2024 NATIONAL MEDAL
for Museum and Library Service Finalist
Use coffee filters, sharpies, cardstock, and your imagination to make autumnal hanging ballerinas! This program is for adults and families ages 9+. Any children attending ages 9-17 must have a caregiver or guardian over the age of 18 in the room with them. Registration is required. Click here to register.
Jodi Bloom (college planning expert and founder of Cornerstone College Solutions) leads an online workshop designed to help families with children of any age figure out how to pay for college without jeopardizing retirement.
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Chess club for Beginners 2 will be held with 8 Zoom meetings on every Thursday @ 4 - 4:45 p.m from September 8 to Oct 27
This club is targeted to 2nd grader and above who have known the basic tactics.
If you are interested in joining, please fill out the registration form.
For any inquiries, please email Sally Leung , Youth Services Librarian.
Update: Registration is full now and the form is closed
Drop off your gently used or new Halloween costumes at the Youth Services or Teen Desk from October 15-29 to get a TICKET to take another costume on t 10/29/22 from 11 am until 3 pm in the meeting rooms. Questions can be emailed to mwhittington@ebpl.org.
Get ready to unveil your artistic skills & learn how to glide in your oil pastels on canvas and blend them to create a lovely, scenic view, applying the basic techniques of Oil Pastel art! This program will be virtual and particpants will need to provide their own supplies. Supplies can be found at most stores that sell craft supplies or online.
Over the whole history of humankind, kindness has been key to the survival of our species, and to making our world a better place. Learn about Harriet Tubman, who risked her life to help others escape from slavery, the Nomads Clinic, which sends doctors trekking into the Himalayas to tend to patients, The Linda Lindas, a group of young musicians who use their talent to speak up for the rights of others, Joshua Coombes, a hairdresser who gives free haircuts to the homeless, and many others.
Asiya loves to visit Nanu's house and rummage through her katha chest filled with quilts that tell stories about the bold and brave women in Asiya's family.
Practice makes progress in this multigenerational story about family traditions and the pursuit of the perfect challah. Bubbie and Rivka are not the best bakers... yet. But they are starting a new tradition. Every Friday they will bake a challah together!
On a hike with her grandparents, a young Indian-American girl makes note of all the things in the wilderness that are brown, too. Includes instructions on how to make a scrapbook.
In this bilingual picture book, cousins from opposite sides of the border visit each other's towns and delight in their similarities and differences.