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A Rainbow of Reptiles with the Larsen Family

Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Bedford Main Library Area at Bedford Central Library
Program Type:
Animals/Wildlife, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family - All Ages
:

I see lizards of green, brown snakes too...

Required
Library Branch: Bedford Central Library
Room: Bedford Main Library Area
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Animals/Wildlife, Summer Reading
Required
Seats Remaining: 150
Event Details:

I see lizards of green, brown snakes too...

AI image of a Van Gogh Inspired tin foil painting

Crafternoon: Van Gogh Foil Painting

Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Big Island Community Room at Big Island Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family - All Ages
:

Join us for an afternoon of arts and crafts as part of our 2025 Color Our World Summer Reading Program! 

Today we will be painting Vincent Van Gogh Starry Night pictures on tin foil.

Required
Library Branch: Big Island Library
Room: Big Island Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Join us for an afternoon of arts and crafts as part of our 2025 Color Our World Summer Reading Program! 

Today we will be painting Vincent Van Gogh Starry Night pictures on tin foil.

AI image of a chameleon painting a self portrait.

A Rainbow of Reptiles with the Larsen Family

Friday, June 13, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Big Island Movie Area at Big Island Library
Program Type:
Animals/Wildlife, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family - All Ages
:

I see lizards of green, brown snakes too...

Required
Library Branch: Big Island Library
Room: Big Island Movie Area
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Animals/Wildlife, Summer Reading
Required
Seats Remaining: 50
Event Details:

I see lizards of green, brown snakes too...

AI image of a chameleon painting a self portrait.

A Rainbow of Reptiles with the Larsen Family

Friday, June 13, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Forest Community Room at Forest Library
Program Type:
Animals/Wildlife, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family - All Ages
:

I see lizards of green, brown snakes too...

Required
Library Branch: Forest Library
Room: Forest Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Animals/Wildlife, Summer Reading
Required
Seats Remaining: 75
Event Details:

I see lizards of green, brown snakes too...

AI image of a chameleon painting a self portrait.

A Rainbow of Reptiles with the Larsen Family

Friday, June 13, 2025 at 2:15pm - 3:00pm
Forest Community Room at Forest Library
Program Type:
Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family - All Ages
:

I see lizards of green, brown snakes too...

Required
Library Branch: Forest Library
Room: Forest Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Summer Reading
Required
Seats Remaining: 75
Event Details:

I see lizards of green, brown snakes too...

Kids craft inspired by Monet's Waterlillies

Mini Makers Morning

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:30pm
Montvale Community Room at Montvale Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family - All Ages, Preschool, Kids
:

Join us for a fun-filled morning of creativity and imagination at the library! During each of our Mini Morning Maker programs, kids will get a chance to learn about varying art and artists while also getting to create their own masterpieces.

Required
Library Branch: Montvale Library
Room: Montvale Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages, Preschool, Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Join us for a fun-filled morning of creativity and imagination at the library! During each of our Mini Morning Maker programs, kids will get a chance to learn about varying art and artists while also getting to create their own masterpieces.

Amalgamated photo of a balloon animal on books, a keyboard, a connect four game, dice, and a row of crayons.

Color Chaos!

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:30pm
Moneta Community Room at Moneta/SML Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Games, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family - All Ages
:

Come join us for an explosion of color with our senses as we have controlled chaos at your library with games, art, story time, music, and balloon animals! 

For children ages 1 to 8 years old and their caregivers. 

Required
Library Branch: Moneta/SML Library
Room: Moneta Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Games, Summer Reading
Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:

Come join us for an explosion of color with our senses as we have controlled chaos at your library with games, art, story time, music, and balloon animals! 

For children ages 1 to 8 years old and their caregivers. 

Tangles DVD

Family Movie Day: Tangled

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Forest Community Room at Forest Library
Program Type:
Movies, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family - All Ages
:

COMING SOON TO A LIBRARY NEAR YOU!

Join us for a special Summer Reading movie presentation of Disney's Tangled!

Required
Library Branch: Forest Library
Room: Forest Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Movies, Summer Reading
Required
Seats Remaining: 50
Event Details:

COMING SOON TO A LIBRARY NEAR YOU!

Join us for a special Summer Reading movie presentation of Disney's Tangled!

Child's hand covered in paint and a messy canvas.

