June 2019 by Duluth Public Library

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Summer Reading 2019 Monday, June 3 - Friday, August 16 It’s Showtime at Your Library!

Log your time spent reading, listening, and tracking activities. Earn badges, enter drawings to win prizes, and more! For all ages.

June 2019

3 Summer Reading Begins

10 am-7:30 pm: Friends Book Sale-Friends members only (Main) 10:30 am & 6 pm: Gardening with Children (Mt. Royal) 11:30: Bayfront Story & Play (Bayfront Park) 2:30: Readers’ Guild (Mt. Royal)

1 pm: Brodini (Lincoln Park Middle School) 2:30: Readers’ Guild (Mt. Royal) 3 pm: West Duluth Book Club (West) 3:30: Read to a Dog (Mt. Royal)

24 12 pm: Book Bingo (Green Room) 2:30: Readers’ Guild (Mt. Royal) 5 pm: Chasing the R Moon (Green Room) 6 pm: Bayfront Story & Play (Bayfront Park)

10 am - 5:30 pm: Friends Book Sale (Main) 11 am: Senior Moments: Different but Delicious (Mt. Royal) 1 pm: Movies for R Seniors (West Duluth)

11 am: Summer Reading Kickoff (Plaza) 2:30 & 3:30 pm: Lake Superior Zoomobile: Animals of MN (Mt. Royal) R

10:30: The Dollipops (Green Room) 1 pm: Movies for Seniors (West) R 3:30: The Dollipops (Mt. Royal) 6 pm: The Dollipops (West Duluth)

10:15: Baby & Toddler Time (Green Room) 10:30: Storytime (West) 11:15: Preschool Storytime (Green Room) 3:45: Squad Car Storytime (Youth Services)

10:15: Storytime (Mt. Royal) 11:30: Vegan Cookbook Club (Mt. Royal) 4 pm: Teen Scene (Plaza)

10 am - 5:30 pm: Friends Book Sale (Main) 10:15: Baby & Toddler Time (Youth Services) 10:30: Special Musical Storytime (West) 11:15: Preschool Storytime (Youth Services) 3:30: Read to a Dog (West) 6:30: Healing the Heart (Mt. Royal)

10 am - 3 pm: Friends Book Sale (Main) 10:15: Storytime (Mt. Royal) 10:30 am & 6 pm: Gardening with Children (West Duluth)

10:15: Baby & Toddler Time (Gold Room) 10:30: Storytime (West) 10:30: Stay & Play (Green) 11:15: Preschool Storytime (Gold Room) 3:45: Squad Car Storytime (Youth Services) 6 pm: Documentaries & Foreign Films: (Mt. Royal)

10:15: Storytime (MTR) 10:30 am: Fun for Kids! (Green Room) 2 pm: Crafternoons for Kids (Mt. Royal) 3:30: LEGO® at the Library (West Duluth) 4 pm: Teen Anime & Manga Club (Green)

10:30: Family-Friendly Movie (Mt. Royal) 10:30: LEGO® at the Library (Green Room) 11 am: Food Truck Friday (Plaza) 2 pm: Movie: The Mustang (Green Room)

10:15 am: Stuffed Animal Sleepover Storytime (Mt. Royal) 10:30 am: Fun for Kids! (Green Room) 5:30: Undocumented (Green Room)

10:30: Movie for Kids (Green Room) 11 am: Food Truck Friday (Plaza) 2 pm: Movie: Captain Marvel (Green Room) 2:30: Bubble Wonders (Mt. Royal)

All Day - Stuffed Animal Sleepover Dropoff (Mt. Royal) 10:15: Baby & Toddler Time (Gold Room) 10:30: Storytime (West) 10:30: Stay & Play (Green) 11:15: Preschool Storytime (Gold Room)

Registration Required

Baby & Toddler Storytime • Every Wednesday at 10:15 am 20 minutes of stories & fingerplays for infants and toddlers. Preschool Storytime • Every Wednesday at 11:15 am 30 minutes of stories, songs & fingerplays for ages 3 to 5. Squad Car Storytime • Stories read by a Duluth police officer. Wednesday, June 5 & 19 • 3:45 pm in Youth Services 6 - Teen Scene - 4 - 6 pm, Library Plaza • Messy art & water balloon games on the Plaza - Prepare to get messy and wet! For teens entering grades 6-12.

