Starting Your Family Genealogy Project: A Hands-on Workshop with Ancestry.com and Heritage Quest

Date: 
Sat, 07/27/2013 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Contact: 
Contact: Help Desk @ 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Adult
Teen

NOTE : THIS PROGRAM IS FULL, RESCHEDULED FROM JUNE 29.
Where to begin searching for your family's roots? Local history Librarian Sue Gardner will show the basics of the two genealogy services the Library offers, and participants will be able to use their own laptops or the Library's equipment to begin their family tree research. Registration is required, and space is limited to 10 participants. If you are not bringing your own laptop, please bring a "jump drive" on which to save your search results.

Programmer/Name Contact: 
Sue Gardner
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Flotsam, Jetsam, Awesome!

Date: 
Wed, 07/17/2013 - 2:00pm to 8:00pm
Contact: 
Contact: Help Desk @ 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Teen

Have you always wished you could be a designer on Project Runway? Come to the Library for a no-sewing-skills-required version, featuring our "Beneath the Surface" theme. Designers will have 5 hours to use recycled materials to create an ocean-inspired runway look.
Sign up to be either a model or a designer!
The runway show will begin at 7:00pm. Friends and family are encouraged to come and be audience members.

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Book Discussion -"The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

Date: 
Thu, 06/13/2013 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
Contact: 
Laurie Angle 986-1047
Age Group: 
Adult
Teen

Allison Petrus-Wilkins will conduct a discussion of "The Fault In Our Stars" by John Green.
"What makes this novel compelling is not a thrill-a-minute plot but the authenticity of characters deeply engaged in trying to live "forever within the numbered days." John Green deftly mixes the profound and the quotidian in this tough, touching valentine to the human spirit."
- The Washington Post

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Teen Battle of the Books 2013

Date: 
Tue, 08/13/2013 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Contact: 
Contact: Help Desk @ 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Teen

Gather your friends for our yearly book trivia contest! Form teams of up to 4 players and read the 8 designated titles to compete.
This year's titles are:

Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
White Cat by Holly Black
Legend by Marie Lu
Smile by Raina Telgemeier
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous by Georgia Bragg

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The Houston Family and American History

Date: 
Thu, 05/30/2013 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Contact: 
Contact: Help Desk @ 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Adult
Teen

Author Tony Houston will discuss his new book on the Houston Family of Warwick and show how doing a family genealogy is also an exploration of the history of the United States.

Programmer/Name Contact: 
Tony Houston 986-6984 eahouston@optonline.net
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