Events in August 2020
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Virtual Bilingual Story time Virtual Bilingual Story time
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August 1, 2020Bilingual Story Time with Miss Sandy. Books and songs in English and Spanish.
Hora del Cuento Bilingue Con Sandy.Libros y Canciones en Ingles y Español.
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Safe In Person STORY TIME Safe In Person STORY TIME
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August 4, 2020Story Time is Back! We are excited to invite families back to our early literacy story time. Starting July 14 and running through August, we will host Tuesday Story Time in our back yard at 11am. Stories, songs and movement activities will entertain our youngest patrons - appropriate for ages 6 and under. We'll be meeting on the lawn behind the library.
Attendance at Back Yard Story Time does require some participant responsibility:- Please don't come if you and your family are not COVID-19 symptom free
- Please observe 6 feet of distancing between your family and other patrons not in your household
- Please wear a mask while you are at the library
- We encourage you to bring your own seating. Camp chairs, blankets from home and carpet squares are welcome.
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Virtual Bilingual Story time Virtual Bilingual Story time
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August 8, 2020Bilingual Story Time with Miss Sandy. Books and songs in English and Spanish.
Hora del Cuento Bilingue Con Sandy.Libros y Canciones en Ingles y Español.
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Virtual Story Time Virtual Story Time
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August 12, 2020Due to the library’s public health concerns, we will be hosting daily Virtual Story Time sessions through Facebook Live at 10 a.m. Monday through Thursday (Saturday is bilingual!). Join library staff members Cricket and Sandy for songs, stories and movement. All you have to do is login to Facebook and join the fun!
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Virtual Bilingual Story time Virtual Bilingual Story time
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August 15, 2020Bilingual Story Time with Miss Sandy. Books and songs in English and Spanish.
Hora del Cuento Bilingue Con Sandy.Libros y Canciones en Ingles y Español.
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"Meet Will Shakespeare: An Introduction and Book Club" PART I "Meet Will Shakespeare: An Introduction and Book Club" PART I
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August 17, 2020Ever wanted to learn more about the legendary William Shakespeare? Beginning in August, we will host a 3-part series on Shakespeare for novices as well as aficionados called "Meet Will Shakespeare: An Introduction and Book Club - The Bard Doesn't Have to be Hard!"
Jill Gordon, a longtime Shakespeare enthusiast and online instructor at Colorado Mountain College, will be facilitating this event series. If you wish to participate, simply email her at gordongrp@comcast.net to get the Zoom Meeting info.
The first event in this series will discuss Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing".
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Safe In Person STORY TIME Safe In Person STORY TIME
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August 18, 2020Story Time is Back! We are excited to invite families back to our early literacy story time. Starting July 14 and running through August, we will host Tuesday Story Time in our back yard at 11am. Stories, songs and movement activities will entertain our youngest patrons - appropriate for ages 6 and under. We'll be meeting on the lawn behind the library.
Attendance at Back Yard Story Time does require some participant responsibility:- Please don't come if you and your family are not COVID-19 symptom free
- Please observe 6 feet of distancing between your family and other patrons not in your household
- Please wear a mask while you are at the library
- We encourage you to bring your own seating. Camp chairs, blankets from home and carpet squares are welcome.
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Virtual Books 'n Bites - “The Invention of Wings” by Sue Monk Kidd Virtual Books 'n Bites - “The Invention of Wings” by Sue Monk Kidd
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August 19, 2020Join us! for this month's Virtual Book Club via Zoom. Simply email Lori Barnes at lbarnes@vailgov.com to receive your invitation.
The selection for the month of August is… “The Invention of Wings” by Sue Monk Kidd
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Virtual Bilingual Story time Virtual Bilingual Story time
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August 22, 2020Bilingual Story Time with Miss Sandy. Books and songs in English and Spanish.
Hora del Cuento Bilingue Con Sandy.Libros y Canciones en Ingles y Español.
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Safe In Person STORY TIME Safe In Person STORY TIME
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August 25, 2020Story Time is Back! We are excited to invite families back to our early literacy story time. Starting July 14 and running through August, we will host Tuesday Story Time in our back yard at 11am. Stories, songs and movement activities will entertain our youngest patrons - appropriate for ages 6 and under. We'll be meeting on the lawn behind the library.
Attendance at Back Yard Story Time does require some participant responsibility:- Please don't come if you and your family are not COVID-19 symptom free
- Please observe 6 feet of distancing between your family and other patrons not in your household
- Please wear a mask while you are at the library
- We encourage you to bring your own seating. Camp chairs, blankets from home and carpet squares are welcome.
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Girls Who Code Girls Who Code
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August 27, 2020Girls Who Code, a club at VPL for girls going into 3rd to 5th grades, will meet virtually the fourth Thursday of the month at 3:30pm. Mark and Lelia Conlon will be our club facilitators. This is a new club and all interested girls in this age group are encouraged to join us.
Girls Who Code is on a mission to close the gender gap in technology and change the image of what a programmer looks like and does.
If you are interested, please reach out to Cricket Pylman at 970-479-2179 or cpylman@vailgov.com.
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Virtual Middle School Book Club Virtual Middle School Book Club
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August 28, 2020Do you have a middle school-aged child who loves to read? Invite them to join the Virtual Middle School Book Club. August's title will be "Divergent" by Veronica Roth.
We'll be meeting via Zoom on Fri., Aug. 21 at 3 p.m.
Email Ali at amurray@vailgov.com to get the Zoom meeting specifics.
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Virtual Bilingual Story time Virtual Bilingual Story time
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August 29, 2020Bilingual Story Time with Miss Sandy. Books and songs in English and Spanish.
Hora del Cuento Bilingue Con Sandy.Libros y Canciones en Ingles y Español.