For Ages 9-12
Create your own "Gravity Falls" inspired journal to use over the summer.
Learn about this beautiful form of writing and create some calligraphy to take home. For ages 9-12.
For Ages 9-12
Play theater games to learn some drama basics.
For Ages 9-12
Come watch the movie "James and the Giant Peach". Then discuss the differences and similarities between the movie and the book by Roald Dahl over pizza. Copies of the book are available in the Children's Room and the Help Desk.
During this introductory course, we'll dive into the basics of creating fire - from structures and materials, to different primitive techniques. We will focus on the bow drill method. All skill levels welcome!
This program will be held outside. In the event of rain, it will be cancelled and rescheduled for a later date.
Plants & Lamps - Recycling Bottle: create a terrarium from a soda bottle. Bring a little toy creature to live in it!
Flow Circus- Build a Better World-with magic, juggling and fun! Be captivated by Paul Miller's amazing high energy show. Ages 4-10. Register beginning June 17 online or at the children's desk.
Peggy Gavan, author of "The Hatching Cat" blog (hatchingcatnyc.com), presents amazing stories of wealthy and eccentric women of New York City's Gilded Age and the canine companions they loved. Hear about the French poodle with a $1 million dog yard on Fifth Avenue, the only dog buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, and more stories filled with tragedy, comedy, drama, and history.
There are few Americans who made a greater contribution to the nation’s cultural, civic and intellectual life in the 20th century than William Edward Berghardt DuBois, who lived an extraordinary life, as well as a long one: A black man born just five years after the Emancipation Proclamation, he lived long enough to die in self-imposed exile in Ghana, Africa, on the eve of the March on Washington, and one year before the passage of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Learn the basics of cartooning with teen artist Maya Henderson! All materials will be provided. Open to ages 9 to 12.
