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October Events at West Florida Public Libraries
Bookish Happenings
Southwest Branch Library Book Club
Enjoy a friendly literary conversation of "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens.
Graphic Novel Group
Popular Literary Book Club: “Oliver Loving” by Stefan Merrill Block
Molino Book Club
Join us as we read "Forever and a Day" by Anthony Horowitz. A spy is dead. A legend is born. The sea keeps its secrets. But not this time. One body. Three bullets. 007 floats in the waters of Marseilles, killed by an unknown hand. It's time for a new agent to step up. Time for a new weapon in the war against organized crime. It's time for James Bond to earn his license to kill. This is the story of the birth of a legend, in the brutal underworld of the French Riviera.
Book events for youth
Reading Buddies
Each child who attends will have a 15-minute session and will read to buddies who will help them with their reading skills. The kids will be asked questions, guided with vocabulary and plot. Feel free to bring something you are reading in school for extra help, bring your favorite book, or borrow one of ours. Open to all ages.
Pet Partners: Read With Me™
School-aged children are invited to register for a 15-minute session to pick a book and practice reading with a furry friend. Dogs and handlers are coordinated through Pet Partners and Cherry Point Dog Training, Inc. Preregistration is requested.
STEAM
Open STEAM Lab
Come explore the technology that West Florida Public Libraries owns. Learn to code or use the Silhouette machines. Have a sewing project you would like to work on? We have the machines you need. Perhaps you would like to make a poster with the wide format printer. Drop into the STEAM Lab during our open hours and staff will assist you in getting started with your newest project.
Sewing and Quilting with STEAM for Grownups
Would you like to learn to sew? Come learn at the library. We provide you the tools to get started. If you are already an experienced seamstress or quilter, come us for the fun and friendship.
Electronics ThursdayHow does that thingamajig work? Let’s take it apart and see what makes it tick. Explore the magical and complicated world of electronics. Come build simple circuits and learn the basic principles of electronics with a hands-on lab environment. No experience needed. For all ages.
STEAM for Homeschoolers at Tryon Branch Library
Needing some STEAM to round out your curriculum? Join us every Friday morning for lessons in STEAM. This month’s theme is sources of power. Classes will be:
October 4 - Solar Power
October 11 - Electricity
October 18 - Water
October 25 - Wind Power
Chess Club
We will help you learn how to play one of the oldest games in the world. Whether you are a brand-new beginner or a master chess player, this is a chance to learn new skills, practice your moves and improve your game in a friendly environment. All playing levels are welcome, including beginners. The library will provide all the chess boards and pieces.
Coding Stories with Twine
What if the hero tries to outsmart the dragon instead of charging in? You can write a story that ends both ways! Come learn how to write interactive stories with multiple outcomes with Twine. Attendees are expected to be comfortable with basic computer use, but no coding experience is required. For more information visit, twinery.org
Let’s Make Art! – Family STEAM Night
Let’s put the A in STEAM and make some art! Come learn to paint with acrylic paints on aluminum foil.
LEGO® WeDo 2.0 Robotics Club at Tryon Branch Library
Come explore LEGO® WeDo 2.0 robotics with the West Florida Public Libraries. We will build different robots using the LEGO® WeDo 2.0 kit, exploring different robot functions as well as learning how to code the robots we build. Beginners are welcome. The library will provide all supplies needed.
Iron-On T-Shirts - STEAM for Kids
Tryon Tuesday – Iron-On T-Shirts!: Adult Maker Sessions: Silhouette Projects
Have an idea for a t-shirt saying or image? Well, now, you can make that too! Come see us at our Maker Session using Silhouette, a cutting machine. You will make an iron-on design to put on your t-shirt. You will cut out your design on heat transfer vinyl using the Silhouette machines. Please bring a t-shirt to iron your design on. Bring your ideas or make the project of the month!
