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| | 11:00am - 11:30amToddler and Pre-K storytime. Join us for a morning of stories, music, movement, and rhymes. For toddlers and pre-K and their grown-ups. No registration required. |
| 6:00pm - 8:00pmForeign Films - Waking Ned Devine |
| 3:00am - 4:00amCreative drama. Ages 7-11. |
11:00amSensory Stations. An alternative to a traditional story hour, children and their grown-ups are invited to investigate and explore using all our senses. Interactive stations might include water bins, moon sand, ice blocks, pom pom pouring, and more!. Best for ages 3-5, all are welcome. No registration required. |
3:00pm - 4:00pmPlayful Engineers.IIn these hands-on, STEM focused workshops, Jay Mankita will lead participants through designing, building, testing, and playing with Rube Goldberg machines, domino constructions, exploding popsicle-stick snakes, and other awesome engineering explorations. Ages 7+ |
6:00pm - 9:00pmColoring Book Evenings. Calm your mind and indulge your creative side every Wednesday evening until August 21st. Coloring books and colored pencils supplied. No need to sign up. Just show up! |
7:00pm - 8:30pmAuthor Event with Chronicle's own Ted Reinstein! |
| | Fun Friday: Monster Mash. We’re having a Monster Mash! Drop in to the Parlin Library all day Friday, October 25th to assemble a monster from our monster building station, feed the library monsters with our beanbag toss, and more! Complete all stations for a special surprise. No registration required. |
10:00am - 12:00pmLearn Computer Basics. Create Your Own Email Account, or Help with Your Resume. By appointment only. 30 min appointments. |
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| Nov |
| | 11:00am - 11:30amToddler and Pre-K storytime. Join us for a morning of stories, music, movement, and rhymes. For toddlers and pre-K and their grown-ups. No registration required. |
6:00pm - 7:00pmThe Great Alone |
| 6:00pm - 9:00pmForeign Films - The Babadook |
| 3:00am - 4:00amCreative drama. Ages 7-11. |
11:00amBabytime. A story hour for the very young. Join us as we sing songs and make enjoy lapsit songs, interactive baby rhymes and simple stories followed by time to socialize for babies and grown-ups. |
6:00pm - 9:00pmColoring Book Evenings. Calm your mind and indulge your creative side every Wednesday evening until August 21st. Coloring books and colored pencils supplied. No need to sign up. Just show up! |
| | | 1:00pm - 2:00pmCode for Kids. Ages 7-12 |
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| | 10:00am - 12:00amComputer Basics, Not familiar with the computer? Learn the basics of how to start up and shut down a computer, navigate the operating system and applications, perform basic functions, learn how to pull up a word processor, and even use a web browser to navigate the internet! This class is intended for computer novices. This program is free and open to the public. By appointment only. Please call the Parlin Information Desk at (617) 394 2302 to register. |
11:00am - 11:30amToddler and Pre-K storytime. Join us for a morning of stories, music, movement, and rhymes. For toddlers and pre-K and their grown-ups. No registration required. |
| 7:00am - 8:00pmElection Day. Voting takes place in the Parlin Meeting Room on the first floor. |
| 3:00am - 4:00amCreative drama. Ages 7-11. |
11:00amSensory Stations. An alternative to a traditional story hour, children and their grown-ups are invited to investigate and explore using all our senses. Interactive stations might include water bins, moon sand, ice blocks, pom pom pouring, and more!. Best for ages 3-5, all are welcome. No registration required. |
| | 3:30pm - 4:30pmFun Friday: Cardboard Loom Bracelets. For ages 5-12. |
| 2:00pm - 3:00pmHoliday Craft, Get ready for the holidays as one of the craftiest members of our staff, leads 10 people in part one of making of a dog of yarn. These are great gifts and just a lot of fun. The following Saturday, put on the finishing touches. This event is free and open to the public. However, supplies are limited to ten people. Please sign up at the Parlin Information Desk, or call (617) 394 2302. Ages 13+. |
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| | 9:00am - 9:00pmLibrary Closed for Veteran's Day |
| 6:00pm - 8:00pmTrustees Meeting, tonight held in the Children's Reference Area |
7:00pm - 8:00pmWorld War II Letters |
7:00pm - 8:30pmReconstructing History & Genealogy: Mom’s WWII Letters, In May 2017, Corinne Smith found her mother's stash of more than 100 letters from the 16 servicemen she had corresponded with in 1944-1945. Corinne began to trace the soldiers' family trees with one goal in mind: to return the letters in person to their children. This presentation links history and genealogy to present-day research and diligence. It revisits a time that we may not want to forget. And it may prompt others to wonder for themselves what treasures lurk in their own old family boxes, and how they can share the information with others. |
| | 5:30pm - 6:30pmArt After Dark. 5:30pm. Come to the Parlin Children's Room for an evening of artmaking. This month we're making 8-page mini-zines!
For ages 7-12. |
| 3:30pm - 4:30pmFun Friday: Paper Chain Challenge. Ages 5-12 |
| 2:00pm - 3:00pmPut the finishing touches on your yarn dog and get ready give it as a gift, or keep it for yourself. This event is free and open to the public. However, supplies are limited to ten people. Please sign up at the Parlin Information Desk, or call (617) 394 2302. Ages 13+. |
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| | 10:00am - 12:00amComputer Basics, Not familiar with the computer? Learn the basics of how to start up and shut down a computer, navigate the operating system and applications, perform basic functions, learn how to pull up a word processor, and even use a web browser to navigate the internet! This class is intended for computer novices. This program is free and open to the public. By appointment only. Please call the Parlin Information Desk at (617) 394 2302 to register. |
11:00am - 11:30amToddler and Pre-K storytime. Join us for a morning of stories, music, movement, and rhymes. For toddlers and pre-K and their grown-ups. No registration required. |
6:00pm - 7:00pmMurder Mystery Monday. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surêté du Québec is called to the scene of a suspicious death in rural country south of Montreal. A woman has been found dead. The locals are certain it's a tragic hunting accident, but Gamache is certain the woman died at the hands of someone sinister. Still Life introduces the engaging hero, Inspector Gamache, a man of integrity and quiet courage, and the talented writer of traditional mysteries, Louise Penny. Copies available at the Parlin Circulation Desk. All adult mystery lovers welcome! |
| 6:00pm - 7:30pmForeign Films - Monsoon Wedding. The rains are coming. You are invited to attend as one colorful, eclectic family gathers from all over the world for a traditional, non-stop four-day celebration as unpredictable as the monsoon season itself. |
| 11:00amBabytime. A story hour for the very young. Join us as we sing songs and make enjoy lapsit songs, interactive baby rhymes and simple stories followed by time to socialize for babies and grown-ups. |
| 5:30pm - 6:30pmLEGO Robotics. Ages 7-12. |
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