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West Florida Public Library Locations
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July Events at West Florida Public Libraries
Summer Reading Club
Summer STEAM Saturdays – Bridge Building
How much weight can a bridge hold? What is needed to make it stronger? Come build it and find out. Explore different types of bridge building as you build a better world.
Summer STEAM – Robot Race Course with Sparki
Help us build a race course for Sparki the robot. Will he make it to the finish line?
Summer STEAM Cardboard Robotic Arm
Come get your build on and join the Summer STEAM team to build a cardboard robotic arm. Using a hydraulics and lever system that you build yourself, your robot will be capable of lifting and moving items – but no promises that you can train it to take out the trash.
Charlie Williams – The Noiseguy
Charlie Williams is the Noiseguy, lord of the microphone. He adds a sonic character to reading, stories and animation. His sounds have been used for radio ads, TV commercials, cartoons and video games. He speaks fluent onomatopoeia and teaches kids to read out loud.
Summer STEAM Saturdays – Shaping the Earth
Special guest James Harvey from the Environmental Protection Agency will join attendees to explore the effects of water and erosion on the world. What are some of the things anyone can do to build a better world? Come build a salt dough world and find out.
Russell Davis – The Magic of Reading
Russell Davis brings his magic tricks and comedy to inspire a love of reading.
Summer STEAM Saturdays – Light Up Your Life
Why party in the Dark Ages or limit yourself to Edison’s incandescent light bulb? That’s so mainstream. Instead, join us for some fun adventures with LEDs. These squishy circuits and lemon batteries will light up your life in a whole new way.
Summer STEAM Saturdays – Robotic Art Party
Come unleash a unique artistic robot. Participants need only to bring imagination and a desire to have fun. The motorized robot will leave its mark as it travels to produce masterpieces.
Summer Reading Wrap-Up Parties
Come blow off some Summer STEAM with tons of bubbles and wrap up your summer adventures with highly active volcanoes. Celebrate reaching your summer reading goal at our wrap-up party.
Summer Reading for Adults
West Florida Public Libraries is introducing its first year of summer reading for adults. The program, aimed at adults age 18 and up, begins May 30 and runs in conjunction with the children’s program until July 31 with the same theme, Build a Better World. Keep track of the books you read and record them in a log for a chance to win prizes. Adults do not need to have a child registered in the children’s program to participate. However, a valid library card is required. Register at any West Florida Public Libraries location. Remember: Audiobooks are not cheating.
*Program will be held at Big Lagoon State Park Amphitheater, 12301 Gulf Beach Highway, Pensacola, FL 32507.
Bookish Happenings
Book events for adults
Book Club
Friendly literary conversation of “A Piece of the World”, inspired by Andrew Wyeth’s iconic painting “Christina’s World” and written by Christina Baker Kline. Light refreshments will be served. Sponsored by Friends of Southwest Branch Library.
Graphic Novel Group
Join Pop Comics owner Harley Orr and Pensacola Library staff in a discussion of a graphic novel that participants will decide on during the June meeting. The group will meet monthly to discuss graphic novels.
“The Circle” by Dave Eggers Book Discussion
When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful internet company, she feels she's been given the opportunity to build a better world. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users' personal emails, social media, banking and purchasing, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. What begins as the captivating story of one woman's ambition and idealism soon turns, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy and the limits of human knowledge.
“Same Beach, Next Year” by Dorothea Benton Frank Book Discussion
A chance meeting on the Isle of Palms, one of Charleston’s most stunning barrier islands, brings former sweethearts Adam Stanley and Eve Landers together again. Their respective spouses, Eliza and Carl, fight sparks of jealousy flaring from their imagined rekindling of old flames. Year after year, Adam, Eliza, Eve, and Carl eagerly await their reunion at Wild Dunes, a condominium complex at the island’s tip end, where they grow closer with each passing day, building a friendship that will withstand family tragedy and devastating heartbreak.
Molino Book Discussion
Take a break from the summer heat and join us at the Molino Library for a discussion of the award-winning novel, “These is My Words, The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine”, by Nancy E. Turner.
