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- Bridge
- Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Scheben Branch
Description: Open play! Everyone welcome! - Bike Rodeo (ages 3-6)
- Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Walton Branch
Description: Learn bike safety while taking on a daring obstacle course with the Florence Police Dept's Community Resource Unit. Must bring your own bike and helmet. - Adventure Time! (grades 3-5)
- Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Main Library
Description: Jake the Dog and Finn the Human have a mystery, and they need your help to solve it. Register. - Navigating the Medicare Maze
- Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Main Library
Description: Learn about the pros and cons for the different Medicare options available, including Medicare supplements, Medicare Advantage plans and Medicare Prescription Drug plans. - Writer's Group
- Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Main Library
Description: Join other local writing enthusiasts every other Tuesday night. Share your work, get feedback, encouragement, and perhaps even inspiration to write your masterpiece. - Microsoft PowerPoint Basics
- Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Scheben Branch
Description: Explore the basics of MS PowerPoint 2007, including customizing slides, adding transitions, adding images/hyperlinks/sounds, printing handouts, and more! - Afternoon Fun-Time (M/H)
- Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Time: 3:15 PM
Location: Florence Branch
Description: Gaming! Internet! Snacks & more! Drop in to the Teen Scene when school is in session. - Homework Help (grades K-12)
- Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Main Library
Description: Trained volunteers will be available to help students in elementary school through high school. Free service. - Come Sail Away! (grades K-2)
- Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Florence Branch
Description: Travel the high seas and make a boat to take home. Register. - Chess Club
- Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Florence Branch
Description: Chess players of all ages and levels are invited to play chess at the Florence Branch every Wednesday and Sunday. - Computer & Internet Basics
- Date: Thursday, May 23, 2013
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Florence Branch
Description: This 4-week class starts on the first Thursday of each month and covers all the basics of how to use a computer and surf the Internet. Learn about the parts of a computer system, how to get online and get to websites, how to use search engines and perform keyword searching, and how to set up and use an email account. Register. - Bridge
- Date: Thursday, May 23, 2013
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Scheben Branch
Description: Open play! Everyone welcome! - Basic Computing for Seniors
- Date: Thursday, May 23, 2013
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Florence Branch
Description: Just the basics of using a computer and the internet! In this 4-week class you will learn how to use a mouse, navigate the Windows desktop, get to websites, use search engines, and use email. Register. - Yoga
- Date: Thursday, May 23, 2013
Time: 6:15 PM
Location: Scheben Branch
Description: This class is suitable for all levels! Join Karen Landrum, RYT, for this basic/beginner yoga practice that offers a holistic approach to maintaining a healthy weight with increased flexibility, more stamina & lean muscle! Please bring a yoga mat & small handheld or wrist weights to improve lean muscle tone (weights are optional). $25 fee per month. Call Boone County Parks at 334-2117 to register. - Weekday Workout: Kickboxing (M/H)
- Date: Thursday, May 23, 2013
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Scheben Branch
Description: Stacey Benetti will teach kickboxing moves. Register. - Digital Photography: The Basics
- Date: Thursday, May 23, 2013
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Main Library
Description: Learn the tricks to taking great photos digitally. Jerry Fritsch from the Tri-State Photographic Society is your guide into this exciting and rewarding art form. - Yoga
- Date: Thursday, May 23, 2013
Time: 7:20 PM
Location: Scheben Branch
Description: This class is suitable for all levels! Join Karen Landrum, RYT, for this basic/beginner yoga practice that offers a holistic approach to maintaining a healthy weight with increased flexibility, more stamina & lean muscle! Please bring a yoga mat & small handheld or wrist weights to improve lean muscle tone (weights are optional). $25 fee per month. Call Boone County Parks at 334-2117 to register. - Mahjong
- Date: Friday, May 24, 2013
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Scheben Branch
Description: Open play - All sill levels welcome! - Spring Tea
- Date: Friday, May 24, 2013
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Florence Branch
Description: Back by popular demand, Evelyn Hance hosts another of her fabulous tea parties. $8 fee per person. Register. - Meet Your Match: Trivia @ Your Library
- Date: Friday, May 24, 2013
