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Fabulous Fairy Tale Puppet Show

12:00pm - 1:00pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: MN-Meeting Room B
Age Group: Family
Program Description: Performance
Event Details:
Join Squint and Melly for a potpourri of fun, frolicking and fabulous fairy tales! Can Melly tell her tales uninterrupted? Will the wolf outsmart the pigs? Will the GingerBread Girl finally escape the Fox? Come see the show and find out - you might e...

Puzzle Day

9:00am - 11:00am
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: MN-Multipurpose Room
Age Group: Everyone, Family
Program Description: Special Event
Event Details:
Join us for a fun-filled day full of puzzles! Drop by to complete your own, or add a few pieces to a puzzle-in-progress. Challenge your friends to a puzzle-off, or compete in a speed-round game, putting together as much of a puzzle as you can before ...

May the Fourth Be With You

2:00pm - 4:30pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: MN-Study Cafe
Age Group: Family
Program Description: Special Event
Event Details:
Join us for an afternoon of Star Wars Adventures! We will be watching Star Wars episodes on the big screen, playing Nintendo Switch and a special make and take craft. ...

Un-BEE-Lievable Science!

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Coolspring Branch
Library Branch: Coolspring Branch
Room: CS-Meeting Room
Age Group: Family
Program Description: STEAM
Event Details:
Buzz into the library as we learn all about bees! Bees are critical to biodiversity, achieving sustainable development, and are the world's most important pollinators. There is so much to learn about these vital insects, and we will teach you some fu...

Design a Decorative Birdhouse

9:00am - 4:00pm
Coolspring Branch
Library Branch: Coolspring Branch
Room: CS-Meeting Room
Age Group: Family
Program Description: Special Event
Event Details:
Design, color and decorate a birdhouse! We will provide the supplies and space - you'll supply your creativity and natural talents. Activities will be held in the Coolspring Branch Meeting Room while supplies last. ...

Sunflower Storytime

4:00pm - 6:00pm
Hanna Branch
Library Branch: Hanna Branch
Room: HA-Outdoor Space
Age Group: Family
Program Description: Storytime
Event Details:
Join us for a fun sunflower themed storytime, plant your very own sunflower seed, and watch it grow! Amanda Satterfield, Program Manager for the La Porte County Family Resource Center, will also join us as our guest reader and inform families ab...

Memorial Day

All Day
All Branches
Closing
Branches:
Book Bike, Coolspring Branch, Fish Lake Branch, Hanna Branch, Kingsford Heights Branch, LPCPL Exchange, Main Library, Mobile Library, Rolling Prairie Branch, Union Mills Branch, Library in the Community, Online

Summer Reading Kickoff - Dino Day

10:00am - 12:00pm
Coolspring Branch
Library Branch: Coolspring Branch
Room: CS-Meeting Room
Age Group: Family
Program Description: Special Event
Event Details:
Celebrate the start of summer reading at Dino Day! Sign up for the Summer Reading Program to get your very own mini, stuffed dinosaur reading buddy. Enjoy stories, crafts, and a scavenger hunt. Other dino-rrific activities include: Dig th...

Summer Reading Kickoff - Dino Day

10:00am - 12:00pm
Fish Lake Branch
Library Branch: Fish Lake Branch
Room: FL-Outdoor Space
Age Group: Family
Program Description: Special Event
Event Details:
Celebrate the start of summer reading at Dino Day! Sign up for the Summer Reading Program to get your very own mini, stuffed dinosaur reading buddy. Enjoy stories, crafts, and a scavenger hunt. Other dino-rrific activities include: D...

Summer Reading Kickoff - Dino Day

10:00am - 12:00pm
Hanna Branch
Library Branch: Hanna Branch
Room: HA-Outdoor Space
Age Group: Family
Program Description: Special Event
Event Details:
Celebrate the start of summer reading at Dino Day! Sign up for the Summer Reading Program to get your very own mini, stuffed dinosaur reading buddy. Enjoy stories, crafts, and a scavenger hunt. Other dino-rrific activities include: D...

Summer Reading Kickoff - Dino Day

10:00am - 12:00pm
Kingsford Heights Branch
Library Branch: Kingsford Heights Branch
Age Group: Family
Program Description: Special Event
Event Details:
Celebrate the start of summer reading at Dino Day! Sign up for the Summer Reading Program to get your very own mini, stuffed dinosaur reading buddy. Enjoy stories, crafts, and a scavenger hunt. Other dino-rrific activities include: D...

Summer Reading Kickoff - Dino Day

10:00am - 12:00pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: MN-Reading Wi-Fi Garden
Age Group: Family
Program Description: Special Event
Event Details:
Celebrate the start of summer reading at Dino Day! Sign up for the Summer Reading Program to get your very own mini, stuffed dinosaur reading buddy. Enjoy stories, crafts, and a scavenger hunt. Other dino-rrific activities include: D...

