Author Archives: Leah Farrell
Garmany Music Series: Washboard Slim & the Bluelights
- Jul
- 14
Tuesday, August 15 6:30 PM Barney Library Lawn* Back by popular demand! Drawing on a wide variety of traditional music forms, the Bluelights have created a new musical style respecting equally the past and present. A typical Bluelights performance might include original music, early jazz, blues, swing, standards, jug band, gospel, pop music from the […]
read moreBuild Your Own Bottle Rocket
- Jul
- 08
Wednesday, August 9 6:30 PM Main Library Science, crafting, and fun go hand-in-hand for this hands-on activity, inspired by the bestselling book and Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures! Your team will design, build, and launch a bottle rocket. Bottle rockets (also known as water rockets) use the same phsyics as NASA’s rockets, but with water and […]
read moreExplore Inner Peace within through Meditation, a Two-Part Series
- Jun
- 24
Tuesday, July 25 & Tuesday, August 1 7:00 PM Main Library Find out how meditation can awaken us to the source of all peace within. It is recognized how meditation can help the body, mind and spirit. Incorporating meditation into one’s life has many positive effects. Please join Clare Vidich, longtime meditator, for these very […]
read moreLive from NASA! Surviving on Mars
- Jun
- 13
Thursday, July 13 7:00 PM Main Library NASA is developing new technologies and capabilities to send astronauts farther than ever before, first to an asteroid in the 2020’s, and onward to Mars by the 2030’s! They are furthering studies to determine the best possible technology astronauts will have to operate and survival skills necessary to […]
read moreCANCELED Living Well with Chronic Illness
- Jun
- 12
THIS SERIES HAS BEEN CANCELED. Wednesdays, July 5 – August 9 1:00 – 3:30 PM Main Library “I was tired. I hurt all the time. It felt like my health problems were telling me what I could and couldn’t do. Live Well workshops put me back in charge. Now I have the energy to do […]
read moreSummer Adult Crafternoons
- May
- 25
Get your craft on this spring with Adult Crafternoons at the Barney! Sunprints – Please register Thursday, June 15, 2:00 PM Tin Can Lantern – Please register Thursday, July 20, 2:00 PM Origami – Please register Thursday, August 17, 2:00 PM
read moreFilm Screening: Hidden Figures (2016)
- May
- 25
Tuesday, June 27 6:00 PM Main Library Three brilliant African-American women at NASA — Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe) — serve as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn (Glen Powell) into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored […]
read moreSummer Tabletop Game Nights
- May
- 25
Join us for Tabletop Game Nights! Play old favorites with new friends, and learn some great new games from an expert. Snacks will be provided. Games include Gloom, Munchkin, Settlers of Catan, Scrabble, Chess, Apples to Apples, and more! Open to teens and adults ages 12 and up. Space is limited. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Wednesday, June 21, […]
read moreUkulele for Everyone!
- May
- 24
Tuesday, June 20 6:30 PM Main Library Join the ranks of ukulele players like Elvis, Jack Johnson, and Israel Kamakawiwo’ole! Instructor Julie Stepanek will lead beginners through a lesson, strum-along, and Q&A about the instrument. If the weather is nice, we will play outside! Feel free to bring your own instrument, but if you don’t […]
read moreBarney Jewelry Hour: Summer Sessions
- May
- 23
Do you want to learn how to make jewelry? Do you want to learn new techniques? Join us for this monthly drop-in program for adults. Use the library’s supplies or bring your own. Learn how to design and make your own jewelry, fix broken jewelry, the sky’s the limit! Thursday, June 8, 2:00 PM – Register […]
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