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Main Library
Description: Put on your thinking cap on and join us for a night of brain teasing trivia. We will form teams for you, or bring your own team, to take your best shot at answering a series of questions on a variety of subjects, including pop culture, history, and music. You don't need to be a genius to play Trivia. It's all for fun, so warm up your brain cells. Register online or call 342-BOOK to register. - PAWS to Read (grades K-5)
- Date: Saturday, May 25, 2013
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Main Library
Description: Read to one of our therapy dogs - - Squirt, Daisy, Doc and more. Call the Main Library to register for your 15-minute time slot. - Kinderballet Presents "Thumbelina" (all ages)
- Date: Sunday, May 26, 2013
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Boone County Public Library
Description: Join us at Boone Woods Amphitheater for this performance. Meet Thumbelina, a tiny girl on a big adventure to find her way home. In the event of inclement weather, the performance will be held at the Main Library. - Chess Club
- Date: Sunday, May 26, 2013
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Florence Branch
Description: Chess players of all ages and levels are invited to play chess at the Florence Branch every Wednesday and Sunday. - Bridge
- Date: Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Scheben Branch
Description: Open play! Everyone welcome! - Open Gym (M/H)
- Date: Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Time: 3:30 PM
Location: Chapin Memorial Library
Description: We'll provide the equipment, you bring the fun! - Afternoon Fun-Time (M/H)
- Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Time: 3:15 PM
Location: Florence Branch
Description: Gaming! Internet! Snacks & more! Drop in to the Teen Scene when school is in session. - Zumba Gold
- Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Florence Branch
Description: Zumba Gold is a slow-paced, low-impact version of regular Zumba, perfect for anyone with physical limitations or just starting out an exercise program. $3 fee per session. - Chess Club
- Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Florence Branch
Description: Chess players of all ages and levels are invited to play chess at the Florence Branch every Wednesday and Sunday. - Bridge
- Date: Thursday, May 30, 2013
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Scheben Branch
Description: Open play! Everyone welcome! - Weekday Workout: Martial Arts (M/H)
- Date: Thursday, May 30, 2013
Time: 3:30 PM
Location: Chapin Memorial Library
Description: Join us for an interactive Ancient Okinawan Weapon class and demo from Soke-Dai Chris from Ichiban Karate School. Registration encouraged. - 2013 Boone County Preservation Awards & Reception
- Date: Thursday, May 30, 2013
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Main Library
Description: Please join us as we recognize the best of Boone County historic preservation efforts. Meet historic preservation people from across Kentucky for the opening reception of the 2013 Rural Preservation Conference. - Yoga
- Date: Thursday, May 30, 2013
Time: 6:15 PM
Location: Scheben Branch
Description: This class is suitable for all levels! Join Karen Landrum, RYT, for this basic/beginner yoga practice that offers a holistic approach to maintaining a healthy weight with increased flexibility, more stamina & lean muscle! Please bring a yoga mat & small handheld or wrist weights to improve lean muscle tone (weights are optional). $25 fee per month. Call Boone County Parks at 334-2117 to register. - Digital Photography: Intermediate
- Date: Thursday, May 30, 2013
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Main Library
Description: Learn more advanced tips and tricks to taking great photos digitally. Jerry Fritsch from the Tri-State Photographic Society is your guide into this exciting and rewarding art form. - Yoga
- Date: Thursday, May 30, 2013
Time: 7:20 PM
Location: Scheben Branch
Description: This class is suitable for all levels! Join Karen Landrum, RYT, for this basic/beginner yoga practice that offers a holistic approach to maintaining a healthy weight with increased flexibility, more stamina & lean muscle! Please bring a yoga mat & small handheld or wrist weights to improve lean muscle tone (weights are optional). $25 fee per month. Call Boone County Parks at 334-2117 to register. - Final Friday Fandom (M/H)
- Date: Friday, May 31, 2013
Time: 3:30 PM
Location: Main Library
Description: Share your fandom every final Friday. This month, meet up and share your favorite K-pop music, videos, and fashion -- hallyu! Register. - Live @ the Library: Wild Carrot & the Roots Band
- Date: Friday, May 31, 2013
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Main Library
Description: Treat yourself to an evening of American Roots music delivered with a fine sense of musicality and harmony. - Cemetery Preservation Workshop
- Date: Saturday, June 01, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM
Location: Main Library
