cars use curbside
pickup each month
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ADULTS
Booked on Tuesday Film: Lady Wrestler the breakthroughs that resulted from
Tues., March 1 at 7 p.m. Wed., March 2 at 6:30 p.m. the civil rights movement. While many
Tues., April 5 at 7 p.m. Friends Theater; 90 min. of their white peers have been inducted
Tues., May 3 at 7 p.m. Registration now open into wrestling halls of fame, these
UA Library Facebook page; 60 min. women have been largely forgotten.
No registration Join us for a screening of Lady Wrestler:
The Amazing Untold Story of African- A Celebration of Women
Our Booked on Tuesday chat group American Women in the Ring, the
Thurs., March 3 at 6:30 p.m.
“meets” on the first Tuesday of documentary that tells the story of
Friends Theater; 60 min.
each month at 7:30 p.m. on our women who achieved international
No registration
Facebook page at facebook.com/ success as professional wrestlers in
UAPublicLibrary. Look for the thread Columbus, Ohio during the 1950s-1970s. Kick off Women’s History Month with
started by the UA Library account It chronicles the stories of Babs Wingo, award-winning local author Trudy
with #BookedOnTuesday, and join the Ethel Johnson, Marva Scott, Ramona Krisher. She’ll introduce her new novel
conversation! Add your comment to tell Isbell and dozens of other women On the March: A Novel of the Women’s
our adult librarians and other book fans who braved racism and sexism to March on Washington. She’ll share her
about the latest book you loved, what succeed in the male-dominated world her experiences as a participant in the
you’re reading now, or what kind of of professional wrestling during the original March on January 17, 2017,
recommendations you’d like. Discover sport’s golden age. These courageous detailing how those experiences found
other readers’ suggestions and make women raised families while blazing a their way into her book. Plan to be
one of your own. trail for female athletes before many of engaged as she offers some quizzes,
timelines, and even an “art” project.
Spring Gardening Series
Presented by Tisa Watts — gardening educator, landscape consultant and founder of the Columbus Garden School
Secrets of the Garden Center Growing to Growing Culinary Herbs
Thurs., March 24 at 6:30 p.m. Attract Pollinators Thurs., May 5 at 6:30 p.m.
Friends Theater; 60 min. Thurs., April 14 at 6:30 p.m. Friends Theater; 60 min.
No registration Friends Theater; 60 min. No registration
Who decides what plants you can No registration Learn about the rich history
buy in a nursery? Where are these Attracting native birds, bees, and of herbs, which have been
plants grown, and how does that other pollinators to your suburban strong members of both
affect their price, health, and the yard is pretty easy if you follow a medical and culinary toolboxes.
environment? How is horticulture few basic guidelines! Learn how Then stay for tips on how to
different from agriculture, and to provide habitat and sustenance grow healthy, abundant herbs
what special role does Columbus, for our wildlife friends using smart in your garden to please your
Ohio play in this history? And most plant choices and taking other palate and support pollinators.
importantly, what secrets can simple steps.
you learn from a former nursery
employee about how to obtain the
best plants at a good price?
Masks are required for those attending in-person programs.
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Bike School Introduction to Northstar
Digital Literacy
UA Commission on
Aging Help Desk
with Franklinton Cycleworks
Wed., March 9 at 6:30 p.m. Wed., March 23 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Online via Google Meet; 60 min. Wed., April 27 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Spring Tune Up
Registration opens February 23 Wed., May 25 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Sat., March 26 at 1 p.m. Meeting Room C; 2 hrs.
Friends Theater; 90 min. Join the staff of the Reference and Media
Departments to learn about our newest No registration
Registration opens March 12
technology training resource: Northstar Have questions about resources for aging
Jonathan Youngman, executive Digital Literacy. Discover how to use in Upper Arlington? Stop by the Help
director for Franklinton its self-directed online learning and Desk and a staff member from the Upper
Cycleworks, will show us how to assessments, and gain essential computer Arlington Commission on Aging will help
assess a bicycle for safety and how and software skills. This program is held you find answers.
to perform basic bike maintenance online through Google Meet. Registered
in preparation for spring riding. participants will receive an emailed link to UA Commission on Aging
Learn how to check your tires for join the meeting the day of the program. Caregiver Support Group
wear, inflate to proper PSI, check
brakes, chains, and wheels, and oil Wed., March 23 from 1-2:30 p.m.