Family STEAM Night: Game Night
All kinds of games can be fun and challenging to play. Come play games and even learn how to design and make your own! We’ll try different sorts, including cooperative and competitive, tabletop and digital, simple and complex, and more.
Minecraft and LEGO® at Tryon Branch Library
Come get your build on as we play Minecraft and build with LEGO® bricks. Beginners are welcome. The library will provide all supplies needed.
Jazz it Up with Jewelry! – Family STEAM Night
Would you like to learn how to make jewelry? Come join us for Jazz it up with Jewelry Family STEAM Night and learn basic beginners’ jewelry making. We will make bracelets, earrings, necklaces and more. Each session we will offer a new project to delight all ages and cover topics such as beading, wire wrapping, and plaiting / knotting leather cords. This month’s project will be cord and glass bead bracelet using beading techniques. All materials are provided by the library.
Robots – Family STEAM Night
Come explore some of the robots that the library has to offer. You will learn how to program your robot to solve a challenge. The library will provide all equipment, just bring your enthusiasm and curiosity.
Star Wars Reads
Star Wars Reads Celebration
Kids, join us for crafts, raffle prizes, sensory path, virtual reality, and meet some of the characters from Star Wars!
Pool Noodle Light Sabers
Children will wrap silver tape around a pool noodle to create a handle along with colored tape to form a "light saber."
Anti-Meteor Crash Chamber
Children will use their light sabers to keep the green meteors from hitting Earth.
Easy Origami Darth Vader
Children will fold a square piece of paper into a Darth Vader helmet, glue on one piece of paper, and draw on details to create a Darth Vader bookmark.
Star Wars Sensory Path
Children will follow the marks on the sensory path in the Children's Department through a series of commands on the floor. There will be a path over lava and test your skills weaving through the light saber maze. Kids can also have their picture taken in front of a Star Wars backdrop.
Oculus Virtual Reality
Come explore Star Wars in the world of virtual reality. The library has a variety of Oculus virtual reality machines you can use in your exploration of a time long ago and a galaxy far away.
Halloween Celebrations
Halloween Costume Party
Haunt our halls at this screaming fun party! There will be treats, face painting, creepy crawlies with Reno’s Reptiles and a costume competition, All ages are welcome, but we will have a separate hang out area for any teens who dare to enter. Some people are just dying to come! For more information about Reno’s Reptiles visit: https://d.facebook.com/Renos-Reptiles-225483787504639/ and https://www.renosreptiles.com/.
It Happened One Night at the Molino Library
Join us for a spooktacular good time. Come dressed in your favorite costume. Enjoy our goofy library witches at 6 p.m. to be followed by Trick-or-Treating through the library. Be sure to tour our haunted house, if you dare!
Halloween Horror
Put your costumes on and have fun at the library. There will be scary music, crafts and goodies.
Crafts
Westside Loopy Loomers
Come and help give back to the community by making slippers for dialysis patients and nest for abandon baby wildlife. All ages are welcome.
Quilt, Stitch and Sew Open Session
Come learn to quilt, stitch or sew. Want to learn to crochet? Want to brush up on your sewing skills? Want to spend time together with like-minded people working on your craft project? The library has sewing machines and other tools you can use to produce your creations.
Sew, Quilt and Jewelry Session
It is finally here! You asked for it, so we made it happen! The Sew, Quilt, & Jewelry Session will begin this fall. Have a pesky chain you can’t get untangled? Want to finish that sewing project? Need to use the Silhouette cutting machine? Bring in new or unfinished projects, your imagination, and come join us! All tools provided by the library.
Molino is Sew Cool
Join us as we learn the fundamentals of sewing. This month, learn the techniques necessary to make a scrunchie!
Teen
Teen Tuesday: Virtual Reality, Xbox One X, and more Tech!
Teens, join us in the STEAM Lab for access to video games such as Nintendo Switch and Mario Kart, board games, card games and more tech. Bring your friends or come prepared to make new ones.
