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  Speaker 1: Putnam County Library District events set for July. Written by
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  Kate Santillan. This article is being read by an automated
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  voice brought to you by Everlett. The Putnam County Public
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  Library District will host several programs and events in July.
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  County events the Library District will be closed for the
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  fourth of July. Friday, July third, and Saturday July fourth,
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  Hennepin Branch two, fourteen North fourth Street. Shrek the Musical
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  Cast six pm Tuesday July seventh. Attendees the Putnam County
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  Community Theatre's cast of Shrek the Musical. For more information,
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  called eight one five three one zero zero three two
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  zero or email Community Theater at gmail dot com. Freezer
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  Pop Day Tuesday July eighth. Participants will be served freezer pops.
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  Cricket Tuesday July eighth through Friday July tenth. Attendees can
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  learn how to create items with the libraries. Cricket maker
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  Appointments are required. The event is intended for adults. OSF
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  King Care a van nine am to noon, Friday July tenth.
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  The van will offer services including healthcare navigation, program enrollment resources, connections,
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  health screenings, technology, assistance and a virtual OSF on call provider.
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  Visit services such as the health screenings, are free. Paid
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  services will be billed similarly to traditional office visits. Appointments
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  are not required. Tear Explorers Dinosaur Discoveries four pm, Friday,
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  July tenth. Participants can learn dinosaur facts and discover authentic
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  dinosaur fossils. The program will be led by t Explorers.
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  The program is open to children ages five to twelve.
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  OSF Managing Stress Workshop six to seven thirty pm, Tuesday,
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  July fourteenth. Attendees with chronic conditions will be able to
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  learn about self care strategies and stress reduction and relaxation
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  increase techniques. The workshop is intended for adults. Registration is required,
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  but to register call three zero nine three zero eight
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  five eight one two. National Museum of the American Solider
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  Chow Down six pm Thursday July sixteenth. Online via zoom,
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  Participants can learn about Navy food throughout history. The event
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  will be led by the National Museum of the American Solider.
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  To view the event, visit tiny urral dot com slash
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  m F nine Jurras Westclock's Museum ten am, Saturday, July eighteenth,
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  Attendees will be able to learn about the Western Clock
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  Company's history. Donations also will be accepted. Hairlooms. Your Family
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  History Is American History six thirty pm, Thursday July twenty third.
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  Participants can listen to US history stories told through family
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  heirlooms and artifacts from personal property appraiser Carolyn Law. Attendees
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  also will be able to bring a handheld object for
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  group discussion. No appraisals will be conducted. Making Mocktails six
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  thirty pm, Thursday July thirtieth online via zoom. Attendees will
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  be able to learn how to craft mocktails with Backyard
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  Patch Herb's owner Marcy Lieutanan Railey. A shopping list and
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  recipes will be provided. To view the program, visit TinyURL
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  dot com. Slash y six n F E five M
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  eight Majong Thursday July sixteenth. Participants can play games of Majong.
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  Chess Thursday July twenty third, Attendees will be able to
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  play games of chess. National Bagelfest Day, Tuesday July twenty eighth.
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  Participants can receive bagels served by the Library. All Age
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  Yoga eight am Wednesdays, Thursday and Fridays. The event will
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  be led by Yoga Alliance instructor Matt Attendees must bring
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  their own yoga mats. Midweek Dino Makers Wednesdays, Make It
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  Dino Friday Fridays. Putnam County Book Club six thirty pm Wednesday,
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  July fifteenth. Attendees will be able to select books, share
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  book ideas, and complete the club's booklist. Granville Branch two,
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  fourteen South McCoy Street sun Prints a Cyana Type Workshop
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  eleven am, Thursday July second. Participants can be introduced to
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  cyanotype printing. Attendees also will be able to create cyanotype
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  prints and watch a Victoria and Albert Museum video. The
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  workshop is open to people ages ten and older. Movie
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  Matinee Hamilton one pm Tuesday July seventh. Attendees will be
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  able to watch a film production of the Lynn Manual
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  Miranda musical Hamilton. Hamilton tells the story of the rise
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  and fall of founding father, immigrant, writer, and soldier Alexander Hamilton.