Navigating Vital Records and Wed., April 27 from 1-2:30 p.m.
moving parts.
the Federal Census Wed., May 25 from 1-2:30 p.m.
Tire Repair Tues., March 15 at 6:30 p.m. Meeting Room B; 2 hrs.
Friends Theater; 60 min. Registration now open
Sat., April 30 at 1 p.m.
Registration onow open Are you a family or volunteer
Friends Theater; 90 min.
Registration opens April 16 Vital Records and the Federal Census are caregiver? Connect with others in
the backbone of family research. Learn to your community to learn and share
Jonathan Youngman returns to
locate your family history through birth, experiences. This group will be led by
show us how to assess and fix
death, and marriage in Vital Records. a clinician with years of experience in
a flat tire. This class will teach
The Federal Census will provide you with supporting caregivers, courtesy of the
you about the proper tools and
addresses, ages, occupations and more. Upper Arlington Commission on Aging.
techniques needed to fix a flat.
Please note there are no respite services
You’re encouraged to bring
Book Circle: A Brilliant Death at this time.
your bike and lock it up outside
at our bike racks. Weather and Wed., March 16 at 1:30 p.m.
Meeting Room B; 60 min. Tech Talk: Basics of
time permitting, the instructor
will guide you with a hands-on No registration Video Conferencing
experience. Join us for an informal discussion of this Thurs., March 24 at 2 p.m.
month’s title, A Brilliant Death by Robin Meeting Room B; 60 min.
Yocum. Registration opens March 10
Whether you’re planning to join online
Tech Talk: Online Shopping meetings, telehealth appointments,
Thurs., March 17 at 2 p.m. or even library programs, video
Meeting Room B; 60 min. conferencing has become an essential
Registration opens March 3 tool in today’s world. If you’re new to
Learn how to shop online and have items software like Zoom or Google Meet, this
delivered to your home or made available is the program for you! Attendees who
for curbside pickup. In this program want to practice on their own device
for beginners, we’ll discuss shopping, are encouraged to bring their laptop,
grocery, and meal delivery websites smartphone, or tablet. Devices will also
and apps, and how to create accounts, be available at this program.
search for products, and feel confident
that you are shopping safely. Attendees
who want to practice on their own device Masks are required for those
are encouraged to bring their laptop, attending in-person programs.
smartphone, or tablet. Devices will also be
available at the program.
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UA Library Tax Levy: The Facts Learn the Basics of Learn the Basics of
with Director Beth Hatch Google Drive Google Docs
Tue., March 29 at 10:30 a.m. Tues., March 29 at 2 p.m. Tues., April 5 at 2 p.m.
Tue., March 29 at 6:30 p.m. Meeting Room B; 60 min. Meeting Room B; 60 min.
Sat., April 2 at 10:30 a.m. Registration opens March 15 Registration opens March 22
Friends Theater; 60 min. Discover how Google Drive lets your Google Docs makes it easy to collaborate
No registration share files while keeping them safe and with others. Create your first Google
On May 3, the Library will be on the ballot secure. Set up and practice using your Doc, share it, learn to use editing and
for a local property tax levy, as our current Drive, and get helpful tips about how suggestion mode, and leave comments.
levy will expire this year. Beth Hatch, the to keep it organized. This workshop is This workshop is designed for learners
Director of the Upper Arlington Public designed for learners who are new to who are new to Google Docs. A Google
Library, will explain how the library is Google Drive. If you don’t have a Google account is required for this program. If
funded and will provide information account, please arrive 15 minutes early you don’t have a Google account, please
about the upcoming operating levy. for help with creating one. Presented in arrive 15 minutes early for help with
partnership with Grow with Google. creating one. Presented in partnership
with Grow with Google.
Senior Movie Series
Presented with the UA Commission on Aging
Fast Forward Calendar Girls Secondhand Lions
Tues., March 22 at 6 p.m. Tues., April 26 at 6 p.m. Tues., May 31 at 6 p.m.
Friends Theater; 90 min. Friends Theater; 90 min. Friends Theater; 90 min.
