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Color Your World: Abstract Pastels

Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts, Workshop

Age Group:

Tweens, Teens, Adults
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Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Workshop
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Use and blend chalk pastels to create an abstract masterpiece in this workshop with local artist and art educator, Emily Crews. For ages 9 and older. Registration required.

female librarian in glasses and sassy red shoes sits on a stool to read a book to 2 children with her ukelele next to her and a butterfly floating past, The texts Color Our World Storytime with a blue bird perching on them tops the page.

Storytime

Thursday, June 5, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Children, Preschool, Family
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Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Preschool, Family
Program Type: Storytime
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Brighten up your week and celebrate summer by joining Ms. Beth for colorful stories, fun songs, rhymes and activities that support school readiness. For ages 8 and under with an adult caregiver.

Book cover of Wishtree: silhouette of a large oak tree with a few colorful ribbons tied to its branches against a star-studded blue night sky. A crow stands looking up at the tree and an owl and a pair of skunks are in its branches. The words wishtree from the Newbery medal-winning author of the One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate

World Builders Book Club: Wishtree

Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 3:45pm - 5:00pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Children, Tweens
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Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Read, craft and play games centered around Newbery Medal-winning author, Katherine Applegate's, Wishtree.

Nickolas Muray's photograph of Frida Kahlo on a Bench in New York in 1939

Color Our World with Frida Kahlo and Mexican Modernism

Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Other, Special Event

Age Group:

Adults
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Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Other, Special Event
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Delve deeper into the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Frida Kahlo exhibit, "Frida: Beyond the Myth," in this talk with art historian Dr. Jeanette Nicewinter, Ph.D. 

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Paint, Punch and Popcorn

Friday, June 13, 2025 at 2:30pm - 5:00pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

Children, Preschool, Tweens, Family
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Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Preschool, Tweens, Family
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Drop by the library to make some art and have a snack. All ages.

grand piano sitting on a cloud with its lid open and a rainbow with colorful musical notes and shapes on a sky blue background

There's a Song for That!

Saturday, June 14, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:15am
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Performance, Workshop

Age Group:

Children, Preschool, Family
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Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Preschool, Family
Program Type: Performance, Workshop
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Whatever you’re thinking or feeling, there's probably a song for that! Music is a great way for children to express emotions, cultivate creativity, and build empathy.

Blue graphic of a drone flying over a geometric pattern and the words make it work with STEM robotics written in gold

Make it Work With STEM: Drones

Saturday, June 14, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Technology Class, Workshop

Age Group:

Tweens, Teens
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Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Technology Class, Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

Work together in teams to build and fly a drone - explore how it works, test your flying skills and see just how high you can soar.  Ages 9 to 15.  Registration required.

Light it Up With STEM Engineering text and red mini LED light saber and colorful LED stickies

Light It Up With STEM: Lightsabers & More

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Other

Age Group:

Children, Tweens
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Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Brighten things up by creating mini-LED lightsabers and stickies. For ages 7-12. Registration required.

Hot Mix VA Radio in red lettering with black headphone graphic surrounding the words with the text the real world of media & music, episode 1: how it works

The Real World of Media & Music: How it Works

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Workshop

Age Group:

Teens
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Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Workshop
Event Details:

Work with Travis Harris and DJ Turtle of Hot Mix VA radio in this interactive series introducing young people to the Media & Music industry.  

In episode 1, learn about the skill set and equipment used in the business.

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D & D Club

Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:00am - 2:00pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Gaming

Age Group:

Tweens, Teens
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Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Gaming
Registration Required
Event Details:

Step into the multi-colored world of Dungeons & Dragons. Pizza provided and beginners welcomed! For ages 11 - 15. Registration required.

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