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  Many Masterpieces America. At two hundred and fifty four pm
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  Tuesday July seventh, Participants can create a small art peat
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  inspired by the US's past, present, or future artwork. Creative
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  prompts include then, now, next, What Freedom looks Like My
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  America or a Moment in American Life The Forgotten Front.
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  Illinois in the Revolutionary War six pm Tuesday July seventh,
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  at the Library and online via Zoom, historical researcher and
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  freelance writer Tom Emery will discuss his most recent book,
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  Illinois in the rev Polutionary War. Registration is required for
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  online attendance. To register, visit t dot, LVE, slash HPT.
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  Stitching the Past A Colonial Sampler Workshop eleven am, Thursday
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  July ninth. Attendees will be introduced to the sampler's history
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  and what it says about eighteenth century America, girlhood, and
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  daily life. Participants also will be able to create a
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  take home burlap sampler. Docks in Dialogue Revolutionary War Weapons
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  one pm Tuesday July fourteenth. Revolutionary War Weapons explore strategy, skill,
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  and innovation stories which shape the Revolutionary War's most pivotal battles.
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  The fifty three minute documentary is rated PG and part
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  of the Library's Docks and Dialogue series. Dino at Dusk
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  a silhouette Art Workshop four pm Tuesday July fourteenth. Participants
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  can paint a sunset sky layered with black silhouettes of
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  a dinosaur, tree and birds. Materials will be provided. The
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  program is intended for people ages ten and older. Voices
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  of the revel from Screen to Sources five pm Tuesday
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  July fourteenth. Attendees will be able to watch a screening
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  of the Ken Burns, Sarah Bottstein and David Schmidt documentary
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  The American Revolution. Participants also can use the Buy the
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  People program to work with real historical documents from colonial
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  America through the early Republic. One Giant Leap A Family
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  Space celebration eleven am, Thursday July sixteenth, Participants can celebrate
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  the nineteen sixty nine Moon Landings anniversary. The event includes
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  a reading of the book Max Goes to the Moon
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  by Jeffrey Bennett, NASA inspired science, activity, and take home
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  Moon art piece. Materials will be provided. The event is
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  open to families with children ages six and older. Docs
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  and Dialogue, Change Not Charity The ADA Act one pm, Tuesday,
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  July twenty first, Change Not Charity. The ADA Act tells
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  the story of the decades long equality and accessibility fight
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  culminating in the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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  The fifty two minute documentary is rated PG and part
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  of the library's Docs and Dialog series. Carve Your Story,
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  an introduction to petroglyph art four pm, Tuesday July twenty first.
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  Attendees will be able to explore the tradition of carving
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  stories into stone. Participants also can view a documentary screening
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  featuring Indigenous Pueblo community members sharing their ancestors Rock Art,
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  Meaning and Legacy Chapter two hundred and fifty Reading America's
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  Story Together five pm Tuesday July twenty first. At the
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  library and online via Zoom, participants can watch a screening
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  of the documentary The American Revolution. The screening will be
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  followed by a group book discussion. Book copies of Founding
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  Brothers are available at the library. Registration is required for
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  Zoom attendance. To register, visit t ly slash DWWJH. The
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  program is intended for adults. Illuminate a Chihuli inspired art
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  Workshop eleven am Thursday, July twenty third. Attendees will be
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  able to explore glass artist Dale Chihuli's Machia Bulls. Participants
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  also can create a machia bowl and receive a take
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  home battery powered tea light. The event is open to
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  people ages six and older. Docks and Dialogue Lucy Worsley
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  Investigates American Revolution one pm, Tuesday, July twenty eighth. Lucy
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  Worseley Investigates American Revolution explore the tensions and turning points
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  leading to the United States declaration of Independence from Britain.
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  The one hundred and ten minute documentary is part of
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  the library's Docks and Dialogue series. The Wizarding Workshop Harry
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  Potter Inspired, Crafts and More three pm Tuesday July twenty eighth.
