Let’s Talk: High Intermediate Level via Zoom

10:00am–11:30am
Virtual
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Language & Education
Event Details:

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Coloring & Conversation

10:00am–5:00pm
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: First Floor New Materials Room
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Program Type: Arts, Movies & Performances, Community
Event Details:

Enjoy relaxation through the meditative act of coloring and conversation. Supplies will be provided.

Teens and adults.

Cancelled

Cuddlers & Crawlers

10:30am–11:00am
Harry Bennett Branch
Full
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Harry Bennett Branch
Room: Story Circle
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers (ages birth-4)
Program Type: Kids and Teens Summer Learning Club, Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Storytime featuring songs, rhymes, bounces and special books. Free play and tummy time afterwards.

This program is only for pre-walking babies 12 months and younger with an accompanying caregiver. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Family Storytime

10:30am–11:00am
Main Library
Full
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Dudley N. Williams, Jr. Auditorium
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers (ages birth-4)
Program Type: Kids and Teens Summer Learning Club, Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

A participatory storytime for the whole family that includes songs, fingerplays, stories and movement activities. 

Ages 18 months to 5 years with an accompanying caregiver.

Registration required. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Friends-Sponsored

This program is brought to you by the generous support of the Friends of the Ferguson Library.

Toddler Stay & Play

10:30am–11:00am
Weed Memorial & Hollander Branch
Full
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Weed Memorial & Hollander Branch
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers (ages birth-4)
Program Type: Kids and Teens Summer Learning Club, Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

An interactive storytime with picture books, songs, rhythm chants, fingerplays and movement activities. Stay to read board books, build with blocks, and play with others. 

Ages 18 months to 3 years with an accompanying caregiver.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Cancelled

Bebés Bilingües

12:30pm–1:00pm
Harry Bennett Branch
Full
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Harry Bennett Branch
Room: Story Circle
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers (ages birth-4)
Program Type: Kids and Teens Summer Learning Club, Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

A Spanish-language storytime featuring picture books, rhymes and movement activities.

Ages 2 and younger with an accompanying caregiver. Siblings welcome.

Registration appreciated.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Teen Quilting Club

1:00pm–2:00pm
West Side Branch
Full
Registration Required
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Library Branch: West Side Branch
Age Group: Tweens (grades 5-8), Teens (grades 6-12)
Program Type: Kids and Teens Summer Learning Club, Community, Crafts, Games & Making, Lectures & Workshops
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join the teen quilting club and learn how to create patterns, hand sew and finish a lap quilt, wall hanging or blanket. 

Program lasts until August 13 or until your project is completed.

Supplies will be provided.

Age Well: A Community Resource Center for Seniors from SilverSource

1:00pm–5:00pm
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: First Floor Lobby
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community
Event Details:

Do you need a benefits check-up? Wondering about your eligibility for a senior program?

The New Yorker Magazine Discussion

1:30pm–3:30pm
Harry Bennett Branch
Full
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Harry Bennett Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult Summer Reading, Books & Reading
Registration Required
Event Details:

All are welcome to join a friendly group discussion of the latest articles from The New Yorker. 

Registration appreciated; also available via Zoom.

Minecraft Competition

2:00pm–3:30pm
Main Library
Full
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Lower Level Teen Area
Age Group: Kids (grades K-5)
Program Type: Kids and Teens Summer Learning Club, Crafts, Games & Making, Technology
Registration Required
Event Details:

Use our gaming computers to show off your Minecraft building skills. A librarian will judge your creativity, uniqueness and presentation.

The winner will receive a $10 gift card to 16 Handles.

Disclaimer(s)

Friends-Sponsored

This program is brought to you by the generous support of the Friends of the Ferguson Library.

Let’s Talk: Beginner Level via Zoom

3:00pm–4:30pm
Virtual
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Language & Education
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Chess Club

4:00pm–5:00pm
Harry Bennett Branch
Full
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Harry Bennett Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Kids (grades K-5), Tweens (grades 5-8)
Program Type: Kids and Teens Summer Learning Club, Special Event
Registration Required
Event Details:

Learn from chess experts how to play and develop strategies in this popular game.

Bring a friend or join on your own. 

Ages 5 and older. 

Registration required.

Disclaimer(s)

Friends-Sponsored

This program is brought to you by the generous support of the Friends of the Ferguson Library.

Teen Sewing Workshop

5:30pm–7:00pm
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Third Floor Technology Center (w/ workstations)
Age Group: Tweens (grades 5-8), Teens (grades 6-12)
Program Type: Kids and Teens Summer Learning Club, Crafts, Games & Making, Lectures & Workshops
Event Details:

Four-session workshop where you'll learn how to use a sewing machine and make a tote bag and book cover.  

Disclaimer(s)

Friends-Sponsored

This program is brought to you by the generous support of the Friends of the Ferguson Library.

Documentary Screening: Complicated (2025)

6:00pm–8:00pm
Main Library
Full
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Dudley N. Williams, Jr. Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult Summer Reading, Arts, Movies & Performances, Community
Registration Required
Event Details:

Screening of Complicated, a documentary that reveals untold stories of children suffering from a complex, invisible illness who are marginalized by a medical system that fails to provide the care they desperately need.