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Summer Reading Events

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Events for August 21, 2008

Gallery Fabric Collage

Queens

Branch:
Central Library
89-11 Merrick Boulevard

Age: For Birth to 5

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 4:00PM

Description

Transform a hodgpodge of fabric scraps into a carefully composed collage using needle and thread. Students in Grades 3-7; 20 children admitted on a ticketed basis only. Tickets distributed at 3:45 PM in the Queens Library Gallery. Program is in Lower Leve

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Gallery Fabric Collage

Queens

Branch:
Central Library
89-11 Merrick Boulevard

Age: For Kids

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 4:00PM

Description

Transform a hodgpodge of fabric scraps into a carefully composed collage using needle and thread. Students in Grades 3-7; 20 children admitted on a ticketed basis only. Tickets distributed at 3:45 PM in the Queens Library Gallery. Program is in Lower Leve

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Chess Club

Queens

Branch:
East Flushing
196-36 Northern Boulevard

Age: For Birth to 5

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 5:30PM

Description

Chess Club for ages 8 and up meets on Thursdays. Contact the library 718-357-6643 for more information.

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Chess Club

Queens

Branch:
East Flushing
196-36 Northern Boulevard

Age: For Kids

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 5:30PM

Description

Chess Club for ages 8 and up meets on Thursdays. Contact the library 718-357-6643 for more information.

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Chess Club

Queens

Branch:
East Flushing
196-36 Northern Boulevard

Age: For Teens

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 5:30PM

Description

Chess Club for ages 8 and up meets on Thursdays. Contact the library 718-357-6643 for more information.

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That's Crafty

Queens

Branch:
Forest Hills
108-19 71 Avenue

Age: For Birth to 5

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 4:00PM

Description

Ages 7-12 are invited to join us for a weekly craft led by teen volunteers. No registration required.

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That's Crafty

Queens

Branch:
Forest Hills
108-19 71 Avenue

Age: For Kids

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 4:00PM

Description

Ages 7-12 are invited to join us for a weekly craft led by teen volunteers. No registration required.

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Ballroom Dancing with Jing Chen and Eunice Chen

Queens

Branch:
Forest Hills
108-19 71 Avenue

Age: For Adutls

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 6:30PM

Description

Jing Chen studied ballroom dance at the school founded by internationally famous dancers Mr. and Mrs. Lu Ming Da. Mr. Chen and his dancing partner, Eunice Chen, are skilled instructors who will give lessons in ballroom basics for beginners and offer train

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Summer Reading Club (ages 6-12)

Queens

Branch:
Hillcrest
187-05 Union Turnpike

Age: For Kids

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 2:00PM

Description

Join our weekly series of fun programs and crafts (for ages 6-12). Celebrate the summer at the library.

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Summer Reading Program

Queens

Branch:
Hollis
202-05 Hillside Avenue

Age: For Birth to 5

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 1:30PM

Description

Meet weekly on Mondays and Thursdays for stories, song, crafts and entertainment. For ages 3 - 6.

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Summer Reading Program

Queens

Branch:
Hollis
202-05 Hillside Avenue

Age: For Kids

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 1:30PM

Description

Meet weekly on Mondays and Thursdays for stories, song, crafts and entertainment. For ages 3 - 6.

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Reading Partners

Queens

Branch:
Poppenhusen
121-23 14 Avenue

Age: For Birth to 5

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 3:00PM

Description

Kids reading to kids...what better way to "Catch the Reading Bug"? Whether you read to a toddler or a teen reads to you, have fun reading, entering your books online, and collecting weekly prizes!

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Reading Partners

Queens

Branch:
Poppenhusen
121-23 14 Avenue

Age: For Kids

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 3:00PM

Description

Kids reading to kids...what better way to "Catch the Reading Bug"? Whether you read to a toddler or a teen reads to you, have fun reading, entering your books online, and collecting weekly prizes!

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Honey Bees: Children's Summer Reading

Queens

Branch:
Queens Village
94-11 217 Street

Age: For Kids

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 1:30PM

Description

Sign up for our Summer Reading Club activities for Grades 4-6.

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Fireflies: YA Summer Reading

Queens

Branch:
Queens Village
94-11 217 Street

Age: For Teens

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 3:30PM

Description

Sign up for our Summer Reading Club Activities for Teens.

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RIF

Brooklyn

Branch:
Arlington
203 Arlington Avenue
at Warwick Street

Age: For Kids

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 2:30PM

Description

Program Type: Class


Teen RIF

Brooklyn

Branch:
Bay Ridge
7223 Ridge Boulevard
at 73rd Street

Age: For Teens

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 3:45PM

Description

Free books!

Program Type: Class


Ridge Girls Write

Brooklyn

Branch:
Bay Ridge
7223 Ridge Boulevard
at 73rd Street

Age: For Teens

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 4:00PM

Description

Write the best story ever!