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  Participants can celebrate Harry Potter's birthday with snacks, crafts, costumes,
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  and themed drinks. The workshop also features a screening of
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  Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone movie Matine Cars eleven
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  am Thursday July thirtieth. The Library will celebrate Granville Cruz
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  Night and Route sixty six is one hundredth anniversary with
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  the screening of Cars. Wed Story Time ten thirty to
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  eleven thirty am, Wednesday July first, eight, fifteen, twenty two,
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  and twenty nine Friday stem Art ten thirty to eleven
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  thirty am Friday July tenth, seventeen, twenty four, and thirty
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  one Book Discussion Group one pm Monday July thirteenth and
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  twenty seven. Attendees will be able to make book recommendations
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  and share book insights, views and opinions. Condit Branch one
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  zero five North Center Street, Putnam Coffee, Color and Conversation
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  ten to eleven thirty am, Wednesday July first. Wind and
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  Ribbons a fourth of July Craft Workshop three pm Thursday
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  July second. Participants can create a windsock and receive a
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  take home glow stick bracelet. Materials will be provided. The
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  program is open to people ages eight and older. Docs
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  and Dialogue, The Gettysburg Story five pm, Thursday July second.
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  The Gettysburg Story tells the story of the events and
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  human stories behind the Battle of Gettysburg. The documentary also
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  uses cinematography to capture the battlefield's full scale bring sites
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  such as Little Round Top, Devil's Den, Cemetery Ridge, and
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  the fields of Pickets Charged to life. The fifty six
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  minute documentary is part of the library's Docks and Dialogue series.
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  Adult Craft Wind Chimes Tuesday, July seventh. Games from the Past,
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  a Colonial play Day three pm Thursday July ninth. Attendees
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  will be able to play eighteenth century games such as
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  cup and ball, hoops and sticks, hopscotch, and checkers. Docks
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  and Dialogue, The City That Sold America five pm, Thursday,
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  July ninth. The City That Sold America explores how the
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  city of Chicago gave fast food chains, soap operas, Kleenex,
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  late night talk shows, toothpaste, and icons including Tony the Tiger,
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  the Jolly Green Giant, and the Pillsbury Doughboy to the world.
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  The documentary also will uncover the origins of market research,
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  conscious branding, and product placement. The sixty eight minute documentary
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  is rated PG and part of the library's Docks and
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  Dialogue series Kids Friday Fun ten to eleven thirty am, Friday,
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  July tenth, Docs and Dialogue. Chicago Time Machine three pm
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  Thursday July sixteenth. Chicago Time Machine explores various Chicago land
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  stories from as far back as fourteen thousand years. The
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  one hour, twenty two minute documentary is part of the
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  library's Docks and Dialogue series Story Time ten am, Tuesday
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  July fourteenth. Bunco Club ten Wednesday July fifteenth. One Giant Leap,
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  a family space celebration four thirty pm Thursday July sixteenth,
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  participates since celebrate the nineteen sixty nine Moon Landings anniversary.
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  The event includes a reading of the book Max Goes
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  to the Moon by Jeffrey Bennett, NASA inspired science, activity,
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  and take home Moon art piece materials will be provided.
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  The event is open to families with children ages six
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  and older. Majong ten am, Wednesday, July twenty second. Movie
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  matinee Misty three pm Thursday July twenty third. Misty tells
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  the story of the community of Chincoteague Island preparing for
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  its annual pony Penning Day. Sibling Paul and Maureen Biebe
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  are determined to catch Phantom, a horse no for its
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  ability to elude capture. Docks and Dialogue From Rails to
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  Trails five pm, Thursday July twenty third. From Rails to
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  Trails explores the sixty year struggle to turn former railroad
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  corridors into rail trails. The documentary also will follow the political, cultural,
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  and legal forces shaping the movement. The fifty six minute
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  documentary is part of the Library's Docks and Dialogue series
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  Kids Friday Fun ten to eleven thirty am, Friday July
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  twenty fourth. Chapter two hundred and fifty reading America's Story
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  Together five pm Thursday July thirtieth at the library and
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  online via Zoom. Attendees will be able to watch a
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  screening of the documentary The American Revolution. The screening will
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  be followed by a group book discussion. Book cop of
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  Answering The Cry for Freedom Stories of African Americans and
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  the American Revolution by Gretchen Wolfle are available at the library.