Book events for youth
Reading Buddies
Kids can team up with a teen volunteer practice to be read to or practice reading aloud. Teens can earn volunteer hours while helping kids reach their summer reading goals.
Pet Partners: Read With Me™
School-aged children are invited to register for a 15-minute session to pick a book and read to one of the therapy dogs. Dogs and handlers are coordinated through Pet Partners and Cherry Point Dog Training Inc. Preregistration is requested.
American Girl® Book Club: ‘Meet Molly’ meeting 3 of 3
Girls will learn what life was like for an American girl growing up during WWII in America through the book, activities and food of the era. For Molly McIntire, life seems full of change. It's 1944 and the world is at war. Halloween costumes are hard to get. Molly's special hula skirt is a huge success – until Ricky, her pesky big brother, plays a mean trick. Molly and her friends are determined to get back at him. One mean trick leads to another until the fighting goes too far. Each child receives a free copy of the book from Friends of Southwest Branch Library, who also provide all supplies for the meeting activities. Preregistration is requested.
Teen events
Build ‘Em Up, Knock ‘Em Down Teen Challenge
Come build structures out of boxes, and knock ‘em down. Participants will compete to see whose structure stands up after having balls thrown at it. Teens ages 13-17 are welcome.
Celebrations
Independence Day
All West Florida Public Libraries are closed for the holiday. All WFPL locations will return to normal operating hours on Wednesday, July 5.
Crafts
Summer Fun Days
On the first Summer Fun Day of July, take an hour to sit with pens, pencils and adult coloring books. Try your hand at building a better world with Legos® on July 11. July 14 will feature the resident writer and a creative writing project. See how far Disney has come by stopping by to watch “Moana” on July 18. We’ll bring the popcorn. Take a break to enjoy Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence as passengers on a ship destined for a faraway planet who wake up 90 years too soon in “Passengers” on July 21. Join librarians in a round robin of show and tell on July 25. Bring an old favorite or a new read. On July 28, move to the front of the line with a sneak peek at the new releases. Don’t forget to bring a library card to place holds on your favorites.
Lego® Night
Visit the craft room to create with Lego®. There will be building challenges and open play. Best enjoyed by ages 2 and up; parent or caregiver must be present.
Westside Loopy Loomers
Learn to loom knit hats, scarves, lap blankets and other items and give back to the community. Yarn and looms are provided. All ages are welcome.
Games
Game-ology
Take a break from your research. Family-friendly cards and board games will be available, but participants are welcome to bring their own, too.
Genealogy
Whooo’s Who in Your Family Tree
Whooo’s got a story? You do. Help keep those stories alive by coming in to the Genealogy Branch Library to scan family documents and pictures. Bring a flash drive and leave with a digital family album.
Library Instruction
No one is born knowing how to use a library, and it’s never too late to learn. Yes, people can figure it out on their own, but it’s always nice to learn from someone who knows the ropes. Instructions will include basics of WFPL account use, review of the library website and some common tasks made much easier by knowing how libraries work.
Story Time
Pensacola Library
Preschool Story Time
Bouncy Babies Story Time
Tryon Branch Library
Mommy & Me
Lapsit is a program for babies and their special someone.
Century Branch Library
Preschool Story Time
Computer Classes
Molino One-on-One Tech Help – Molino Branch Library
Get up to 30 minutes of individual technology help at Molino Branch Library every Tuesday from noon to 5 p.m. and every Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Find email, increase computer knowledge, improve skills with a smart phone, learn how to download e-books and more. Call 850-435-1760 to reserve a session.
Westside One-on-One Tech Help – Westside Branch Library
Get up to 30 minutes of individual technology help at Westside Branch Library every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Find email, increase computer knowledge, improve skills with a smart phone, learn how to download e-books and more. Call 850-595-1047 to reserve a session.
Learn to Use HeritageQuest for Your Family History Research
Every hero has a quest. Be a family history hero. Come learn how to use the HeritageQuest research tool and find out more (and there’s always more) about your family history. Let the quest begin.
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