No registration No registration No registration
Join us for a screening of the PBS Based on a true story, Calendar Girls Secondhand Lions is a comedy-
documentary Fast Forward. This tells the tale of a group of society drama that tells the story of a shy
60-minute film is narrated by women who become a media young boy sent to live with his
Rosario Dawson and follows four sensation when they create a risque eccentric uncles, who are rumored to
baby boomer parents and their kids calendar to raise money for a cancer possess a great fortune. Sir Michael
as they travel through time to meet center. The film stars stars Dame Caine and Robert Duvall star.
their future selves with the help of a Helen Mirren and Dame Julie Walters.
MIT-produced “aging empathy suit”.
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Red Cross Blood Drive Book Circle: The Planter humans began to be active agents in
Fri., April 8; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. of Modern Life changing the very climate of the Earth in
Meeting Room B & Friends Theater ways that could prove to be disastrous.
Wed., April 20 at 1:30 p.m.
Can we find ways to adapt to these
Make an appointment at www. Meeting Room B; 60 min.
profound changes or possibly even undo
redcrossblood.org with sponsor code No registration
the damage we have caused?
“UAPL”. Join us for an informal discussion of this
month’s title, The Planter of Modern Life: Sustainability Fair
Learn the Basics Louis Bromfield and the Seeds of a Food Sat., April 23; 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
of Google Sheets Revolution by Stephen Heyman. Atrium
Tues., April 12 at 2 p.m. No registration
Meeting Room B; 60 min. Designing with Canva:
Talk to organizations that support
Registration opens March 29 Social Media green initiatives and find out how you
Design a spreadsheet, task list, calendar, Wed., April 20 at 6:30 p.m. can make your home and yard greener
and more with Google Sheets. Create Online via Google Meet; 60 min. and more sustainable. Learn what’s
your first Google Sheet, learn to use Registration opens April 6 being done in this community to move
its formatting features, and share with Learn how to use Canva’s free graphic to greener practices and lower waste.
others for online collaboration. This design templates to create engaging We’ll also have recycling drops for
workshop is designed for learners who social media content for your personal some of those harder-to-recycle items
are comfortable using spreadsheets or business accounts. Whether you’re such as electronics, bicycles, and paper
and/or cloud-based documents. Arrive planning a media campaign or just shredding.
15 minutes early for help in creating a exploring templates, learn how to
Google account if needed. Presented in incorporate animations, color palettes, Organize Digital Files
partnership with Grow with Google. and more into your Stories, Reels, and and Photos
other content. This program is held Tues., April 26 at 2 p.m.
Author Visit: Doug Tallamy online using Google Meet. Registered Online via Google Meet; 60 min.
Mon., April 18 at 7 p.m. participants will receive an emailed link Registration opens April 12
Online via Zoom; 90 min. to join on the day of the program.
Registration opens March 1 Your digital files need spring cleaning,
The First Ohioans too! Get in the decluttering spirit and
Join author and professor Doug learn how to store your files and photos
Tallamy as he speaks about his book and Climate Change so they’re easier to find and share.
Nature’s Best Hope and the critical role of Thurs., April 21 at 6:30 p.m. This program is held online through
planting native landscapes. Presented in Friends Theater; 75 min. Google Meet. Registered participants
partnership with Sustainable UA. No registration will receive an emailed link to join the
Dr. Brad Lepper, Curator of Archaeology meeting the day of the program.
Presentations for the Ohio History Connection, will
Beyond PowerPoint present on Ohio history and climate Remembering the Holocaust
Tues., April 19 at 2 p.m. change. Humans first entered the Ohio Through the Generations
Online via Google Meet; 60 min. Valley sometime after 20,000 years Thurs., April 28 at 6:30 p.m.
Registration opens April 5 ago. These hardy American Indian Friends Theater; 90 min.
You can create dynamic presentations pioneers adapted to the New World No registration
using three cloud-based programs — they found and, over the succeeding
millennia, shaped many aspects of their Join us on Holocaust Remembrance
Prezi, Canva, and Google Slides — that Day for a discussion about the legacy
will help you design, share, and present environment. Europeans arrived in the
18th and 19th centuries and rapidly of trauma. Panelists will address the
with ease. An account with these concept of intergenerational trauma
services is not required for this program, accelerated environmental change.