Program Type: Class


Ridge Kids Write

Brooklyn

Branch:
Bay Ridge
7223 Ridge Boulevard
at 73rd Street

Age: For Kids

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 3:00PM

Description

Program Type: Class


Teen Time

Brooklyn

Branch:
Borough Park
1265 43rd Street
at 13th Avenue

Age: For Teens

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 4:00PM

Description

Program Type: Class


Teen RIF

Brooklyn

Branch:
Borough Park
1265 43rd Street
at 13th Avenue

Age: For Teens

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 4:00PM

Description

Program Type: Class


Chess

Brooklyn

Branch:
Borough Park
1265 43rd Street
at 13th Avenue

Age: For Kids

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 3:30PM

Description

Program Type: Class


Preschool Storytime

Brooklyn

Branch:
Brighton Beach
16 Brighton First Road
at Brighton Beach Avenue

Age: For Kids

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 4:00PM

Description

Program Type: Class


Magic Show with Phil Levy

Brooklyn

Branch:
Brower Park
725 StreetMarks Avenue
at Nostrand Avenue

Age: For Kids

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 3:00PM

Description

Program Type: Special Program


Kids RIF

Brooklyn

Branch:
Bushwick
340 Bushwick Avenue
at Seigel Street

Age: For Kids

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 3:30PM

Description

Kids RIF is once a week whatever day you choose to attend.

Program Type: Class


Teen RIF

Brooklyn

Branch:
Carroll Gardens
396 Clinton Street
at Union Street

Age: For Teens

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 3:30PM

Description

Earn free books for reading. Check out two books a week and every third week get a free book. Get a free book for joining.

Program Type: Class


Write On for Teens!

Brooklyn

Branch:
Central Library
Grand Army Plaza

Age: For Teens

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 4:15PM

Description

Program Type: Class


Story & Play

Brooklyn

Branch:
Central Library
Grand Army Plaza

Age: For Kids

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 10:00AM

Description

Program Type: Class


Knitting Circle for Kids & Teens

Brooklyn

Branch:
Central Library
Grand Army Plaza

Age: For Kids

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 5:00PM

Description

Program Type: Special Program


Knitting Circle for Kids & Teens

Brooklyn

Branch:
Central Library
Grand Army Plaza

Age: For Teens

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 5:00PM

Description

Program Type: Special Program


Games for Teens

Brooklyn

Branch:
Clinton Hill
380 Washington Avenue
at Lafayette Avenue

Age: For Teens

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 4:00PM

Description

Teens can play games and watch movies.

Program Type: Class


Games for Kids

Brooklyn

Branch:
Coney Island
1901 Mermaid Avenue
near W. 19th Street

Age: For Kids

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 4:00PM

Description

Program Type: Class


RIF

Brooklyn

Branch:
Coney Island
1901 Mermaid Avenue
near W. 19th Street

Age: For Kids

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 3:30PM

Description

Program Type: Class


RIF

Brooklyn

Branch:
Cortelyou
1305 Cortelyou Road
at Argyle Road

Age: For Kids

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 3:30PM

Description

Program Type: Class


RIF

Brooklyn

Branch:
Cortelyou
1305 Cortelyou Road
at Argyle Road

Age: For Teens

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 3:30PM

Description

Program Type: Class


Teen RIF

Brooklyn

Branch:
Cypress Hills
1197 Sutter Avenue
at Crystal Street

Age: For Teens

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 3:00PM

Description

Program Type: Class


RIF

Brooklyn

Branch:
Cypress Hills
1197 Sutter Avenue
at Crystal Street

Age: For Kids

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 3:00PM

Description

Program Type: Class


ESOL Class

Brooklyn

Branch:
Dyker
8202 13th Avenue
at 82nd Street

Age: For Adutls

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 6:00PM

Description

Program Type: Class


Knitting Workshop

Brooklyn

Branch:
Dyker
8202 13th Avenue
at 82nd Street

Age: For Adutls

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 6:00PM

Description

Program Type: Class


Junior Reading Club

Brooklyn

Branch:
Dyker
8202 13th Avenue
at 82nd Street

Age: For Kids

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 3:00PM

Description

Program Type: Class


Teen RIF

Brooklyn

Branch:
Dyker
8202 13th Avenue
at 82nd Street

Age: For Teens

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 3:00PM

Description

Program Type: Class


Anime Club for Teens

Brooklyn

Branch:
East Flatbush
Church Avenue
at Rockaway Parkway

Age: For Teens

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 4:30PM

Description

Program Type: Class


Magic Show

Brooklyn

Branch:
Flatlands
2065 Flatbush Avenue
at Avenue P

Age: For Kids

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 2:00PM

Description

Program Type: Special Program


Arts & Crafts for Kids

Brooklyn

Branch:
Gerritsen Beach
2808 Gerritsen Avenue
Barlett Place

Age: For Kids

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 2:00PM

Description

Program Type: Class


Arts & Crafts for Kids

Brooklyn

Branch:
Gerritsen Beach
2808 Gerritsen Avenue
Barlett Place

Age: For Teens

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 2:00PM

Description

Program Type: Class


Gaming for Teens

Brooklyn

Branch:
Gerritsen Beach
2808 Gerritsen Avenue
Barlett Place

Age: For Teens

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 3:30PM

Description

Program Type: Class


Kids RIF

Brooklyn

Branch:
Greenpoint
107 Norman Avenue
at Leonard Street

Age: For Kids

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 3:00PM

Description

Program Type: Class


Teen RIF

Brooklyn

Branch:
Greenpoint
107 Norman Avenue
at Leonard Street

Age: For Teens

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 3:00PM

Description

Program Type: Class


Drawing and Coloring

Brooklyn

Branch:
Homecrest
2525 Coney Island Avenue
at Avenue V

Age: For Teens

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 4:00PM

Description

Program Type: Class


Movie: Unforgiven (1992, Rated R; 131 minutes)

Brooklyn

Branch:
Kensington
Ditmas Avenue
between East 4th & East 5th Street

Age: For Adutls

Starting: 8/21/2008
Ending: 8/21/2008

Time: 2:00PM

Description

Program Type: Special Program