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Snap, Crackle, and Pop! Saturday, February 4 @ 2:00 pm @ (1 hour) Explore hands-on science with the family! Jumping Rice Krispies! Floating boats! Dancing raisins! Ooey Gooey stuff, running colors and more! Try it all as you have fun experimenting together! Limit 30. |
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Color Me Red Storytime Monday, February 6 @ 7:00 pm @ (30 minutes) Enjoy stories and a fun craft! PJs and comfy blankets are welcome. |
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Knitting Club Tuesday, February 7 @ 6:30 pm @ (2 hours) Drop in and knit with friends. There are instructors present to help if you need guidance. |
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Advanced Microsoft Excel Thursday, February 9 @ 7:00 pm @ (1 hour) Go beyond the basics with in-depth information on creating formulas, charts, tables and more in Excel. Last 20 minutes will allow for Q&A on specific projects. For those new to Excel, the beginning Excel class is recommended before taking this class. |
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South Lyon Writer's Group Saturday, February 11 @ 10:00 am @ (2 hours) Join local authors in a discussion about their writing and learn new tips to spruce up your own writing. |
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Fashion on a Dime: Thrift Stores Saturday, February 11 @ 1:00 pm @ (1 hour) Thrift stores aren't just for finding ridiculous threads to wear to your next theme party- they are also a treasure-trove of trendy and, best of all, cheap- fashion finds. Find out about the best local stores around, how to shop them and what to look for. Limit 50. |
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Your Ancestry & The Civil War Monday, February 13 @ 6:00 pm @ (1 hour) Come join author and director Jeff O’Den as he talks about and shows his documentary “Your Ancestry & The Civil War.” O’Den’s documentary films feature compelling stories and many never seen before photographs and drawings from the Civil War period. Film segments include: Frank Robinson, a 10-year-old Michigan drummer boy; Michigan Senator Jacob M. Howard, author of the 13th Amendment; Sojourner Truth, abolitionist and Michigan resident; the 102nd U.S. Colored Troop, Michigan’s only black Civil War Regiment; interviews with Sons & Daughters of Union Veterans, the U.S.S. Michigan, the U.S. Navy’s first ironclad ship; and much more. His documentary’s will be for sale. |
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Family Valentine's Day Movie Night (all ages): Lady & the Tramp Tuesday, February 14 @ 7:00 pm @ (1 hour 30 minutes) Grab your comfy clothes, blankets, and pillows to watch "Lady & the Tramp", rated G. Popcorn and juice provided. |
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Preschool Storytime (ages 3-5) Thursday, February 16 @ 1:30 pm @ (30 minutes) Thursdays, January 12-February 16 from 1:30-2:00pm. Limit 30 children per session for independent listening. Caregivers are encouraged to join the children for a craft project at the end of each storytime. |
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Baby Bounce Storytime (ages 0-2 with caregiver) Friday, February 17 @ 10:30 am @ (20 minutes) Fridays, January 13-February 10. Drop in for fingerplays, stories and songs. |
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Two-rrific Storytime (age 2 with caregiver) Friday, February 17 @ 11:00 am @ (20 minutes) Fridays, January 13 - February 10 Limit 20 children per session for stories, songs, and rhymes. |
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Family Science Workshop #2: Germs, Bacteria, and Allergies, Oh My! Saturday, February 18 @ 2:00 pm @ (1 hour) Family Science Workshops: Vital Signs (Ages 6-11 with a caregiver) Saturdays, 2:00-3:00pm February 18: Germs, Bacteria, and Allergies, Oh My!-What makes us sick and what makes us well? March 10: Build the $6 Million You-Making the most of your health. Please register for each session. |
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Microsoft Word 101 Tuesday, February 21 @ 1:00 pm @ (1 hour) Computer Basics class required. This beginner’s class will teach students the very basics of Microsoft Word. You will learn how to highlight text, cut and paste, check for misspelled words and much more! |
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Get Crafty: Beaded Bracelet Tuesday, February 21 @ 6:30 pm @ (2 hours) Make a unique beaded bracelet.Presented by Marie King |
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Ink Blot Art Thursday, February 23 @ 2:30 pm @ (30 minutes) Create a unique painting and then do some creative writing about what you see. |
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Page Turners' Book Club - The Hunger Games Thursday, February 23 @ 7:00 pm @ (1 hour 30 minutes) Page Turners Book Club Discussion Thursday, Feb 23 from 7:00-8:30 PM Please RSVP! About the Book: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins In a not-too-distant future, the United States of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year, two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem as the 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors, literally, with all citizens required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss's young sister, Prim, is selected as the mining district's female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son of the town baker who seems to have all the fighting skills of a lump of bread dough, will be pitted against bigger |
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Microsoft Powerpoint Basics Thursday, March 1 @ 10:00 am @ (1 hour) This class will help you to create a computer slide presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint. You will learn how to select a template, add text and graphics, and put the finished product together into a slideshow. Participants must be comfortable using MS Windows and have good keyboarding skills. |
