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This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.

Make Friendship Bracelets

3:45pm - 4:45pm
Harry Bennett Branch
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Library Branch: Harry Bennett Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Kids (grades K-5), Tweens (grades 5-8), Teens (grades 6-12)
Program Type: Crafts, Games & Making
Registration Required
Event Details:

Make and swap friendship bracelets with your friends. Colorful strings and beads will be supplied.

Ages 8 and older.

Registration appreciated.

This event is in the "West Side Branch" group.

Build a Buzzy Bug Bot

4:30pm - 5:30pm
West Side Branch
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Library Branch: West Side Branch
Age Group: Kids (grades K-5), Tweens (grades 5-8), Teens (grades 6-12)
Program Type: Community, Crafts, Games & Making, Special Event, Technology
Registration Required
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Build circuits to create a battery-powered bug that buzzes and wiggles using an enrichment kit from the Connecticut Science Center that provides STEM-based summer learning fun.

Ages 8 to 14.

This event is in the "Main Library" group.

All About Audiobooks with Peter Lerman

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Third Floor Technology Center (room only)
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Registration Required
Event Details:

Peter Lerman, a professional narrator and producer, will discuss how audiobooks are made and sold, and who listens to them and why.

Registration required.

This event is in the "Main Library" group.

Open Game Night

5:00pm - 7:30pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Third Floor Technology Center (room only)
Age Group: Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), Families, Adults
Program Type: Crafts, Games & Making
Event Details:

Play a game from the library's collection or bring your own game to play with others.

All ages; young children must be accompanied by an adult.

This event is in the "Main Library" group.

Community Mindfulness Project: Meditation

12:00pm - 1:00pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Third Floor Auditorium
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

A brief discussion about meditation practice, a guided meditation, and a chance to share and reflect. Appropriate for all levels of practice.

This event is in the "Outreach" group.

Teen Summer Party at RPM Raceway

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Outreach
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Offsite Event
Library Branch: Outreach
Age Group: Tweens (grades 5-8), Teens (grades 6-12)
Program Type: Special Event
Registration Required
Event Details:

The Ferguson Library incites all teens, including volunteers and summer learning club participants, to a summer celebration at RPM Raceway that will include a $10 arcade card, two slices of pizza and soft drinks.

This event is in the "Main Library" group.

Open Game Night

5:00pm - 7:30pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Third Floor Technology Center (room only)
Age Group: Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), Families, Adults
Program Type: Crafts, Games & Making
Event Details:

Play a game from the library's collection or bring your own game to play with others.

All ages; young children must be accompanied by an adult.

This event is in the "Main Library" group.

Community Mindfulness Project: Meditation

12:00pm - 1:00pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Third Floor Auditorium
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

A brief discussion about meditation practice, a guided meditation, and a chance to share and reflect. Appropriate for all levels of practice.

This event is in the "Main Library" group.

Open Game Night

5:00pm - 7:30pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Third Floor Technology Center (room only)
Age Group: Kids (grades K-5), Teens (grades 6-12), Families, Adults
Program Type: Crafts, Games & Making
Event Details:

Play a game from the library's collection or bring your own game to play with others.

All ages; young children must be accompanied by an adult.

This event is in the "Main Library" group.

Community Mindfulness Project: Meditation

12:00pm - 1:00pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Third Floor Auditorium
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

A brief discussion about meditation practice, a guided meditation, and a chance to share and reflect. Appropriate for all levels of practice.

This event is in the "Harry Bennett Branch" group.

Harry Bennett Branch Local Author Series: Meira Rosenberg

11:00am - 12:00pm
Harry Bennett Branch
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Library Branch: Harry Bennett Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Program Type: Author Events
Registration Required
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­­Meira Rosenberg will read and discuss her books Indiana Bamboo and her latest, 28 Days of Neon.

This event is in the "Main Library" group.
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Third Floor Auditorium
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12), Parents, Families, Adults
Program Type: Author Events
Registration Required
Event Details:

An evening with author and historian Kevin Baker, who will discuss his book The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New