august 2016 - Laramie County Library System

LARAMIE
COUNTY
LIBRARY
YOUTH
AUGUST 2016
So Long 2 Summer
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LIBRARY INFO
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storytimes
The Early Literacy Center
Baby Lapsit: (Ages Birth – 24 Months; Storytime Room)
The space inside the Storytime Room will be open for
playing, reading, singing, talking, and writing after the
11:00 a.m. storytime. We encourage you to take the
opportunity to explore the Learning Spots (changed
monthly) with your children and socialize with
other caregivers.
Following the story, babies can play with our educational toys while caregivers visit.
Letters of the Month: E+F
CONTENTS
Color of the Month: Purple
My Library Place
Youth and Families ..............................3
Calendar Grid .......................................5
Teens ....................................................7
Pine Bluffs ............................................8
Burns ....................................................9
Exhibits ................................................10
The space outside the Early Literacy Center is a great
place to socialize and meet new friends after the 10:15
a.m. storytime. Children can play and interact with you
and each other!
Themes By Week
Tales Together: (Ages 18 Months – 5 Years; Storytime Room)
An interactive storytime session for preschool children and their caregivers to practice new skills
incorporating books, songs, rhymes, movement, and more!
Get Ready with Elsie & Eddie!: (Children Entering Kindergarten Fall 2016; Sage Room)
Join us for a new weekly kindergarten readiness program that will use a mix of modern and traditional
methods of learning, including iPads and books. We'll focus on skills that will help children prepare for
kindergarten. No sign-up required, but space may be limited.
Stories On My Own: (Ages 3-5 Years; Sage Room)
For older preschool children to practice sitting, listening, following directions, and interacting with others
their age in a group setting without their caregivers.
tuesday
August 1-6: Go! Go! Go!
OUR LIBRARY COLORS
Find everything you're looking for by color:
August 14-20: Pet Parade
General Library
Café
August 21-27: No Storytimes
Adults
Branches
August 28-31: ABCs and 123s
Teens
Genealogy
Youth & Families
Technology
Library to Business
Closures &
Announcements
DAY ABBREVIATIONS:
M
T
W
TH
August 7-13: Art and Imagination
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
F Friday
SA Saturday
SU Sunday
Get Ready...
Tales Together
August 2, 9, 16
August 2, 9, 16, 30
August 30
Stories On My Own August 30
wednesday
Get Ready...
Tales Together
thursday
Friday
saturday
10:15-10:45 am
10:15-10:45 am
11:00-11:30 am
10:15-10:45 am
August 3, 10, 17
August 3, 10, 17, 31
August 31
Stories On My Own August 31
10:15-10:45 am
10:15-10:45 am
11:00-11:30 am
10:15-10:45 am
Get Ready...
Tales Together
August 4, 11, 18
August 4, 11, 18
10:15-10:45 am
10:15-10:45 am
Baby Lapsit
August 12, 19
10:15-11:00 am
Tales Together
August 6
10:15-10:45 am
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YOUTH AND FAMILIES
Baby Music®
Drums Alive®
Kindermusik®
Things That Go!
You and your baby can engage in musical
activities at this unique session for babies
and caregivers.
(Ages Birth – 24 Months; Storytime Room)
F August 5, 10:15 – 10:45AM
Drums Alive® combines the benefits of
music and rhythm for brain and body
fitness. Join us for a fun and creative way to
be physically and mentally fit!
(Ages 6-13 Years; Storytime Room)
T August 16, 4:15 – 5PM
Sing, sway, laugh, and play with skilled
educator Laura Sutton!
(Ages 2-5 Years; Storytime Room)
SA August 13, 10:15 – 11AM
Ever wondered what it's like inside a fire
truck? A bookmobile? A trolley? Come meet
some amazing people in our community
and check out their rides!
(Children & Families; Library Parking Lot)
TH August 4, 6:30 – 7:30PM
LEGO® Build
Bilingual Storytime
Calling all LEGO® builders! Create a LEGO®
project of your own design, then display
it on the shelf for the entire library to see!
(Grades K-6; 2nd Floor)
SA August 6, 2 – 4PM
M August 15, 3 – 4PM
An interactive and bilingual storytime
session for preschool children and their
caregivers to practice new skills and a
new language, incorporating books,
songs, rhymes, movement, and more! This
program will be in English and Spanish.
