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Young Actors Workshop Performance

Friday, July 12, 2024 6:00pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

In the culmination of arts educator John Mulvey’s weeklong Young Actors Workshop at the Library for children ages 3 to 18, preschoolers act out a stor...

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Writers at War: Literature and the Wartime Experience

Wednesday, September 27, 2017 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

As part of the multi-library Big Read initiative revolving around The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien’s seminal book about the Vietnam War,...

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We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War

Thursday, October 19, 2017 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

For many U.S. soldiers in Vietnam, music was the connection between battlefront and homefront and helped them cope with the complexities of the war...

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Voices of the Big Read: Open-Mic Poetry

Thursday, May 5, 2022 6:00pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

Participants from Glenn North’s May 1 poetry workshop take the stage to share their work. The readings draw heavily from U.S. Poet...

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Viewing Vietnam: A Matter of Time and Place

Tuesday, October 31, 2017 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

The war experience in Vietnam varied greatly, depending on when and where you served. A panel of military veterans, convened by the U.S. Army Command...

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Understanding Ike: Four Key Eisenhower Traits and Their Role in the Space Race - Yanek Mieczkowski

Thursday, September 17, 2015 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

The Soviet Union’s 1957 launch of Sputnik, the world’s first satellite, was a critical Cold War moment for Dwight D. Eisenhower. What he called “a...

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The Things They Carried

Thursday, October 12, 2017 6:30pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

The Vietnam War still has the power to divide Americans between those for and against it—and just as surely, between those who remember the era fir...

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The Significance of the Frontier in Eisenhower History - Tim Rives

Tuesday, October 13, 2015 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

2015 commemorates not only the 125th anniversary of the birth of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, but also the U.S. Census Bureau’s declaration that...

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Toys: LEGO Night

Friday, August 30, 2024 5:30pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

When children build with blocks and LEGO bricks, it helps develop mathematical skills and spatial awareness. Block building also encourages problem so...

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Toys: Board Games

Friday, August 9, 2024 5:30pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

Board games promote literacy, critical thinking, cooperation, hand-eye coordination, and build social skills in children. Stop by to play some of the...

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