With the Industrial Revolution and in the wake of the Holocaust. Our
which will be held online through panel includes history scholars, a
Google Meet. Registrants will receive an the intensive burning of fossil fuels,
including Ohio’s rich coal deposits, psychologist, and the daughter of a
emailed link to join the meeting. Holocaust survivor.
Masks are required for those attending in-person programs.
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DIY Digital Photo Albums Creating Mood Boards Book Circle: The Dutch House
Tues., May 3 at 2 p.m. in Canva Wed., May 18 at 1:30 p.m.
Online via Google Meet; 60 min. Wed., May 4 at 6:30 p.m. Meeting Room B; 60 min.
Registration opens April 19 Online via Google Meet; 60 min. No registration
Turn your photos into a digital Registration opens April 20 Join us for an informal discussion of
scrapbook! In this program, we’ll You don’t need graphic design this month’s title, The Dutch House:
explore how to customize the experience to gather ideas and A Novel by Ann Patchett.
templates and graphics in two free inspiration for yourself and for
online design resources, Google Slides collaborating with others. In this Make Your Website
and Canva, so that you can easily workshop, we’ll discuss how to start a Work for You
design and share your memories with mood board with Canva templates, and Wed., May 18 at 6:30 p.m.
family and friends. how to use personal photos and the Online via Google Meet; 60 min.
This program is held online through Canva library of graphics and images Registration opens May 4
Google Meet. Registered participants to enhance your design. This program
will receive an emailed link to join the Whether you’re launching a new
is held online through Google Meet.
meeting the day of the program. website or sprucing up an old one,
Registered participants will receive an
this workshop will help you discover
emailed link to join the meeting.
how to create a search-friendly
website that drives user action and
Memorial Day: Using Grief
supports your goals. This program is
to Find Common Ground held online through Google Meet.
Thurs., May 12 at 6:30 p.m. Registered participants will receive an
Friends Theater; 60 min. emailed link to join the meeting the
No registration day of the program.
Join Rob Williams, veteran and
Ph.D. student in Military History
at The Ohio State University, for a
discussion on Memorial Day as a day of
remembrance, celebration, and finding
common ground.
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YOUTH
Drop-In Make It 50 Things to Do Sensory Friendly Storytime
and Take It Tuesdays Before You’re 11¾ Wed., March 30 at 9 a.m.
Tuesdays from 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Thursdays from 3-5 p.m. Wed., April 27 at 9 a.m.
Youth Department Youth Department; 2 hrs. Youth Department; 60 min.
All ages Ages 6-11 Registration opens two weeks prior
No registration No registration Enjoy storytime designed exclusively for
Tap into your artistic expression! Stop Explore and inquire about the world young children with autism or sensory
by the library to complete an art activity around you with new activities each week. processing challenges. Your favorite
perfect for kids. We like to focus on the Code a robot, learn to juggle, dissect an librarians will greet you at the door before
process, not the results! Make it here and owl pellet, play a record, fold a paper the building opens to the public. Join us
take it home when you’re done. airplane, and more. Stop by anytime to for storytime, then enjoy exclusive quiet
pick up a 50 Things to Do workbook. Miss time in our Early Learning Play Area.
Video Game Creator a week? Try an activity at home or check
Poetry in the Stacks
Wed., March 2 at 4 p.m. our event calendar for 50 Things catch
Meeting Room B; 45 min. up events. Did you do an activity in the April 1-30
Grades 3-6 library or at home? Visit the youth desk for Kids
Registration opens February 16 a sticker to mark your accomplishment. No registration
Complete the program and attend the 50 April is National Poetry Month! Stop by
All video games start with an idea and
Things celebration on May 26. any of the three library locations for a fun
some doodles. Draw your own video
game world with illustrator Steve activity and find the poet within.
Harpster in this fun, fast-paced class.
Stories & More
Saturdays from March 5-May 28 at Celebrate The Bad Guys
10:30 a.m. April 18-29
Youth Department; 30 min. Youth Department
All ages All ages
No registration No registration
Visit the library on Saturdays for fun for The Bad Guys aren’t bad – just
the whole family. Each week brings a new misunderstood! Celebrate the popular
surprise: you could discover a storytime, book series by Aaron Blabey by tracking
some great new toys, or a fantastic guest down The Bad Guys team, making your
presenter waiting for you. own Bad Guy tie, and completing more
Bad Guy challenges. Stop by anytime
from April 18-29.
