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Monday June 3 2:00pm - 3:30pm CDT
Project Teen
Try your hand at mixed media art using canvas and recycled books to make your own unique wall art. Weâll have everything you need to create something beautiful.Ages 12-18. Please register.
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Tuesday June 4 9:30am - 10:00am CDT
Family Story Time
Join library staff for rhymes, songs, stories and fun. Ages 13 months to 5 years with an adult.
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Tuesday June 4 10:30am - 11:00am CDT
Family Story Time
Join library staff for rhymes, songs, stories and fun. Ages 13 months to 5 years with an adult.
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Tuesday June 4 11:30am - 1:00pm CDT
How to Bring Back the Buzz of Insect Pollinators
Because of habitat loss and other adverse environmental factors, the mutually beneficial and essential relationship between pollinating bees and flowering plants is being disrupted. Hear from MU emeritus faculty members Michael Chippendale and Chris Starbuck about how d......More
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Tuesday June 4 2:00pm - 3:30pm CDT
Device Advice and Tech Help Drop-in
Visit our computer lab to enhance your technology skills. Library trainers can help you with the basic functions of your Windows, Chrome, Android or Apple laptop or device. You can also use self-paced tutorials to work on keyboarding skills. Staff are unable to troubles......More
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Tuesday June 4 6:30pm - 7:30pm CDT
Doggy Drill Team
The dogs and trainers of Ann Gafke's Dogschooling Drill Team will put on their dancing shoes and perform a freestyle show. Handlers will also share tips for children about dog safety.All ages.
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Wednesday June 5 12:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
First Wednesday Book Sale
This month's sale will feature cookbooks, plus sci-fi and fantasy books and graphic novels. First Wednesday sales offer some of the very best books that have been donated to the Friends of the Library. Cash or checks only. All proceeds go to support library services.
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Wednesday June 5 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
Google Photos Basics
Learn to get the most out of Google's free online tool for organizing, storing, sharing and editing your photos.Adults and teens. Please register.
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Wednesday June 5 6:30pm - 7:30pm CDT
Adventures in Nature: Stories in Photographs
Join photographer William Palmer to explore the stories nature tells. Palmer will share his photographs, his relationship with the natural world and how images of wildlife can instill an appreciation of nature in the viewer and inspire us to explore and preserve our nat......More
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Thursday June 6 9:30am - 10:00am CDT
Baby Story Time
For the tiniest library patron, join us for rhymes, songs, stories and fun. Ages birth-18 months with an adult.
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Thursday June 6 10:30am - 11:00am CDT
Baby Story Time
For the tiniest library patron, join us for rhymes, songs, stories and fun. Ages birth-18 months with an adult.
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Thursday June 6 12:00pm - 1:00pm CDT
First Thursday Book Discussion
We'll discuss Scott C. Johnson's "The Con Queen of Hollywood." Blending years of reporting with powerful prose, Johnson's unique true crime narrative recounts the tale of a cunning impostor who carved a path of financial and emotional destruction across the world. The C......More
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Friday June 7 11:00am - 11:30am CDT
"Charlotteâs Web" Preview
Meet the cast of Mizzou's Larry D. Clark Summer Repertory Theatre June production, and enjoy a scene or two. Adapted from E.B. Whiteâs acclaimed novel, âCharlotte's Web," follows Wilbur on his journey to becoming âsome pig,â and reminds us about the power of true friend......More
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Friday June 7 1:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
D&D Adventurer's Guild
Calling all adventurers! Whether you're a new Dungeons and Dragons player looking for experience or you've slain a horde of dragons, you can find fame and glory here. You'll create a game character (or bring a first- or second-level character) and play through an open-e......More
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Friday June 7 2:00pm - 3:30pm CDT
Device Advice and Tech Help Drop-in
Visit our computer lab to enhance your technology skills. Library trainers can help you with the basic functions of your Windows, Chrome, Android or Apple laptop or device. You can also use self-paced tutorials to work on keyboarding skills. Staff are unable to troubles......More
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Saturday June 8 11:00am - 11:30am CDT
TRYPS Theater: Live at Eleven
At this workshop, children play games, sing, dance and act out books. Presented by TRYPS Children's Theater, Columbia's professional theater group for young audiences.Ages 3-8.
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Saturday June 8 1:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Adventures in Book Tasting
Come to our book tasting and find your next favorite book! Sample both fiction and nonfiction titles that tie in with this year's summer reading theme "Adventure Begins at Your Library." We're sure to have something that will whet your appetite. Adults and teens. Please......More
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Sunday June 9 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Tunes at Two
Local musicians provide a musical backdrop at the Columbia Public Library on the second Sunday of every month. This month enjoy fiddler Howard Marshall and friends.
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Monday June 10 5:30pm - 7:00pm CDT
Reading to Rover
Children will read for 15 minutes to one of Ann Gafke's Teacher's Pet Therapy Dogs while a handler oversees them. It's a fun way to improve children's literacy skills. All dogs are certified therapy dogs.Kindergarten age and older. Please note, depending on attendance, ......More
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Monday June 10 6:30pm - 7:30pm CDT
Lifelong Learning
Our free online resources are your gateway to lifelong learning. In June, we'll take on the topics of bumblebees and genealogy, and demonstrate what we can discover from library resources like eBooks from hoopla and topic guides. There will also be time for you to do yo......More
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Tuesday June 11 9:30am - 11:30am CDT
KidSight Vision Screening
Bring your child for a free KidSight vision screening. It only takes a few seconds, and you'll receive the result instantly. Ages 6 months and older.
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Tuesday June 11 9:30am - 10:00am CDT
Family Story Time
Join library staff for rhymes, songs, stories and fun. Ages 13 months to 5 years with an adult.
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Tuesday June 11 10:30am - 11:00am CDT
Family Story Time
Join library staff for rhymes, songs, stories and fun. Ages 13 months to 5 years with an adult.
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Tuesday June 11 2:00pm - 3:30pm CDT
Device Advice and Tech Help Drop-in
Visit our computer lab to enhance your technology skills. Library trainers can help you with the basic functions of your Windows, Chrome, Android or Apple laptop or device. You can also use self-paced tutorials to work on keyboarding skills. Staff are unable to troubles......More
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Tuesday June 11 5:30pm - 7:00pm CDT
KidSight Vision Screening
Bring your child for a free KidSight vision screening. It only takes a few seconds, and you'll receive the result instantly. Ages 6 months and older.
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Tuesday June 11 6:00pm - 6:30pm CDT
Evening Family Story Time
Enjoy stories, songs and activities for your family. Ages 13 months to 5 years with an adult.
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Wednesday June 12 10:00am - 11:00am CDT
Make a Scene
Shadow puppetry is an ancient form of storytelling that's still fun and exciting today. We will have materials and patterns to create your own shadow puppets and opportunities for them to have adventures in front of the bright lights.Ages 6 and older. Please register.
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Wednesday June 12 2:00pm - 3:30pm CDT
Get Comfortable With Computers
Learn and practice very basic computer skills in this course. We will go over basic functions such as using a mouse and keyboard and browsing online. If you are new to computers, this class is for you! Adults and teens. Please register.
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Wednesday June 12 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Make a Scene
Shadow puppetry is an ancient form of storytelling that's still fun and exciting today. We will have materials and patterns to create your own shadow puppets and opportunities for them to have adventures in front of the bright lights.Ages 6 and older. Please register.