Movies, Music and Games
Molino Melodies
Join us on Thursday evenings as we learn to play the mountain dulcimer. Bring your dulcimer and join, or try one of ours. Beginners welcome.
Uke’n’Play
Come make some happy sounds and learn how to play the ukulele! Beginner instruction is from 4-4:30 and will cover instrument handling, tuning, basic chords, etc. Then, jam with us from 4:30-5:30 as we share techniques and learn songs together. Bring your own ukulele, or borrow one of ours during the class.
Tryon Tuesday: Game Night
Have fun with the whole family playing one of our many board games.
National Farmers Day: "The Biggest Little Farm" Movie
We are celebrating National Farmer’s Day with a showing of the movie, “The Biggest Little Farm”, release date 2018, rated PG, 91 minutes.
Tryon Tuesday: Movie Night for the Family
Tryon Tuesday: Play Store
Partner Programs
Pensacola Opera: The Enchanted Forest
Escape to the Enchanted Forest, where your students help create the unique magic of every performance! Our epic adventure to save the forest from a fire-breathing dragon teaches the basics of operatic storytelling as students cast the hero, villain, sidekick, and love interest right at the top of the show. Complete with dramatic twists and turns—and music from iconic composers including Mozart and Bizet—each performance depends on audience participation to find the right path and make the best choice. For more information visit, http://facebook.com/PensacolaOpera and http://pensacolaopera.com/learn
GED Classes
Earn your GED at the Molino Community Center. Classes are held each Monday and Thursday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Molino Community Center. This is an open enrollment program, so students may enroll anytime during the semester. Contact Patricia Harrison at George Stone 850-941-6200 ex. 2361 for more information. Visit georgestonecenter.com to register. No class on Monday, Oct. 7
Cyber Security Awareness for Everyone (C-SAFE) Seminar
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM). The seminar broadly covers the entire range of cybersecurity issues. Topics include malicious software, social engineering, antivirus software, firewalls, passwords, email threats, frauds, and wired & wireless networks. The seminar is three hours of instruction followed by question and answer session.
A Visit from Center of Independent Living
Come in and learn more about the programs and services offered by CIL Disability Resource Center, Inc. offered to people with all types of disabilities in our area.
Tryon Tuesday: Reno's Reptiles
Live alligators, snakes, tortoises, lizards, and other interesting reptiles. It’s show and tell time during Halloween Week. For more information visit, http://renosreptiles.com/
Genealogy
One-on-One Assistance and Instruction
Come to the Genealogy Branch Library for one-on-one sessions on searching for the deceased, introduction to Ancestry.com and Heritage Quest 101. Walk-ins are welcome or you can schedule a private session.
Regular Program of the West Florida Genealogical Society
Come meet the members of the West Florida Genealogical Society. You don’t have to be a member to attend, and they’ll be glad to help you learn more about researching your family history. Each session also provides an opportunity to meet experienced and knowledgeable society members who willingly share their ideas and techniques. Free and open to all.
Genealogy Help at Molino Branch Library
Find your roots! Explore your family history with the help of library staff.
Wellness
Chair Yoga
Want to try yoga? Ease into it with gentle chair yoga; Ideal for seniors and those who have difficulty arising from the floor as well as office workers who sit for hours in a chair. Local patron will guide you through the basics of chair yoga: gentle stretches seated in a chair and also standing postures. Sponsored by The Friends of Southwest Branch Library.
Story Time
Pensacola Library
Bouncy Babies Story Time
Preschool Story Time
Tryon Branch Library
Mommy & Me
Mommy & Me is a lap sit program for babies and their special someone. Stories and activities are designed for children under 3 years of age.
STEAM Preschool Story Time
Preschool story time is designed for children ages 3 to 5 and their parents. Activities encourage Science-Technology-Engineering-Arts-Math.
Preschool Story Time
Preschool story time is designed for children ages 3 to 5 and their parents. Activities include stories, songs, felt boards, puppets, musical instruments, movement and laughter.