Masks are required for those attending in-person programs.
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Daniel Tiger Storytime creator of the best-selling Vanderbeekers served basis. We’ll be outside if weather
Sat., April 30 at 10:30 a.m. series, is excited to share her newest permits. Please wear old clothing as we
Atrium; 90 min. book, A Duet for Home. This stand-alone may get messy.
All ages book shares the story of June and Tyrell,
No registration two children living in a homeless shelter Spring StoryWalk Storytime:
who explore the power of friendship, How to Find a Fox
Won’t you be my neighbor? Read stories healing, believing in ourselves, and
about Daniel Tiger’s adventures, visit Sat., May 21 at 10:30 a.m.
classical music. This event is presented in Fancyburg Park; 30 min.
with friends from the Neighborhood of partnership with Cover to Cover Books
Make-Believe, and share stories about No registration
for Young Readers, which will be on site
friendship and kindness. Stay after to sell copies of Ms. Glaser’s books. Join us at the playground at Fancyburg
storytime for crafts, games, and a special Park as we read this season’s StoryWalk
photo op with Daniel Tiger. Pint-Sized Prom book, How to Find a Fox by Nilah
Magruder. Stay after the story for a related
Sat., May 14 at 10:30 a.m.
Use the Force Youth Department; 60 min.
activity.
Wed., May 4 at 4 p.m. Ages 0-6
Friends Theater; 60 min. No registration
50 Things to Do Before
Grades 3-8 You’re 11¾ Celebration
Registration opens April 20 Put on your fanciest clothes and your
Thur., May 26 from 3-5 p.m.
dancing shoes! Our youngest patrons
Ancient and modern stories tie into and their families are invited to join us for Youth Department; 2 hrs.
real-life science as representatives from music, photo opportunities, and crafts. Ages 6-11
the Armstrong Air and Space Museum No registration
show how you can make your very own Planting Program Join 50 Things to Do Before You’re
hand-held light-sword.
Sat., May 14 at 2 p.m. 11 ¾ participants to celebrate your
Youth Department; 45 min. accomplishment! Receive a certificate,
Author Visit: Karina Yan Glaser Ages 4-7 make some cool crafts to keep, and
Sat., May 7 at 11 a.m.
No registration revisit some of your favorite 50 Things
Atrium; 60 min.
It’s planting time! Listen to stories, learn activities.
All ages
Registration opens April 23 how plants grow, and plant some seeds
for your garden. Supplies are limited
Join us for a visit with children’s author
and available on a first-come, first-
Karina Yan Glaser. Ms. Glaser, the
TEENS
Teen Service Club
Mon., March 21 from 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Tues., April 12 from 4-5 p.m.
Meeting Room B
Grades 6-12
No registration
Need volunteer hours for school?
Want to give back to the community?
Attend a Teen Service Club meeting to
volunteer your time and earn an hour
of service credit.
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ADULT YOUTH
ESOL for Everyone - English Pet Rock Fun Peeps Science
Conversation Practice Thurs., March 24 at 3:30 p.m. Thurs., April 7 at 3:30 p.m.
Wednesdays from March 2-May 18 at 2 hrs. 2 hrs.
1 p.m. Kids Grades K+
90 min. No registration No registration
Registration now open The best kind of carefree pet is a pet rock! Complete STEAM activities using
From beginning level to advanced, this Come to the library and decorate your colorful, squishy peeps, including
weekly class is a great opportunity for own pet rock and even make a small creating a peep catapult!
adults to practice English conversation house for it.
skills with ESOL-trained volunteers. Block Play in the Library
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Thurs., April 28 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
The Free-Form No-Homework Scavenger Hunt Thurs., April 28 from 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Book Club April 1-30 2 hrs.
Kids Kids
Thurs., March 3 at 7 p.m.
No registration No registration
Thurs., April 7 at 7 p.m.