Bayfront Story and Play at Bayfront Festival Park • 350 Harbor Drive Bring your own picnic and blanket and join us for a family story time at Bayfront Park. Stories, songs, and fingerplays will begin at the scheduled time. Families are welcome to play and picnic before and after the storytime. Duluth Parks & Recreation will be there with extra equipment for young children to play with. Monday, June 10 at 11:30 am & Monday, June 24 at 6:00 pm 18 - Summer Reading Kick-Off - 11 am - 12:30 pm, Library Plaza Kick-off Summer Reading with stories read by Duluth Huskies players, get autographs, take a picture with Harley D. Huskie and Clifford the Big Red Dog, and try your hand at dunking a special guest in the dunk tank! Every child registered for summer reading will receive one free ticket to the Duluth Huskies Books & Baseball game on July 14th. 19 & 26 - Stay & Play - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm, Green Room • Stay and play after storytime with Duluth Parks and Recreation! Join us at 10:15 am for Baby and Toddler time or at 11:15 for Preschool Storytime. Stay after storytime for large motor and imaginative play provided by Duluth Parks and Recreation. This event is for children birth through preschool. 20 & 27 - Fun for Kids! - 10:30 am - 1 pm, Green Room • Looking for fun and free activities for kids this summer? Drop in for our weekly event Fun for Kids! Each week there will be crafts, games, or other activities for kids entering grades K-5. Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. 20 - Teen Anime & Manga Club - 4 - 6 pm, Green Room • Anime, cosplay, manga, food & games. For teens entering grades 6 - 12. This month: Cosplay Contest – Come dressed in your best Cosplay for a chance for prizes including gift cards to Barnes & Noble! 21 - Movie: The Mustang - 2 pm, Green Room • R • 1h 36m 21 - LEGO® at the Library - 10:30 - 11:30 am, Green Room • Bring your imagination and the library will supply the LEGO® bricks! For kids entering grades K-5. 21 & 28 - Food Truck Friday - 11 am - 2 pm, Library Plaza • Back by popular demand! Duluth food truck favorites will be on the library plaza for lunch. Check our Facebook and Twitter pages for the latest #FoodTruckFriday updates. For all ages. Come hungry! 24 - Book Bingo - 12 - 1 pm, Green Room • If you like Bingo, you’ll love Book Bingo. Instead of numbers, we draw book titles. Bring your lunch and play to win a gift card to Barnes & Noble.

The Dollipops Get ready to sing, dance, and laugh with the engaging, high-energy, highly interactive new kids’ show – The Dollipops! “Dolli” and “Pop” have traveled all the way from Sweet Tart City to bring you on a magical and musical road trip that is sure to get kids and parents moving, grooving, and making memories. Dolli and Pop use music to allow kids the chance to use their imaginations to sing and dance along! Tue. June 25 10:30 am-11:15 am Main Library Green Room Tue. June 25 3:30 - 4:15 pm Mt. Royal Branch Library Tue. June 25 6:00 - 6:45 pm West Duluth Branch Library

24 - Chasing the Moon - 5 - 7 pm, Green Room • Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing with PBS North and author Bob King! Bob will share how to explore the wonders of the moon from your front yard, the Apollo missions, and NASA’s plan to return in 2024. Afterward, catch an advanced screening of “Chasing the Moon” a three-part miniseries premiering July 8th on PBS North. You’ll also be able to touch a real moon rock! Please register for this free event at: www.wdse.org/ChasingTheMoon 27 - Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice - 5:30 - 7:15 pm, Green Room • Join us for this gathering of poets laureate from the Great Lakes region reading from the new anthology Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice. The evening of poetry and activism features poet laureate recipients from the Great Lakes region, including Deborah Cooper, Ken McCullough, Howard Paap, Sheila Packa, and Ellie Schoenfeld. 28 - Movie for Kids: Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse - 10:30 am, Green Room • Rated PG; 1h 56m 28 - Movie: Captain Marvel - 2 pm,Green Room • PG-13 • 2h 5m

Brodini Comedy Magic Show • Lincoln Park Middle School 3215 W. 3rd St., Duluth The Brodini Comedy Magic Show offers fun and exciting magic tricks that are so cool you won’t believe your eyes! Magician Graylyn Morris will raise spirits and test kids’ powers of concentration as he manipulates ropes, scarves, balls, and other magician props in a perplexing “now you see it, now you don’t” performance! This family-friendly event is for all ages. Monday, June 17 • 1:00 pm-2:00 pm

