TAG: adults
Volunteer opportunities: Reading Buddy Program, National Voter Registration Day, & technology evaluation
Posted in News on August 13, 2019 at 6:00 am
THE READING BUDDY PROGRAM Are you looking for a rewarding and engaging way to serve your community and work with children? If you answered yes, then the Reading Buddy Program may be the right fit for you. We are currently recruiting for this highly successful program, looking for adult volunteers to spend one day per […]
Tags: adults, kids, reading, reading buddy, survey, technology, training, volunteer, voter registration
Incredible reads to finish out your summer
Posted in Explore and Discover on July 31, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Rachel Underwood I am not a picky reader. I love recommendations from other readers, especially those that lead to finding an amazing and unexpected read. It’s one of my most favorite things! If you are on the lookout for a great read, here are just some of my all-time favorite novels, biographies, poetry/short story […]
Tags: adults, artists, authors, booklist, books, epistolary, escape, fiction, imagination, letters, nonfiction, novels, poetry, reading, recommendations, short stories
Things to do during a sedentary summer
Posted in Explore and Discover on July 24, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Dana Mannino The way I see it, there are two phases of summer: active summer and sedentary summer. For me, active summer occurs when temperatures reach 70–85 degrees. At those temps, I try to spend most of my time outside, preferably in the mountains or at a lake, in the garden will do as […]
Tags: active, activities, adults, bingeing, books, crafts, Discover Pass, events, hobbies, hoopla, indoors, kids, library programs, Lynda.com, minecraft, Novelist, outdoors, parents, pronunciator, reading, recommendations, sedentary, SelectReads, streaming, summer, teens, tweens, watching
Blacksmithing at the Library with Columbia Fire & Iron
Posted in News on July 23, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Erin Dodge Within the Library District’s creative spaces—The Lab at North Spokane Library and The Studio at Spokane Valley Library—we’ve hosted creators who have taught program participants how to reupholster furniture, decorate cakes and cupcakes, shoot professional-level film, take awesome photographs, sew something special, paint land […]
Tags: adults, anvil, apprentice, blacksmith, blacksmithing, craft, fire, forge, hammer, handcrafted, iron, metal work, mobile forge, program, smithing
Explore your creative side
Posted in News on July 16, 2019 at 6:00 am
Creativity is abundant at the library this summer. Adults can paint happy trees and clouds with Certified Ross Instructor George Lee. Tweens and teens can decorate cupcakes and a watermelon. Everyone is invited to create an Artful Garden with a flower pot they decorate themselves or to make a Jedi or Sith craft at Star […]
Tags: 3D printing, adults, Bob Ross, crafts, cupcakes, decorating, digital magazines, digital resources, flower pot, food, garden, hobbies, kids, painting, parents, RBDigital, Star Wars, teens, tweens, watermelon, World Book
5th annual Poetry Picnic on the green behind Moran Prairie Library
Posted in News on July 9, 2019 at 6:00 am
Enjoy poetry at our 5th annual Poetry Picnic from four Pacific Northwest poets: Thom Caraway, Brooke Matson, Tiffany Midge, and Emma Noyes. All ages may attend, but please note that some poems will contain adult themes. Bring your picnic blanket or folding chair and revel in this wonderful listening experience. We’re serving gelato from Ferrante […]
Tags: adults, Brooke Matson, Emma Noyes, friends of the library, gelato, Inland Northwest, live, poems, poetry, poetry picnic, poets, reading, Scablands Books, Thom Caraway, Tiffany Midge
Saving seeds from the garden: Lovage, snap peas, and coriander
Posted in Explore and Discover on July 3, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Abra Cole Ah, summer. Here you are again, bringing all that sunshine and heat and gardening goodness with you. For most of us gardeners, our seasonal plants have not only been selected by now, but they’re planted and fairly well established in our gardens. Many perennials are blooming, or nearly so. The time has […]
Tags: adults, cilantro, coriander, do-it-yourself, gardening, gardens, herbs, how-to, kids, lovage, parsely, planting, plants, saving seeds, seed, seed library, seeds, snap peas, teens, vegetables
VetNow: An online resource for veterans & their families
Posted in News on July 2, 2019 at 6:00 am
We’re happy to announce our latest digital resource VetNow from Brainfuse. VetNow has support for our community’s veterans and their families to navigate the VA bureaucracy, provide academic tutoring, and assist with employment transition. VetNow is available from any computer or mobile device with internet access. You can find access this […]
Tags: academic, adults, career, career coaching, college, digital, digital library, employment, Families, healthcare, housing, interviewing, job, language learners, live help, live tutor, online, resource, resources, resume, test prep, tutoring, VA, VA benefits, VA Navigator, veterans, veterans benefits
“Stranger Things” fans gather for trivia and crafts
Posted in News on June 20, 2019 at 6:00 am
If you’re a fan of the science fiction horror show Stranger Things from Netflix, you can gather for some crafts and discussion with other fans about your favorite moments in seasons 1 and 2 and so far in season 3 (out July 4, 2019). For those who really know the show, our two trivia nights […]
Tags: adults, crafts, Discussion, fandom, fans, horror, Netflix, paranormal, science fiction, scifi, Stranger Things, streaming, supernatural, teens, trivia, tweens, web show
A Universe of Stories at the library this summer
Posted in News on June 4, 2019 at 6:00 am
All summer long we’re exploring the planets and stars at the library during A Universe of Stories. For kids and families, the Traveling Lantern Theatre Company, The Zaniac, and Mobius Science Center all present programs to delight all. Along with these entertaining and educational programs, we have STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math […]
Tags: adults, booklist, books, Earth, encyclopedia, engineering, escape room, glowforge, kids, LEGO, Library of Things, mathematics, Mobius Science Center, NASA, parents, planetarium, planets, reading, rocket, science, slime, space, stars, stories, summer activities, summer programs, technology, teens, telescope, The Lab, The Studio, The Zaniac, Traveling Lantern Theatre Company, tweens, universe, video, World Book
