Shaker Library: Strengthening our community and transforming lives
by bringing together people, information, and ideas.
Imagine. Discover. Connect.
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June 1 - August 31, 2021
Plan your summer reading with Shaker Library. Sign up and keep track of your time spent reading to win exciting prizes thanks to the sustained support of the Friends of the Shaker Library.
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Lower Lake: Past, Present, and Looking Ahead: 7 pm Thursday, June 3 via Zoom |
Learn about the natural and cultural history of Lower Shaker Lake in the Doan Brook Watershed from when it was a forested brook, to its regional use as a Canoe Club 1907-1976, to its designation as an Audubon Important Bird Area.
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Virtual Book Discussions in June |
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Join us on Zoom this June to share your thoughts about this month's selections. Click on the dates to reserve your place, and pick up a copy of the book at the library.
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A want-to-be journalist inserts herself into murder investigations in this mystery based on real Baltimore disappearances in1969.
- In the spring of 2016, the author submitted her DNA for analysis, and received the news that her father was not her biological father.
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Virtual Knit Night
7-8 pm Thursday, June 17
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Join us for a remote stitch group! Grab whatever you're working on, a cool beverage, and your computer, tablet, or phone for an hour of chat and fun moderated by Fern Braverman.
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WRD: Write, Read Discover for Teens ages 13 & up
6:30-8 pm Tuesday, June 1 and 15
via Zoom
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Read Anything Teen Book Club
7:30-8:30 pm Wednesday, June 30
via Zoom
Connect with other teens over books! The choice of book is up to you. Come talk about what you're reading and hear what others have chosen. Suggest new titles or get inspired by others.
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Movers and Shakers
Outdoor Story Time
11:30 am - noon
Thursdays beginning June 10
Bertram Woods Branch
Preschoolers ages 2-5 and their caregivers will enjoy singing, playing, talking, listening, and moving in this weather-dependent story time with health and safety protocols in place. Please bring your own blanket or chair.
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2:00-2:30 pm
Wednesday, June 16
Bertram Woods Branch
Jump, dance, and explore the mood and rhythm of music through movement and sound with Graham Rosen from CIM. No registration is required for this weather-dependent, outdoor, family program.
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Library To Go: Take-Home Library Fun
Book Bundles: Let library staff help you gather a bundle of reading fun for your young readers. Sign up here.
Take-It-and-Make-It Craft Kits: Visit the Children's Room and take home a craft for your little ones to make, while supplies last.
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Zoom With Ms. Nicki and Snowball the Bunny: Thursday, June 10
Ms. Nicki will share a short book and the Bunny Rhyme, in your own personal 15-minute Zoom session. Best for children 12 months to 3 years with a grown-up.
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Seed Library Is Open at Main Library |
Visit the Main Library and select up to five FREE seed packets from our seed library, conveniently located in our retro card catalog drawers. Bring them and a check-out form to the Information desk, and then go home and plant them. Use #Shakergrows to share your progress. |
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If You Can Read This, Thank Girl Scout Troop 70215 |
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Enjoy the StoryWalk at Horseshoe Lake Park. Thanks to Girl Scout Troop 70215 and Troop Leaders Janet Lane, Karen Gainford, and Torwarana Powell, along with Rhonda Miller from the city and Nicki Petrone from the library. The girl scouts had a very literary Sunday afternoon, May 23 installing the StoryWalk. |
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Visit Us
11 am - 7 pm Monday -Thursday and 9:30 am-5:30 pm Friday and Saturday
Call Us
Main Library: 216-991-2030 or Bertram Woods Branch: 216-991-2421
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