(Ages 18 Months – 5 Years; Storytime Room)
SA August 20, 10:15 – 10:45AM
Una hora de cuentos bilingüe y interactiva
para niños de prescolar y sus padres
o sus cuidadores. Practicamos nuevas
habilidades, y un nuevo idioma. Hacemos
cuentos, canciones, rimas, movimiento, y
más! Este program se presenta en español e
inglés. (Edades de 18 Meses - 5 Años)
SA August 20, 10:15 – 10:45AM
Chess Club for Kids
A drop-in chess event for beginners and
advanced chess players. Join us for weekly
lessons with teachers Dennis Coelho and
Alison Hounshell. (Grades K-6; 2nd Floor)
W August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 4:15 – 5:15PM
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End of Summer Spectacular!
We are celebrating the end of Summer
Reading 2016 with big, messy art projects,
best reads of the summer, and Summer
Reading prizes (for those who haven't
picked them up yet). Last day to get prizes
is today! (Children & Families; Storytime
Room & Performance Park)
SU August 21, 2 – 4PM
Please Sign Up!
Please Sign Up!
Sculpt-A-Saurus with Denver
Museum of Nature and Science
Young Writers Workshop
Take a journey of discovery and creation
using real fossil evidence to sculpt your very
own dinosaurs. Sculpt-a-saurus introduces
learners to scientific methodology as well
as paleontology, fossilization, erosion,
adaptation, and climate.
(Grades 2-6; Storytime Room)
W August 10, 2 – 3PM
Join New York Times bestselling author,
Jennifer Chambliss Bertman to explore
the mysteries of writing and Exercise Your
Mind at the second annual Young Writers
workshop. Learn how to create engaging
characters and fantasy worlds with new and
old friends. We'll have prizes and lunch so
reserve your spot today! This workshop is
presented in partnership with the Graham
Parfitt Writing Project.
(Grades 3-12; Sunflower Room)
F August 12, 10AM – 2PM
Please Sign Up!
Get in Gear with Bricks 4 Kidz
Join instructor Lowell Harp, Sr. to learn
about gears, wind energy, and invention.
Work together to build a LEGO® windmill
that actually works! (Storytime Room)
M August 1, 2 – 3PM, Grades 3-6
TH August 11, 2 – 3PM, Grades K-2
Zumba Kids!
Zumba Kids! combines movement, world
music, fun games, and community in a
welcoming environment where physical
fitness is a party.
(Ages 4-12; Storytime Room)
T August 2, 4:15 – 5PM
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Sunday
Monday
1
Anime Showdown,
1 - 2:30pm
*Get in Gear with Bricks 4
Kidz, Grades 3-6, 2 - 3pm
Tuesday
2
Burns: Tales Together:
Things That Go!,
10:30 - 11:15am
Zumba Kids!, 4:15- 5pm
Pine Bluffs: Dinner and
a Movie: The Finest Hours,
7 - 9pm
7
8
Anime Showdown,
1 - 2:30pm
9
Burns: Get in Gear with
Bricks 4 Kidz, 1:30-2:30pm
3
Kung Fu Flick, 12 - 2pm
Pine Bluffs: Get in Gear with
Bricks 4 Kidz, 1:30-2:30pm
Chess Club for Kids,
4:15 - 5:15pm
10
*Sculpt-a-Saurus, 2 - 3pm
So Long 2 Summer (Off-Site
Event), 2 - 3:30pm
Chess Club for Kids,
4:15 - 5:15pm
Programs are made possible by
funding from the Laramie County
Library Foundation.
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Wednesday
15
Anime Showdown,
1 - 2:30pm
16
Drums Alive®, 4:15 - 5pm
17
Chess Club for Kids,
4:15 - 5:15pm
LEGO® Build, 3 - 4pm
Thursday
Friday
4
5
Burns: Friday Drop-In Crafts,
10am - 5pm
Pine Bluffs: Fun for Kids!,
10 - 10:45am
Pokémon TCG League,
2 - 4pm
Things That Go!,
6:30 - 7:30pm
Saturday
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LEGO® Build, 2 - 4pm
Baby Music, 10:15 -10:45am
Multiplayer Madness,
12 - 2:30pm
Pine Bluffs: Friday Movies at
the Library, 1:30 - 3:30pm
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11
Burns: Friday Drop-In Crafts,
10am - 5pm
*Young Writers Workshop,
10am - 2pm
Pine Bluffs: Fun for Kids!,
10 - 10:45am
*Get in Gear with Bricks 4
Kidz, Grades K-2, 2 - 3pm
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Kindermusik®, 10:15 - 11am
Multiplayer Madness,
12 - 2:30pm
Pine Bluffs: Friday Movies at
the Library, 1:30 - 3:30pm
Pokémon TCG League,
2 - 4pm
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18
20
Pine Bluffs: Fun for Kids!,
10 - 10:45am
Burns: Friday Drop-In
Crafts, 10am - 5pm
Burns: Going Out with a Bang:
An End to Summer Reading,
9:30 - 11:30am
Pokémon TCG League,
2 - 4pm
Pine Bluffs: Friday Movies
at the Library, 1:30 - 3:30pm
Pine Bluffs: Summer Reading
Send-Off,
9:30 - 11:30am
Bilingual Storytime,
10:15- 10:45am
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22
23
End of Summer Spectacular!,
2 - 4pm
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Chess Club for Kids,
4:15 - 5:15pm
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25
27
Burns: Friday Drop-In
Crafts, 10am - 5pm
Pine Bluffs: Fun for Kids!,
10 - 10:45am
Pine Bluffs: Friday Movies
at the Library, 1:30 - 3:30pm
Book Sale Room
Garage Sale
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AUGUST
Chess Club for Kids,
4:15 - 5:15pm
Book Sale Room
Garage Sale
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Sign up early! Space is limited.