Processed Art/Finger Painting

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Bedford Room at Bedford Central Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family - All Ages
:

Process art focuses on the creative process rather than the final product or outcome. It emphasizes exploration, experimentation, and self-expression, allowing kids to freely engage with art materials without producing something specific.

Required
Library Branch: Bedford Central Library
Room: Bedford Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Required
Seats Remaining: 25
Event Details:

Process art focuses on the creative process rather than the final product or outcome. It emphasizes exploration, experimentation, and self-expression, allowing kids to freely engage with art materials without producing something specific.

The Wizard of Oz DVD

Interactive Movie: Wizard of Oz

Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Moneta Community Room at Moneta/SML Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Movies, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family - All Ages
:

Join us for an interactive movie experience as we follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City with Dorothy and her friends!

Required
Library Branch: Moneta/SML Library
Room: Moneta Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Movies, Summer Reading
Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:

Join us for an interactive movie experience as we follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City with Dorothy and her friends!

Sidewalk chalk drawing of Curious George.

Sidewalk Chalk Contest

Monday, June 23, 2025 at 10:00am - 5:00pm
Big Island Outside at Big Island Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family - All Ages
:

Come out and join us in decorating a square on our sidewalk with some chalk for this "colorful" Summer Reading branch special! 

Library Branch: Big Island Library
Room: Big Island Outside
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Event Details:

Come out and join us in decorating a square on our sidewalk with some chalk for this "colorful" Summer Reading branch special! 

Side by side images of a harpsichord and a harp overlaid on sheet music.

Doves & Dragons: Harps and Harpsichord Music

Monday, June 23, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Forest Community Room at Forest Library
Program Type:
Music
Age Group:
Family - All Ages
:

Join us as we relax and listen to harp and harpsichord music performed by local husband and wife duo...Doves & Dragons! 

No registration is required.

Library Branch: Forest Library
Room: Forest Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Music
Event Details:

Join us as we relax and listen to harp and harpsichord music performed by local husband and wife duo...Doves & Dragons! 

No registration is required.

Sidewalk chalk drawing of Curious George.

Sidewalk Chalk Contest

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 10:00am - 7:00pm
Big Island Outside at Big Island Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family - All Ages
:

Come out and join us in decorating a square on our sidewalk with some chalk for this "colorful" Summer Reading branch special! 

Library Branch: Big Island Library
Room: Big Island Outside
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Event Details:

Come out and join us in decorating a square on our sidewalk with some chalk for this "colorful" Summer Reading branch special! 

Mural of mountains, sun, trees, river an bear AI

Mural Making

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Bedford Room at Bedford Central Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family - All Ages
:

Young artists are invited to work together to help us make community murals to be hung up in the library.  

Required
Library Branch: Bedford Central Library
Room: Bedford Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:

Young artists are invited to work together to help us make community murals to be hung up in the library.  

Sidewalk chalk drawing of Curious George.

Sidewalk Chalk Contest

Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 10:00am - 5:00pm
Big Island Outside at Big Island Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family - All Ages
:

Come out and join us in decorating a square on our sidewalk with some chalk for this "colorful" Summer Reading branch special! 

Library Branch: Big Island Library
Room: Big Island Outside
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Event Details:

Come out and join us in decorating a square on our sidewalk with some chalk for this "colorful" Summer Reading branch special! 

AI Flower Mosaic made with a CD

Crafternoon: Mosaics

Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Big Island Community Room at Big Island Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family - All Ages
:

Join us for an afternoon of arts and crafts as part of our 2025 Color Our World Summer Reading Program! 

Today, we will be making mosaics using a range of materials, from paper to broken CD pieces.

 

Required
Library Branch: Big Island Library
Room: Big Island Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Join us for an afternoon of arts and crafts as part of our 2025 Color Our World Summer Reading Program! 

Today, we will be making mosaics using a range of materials, from paper to broken CD pieces.

 

Balls of yarn in a bowl and hand crotcheting

Fiber Club: Knitting and Crocheting.

Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Moneta Community Room at Moneta/SML Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Family - All Ages, Kids, Teens, Adults
:

Would you like to learn to knit, crochet, or share your talents with others?

Required
Library Branch: Moneta/SML Library
Room: Moneta Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages, Kids, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Would you like to learn to knit, crochet, or share your talents with others?