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Memoir Writing: Journey of Your Life Saturday, March 3 @ 1:00 pm @ (3 hours) We all have stories to tell. These stories of times past are an important gift we have to share with our children and grandchildren. In this class, you will learn ways to retrieve your memories and write the story of your life as only you experienced it. |
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International Academy Info Night Monday, March 5 @ 6:00 pm @ (2 hours) ttention 8th grade parents: If your child loves to learn and enjoys being academically challenged, The International Academy is the place for him/her. The International Academy (IA) is a public, tuition-free high school of choice for students of 19 Oakland County school districts, including South Lyon, providing a unique blend of rigorous academics and practical, inquiry-based instruction through the International Baccalaureate (IB). To learn more about the prestigious International Academy and the International Baccalaureate, please attend the IA (West campus -White Lake) enrollment program at the library. For additional information please visit iatoday.org or contact Nhu Do, associate principal at ndo@bloomfield.org. Please RSVP to the library. |
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Knitting Club Tuesday, March 6 @ 6:30 pm @ (2 hours) Drop in and knit with friends. There are instructors present to help if you need guidance. |
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Tell it, Read it, Write it Wednesday, March 7 @ 7:00 pm @ (1 hour) Come celebrate March is Reading Month with award-winning Storyteller, Teaching Artist, Literacy Coach, and Speaker, Jenifer Strauss for an action-packed evening of story and story activities designed for families! We guarantee you will be entertained, inspired and leave with a variety of Take-able and Usable Tips and Tools to help your child grow in Language! Jen will be sending each family home with the “Tell It, Read It, Write It” Handbook so you can create your own family storytelling tradition! |
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Advanced Microsoft PowerPoint Thursday, March 8 @ 7:00 pm @ (1 hour) Go beyond the basics with in-depth information on animation, timing, inserting objects and more in PowerPoint. Last 20 minutes will allow for Q&A on specific projects. For those new to PowerPoint, the beginning PowerPoint class is recommended before taking this class. |
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Family Science Workshop #3: Build the $6 Million You Saturday, March 10 @ 2:00 pm @ (1 hour) Family Science Workshops: Vital Signs (Ages 6-11 with a caregiver) Saturdays, 2:00-3:00pm March 10: Build the $6 Million You-Making the most of your health. Please register for each session. |
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Family Movie Night: Puss in Boots Monday, March 12 @ 6:30 pm @ (1 hour 30 minutes) Grab your comfy clothes, blankets, and pillows to watch Puss in Boots rated PG. Popcorn and juice provided. |
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Microsoft Word 102 Tuesday, March 13 @ 1:00 pm @ (1 hour) Microsoft Word 101 or some experience with Word required. Participants encouraged to bring flash drive if they have it. Intermediate computer users will learn how to double space a document, create bulleted and numbered lists, insert page numbers and different ways to save their documents. Come learn neat tricks you may not have thought were possible in Microsoft Word! |
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Getting Started with Goodreads Thursday, March 15 @ 7:00 pm @ (1 hour) Do you have a growing list of books that you'd like to read and no way to keep them organized? Do you want an easy way to share your booklists with friends and find out what they are reading? With Goodreads you can do all this and more! Think of it as Facebook for booklovers. Goodreads allows you to compile lists of books you've read and plan to read in the future and share them with friends. In this class we will show you how to create an account and get started with this cool site. |
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South Lyon Writer's Group Saturday, March 17 @ 10:00 am @ (2 hours) Join local authors in a discussion about their writing and learn new tips to spruce up your own writing. |
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Training a Trick Horse Monday, March 19 @ 6:30 pm @ (1 hour) Learn all about a local horse trainer’s tips for teaching amazing tricks to horses! Presented by Nancy Harm. |
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Page Turners' Book Club -The Marriage Plot Thursday, March 22 @ 7:00 pm @ (1 hour 30 minutes) Page Turners Book Club Discussion Thursday, March 22 from 7:00-8:30 PM Please RSVP! About the Book: The Marriage Plot by Jeffery Eugenides It’s the early 1980s—the country is in a deep recession, and life after college is harder than ever. In the cafés on College Hill, the wised-up kids are inhaling Derrida and listening to Talking Heads. But Madeleine Hanna, dutiful English major, is writing her senior thesis on Jane Austen and George Eliot, purveyors of the marriage plot that lies at the heart of the greatest English novels. As Madeleine tries to understand why “it became laughable to read writers like Cheever and Updike, who wrote about the suburbia Madeleine and most of her friends had grown up in, in favor of reading the Marquis de Sade, who wrote about deflowering virgins in eighteenth-century France,” real life, in the form of two very different guys, intervenes. Leonard Bankhead—charismatic loner, college Darwinist, and lost Portland boy—suddenly turns up in a semio |
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Happy Birthday Bob! Tuesday, March 27 @ 7:00 pm @ (30 minutes) Bob the Gecko is turning 15! We’ll make birthday cards, sing “Happy Birthday” and eat birthday cake to celebrate his big day! |