Visit the library, laramiecountylibrary.org, or
call 634.3561 to sign up for a program.
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TEENS
PINE BLUFFS
Anime Showdown!
Multiplayer Madness
Get together with your fellow anime and
animation fans to watch episodes Mondays
in August. We'll start with one episode
and vote whether or not to watch the next
episode or skip to a new series. Which show
will survive and which will be crushed under
the weight of fandom?! You decide!
(Teens; Sage Room)
M August 1, 8, 15, 1 – 2:30PM
Don't miss your chance to get your video
gaming fix in August! We'll have Pokken
Tournament, Mario Kart 8, Super Smash
Bros., Splatoon, and more classic retro
games all on hand for the Wii-U gaming
console. Bring a friend and bring on the fun!
(Teens; Sage Room)
F August 5, 12, 12 – 2:30PM
Pokémon TCG League
Kung Fu Flick
Come grab a Kung Fu headband and watch
a modern Kung Fu classic! We'll have cold
treats to keep you from overheating and
to ice down your karate-chopping hand.
(Teens; Sage Room)
W August 3, 12 – 2PM
Want to learn the difference between
flying-type and fighting-type Pokémon?
Then join our official Pokémon Card Game
League! We'll talk rules, get you registered,
and lend you a deck. It's time to battle!
(Teens; 2nd Floor)
TH August 4, 11, 18, 2 – 4PM
So Long 2 Summer (Off-Site Event)
Send off your summer in style with a water
pistol fight and BBQ at the Paul Smith
Children's Village! Bring your water guns,
buckets, appetite and prepared to get
soaked. Permission slips are required for all
participants, and are available on the 2nd
floor Ask Here desks.
(Teens; Paul Smith's Children Village)
W August 10, 2 – 3:30PM
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Dinner and a Movie:
The Finest Hours
This movie is based on the extraordinary
true story of the greatest small boat rescue
in Coast Guard history. When a massive
storm strikes off the coast of Cape Cod, it
rips an oil tanker in half, trapping more
than 30 sailors on the rapidly sinking vessel.
Packed with heroic larger-than-life actions
and men driven by the faith in their mission,
themselves, and each other, The Finest Hours
is a triumph.
(Adults; Pine Bluffs Branch Library)
T August 2, 7 – 9PM
Fun for Kids!
Join us for an interactive storytime session
designed for preschool children and
their caregivers to practice new skills
incorporating books, songs, rhymes,
movement, and more!
(PreK; Pine Bluffs Branch Library)
Thursdays, 10 – 10:45AM
August 4: Make Believe with Mother
Goose
August 11: Beach
August 18: Visit to the Zoo
August 25: Mo Willems
Get in Gear with Bricks 4 Kidz
Join instructor Lowell Harp, Sr. to learn
about gears, wind energy, and invention.
Work together to build a LEGO® windmill
that actually works!
(Grades K-6; Pine Bluffs Branch Library)
W August 3, 1:30 – 2:30PM
Summer Reading Send-Off
Join us in saying goodbye to Summer
Reading Celebration 2016 with a special ice
cream celebration! Last day to turn in your
reading cards and redeem for prizes!
(All Ages; Pine Bluffs Branch Library)
SA August 20, 9:30 – 11:30AM
Friday Movies at the Library
Come to the library this summer on Friday
afternoons to watch a variety of familyfriendly films. Each week a different movie
will be shown. Feel free to bring your
favorite snack to enjoy. (Children & Families;
Pine Bluffs Branch Library)
F August 5, 12, 19, 26, 1:30 – 3:30PM
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EXHIBITS
BURNS
Friday Drop-In Crafts
Have an extra half hour this summer with
nothing to do? Maybe you need a quiet hour
to relax and enjoy the season? Drop in to
the Burns Branch each Friday and create a
unique craft all your own.
