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Crafternoon: Alien Oobleck

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Berea
Library Branch: Berea
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Educational, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Learn how cornstarch, water, and paint makes oobleck, a slime-like non-Newtonian fluid that is both a liquid and solid at the same time. This is a messy craft so dress appropriately!

This event is in the "Richmond" group.
Library Branch: Richmond
Room: Main Floor Community Room #142
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Educational, Entertainment, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Step back in time for a mini Renaissance festival, hosted by EKU’s NOVA students! Enjoy craft booths, a dragon photo op, and play money to spend at various booths. A program full of medieval magic awaits!

This event is in the "Richmond" group.

Exploration Station: Seeing Sound

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Richmond
Library Branch: Richmond
Room: Main Floor Community Room #142
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Educational, Entertainment
Event Details:

When sound waves hit your eardrum, you hear sound. A tonoscope lets you see sound. Using recycled materials like plastic containers, paper towel rolls, a balloon, and salt, we’ll make one. Do all sounds look the same?

This event is in the "Berea" group.

STEAM Cafe

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Berea
Library Branch: Berea
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Entertainment
Event Details:

Join us for an afternoon of fun STEAM activities! From LEGO challenges to arts and crafts, fun experiments and games, learning through play is our goal! Each of the four stations focuses on a different aspect of STEAM education.

This event is in the "Richmond" group.

Lego Club+

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Richmond
Library Branch: Richmond
Room: Main Floor Community Room #142
Age Group: Elementary, Teens
Program Type: Entertainment

LEGO Club+

We supply the building blocks; you bring the creativity. Kids may make whatever time and imagination allows. Each week we display the LEGO creations inside one of our display cases.

This event is in the "Richmond" group.

Grab A Comic

9:00am - 6:00pm
Richmond
Library Branch: Richmond
Room: Children’s Area
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Entertainment
Event Details:

Celebrate Free Comic Book Day with us! From open to close, enjoy a selection of free comics—each person can take one.

This event is in the "Berea" group.

Grab A Comic

9:00am - 6:00pm
Berea
Library Branch: Berea
Room: Fireplace Area
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Entertainment
Event Details:

Celebrate Free Comic Book Day with us! From open to close, enjoy a selection of free comics—each person can take one.

This event is in the "Richmond" group.

Power-up Party

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Richmond
Library Branch: Richmond
Room: Main Floor Community Room #142
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Elementary
Program Type: Entertainment, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Meet a caped crusader, a space adventurer, and your friendly neighborhood hero! Get a photo, enjoy snacks and fun activities, and grab your free comic book for Free Comic Book Day!

This event is in the "Richmond" group.

Crafternoon: Comic Book Coasters

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Richmond
Library Branch: Richmond
Room: Main Floor Community Room #142
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Educational, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Use scissors, mod podge glue, and old comic books to design a coasters to take home. 

This event is in the "Berea" group.
Library Branch: Berea
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Educational, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Use scissors, mod podge glue, and old comic books to design a coasters to take home. 

This event is in the "Richmond" group.

Exploration Station: Strawberry DNA

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Richmond
Library Branch: Richmond
Room: Main Floor Community Room #142
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Educational, Entertainment
Event Details:

Learn how to retrieve and isolate DNA from a strawberry. Afterward, we will create DNA models out of candy, like Twizzlers and toothpicks. What does DNA look like? This week, we are focusing on science.

This event is in the "Berea" group.

STEAM Cafe

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Berea
Library Branch: Berea
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Entertainment
Event Details:

Join us for an afternoon of fun STEAM activities! From LEGO challenges to arts and crafts, fun experiments and games, learning through play is our goal! Each of the four stations focuses on a different aspect of STEAM education.

This event is in the "Richmond" group.

Lego Club+

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Richmond
Library Branch: Richmond
Room: Main Floor Community Room #142
Age Group: Elementary, Teens
Program Type: Entertainment

LEGO Club+

We supply the building blocks; you bring the creativity. Kids may make whatever time and imagination allows. Each week we display the LEGO creations inside one of our display cases.

This event is in the "Richmond" group.

Crafternoon: Resist Painting

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Richmond
Library Branch: Richmond
Room: Main Floor Community Room #142
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Educational, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Create hidden artwork by drawing on your canvas in crayon and reveal it with watercolor. Your only limit is your imagination!

This event is in the "Berea" group.

Crafternoon: Resist Painting

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Berea
Library Branch: Berea
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Educational, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Create hidden artwork by drawing on your canvas in crayon and reveal it with watercolor. Your only limit is your imagination!

This event is in the "Richmond" group.
Library Branch: Richmond
Room: Main Floor Community Room #142
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Educational, Entertainment
Event Details:

Decode multiple types of secret messages and use what you learn, as well as other clues, to reveal hidden messages around the room Scavenger Hunt style. Can you solve the mystery? This week, we are focusing on Math.

This event is in the "Berea" group.

STEAM Cafe

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Berea
Library Branch: Berea
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Entertainment
Event Details:

Join us for an afternoon of fun STEAM activities! From LEGO challenges to arts and crafts, fun experiments and games, learning through play is our goal! Each of the four stations focuses on a different aspect of STEAM education.

This event is in the "Richmond" group.

Lego Club+

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Richmond
Library Branch: Richmond
Room: Main Floor Community Room #142
Age Group: Elementary, Teens
Program Type: Entertainment

LEGO Club+

We supply the building blocks; you bring the creativity. Kids may make whatever time and imagination allows. Each week we display the LEGO creations inside one of our display cases.

This event is in the "Off Site" group.

Kids to Park Day

11:00am - 1:00pm
Off Site
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Pop-up Library
Event Details:

The Madison County Public Library & Winterberry Studios will be at the Richmond Parks & Rec Kids to Parks Day! 

This event is in the "Richmond" group.

Crafternoon: I-Spy in a Bottle

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Richmond
Library Branch: Richmond
Room: Main Floor Community Room #142
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Educational, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Design your own I-Spy challenge using a plastic bottle, rice, beans, beads, and other tiny things. This craft will include very small pieces.

This event is in the "Berea" group.

Crafternoon: I-Spy in a Bottle

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Berea
Library Branch: Berea
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Educational, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Design your own I-Spy challenge using a plastic bottle, rice, beans, beads, and other tiny things. This craft will include very small pieces.

This event is in the "Richmond" group.

Exploration Station: Fingerprinting

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Richmond
Library Branch: Richmond
Room: Main Floor Community Room #142
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Educational, Entertainment
Event Details:

In this activity, you'll dust for fingerprints, stamp your own prints with ink pads, and compare your stamped prints to those you've found! This week, we are focusing on technology.

This event is in the "Berea" group.

STEAM Cafe

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Berea
Library Branch: Berea
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Entertainment
Event Details:

Join us for an afternoon of fun STEAM activities! From LEGO challenges to arts and crafts, fun experiments and games, learning through play is our goal! Each of the four stations focuses on a different aspect of STEAM education.

This event is in the "Off Site" group.

Family Open Mic Night

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Off Site
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary
Program Type: Educational, Entertainment, Pop-up Library
Event Details:

Join Madison County Public Library and the Berea College Forestry Outreach Center for a family friendly open mic night!