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Get Crafty: Stenciled Shaker Box Thursday, March 29 @ 6:30 pm @ (2 hours) Make a stenciled shaker box. Presented by Marie King. Limit 15. |
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Knitting Club Tuesday, April 3 @ 6:30 pm @ (2 hours) Drop in and knit with friends. There are instructors present to help if you need guidance. |
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Nightmares Up Close Thursday, April 5 @ 6:30 pm @ (1 hour) In commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, come see your Nightmares Up Close! Complete with a hands-on collection of real artifacts and museum quality reproductions, this 45 minute program explores facts and myths surrounding 8 nightmarish, real-world tales. A cross between Edgar Allen Poe and the Xfiles, attendees play an active role in this program as terrifying stories surrounding the Titanic, Jack the Ripper, African Shrunken Heads, VooDoo Dolls (and more) end with a mysterious, scary, and spine-tingling twist. |
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Computers for Seniors: Part 1 Friday, April 6 @ 10:00 am @ (1 hour) No previous computer experience required. Computers for Seniors-Part I, is for those who are entering the information super highway late in life, welcome to the. This class will show you the ins and outs of personal computers using simplified terms and easy-to-understand English. The class will also cover the very basics of Microsoft Word. |
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Social Security & Medicare Q & A Monday, April 9 @ 6:00 pm @ (1 hour) WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE? Will the 2012 Congress cut your benefits to decrease the deficit? Social Security pays for itself; has not contributed a penny to the national debt. Will congress use the unfair chained-CPI to further cut your benefits? It's urgent that you know what's on the horizon for your social security and medicare benefits. PROTECT YOURSELF – SPEAKER: Delphine Palkowski, M.A. Michigan Alliance to Strengthen Social Security and Medicare National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare AARP, 8 CD Rep. - Non-Profit and Non-Partisan Organizations |
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Computers for Seniors: Part 2 Friday, April 13 @ 10:00 am @ (1 hour) Computers for Seniors-Part II, is a continuation of Computers for Seniors I. will show you the ins and outs of exploring the Internet and basic email techniques. |
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South Lyon Writer's Group Saturday, April 14 @ 10:00 am @ (2 hours) Join local authors in a discussion about their writing and learn new tips to spruce up your own writing. |
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Microsoft Word 103 Tuesday, April 17 @ 1:00 pm @ (1 hour) Microsoft Word 101 or some experience with Word required. Learn how to create eye-catching flyers and other documents by getting creative with Word! Intermediate computer users will learn how to use clip art, wordart, borders and much more! |
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Paddling Michigan's Hidden Beauty Tuesday, April 24 @ 7:00 pm @ (1 hour) Please join us on Tuesday, April 24, at 7PM as PBS-featured Michigan author Doc Fletcher presents his "Paddling Michigan's Hidden Beauty" program. You'll enjoy an hour-long photographic journey down rivers selected from his canoeing and kayaking books. Find out what makes each of these rivers uniquely FUN! Histories of riverside towns along the way are also shared. At the end of the program will be a drawing for a "free canoe or kayak trip", good for a day trip down one of Michigan rivers, donated by various canoe and kayak liveries. After the drawing, Doc will sign & sell copies of his books. |
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Page Turners' Book Club - A Visit from the Goon Squad Thursday, April 26 @ 7:00 pm @ (1 hour 30 minutes) Page Turners Book Club Discussion Thursday, April 26 from 7:00-8:30 PM Please RSVP! About the Book: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan Starred Review. Readers will be pleased to discover that the star-crossed marriage of lucid prose and expertly deployed postmodern switcheroos that helped shoot Egan to the top of the genre-bending new school is alive in well in this graceful yet wild novel. We begin in contemporaryish New York with kleptomaniac Sasha and her boss, rising music producer Bennie Salazar, before flashing back, with Bennie, to the glory days of Bay Area punk rock, and eventually forward, with Sasha, to a settled life. By then, Egan has accrued tertiary characters, like Scotty Hausmann, Bennie's one-time bandmate who all but dropped out of society, and Alex, who goes on a date with Sasha and later witnesses the future of the music industry. Egan's overarching concerns are about how rebellion ages, influence corrupts, habits turn to addictions, and lifelong |
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Page Turners' Book Club - The Elegance of the Hedgehog Thursday, May 24 @ 7:00 pm @ (1 hour 30 minutes) Page Turners Book Club Discussion Thursday, May 24 from 7:00-8:30 PM Please RSVP! About the Book: The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Murial Barbery The enthralling international bestseller. We are in the center of Paris, in an elegant apartment building inhabited by bourgeois families. Renée, the concierge, is witness to the lavish but vacuous lives of her numerous employers. Outwardly she conforms to every stereotype of the concierge: fat, cantankerous, addicted to television. Yet, unbeknownst to her employers, Renée is a cultured autodidact who adores art, philosophy, music, and Japanese culture. With humor and intelligence she scrutinizes the lives of the building’s tenants, who for their part are barely aware of her existence. Then there’s Paloma, a twelve-year-old genius. She is the daughter of a tedious parliamentarian, a talented and startlingly lucid child who has decided to end her life on the sixteenth of June, her thirteenth birthday. Until then she will conti |