(Grades K-5; Burns Branch Library)
F August 5, 12, 19, 26, 10AM – 5PM
Get in Gear with Bricks 4 Kidz
Join instructor Lowell Harp, Sr. to learn
about gears, wind energy, and invention.
Work together to build a LEGO® windmill
that actually works! (Storytime Room)
T August 9, 1:30 – 2:30PM
Going out with a Bang:
An End to Summer Reading
Join us in saying goodbye to Summer
Reading Celebration 2016 with a special ice
cream celebration! Last day to turn in your
reading cards and redeem for prizes!
(All Ages; Burns Branch Library)
SA August 20, 9:30 – 11:30AM
Tales Together: Things That Go!
Join us for an interactive storytime session
for preschool children and their caregivers
to practice new skills incorporating books,
songs, rhymes, movement, and more!
(PreK; Burns Branch Library)
T August 2, 10:30 – 11:15AM
BOOK SALE ROOM
GARAGE
SALE
Large Roll Laminator
70 Computers (Optiplex, 620, 755, Latitude,
Poweredge)
Projector Screens
NEC NP2000 Projector
Sharp XG-MB67X Projector
Cisco Switches (3650 24Port, 3650 48, 2800)
Tigerstack Switches
Printers (Hp Laserjet 2100, 4250, 4100,
2840, 6P)
Xerox, Phaser 6120, WorkCentre 120i
Microform Printer (Minolta RP 606Z)
Various Furniture
Slatwall Acrylic Holders and Signage
Craft Kits (Beads, Crochet, Knitting, CrossStitch, Origami, etc.)
½ Price Books in Book Sale Room
Various board and Wii games
Herman Miller Chairs
Various Computer Components (mice,
keyboards, etc.)
Canon Powershot A4000 IS
And other odds ‘n’ ends!
AUGUST 27, 28
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Sat: 10:30 am - 5:30 pm
Sun: 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Cheyenne Heritage Quilters:
Under the Sea Exhibit
The Game of Life:
Inspiration and the Artist Book
The Cheyenne Heritage Quilters will exhibit
quilts along the theme of Under the Sea.
Quilts will be located on all floors.
(All Ages; Laramie County Library)
August 18 - August 28
Library Hours
Accomplished artists from Wyoming and
around the country interpret bookmaking
techniques and forms into original pieces
of art inspired by life and the challenges
it presents. Curated by artist Katie
Christensen. (All Ages; 1st Floor)
August 1 - August 7
Library Hours
Exercise Your Mind: READ!
3rd & 4th Grade Bookmark Contest
Enjoy bookmark designs created by 3rd &
4th graders throughout Laramie County.
Pick up a printed bookmark designed by
one of the four winners at any LCLS location.
Banners of the winning designs will hang
outside the Library in Cheyenne throughout
the summer. All entries will be displayed
at their respective library and on the
Bookmobile. (All Ages; All Library Locations)
August 1 - August 31
Library Hours
Back-to-School Garage Sale
Hosted by the Book Sale Room
We're cleaning house! Board & video games;
arts, crafts, & how-to books; computers
& computer equipment; slat wall plastic
holders; business card holders; random
containers, baskets & kitchenware; some
furniture; microform printer; other odds ‘n’
ends! Stop by early as things will go fast!
Book Sale Room will also be half price items.
(All Ages; First Floor by Periodicals, Laramie
County Library)
SA August 27, 10:30AM – 5:30PM
SU August 28, 1:30PM – 4:00PM
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VISITING YOUR LIBRARY
CHEYENNE
Library Hours:
Café Hours:
10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday - Thursday
Friday, Saturday
Sunday
7:45 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
7:45 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Closed
Monday - Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
How to visit us:
Tours:
2200 Pioneer Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82001-3610
307.634.3561
laramiecountylibrary.org
Online: lclsonline.org/services/tours/
Phone: 307.634.3561
Tours can be scheduled before operating hours.
Please limit groups to 50 children.
We will make special arrangements if we have adequate
preparation time—2 to 3 weeks in advance is preferable.
PINE BLUFFS
Hours:
Closed
10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Closed
How to visit us:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday-Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
110 East 2nd Street, Pine Bluffs
307.245.3646
laramiecountylibrary.org
BURNS
Hours:
1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Closed
10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Closed
How to visit us:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
112 Main Street, Burns
307.547.2249
laramiecountylibrary.org
Day Abbreviations:
Closures:
We understand that knowing what day of the week a
program falls under is important to you! In an effort to
save space but still keep that functionality, we've used the
below abbreviations for days.
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Monday
Tuesday
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Thursday
F Friday
SA Saturday
SU Sunday
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