Description: Carter Dickerson, landscape architect from Viox & Viox, will be discussing landscape issues that face historic cemeteries. Old Burlington Cemetery will be used as an example of how to impement best practices for landscape design. In addition, the workshop will also review tombstone preservation and documentation. Presentation is on site at the Old Burlington Cemetery on Bullittsville Road, north of Burlington. program is free. Please register. - Summer Kick-Off (all ages)
- Date: Saturday, June 01, 2013
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: Main Library
Description: Celebrate the beginning of summer reading with games, tattoos, and more. - Summer Reading Kick-Off (all ages)
- Date: Saturday, June 01, 2013
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: Florence Branch
Description: Celebrate the beginning of summer reading with games, tattoos, and more. - Summer Reading Kick-Off (all ages)
- Date: Saturday, June 01, 2013
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: Walton Branch
Description: Celebrate the beginning of summer reading with games, tattoos, and more. - Summer Reading Kick-Off (all ages)
- Date: Saturday, June 01, 2013
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: Scheben Branch
Description: Celebrate the beginning of summer reading with games, tattoos, and more. - Summer Reading Kick-Off (all ages)
- Date: Saturday, June 01, 2013
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: Lents Branch
Description: Celebrate the beginning of summer reading with games, tattoos, and more. - Summer Reading Kick-Off (all ages)
- Date: Saturday, June 01, 2013
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: Chapin Memorial Library
Description: Celebrate the beginning of summer reading with games, tattoos, and more. - Teen Summer Reading Kick-Off (M/H)
- Date: Saturday, June 01, 2013
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Main Library
Description: Gear up for summer reading with gaming, snacks, and door prizes! - In the Loop
- Date: Monday, June 03, 2013
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Florence Branch
Description: Knit or crochet in relaxed, friendly company. Learn for the first time or pick up some new tricks. - Tiny Tots Storytime (18 mos-2 1/2 years)
- Date: Monday, June 03, 2013
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Scheben Branch
Description: On-the-floor, interactive fun that encourages a love of books and begins to build six pre-reading skills through books, finger plays, songs and playtime. - Family Storytime (ages 2-5+)
- Date: Monday, June 03, 2013
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: Lents Branch
Description: Help your child build language and literacy skills through stories, songs and play. - iSpace Presents: Blast Off! (grades 3-5)
- Date: Monday, June 03, 2013
Time: 11:30 AM
Location: Scheben Branch
Description: Build and launch your own paper rocket with some specially designed high powered air launchers. Presented by iSpace Science. Register. - ZUMBA
- Date: Monday, June 03, 2013
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: Walton Branch
Description: Join us for a Latin-inspired, calorie-burning workout. $5 per session fee. For further information contact Charmaine Shazier at 513-505-8263. - Zumba
- Date: Monday, June 03, 2013
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Scheben Branch
Description: Zumba® Fitness is the Latin-inspired dance-fitness program that blends red-hot international music and contagious steps to form a "fitness-party" that is downright addictive. It's a BLAST and it doesn't even feel like your working out! $25 fee per month. Call Boone County Parks at 334-2117 to register. - Gentle Yoga
- Date: Monday, June 03, 2013
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Main Library
Description: Learn the basic postures and flows. Please bring a yoga mat. $25 fee for the month. Call Boone County Parks to register at 334-2117. - Microsoft Excel I
- Date: Monday, June 03, 2013
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Main Library
Description: Explore the basics of MS Excel 2007, including creating a worksheet, working with simple formulas, sorting and filtering, creating a pie chart, and more! - Excavate! (M)
- Date: Monday, June 03, 2013
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Main Library
Description: Explore the fascinating field of archaeology. Learn how to grid a site and dig for the find of the century. Register. - Familytime Storytime (Ages 2 to 5+)
- Date: Monday, June 03, 2013
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Florence Branch
Description: Young library users, with the active participation of their adults, have fun developing pre-reading skills through stories, songs, rhymes and activities. - Yoga
- Date: Monday, June 03, 2013
Time: 7:10 PM
Location: Main Library
Description: Enjoy a relaxing class that explores Hatha Yoga postures, breathing techniques and meditation. The class will be challenging enough to build and tone muscle as well as increase stamina. You'll leave feeling peaceful and revitalized. Please bring a yoga mat. $25 fee for the month. Call Boone County Parks to register (859) 334 2117.