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  Registration is required for Zoom attendance. To register, visit t
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  dot ly slash C five SQL Game Day ten to
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  eleven thirty am, July twenty eighth. Magnolia Branch one, twelve
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  North Chicago Street, fourth of July. Craft Tuesday July second,
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  Painting stepping Stones Tuesday July seventh, Doughnuts, Juice and coloring
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  Thursday July eighteenth, Painting Coasters Sunday, July twenty sixth McNab
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  Branch three, twenty two West Main Street. Paint the Sky
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  a fireworks art workshop four pm Wednesday, July first. Participants
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  can create a paper fireworks display with watercolors, glue, and salt.
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  Attendees also will receive a glow stick bracelet. Materials will
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  be provided. The program is intended for people ages five
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  and older. Docs In Dialogue Tractor Wars five pm, Wednesday,
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  July First Tractor Wars to tell the story of the
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  evolution of the tractor. The documentary also will for focus
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  on the competition between John deere Ford and International Harvester
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  to create the first reliable all purpose tractor. The fifty
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  six minute documentary is part of the Library's Docks and
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  Dialogue series. Dino Might Glow a Lantern Craft Workshop four
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  pm Wednesday July eighth. Attenborough and the Sea Dragon five
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  pm Wednesday July eighth. Attenborough and the Sea Dragon follows
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  Sir David Attenborough as he explores the story behind the
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  discovery of an ichthiosaur. Attenborough also pieces evidence together from
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  animals globally to reveal how the ichtheosaur lived. The fifty
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  three minute documentary is rated PG. Dig It, Find It,
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  Keep It ten am, Saturday, July eleventh. Dos In Dialogue
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  Route sixty six The First one hundred Years four pm Wednesday,
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  July fifteenth. Route sixty six The First one hundred Years
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  explores Route sixty six's history, landmarks, and stories. The documentary
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  also unco offs the people in places which shape the Highway.
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  The twenty seven minute documentary is part of the library's
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  Docks and Dialogue series. Sidewalk Chalk Morning ten am, Saturday,
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  July eighteenth, Wear Your Roar a Dinosaur Headband Workshop four
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  pm Wednesday, July twenty second. Attendees will be able to color, cut,
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  and assemble a Triceratops headband. The event is open to
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  people ages five and older. Docks In Dialogue nineteen sixty four,
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  The Fight for a Right five pm, Wednesday July twenty
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  Second Night, nineteen sixty four. The Fight for a Right
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  Tells the story of Freedom Summer, A ten week voter
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  registration campaign in nineteen sixty four, civil rights activists descended
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  on Mississippi to turn the nation's attention to legalized injustice
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  in the South from mid June through August. The fifty
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  six minute documentary is part of the library's docks and
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  Dialogue series. Dino Bingo ten am, Saturday, July twenty fifth.
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  Neet Misty Story Time and Craft p m, Wednesday, July
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  twenty ninth. Participants can listen to a reading of Misty
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  the Wonder Pony. Attendees also will be able to create
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  a wooden wild Pony. The program is open to people
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  ages six and older Chapter two hundred and fifty Reading
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  America's Story Together five pm Wednesday July twenty ninth at
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  the library and online via Zoom. Attendees will be able
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  to watch a screening of the documentary The American Revolution.
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  The screening will be followed by a group book discussion.
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  Book copies of The Astonishing Life of Octavia Nothing Trader
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  to the Nation Volume by The Pox Party by Mt.
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  Anderson's are available at the library. Registration is required for
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  Zoom attendance. To register, visit t dot ly slash Iswe
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  Standard Branch one, twenty eight First Street. My Kids Don't
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  Want My Stuff twelve thirty pm, Thursday July twenty third.
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  Participants can learn about estate planning and downsizing options with
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  antiques expert Carolyn law. Law also will discuss the pros
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  and cons of private sale, charitable donation, and consignment. Beneath
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  the Elegance Unmasking the Resilience of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis twelve
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  thirty pm Tuesday July twenty eighth, Attendees will be able
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  to learn about the life and tragedies of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
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  Onassis also will be portrayed by historical presenter Michelle Gibbons.