Thurs., May 5 at 7 p.m. Drop by the Lane Road Library youth Drop in and build, build, build in this
45 min. department anytime during the month open play time. From large cardboard
Registration opens two weeks prior of April to search for The Very Hungry blocks for younger kids to LEGOS for
Caterpillar and the foods the caterpillar older kids, we’ll provide the blocks, you
No assignments, no deconstruction. Just
eats in the story. provide the imagination.
a group of book lovers talking about their
latest reads and discovering their next
ones, trading tips for using Goodreads & Poetry in the Stacks
Novelist, and exploring new genres. April 1-30
Kids
Book Circle: A Brilliant Death No registration
Tues., March 15 at 6:30 p.m. April is National Poetry Month! Stop by
60 min. any of the three library locations for a fun
No registration activity and find the poet within.
Join us for an informal discussion of this
month’s title, A Brilliant Death by Robin
Yocum.
Book Circle: The Planter of
Modern Life
Tues., April 19 at 6:30 p.m.
60 min.
No registration
Join us for an informal discussion of this
month’s title, The Planter of Modern Life:
Louis Bromfield and the Seeds of a Food
Revolution by Stephen Heyman.
Book Circle: The Dutch House
Tues., May 17 at 6:30 p.m.
60 min.
No registration
Join us for an informal discussion of
this month’s title, The Dutch House by
Ann Patchett.
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ADULTS YOUTH
Book Chats Play and Learn Poetry in the Stacks
Tues., March 1 at 1 p.m. Fri., March 4 at 10 a.m. April 1-30
Tues., April 5 at 1 p.m. Fri., April 1 at 10 a.m. Kids
Tues., May 3 at 1 p.m. Fri., April 29 at 10 a.m. No registration
60 min. 2 hrs.
Registration now open Ages 2-5 April is National Poetry Month! Stop by
No registration any of the three library locations for a fun
Don’t miss this opportunity to join activity and find the poet within.
an informal group of book lovers to Enjoy play-based learning activities that
exchange titles and share reading vary each month, such as games, play Fairy House Building
recommendations. dough, cars, blocks, and more.
Sat., April 23 at 10:30 a.m.
60 min.
Collaborative Art Stations
TEENS March 7-20
All ages
Families with ages 3+
Registration opens April 9
Teen Service Club No registration Use your imagination to build a house
fit for a fairy in the little woods of Miller
Sun., April 10 at 2:30 p.m. Stop in to take part in group art projects Park. Materials will be provided, and
Sun., May 8 at 2:30 p.m. around the library. Decorate parts to add you may also bring natural materials
60 min. to large artworks. Featuring coloring, from home. Registration as a family is
Grades 6-12 tissue paper, and other materials, this required. Houses will be left in the woods
Registration opens two weeks prior program is for everyone from young for the fairies. Weather permitting.
Come to the Miller Park Library to help children through adults.
with volunteer projects and earn an hour Hip-Hop-Ademics: Rapping
of service credit. Reading to Rover
Kids into Learning
Tues., March 8 at 6:30 p.m.
Sat., May 7 at 10:30 a.m.
Tues., April 12 at 6:30 p.m.
45 min.
Tues., May 10 at 6:30 p.m.
Ages 3-8
60 min.
No registration
Grades K-5
No registration Brian Holland is back for a show
that includes original songs, games,
Meet therapy dogs from Therapy Dogs
and prizes. This program entertains
International and improve your reading
while teaching reading, math, and
skills by sharing stories with them.
character using hip hop music. Weather
permitting, as this will be held outdoors.
Masks are required for those attending in-person programs.
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LIBRARY LIBRARY LIBRARY
Mar. 21-Apr. 28 Mar. 22-Apr. 27 Mar. 21-Apr. 27
Babytime Babytime Babytime
(0-24 months) (0-24 months) (0-24 months)
Mon @ 10:30 Wed @ 11:15 Wed @ 10:15
Tales for Twos Tales for Twos Tales for Twos &
& Threes & Threes Threes
(2-3 years) (2-3 years) (2-3 years)
Wed @ 10:30 Tue @ 10:15 Mon @ 10:15
Preschool Preschool Miller Park’s storytimes
will be held outdoors,
(3-5 years) (3-5 years) weather permitting.
Thurs @ 10:30 Tues @ 1:00
Masks required for
those ages 2 and up.
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