Summer Reading Kickoff - Dino Day

10:00am - 12:00pm
Rolling Prairie Branch
Library Branch: Rolling Prairie Branch
Room: RP-Meeting Room
Age Group: Family
Program Description: Special Event
Event Details:
Celebrate the start of summer reading at Dino Day! Sign up for the Summer Reading Program to get your very own mini, stuffed dinosaur reading buddy. Enjoy stories, crafts, and a scavenger hunt. Other dino-rrific activities include: D...

Summer Reading Kickoff - Dino Day

10:00am - 12:00pm
Union Mills Branch
Library Branch: Union Mills Branch
Room: UM-Anna's Orchard
Age Group: Family
Program Description: Special Event
Event Details:
Celebrate the start of summer reading at Dino Day! Sign up for the Summer Reading Program to get your very own mini, stuffed dinosaur reading buddy. Enjoy stories, crafts, and a scavenger hunt. Other dino-rrific activities include: D...

Summer Reading Kickoff - Dino Day Movie

10:00am - 12:00pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: MN-Study Cafe
Age Group: Family
Program Description: Special Event
Event Details:
Need a break from all the fun at Dino Day? Relax in the quiet room and enjoy a dinosaur movie perfect for all ages. ...

Storytime Under the Stars

6:00pm - 6:30pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: MN-Multipurpose Room
Age Group: Family
Program Description: Storytime

This family-friendly storytime focuses on stories, songs, and more for all ages! A favorite stuffed animal is welcome for this fun, evening event!

Structured around the Every Child Ready to Read Curriculum™, storytime is a great way to have fun while working on reading skills, social skills, and motor skills.

Jim Gill's Sing-a-Thon of Celebrated Songs

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: MN-Reading Wi-Fi Garden
Age Group: Family
Program Description: Performance
Event Details:
Get ready to sing, clap, dance and spin along with award-winning musician and author Jim Gill. Jim's music is an invitation to children, parents and grandparents to sing and play together!   Jim Gill is a musician and author known for celebra...

Who Would Win?

10:00am - 12:00pm
Kingsford Heights Branch
Library Branch: Kingsford Heights Branch
Age Group: Family
Event Details:
Build a LEGO® model of your favorite fierce creature and compete to see who wins! Young readers and nonfiction fans will enjoy diving into the animal kingdom to discover which creature reigns supreme in author Jerry Pallotta's Who Would Win? book ser...

Storytime Under the Stars

6:00pm - 6:30pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: MN-Multipurpose Room
Age Group: Family
Program Description: Storytime

This family-friendly storytime focuses on stories, songs, and more for all ages! A favorite stuffed animal is welcome for this fun, evening event!

Structured around the Every Child Ready to Read Curriculum™, storytime is a great way to have fun while working on reading skills, social skills, and motor skills.

Who Would Win?

4:00pm - 6:00pm
Fish Lake Branch
Library Branch: Fish Lake Branch
Room: FL-Meeting Room
Age Group: Family
Event Details:
Build a LEGO® model of your favorite fierce creature and compete to see who wins! Young readers and nonfiction fans will enjoy diving into the animal kingdom to discover which creature reigns supreme in author Jerry Pallotta's Who Would Win?&nbs...

Wildlife Rehabilitation: A Story of Wildlife in Northwest Indiana

11:00am - 12:00pm
Hanna Branch
Library Branch: Hanna Branch
Room: HA-Meeting Room
Age Group: Family
Program Description: Presentation
Event Details:
Staff from Humane Indiana Wildlife will be joining us to teach us about their mission to assist injured and orphaned wild animals in Northern Indiana. Staff will share stories of recent patients and bring live, non-releasable animal ambassadors ...

Storytime Under the Stars

6:00pm - 6:30pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: MN-Multipurpose Room
Age Group: Family
Program Description: Storytime

This family-friendly storytime focuses on stories, songs, and more for all ages! A favorite stuffed animal is welcome for this fun, evening event!

Structured around the Every Child Ready to Read Curriculum™, storytime is a great way to have fun while working on reading skills, social skills, and motor skills.

Create Your Own Thinking Cap!

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Coolspring Branch
Library Branch: Coolspring Branch
Room: CS-Meeting Room
Age Group: Family
Program Description: Presentation
Event Details:
In Sarabella's Thinking Cap, Sarabella struggles to stay focused during math class. She lives in a world of fantastic daydreams -- birds in top hats, giant whales, and mermaids. Sarabella creates a thinking cap to show all of her beautiful thoughts.&...

Mammals of Indiana: Myths and Misconceptions

11:00am - 12:00pm
Fish Lake Branch
Library Branch: Fish Lake Branch
Room: FL-Meeting Room
Age Group: Family
Program Description: Presentation
Event Details:
Join Humane Indiana Wildlife staff to learn about some of our favorite furry critters that can be found in our neighborhoods! The Humane Indiana Wildlife team will discuss why we see different mammals at the center admitted as patients, dispel myths ...