Lego® bear and fox in a library

LEGO® Club

Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Forest Community Room at Forest Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Family - All Ages
Lego® Club:

Kids from 5 and up come and join us as we play with LEGOS®. Take on the challenge of the month or just use your imagination to build whatever you want with our LEGOS® or DUPLOS®.

Children 12 and under MUST be accompanied by an adult.

Required
Library Branch: Forest Library
Room: Forest Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Lego® Club

Kids from 5 and up come and join us as we play with LEGOS®. Take on the challenge of the month or just use your imagination to build whatever you want with our LEGOS® or DUPLOS®.

Children 12 and under MUST be accompanied by an adult.

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Friends of the Montvale Library Summer Book Sale

Friday, June 27, 2025 at 10:00am - 5:00pm
Montvale Community Room at Montvale Library
Program Type:
Book Sales, Community Events
Age Group:
Family - All Ages
:

Looking for books to read on your Summer Vacation...need books to entertain the kids now that school is out...come shop at the Friends of the Montvale Library's Summer Book Sale! 

Library Branch: Montvale Library
Room: Montvale Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Book Sales, Community Events
Event Details:

Looking for books to read on your Summer Vacation...need books to entertain the kids now that school is out...come shop at the Friends of the Montvale Library's Summer Book Sale! 

Sidewalk chalk drawing of Curious George.

Sidewalk Chalk Contest

Friday, June 27, 2025 at 10:00am - 5:00pm
Big Island Outside at Big Island Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family - All Ages
:

Come out and join us in decorating a square on our sidewalk with some chalk for this "colorful" Summer Reading branch special! 

Library Branch: Big Island Library
Room: Big Island Outside
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Event Details:

Come out and join us in decorating a square on our sidewalk with some chalk for this "colorful" Summer Reading branch special! 

Summer Book Sale ad

Friends of the Montvale Library Summer Book Sale

Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Montvale Community Room at Montvale Library
Program Type:
Book Sales, Community Events
Age Group:
Family - All Ages
:

Looking for books to read on your Summer Vacation...need books to entertain the kids now that school is out...come shop at the Friends of the Montvale Library's Summer Book Sale! 

Library Branch: Montvale Library
Room: Montvale Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Book Sales, Community Events
Event Details:

Looking for books to read on your Summer Vacation...need books to entertain the kids now that school is out...come shop at the Friends of the Montvale Library's Summer Book Sale! 

Rainbow Fish on an Underwater stage

Mill Mountain Theatre presents Rainbow Fish, the Musical

Monday, June 30, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Montvale Community Room at Montvale Library
Program Type:
Music, Performances, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family - All Ages
:

The Rainbow Fish, The Musical is a delightful stage adaptation of the beloved children’s book by Marcus Pfister.

Required
Library Branch: Montvale Library
Room: Montvale Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Music, Performances, Summer Reading
Required
Seats Remaining: 75
Event Details:

The Rainbow Fish, The Musical is a delightful stage adaptation of the beloved children’s book by Marcus Pfister.

Rainbow Fish on an underwater stage.

Mill Mountain Theatre presents The Rainbow Fish, The Musical

Monday, June 30, 2025 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Stewartsville Community Room at Stewartsville Library
Program Type:
Music, Performances, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family - All Ages
:

The Rainbow Fish, The Musical is a delightful stage adaptation of the beloved children’s book by Marcus Pfister.

Required
Library Branch: Stewartsville Library
Room: Stewartsville Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Music, Performances, Summer Reading
Required
Seats Remaining: 50
Event Details:

The Rainbow Fish, The Musical is a delightful stage adaptation of the beloved children’s book by Marcus Pfister.

The Rainbow Fish, on a stage underwater

Mill Mountain Theatre presents The Rainbow Fish, The Musical

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Big Island Community Room at Big Island Library
Program Type:
Music, Performances, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family - All Ages
:

The Rainbow Fish, The Musical is a delightful stage adaptation of the beloved children’s book by Marcus Pfister.

Required
Library Branch: Big Island Library
Room: Big Island Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Music, Performances, Summer Reading
Required
Seats Remaining: 50
Event Details:

The Rainbow Fish, The Musical is a delightful stage adaptation of the beloved children’s book by Marcus Pfister.