Preschool Storytime • Every Wednesday at 10:30 am 20-30 minutes of stories, songs & fingerplays for children from birth through age 5. *Special Musical Storytime with Terrence Smith on Wednesday, June 12! 11 - West Duluth Movies for Seniors: Welcome to Marwen - 1 pm • PG-13• Drama/Fantasy • 1h 56m • Register online at www.duluthlibrary.org or see a staff member. 12 - Read to a Dog - 3:30 - 4:30 pm • Kids are invited to read a story to a good listener with big ears! One-on-one read-aloud sessions are a great way to practice reading in a comfortable, low-stress environment. Drop-in sessions available on a first come first served basis. 13 - Gardening with Children - 10:30 am & 6:00 pm • We will hear stories about the garden, sing songs, and move our growing bodies. This is a hands-on class, so be prepared to get your hands soiled as you create your own garden to grow at home. *Please bring one or two 2-liter bottles (rinsed clean and labels removed) for use during the class. Presented by St. Louis County Master Gardeners. 17 - West Duluth Book Club - 3 pm 20 - LEGO® at the Library - 3:30 - 4:30 pm • Bring your imagination and the library will supply the LEGO® bricks! For kids entering grades K-5. 25 - West Duluth Movies for Seniors: Young Victoria - 1 pm • PG • Drama/ Docudrama • 1h 45m • Register online at www.duluthlibrary.org or see a staff member.

Friends of the Library Book Sale • Main Library June 10 10:00 am-7:30 pm Early Bird Sale* June 11 10:00 am-5:30 pm June 12 10:00 am-5:30 pm June 13 10:00 am-3:00 pm $5 Bag Sale *Become a Friends member to shop the Early Bird Sale! Register as a Friend at any DPL location or online at www.friendsofdpl.com

Preschool Storytime • Every Thursday at 10:15 am 20-30 minutes of stories, songs, & fingerplays for children from birth through age 5. Stuffed Animal Sleepover Storytime • Thursday, June 27 • 10:15 am Drop off your stuffed animal on Tuesday, June 25 or Wednesday, June 26 and pick them up during a special storytime. Enjoy a snack while watching a video showing all the fun your animals had overnight at the library! 6 - Vegan Cookbook Club - 11:30 am - 12:30 pm • Share great recipes and meet new friends! Bring a cookbook or two and one or more recipes from the books that you’ve tried or would like to try. 10 - Gardening with Children - 10:30 am & 6:00 pm • We will hear stories about the garden, sing songs, and move our growing bodies. This is a hands-on class, so be prepared to get your hands soiled as you create your own garden to grow at home. *Please bring one or two 2-liter bottles (rinsed clean and labels removed) for use during the class. Presented by St. Louis County Master Gardeners. 10, 17, 24 - Mt. Royal Readers’ Guild - 2:30 - 3:30 pm • Want to join a “secret” readers’ guild? Let’s read Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library together & unlock the secrets through puzzles and activities. Join us! Meet once a week and read aloud this great book. Books will be handed out while supplies last. 11 - Senior Moments: Different But Delicious - 11 am - 12 pm What is celeriac and what do you do with it? How do you use Romanesco? What on earth is jack fruit? In this class, not only will you learn about some of the unusual fruits and veggies Whole Foods Co-op has to offer, but you’ll have the opportunity to taste many of them. Be prepared to try something new! 12 - Healing the Heart with Forks Over Knives - 6:30 - 7:30 pm • Dave and Cindy Watson tell the story of Dave’s healing from heart disease and quadruple bypass surgery using a low-fat plant-based diet — a story of life, health, and love. Presented by the Vegan Cookbook Club. 17 - Read to a Dog - 3:30 - 4:30 pm • Kids are invited to read a story to a good listener with big ears! One-on-one read-aloud sessions are a great way to practice reading in a comfortable, low-stress environment. Drop-in sessions available on a first come first served basis. 18 - Lake Superior Zoomobile: Animals of Minnesota - 2:30 & 3:30 pm • Animals of Minnesota – Connect with local wildlife and their cousins while learning how they adapt to our changing seasons! Two sessions available. Register online at www.duluthlibrary.org or see a staff member. 19 - Documentaries & Foreign Films Series - 6:00 pm • Explore your world through documentaries and foreign films. Won’t You Be My Neighbor • PG13 • Documentary • 1h 34m 20 - Crafternoons for Kids - 2:00 - 3:00 pm • Join us for a fun make-and-take craft project, enjoying the company of other crafters. No experience or signup required. Supplies provided. 21 - Family-Friendly Friday Movies - 10:30 am • Ralph Breaks the Internet • PG • Fantasy/Adventure • 1h 56m 28 - Bubble Wonders - 2:30 - 3:30 pm • Bubble Wonders is part science, part art, part inspiration and 100% fun! Combining the art and science of bubbleology with heartfelt life-lessons and encouragement, Geoff AkinsHannah’s bubble program is full of amazing tricks with ordinary soap bubbles. He blows bubbles inside bubbles, connect bubbles together to make caterpillars, foggy volcano bubbles, etc. Why, he even puts kids INSIDE a bubble!

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