Southwest Branch Library
Preschool Story Time
Molino Branch Library
Community Heroes Story Time Series
Learn how deputies train their K-9 partners and work as a team to keep our community safe.
Meet our local firefighters and see a real fire engine.
Preschool Story Time
Century Branch Library
Preschool Story Time
Computer Classes
One-on-One Resume Help
Are you looking for a job and need to get your resume put together? Schedule a 45-minute appointment at Molino Branch Library. You will get personalized help to polish up your resume and make it stand out from the crowd.
Sign up for One-on-One Tech Help at Pensacola
Do you need help with using a smartphone? Need to know the basic functions of your personal laptop? Sign up for a 30-minute one-on-one session for any topic under basic computer skills during open computer lab hours every Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and every Friday from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Call 436-5088 to sign up for your time slot.
One-on-One Tech Help at Molino
Get 30 minutes of individual technology help at the Molino Branch Library. Find email, increase your computer knowledge, improve your skills with your smart phone and learn how to download e-books and more. Call 850-435-1760 to reserve your session.
Digitization Help
West Florida Public Libraries wants to help you get your important documents and photos digitized. Sign up today for a one-on-one session where we will help you scan and save your items to a flash drive. Call (850) 436-5067 to reserve your 30-minute time slot. Drop-ins are welcome on a first come, first served basis.
Microsoft PowerPoint Workshop
Come learn how to add pictures and text, change the background, and add animations in your computerized slide show. You will practice using its tools to create the slide shows you need. Perfect for job seekers, this workshop will help you build your computer skills.
Computer Workshop: Hands-on Help
Do you need a little assistance with a device or computer related task? Sign-up for this session and receive hands-on help.
Green Screen Class
Come learn how to digitally swap out backgrounds in video and images, just like meteorologists do on TV. We’ll be using green screen technology to put still and video images together in new and different ways.
Wide Format Printing
Need to print a banner or oversized poster for your next party or meeting? Come learn how to make your own large banner or poster that you will take home with you. You will learn how to print your poster on the library’s wide format plotter.
Microsoft Word Workshop
Learn to create and edit documents with Microsoft Word. You will practice using its tools to create the documents you need. Perfect for job seekers, this workshop will help you build your computer skills.
YouTube Class
Want to promote your business, art, talent, comedy, or gaming online? Would you like to create training videos to post on YouTube? Come learn how to create and manage a YouTube Channel. We will cover everything from creating a basic channel to building your brand with marketing and how to manage a large-scale channel with playlists. The class will cover how to post your videos, basic analytics, tagging, and end screen cards and prompts of your videos. Basic computer skills are a prerequisite. Computers available on site but feel free to bring your laptop.
Microsoft Excel Workshop
Microsoft Excel is useful in the business world and this workshop will equip you with the skills you need to create and edit spreadsheets. Perfect for those entering the workforce, this workshop will help you build your computer skills.
Computer Workshop: Email Basics
This workshop will cover email basics such as how to compose, send and receive email messages and attachments, as well as basic email security tips.
Resume Writing Workshop
Are you looking for a job? Are you needing help with your resume? Come to this workshop to learn how to set up and fill out your resume to give you an edge in your job search.
Live Streaming with Twitch Class
Come learn how to create and manage a Twitch Channel. We will cover building a channel and how to stream your video and what options support overlays and extensions. We will cover how to set up and incorporate stream extensions. The class will teach you how to use green screens and Chroma keys to make you look like a professional. Basic computer skills are a prerequisite. Computers available on site but feel free to bring your laptop.
Job Seekers Workshop
Learn Internet skills to help you with your job search as well as how to set up an email and LinkedIn account. This class will help you to land that job.
Tech Savvy Seniors
If you're struggling to search for answers to your questions using Google or challenged by the click of an unknown link, come ready to learn about using computers and other tech devices every Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Gull Point Resource Center.
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