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CANCELLED - Kaleidoscope Play and Learn, 0-5 YRS
Date: 06/27/2024 Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm Presenter: Southern Oregon Early Learning Hub Location: Ruch Meeting Room (Full Room A+B Side) Library: Ruch Library Discover how children learn through play and daily activities: singing songs, telling stories, creating art, and having fun! Kaleidoscope Play and Learn is open to everyone — young children (ages 0-5) and their family, caregivers, and parents. No pre-registration required.
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Homework Help, 5-12 YRS
<div><strong>Date:</strong> 02/23/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 4:00pm - 5:30pm<br> <strong>Presenter:</strong> Ki Lee<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Storytime Room<br> <strong>Library:</strong> Medford Library<br> <p>Homework Help is an afterschool program intended to support students K-6th with homework on Friday afternoons. Students will work in small groups with tutors from SOU, and be provided a small snack. Pre-registration is advised as there are limited spaces available.</p></div>
Color Like A Kid Again! 18+ YRS
<div><strong>Date:</strong> 02/23/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 2:00pm - 4:00pm<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Community Room<br> <strong>Library:</strong> Central Point Library<br> <p>Join us for some creative down time. Coloring provides a number of different health benefits for adults such as promoting mindfulness, reducing stress, and calming anxiety. Coloring sheets and art supplies will be provided, or bring your own. </p>
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Where is Goldie? 3+
Date: 07/16/2024 Time: All Day Event Presenter: Amy Fann Location: Library: Gold Hill Library The Gold Hill Library has a new mascot, Goldie the fox! Each week throughout the summer, come to the Gold Hill Library to see a picture of Goldie at a location in the community. If you can correctly identify the location, you can complete a form to enter into a drawing. The winner will get to take home their very own Goldie mascot at the end of the summer.
Art with Ivy, 12-19 YRS
Date: 01/28/2024 Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm Presenter: Sydney Salisburg Location: Adams Conference Room Library: Medford Library Join us for the opportunity to make art with Ivy, the tortoise! Ivy will be hanging out here in Medford to meet teens and inspire attendees to get creative! We'll provide the materials and Ivy will provide may fun moments for photogrpahers and artists alike while she makes her rounds and snacks on some delightful produce!
Lego Club, 6+ YRS
<div><strong>Date:</strong> 10/06/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 1:00pm - 2:00pm<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Storytime Room<br> <strong>Library:</strong> Medford Library<br> <p>Join us for weekly themed Lego building to make whatever you like! Let your creativity soar on your own or in collaboration with others!</p>
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CANCELLED: Black History Month Film Series, Ages 13+
Date: 02/23/2024 Time: 3:30pm - 6:00pm Presenter: Luntha Tahuna Location: Library: Medford Library THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO SCHEDULING CONFLICTS
An exploration of all the beautiful kinds of cinema & literature dealing with themes of joy, hubris, love, and apocalypse adopting the lessons they offer.
We will be showing three films throughout Black History Month and speaking about them together as a group afterwards. We are asking for patrons who come to be open to learning
Let's Play: Library Mad Libs, 8+ YRS
<div><strong>Date:</strong> 02/23/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 3:30pm - 4:30pm<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Meeting Room<br> <strong>Library:</strong> White City Library<br> <p>Let’s play Mad-Libs and be creative while laughing along! </p>
<p><em>RSVP's at the branch are appreciated but not required to attend. </em></p></div>
Paws to Read: K9 Reading Buddies
<div><strong>Date:</strong> 06/26/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 3:00pm - 4:00pm<br> <strong>Location:</strong> <br> <strong>Library:</strong> Jacksonville Library<br> <p>Children are invited to share a story with a trained and registered therapy dog. Paws to Read at the Library provides a non-intimidating environment for budding readers to explore reading out loud. The dogs welcome a scratch on the head and the turn of the page from young readers.</p></div>
Read Renew Repeat: Folded Book Art, 18+ YRS
<div><strong>Date:</strong> 08/03/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 12:00pm - 1:00pm<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Community Room<br> <strong>Library:</strong> Central Point Library<br> <p>What do you do with a book that you no longer want? You can donate it, gift it....or you can turn it into art! Book folding is the process of folding down the pages of a book to create a sculpture. </p>
