Memoir Writing Workshop with Author Gabi Coatsworth

10:00am–11:30am
Main Library
Full
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Ann M. Sexton Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lectures & Workshops
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Award-winning memoir writer Gabi Coatsworth, author of Love’s Journey Home, returns to share strategies and tips on starting to write a memoir and how to restart one that’s stalled.

My First Book Club

11:00am–12:00pm
Main Library
Full
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Lower Level Community Area
Age Group: Kids (grades K-2)
Program Type: Kids and Teens Summer Learning Club, Books & Reading, Community, Language & Education
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Newly independent and developing readers will build the skills needed to become lifelong learners. We will focus on vocabulary development, print and phonological awareness and letter knowledge, rounding out the activity with a brief craft.

Book Donation Day

11:00am–3:00pm
Harry Bennett Branch
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Library Branch: Harry Bennett Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: All ages
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:

Support the library by bringing your gently used books to the Friends Book Shop.

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Friends-Sponsored

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ferguson Library.

Zumba Dance Party

12:15pm–1:00pm
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Ann M. Sexton Board Room
Age Group: Tweens (grades 5-8), Teens (grades 6-12), Parents, Families, Adults
Program Type: Adult Summer Reading, Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Dance your way to fitness at this weekly class with instructor Pamela Arenas. No excuses!

Bring your own water bottle.

Teens and adults.

 

A Haunted Halloween Book Giveaway

1:00pm–4:00pm
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), Kids (grades K-5)
Program Type: Crafts, Games & Making, Music & Concerts
Registration Required
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Holiday fun, treats, crafts, music, spooky stories by special guests, including Mayor Caroline Simmons and State Rep. Hubert Delany, and free books for your home library.  

Halloween costumes encouraged.

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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 sponsored by the Friends of the Ferguson Library.

Colors in Nature

3:00pm–4:00pm
Weed Memorial & Hollander Branch
Full
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Weed Memorial & Hollander Branch
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Kids (grades K-2), Kids (grades K-5), Tweens (grades 5-8), Families
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Meet some live animals that use colors, from camouflage to warning colors, to help them survive.

Test yourself on great animal patterns, hues and camouflage and discover the science of color in nature.

Ages 5 to 14.