Wilkes County Public Library June 2023 | |
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Connect ...Inspire,
Explore ... Empower.
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From Suzanne Moore, our County Librarian
Registration for the Summer Reading Programs at Wilkes County Public Library and Traphill Branch Library has begun! You can stop by the library to sign up or register online at wilkes.readsquared.com. Imagination Café is back at Wilkes County Public Library beginning Monday, June 5. We are partnering with the school nutrition program to provide free lunches for children. There will be literacy activities at mealtime, too.
Believing in the power of books to connect and change lives.
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Summer Reading Programs
@ WCPL unless stated otherwise
Amazing Al & his amazing
magic tricks
Thursday, June 8 @ 1 pm
Big Bang Boom & their
awesome music
Thursday, June 15 @ 4 pm
Afternoon Story Time
with Pete the Cat
Thursday, June 22 @ 2 pm
Tie Dye @ Cub Creek Park
Wednesday, June 28, 3-5 pm
Weekly Programs @ WCPL
All Ages Art
Mondays, 4-6 pm
STEM for ages 8-12
Tuesdays, 3 pm
Art in the Park @ Cub Creek Park
Wednesdays in June, 3-5 pm
Imagination Café free lunches
for those 17 & younger
Mondays-Fridays
Kids' Online Programs
11 am Monday Mayhem
9:30 am Baby Songs Thursdays
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Talking Service Book Club
Join us to discuss readings about veterans’ issues from Standing Down: from Warrior to Civilian. This book club is for veterans and anyone who knows and cares about them. We meet the second Friday of every month at 10:00 am in the Friends of the Library Meeting Room.
We also invite veterans and vet family members to participate in the Wilkes Veterans History Project. Learn more from the online version on the library’s home page, lower left corner: https://arlibrary.libguides.com/wilkescountyvhp
Friday, June 9 @ 10 am
For more info, contact Mara Lynn Tugman: email mltugman@arlibrary.org or call 336-838-2818, x242.
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Come enjoy this NC Humanities Author Livestream program about
David Menconi's Step It Up & Go: The Story of North Carolina Popular Music Tuesday, June 27, 6:30 pm.
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The Reading Trap Book Club is meeting at Traphill Branch Library in 2023.
The Reading Trap Book Club meets on second Thursdays, at 6 pm @ Traphill Branch Library.
Check out the line-up for 2023 and join us for food, beverages, and fun conversation at TBL!
Our read for June is Wilfred Thesiger's Arabian Sands. Thesiger set out to explore the deserts of Arabia in the 1940s, traveling among peoples who had never seen a European and considered it their duty to kill Christian infidels. His book became an international best seller when it was published in 1959.
Our read for July is Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin's American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. This book, which took 25 years to finish, received the Pulitzer Prize in 2006. It is a biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a brilliant physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and is known as "the father" of the nuclear atomic bomb, even though he was concerned about how the bomb would be used.
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Keeping it Reel: Two Rivers Cinema free shows.
Every first Saturday a free film related to a Reading Trap book will be at Two Rivers Cinema.
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Author Visit with Lisa Mathis
Tuesday, June 29 @ 5:30 pm
The Body Auction by local author Lisa Mathis is an edge-of-your-seat thriller with many plot twists and turns. Some readers are even hoping that a movie will be made from her book. Copies of Lisa Mathis's book will be available for purchase.
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Story Walks
Locations:
Smoot Park & Fish Dam Creek Park & the Downtown Read-Around in North Wilkesboro!
Here's something fun to do outdoors!
Enjoy one of our story walks. Read a story at your pace & participate in each activity you come across.
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Creative Writers
Second Tuesdays @ 10 am
in the library
Enjoy a group of writers who come together to share their stories facilitated
by Dr. Larry Kilby.
Writers & audience members are welcome!
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Chix with Sticks
Join the fun at the library
every Monday from 4 to 6 pm.
Like to crochet or knit or learn how to?
All skill levels welcome.
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Try out the StudentAccess Program and the NC Kids Digital Library!
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To access most online & digital resources at the library: Use your library card number and PIN (the last 4 numbers of the phone number you gave us). Or, if you are a Wilkes County public school student, you can log in with your student ID (lunch) number; your PIN is the last 4 numbers of your student ID. Your institution is Appalachian Regional Library. | |
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Libby by OverDrive
Find ebooks, audiobooks, & magazines for adults, teens & kids. Install the Libby app from the app store on your device. Follow the Libby prompts, find Appalachian Regional Library & sign in with your library card number. Browse & borrow a title. Enjoy e-reading!
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Baby's Easy Safe Sleep Training
Wilkes Health Department program
@ the library
Wednesday, June 14 at 11 am
This 1-hour class teaches families the safest sleep practices for babies to reduce SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome). To attend, you must be pregnant at the time of the scheduled class. Attendees will receive a free PACK'N'Play or Baby Monitor (one per infant). For more info, call the Health Department at 336-651-7468.
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VAYA Health program meets at 10 am.
Classes @ Wilkes County Public Library
Friday, June 2: Free classes for caregivers and others.
Topic 1: 10 - 11 am and Topic 2: 11 am to Noon
1) OCD: Thought-Behavior Cycle
2) PTSD: Healing the Emotional Wound
Member & recipient service line: 1-800-962-9003
24/7 Behavioral Health Crisis Line: 1-800-849-6127
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Friends of the Library Book Sale
Thursday, June 8 @ 5-7 pm
Friday & Saturday, June 9-10
@ 9 am-5 pm
611 Cherry Street, North Wilkesboro
near the Stone Center
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Wilkes County Public Library
215 Tenth Street
North Wilkesboro, NC 28659
(336) 838-2818
Suzanne Moore, County Librarian
Traphill Branch Library
6938 Traphill Road
Traphill, NC 28685
(336) 863-3563
Deborah Beckel, Branch Manager
Traphill's Facebook page
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