<p>Used books will be provided, but feel free to bring your own!</p></div>
Family Day, ALL AGES
<div><strong>Date:</strong> 08/03/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 12:30pm - 4:30pm<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Meeting Room<br> <strong>Library:</strong> Eagle Point Library<br> <p>Bring the whole family and celebrate American Family Day! We will have board games, crafts, video games, and plenty of books to read together.</p>
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Lego Club, 6+ YRS
<div><strong>Date:</strong> 03/24/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 1:00pm - 2:00pm<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Storytime Room<br> <strong>Library:</strong> Medford Library<br> <p>Join us for weekly themed Lego building challenges, or make whatever you like! Let your creativity soar on your own or in collaboration with others!</p>
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Ukulele Practice/Play Together, 18+ YRS
<div><strong>Date:</strong> 03/25/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 1:00pm - 3:00pm<br> <strong>Presenter:</strong> Viki Brown<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Meeting Room<br> <strong>Library:</strong> Eagle Point Library<br> <p>Come practice and play your ukulele with others. All are welcome. Some ukulele experience is required; this is not a class. If you do not have a ukulele you can borrow one from the JCLS Library of Things.</p></div>
DART Mobile Tech Van @ Lilac Meadow Apartments
Date: 03/26/2024 Time: 3:00pm - 5:30pm Presenter: Leah Finney Location: Lilac Meadows Apts. - 3009 Cummings Lane, Medford Library: DART Mobile Tech Van DART is a mobile tech van, library outreach vehicle, Wi-Fi hotspot, and computer lab all rolled into one!
Visit DART at Lilac Meadow Apartments: 3009 Cummings Ln, Medford, OR, 97501
DATE AND TIME: March 26th 2024: 3pm to 5:30pm
DART's location will change regularly. Check this calendar or call your branch library for updates!
The van is sta
Phoenix Family Movies, Elemental 3+ yrs.
<div><strong>Date:</strong> 03/26/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 2:45pm - 5:00pm<br> <strong>Presenter:</strong> Jody Fleming<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Meyer Memorial Trust Community Meeting Room<br> <strong>Library:</strong> Phoenix Library<br> <p>A love story between fire and water. Rated PG.</p></div>
Creative Writing Workshop, 18+ YRS
Date: 10/07/2024 Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm Location: Gresham Room Library: Ashland Library Have you been waiting for the right time to get back to work on that novel or short story that’s started collecting dust? Or maybe you just need some inspiration to kickstart a new writing project? Join us at the Ashland library for our biweekly peer support creative writing workshop! Each participant will choose an excerpt from their project to read aloud and receive feedback from the rest of the group to h
The Scariest Story Contest, 12-19 YRS
Date: 10/08/2024 Time: All Day Event Presenter: Marie Shaneyfelt Location: Library: Medford Library The Medford Teen Library requests your scariest stories once again!
Teens will submit one original story that fits the prompt, "Something isn't what it Appears to be" OR "Someone isn't who they appear to be". Bonus points if the writers are also able to follow the fall theme - Find the Magic. These stories must be: Under 5 thousand words and withing young adult literature guidelines (no exc
DART Mobile Tech Van @ KELLY SHELTER
Date: 11/03/2023 Time: 9:30am - 12:00pm Presenter: Kaitlynn Edrington & Brian Rozendal Location: Library: DART Mobile Tech Van DART is a mobile tech van, library outreach vehicle, Wi-Fi hotspot, and computer lab all rolled into one!
Visit DART at KELLY SHELTER: 685 Market St, Medford, OR, 97504
First and Third Friday of Every Month from 9:30-12!
DART's location will change regularly. Check this calendar or call your branch library for updates!
The van is staffed by a Mobile Services S
Tween D&D, 9-13 YRS
<div><strong>Date:</strong> 09/15/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 1:00pm - 3:00pm<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Guanajuato Room<br> <strong>Library:</strong> Ashland Library<br> <p>Stop by the library to play a short D&D adventure! Bring your own character, or use one of our pre-made ones. We'll have dice to spare, but you're encouraged to bring your own, if you have them.<strong> </strong>Registration encouraged but not required; this event will be capped at 8 participants.</p></div>
Eagle Point Friends of the Library Open Cupboards Book Sale
<div><strong>Date:</strong> 06/27/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 12:30pm - 3:00pm<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Meeting Room<br> <strong>Library:</strong> Eagle Point Library<br> <p>Shop for new and gently used items including books, CDs & movies. All proceeds benefit the Eagle Point Library.</p></div>