Teen Gaming Afternoon
The Sawyer Free Library will host an afternoon of Wii, Wii DDR, and Guitar Hero 5. Teens in grades 6-9 are invited to attend.
When:
Saturday, January 14, 2012, 1:30-3:30
Location:
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Native Americans in Marblehead
The Friends of Abbot Library will present "Native Americans in Marblehead" with Donald A. Doliber. The talk will focus on the town's early inhabitants with information about the Paleo-Indian settlement. Doliber’s presentation also will include an archeological demonstration and a question-and-answer period.
This program will take place in the Library’s Meeting Room. Refreshments will be provided.
When:
Sunday, January 15th, 2012 at 2:00 pm
Location:
Winter Wonders: Icy Science & Art Meet!
Kids join Sara Collins for hands-on student activities based on her webinars with NASA's polar ice and global climate studies. The variety of topics and explainations will include learning about properties of ice, insulation in the arctic, thawing in polar regions and finish with an opportunity for some polar inspired art.
Each station will be hands-on, slightly messy, and let kids get kids minds and mitts on the matter of exploring polar regions.
When:
Saturday, January 7th, 2012, 11 a.m.
Location:
The Story of 'Inland' - Meet the Author
Sawyer Free Library invites you to a reading from [amazon 978-0945980926 inline] by the author Lisa Capone. Dale Brown of the Whale Center of New England will be there as part of the presentation. Discuss this true story of a North Atlantic Humpback whale's autumn spent close to shore in Salem Sound, the people that interacted with her and her journey south that ended in her death off of the Virginia coast. Inland's skeleton is now on display at the Whale Center of New England, and has been used as a teaching aid in whale anatomy for thousands of visitors!
When:
Saturday, October 1, 2011 2pm
Location:
Live Australian Animals
Take a trip Down Under with Creature Teachers and the likes of a cockatoo, kookaburra, wallaby, cuscus, woma python, blue-tongue skink, bearded dragon, a pair of White’s tree frogs and other animals not seen beyond the unique ecosystem of this island continent.
When:
Tuesday, July 26th, 10 AM
Location:
Writing Series for Teens
Yetti Frenkel, of the [amazon 9780892725946 inline] fame is returning to the Manchester Public Library with a new writing series of workshops for ages 10-16.
When:
Monday, July 11, 10 AM-12 PM
Wednesday, July 13th, 10 AM-12 PM
Friday, July 15, 2-4 PM
Wednesday, July 20, 10 AM-12 PM
Friday, July 22, 2-4 PM
Location:
The Serpent Came to Gloucester
Ann McCrea Artist & Teacher will share the fascinating tale [amazon 9780763620387 inline] and then let the kids use their imagination to sculpt their own sea creatures from clay.
When:
Thursday, July 7, 2011 at 3pm
Location:
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Babson Farm Quarry Self-guided Walking Tour at Halibut Point
Where: Halibut Point State Park
