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2019 SUMMER EVENT GUIDE www.myscpl.org/summer SPECIAL GUESTS p6 ADULTS p8 TEENS p10 CHILDREN p13 What’s Inside Library Hours & Locations Planetarium pg. 5 East Regional Library West Regional Library & 160 West Campus Dr. Planetarium Destrehan, LA 70047 105 Lakewood Drive Special Guests (985) 764-2366 Luling, LA 70070 pg. 6 Monday - Thursday: 9 am - 8 pm (985) 785-8471 Friday - Saturday: 9 am - 5 pm Monday - Thursday: 9 am - 8 pm Sunday: Closed Friday - Saturday: 9 am - 5 pm Kick-off Events Sunday: Closed pg. 7 Norco Branch 590 Apple St. Hahnville Branch Norco, LA 70079 14996 River Rd. Adults (985) 764-6581 Hahnville, LA 70057 pg. 8 Monday - Friday: 9 am - 5 pm (985) 783-2341 Saturday - Sunday: Closed Monday - Friday: 9 am - 5 pm Saturday - Sunday: Closed Teens St. Rose Branch pg. 10 90 East Club Dr. Paradis Branch St. Rose, LA 70087 307 Audubon St. (504) 465-0646 Paradis, LA 70080 Children Monday: 10 am - 8 pm (985) 758-1868 pg. 13 Tuesday - Thursday: 10 am - 6 pm Monday: 10 am - 8 pm Friday: 9 am - 5 pm Tuesday - Thursday: 10 am - 6 pm Saturday: 10 am - 2 pm Friday: 9 am - 5 pm Sunday: Closed Saturday: 10 am - 2 pm Sunday: Closed Did you know? Library cards are free to those who live, work, go to school, or own property in Library Holidays St. Charles Parish! May 27 – Closed for Memorial Day July 3 – All locations close at 5 pm July 4 – Closed for Independence Day www.myscpl.org 2 3 Download Summer @ the the MySCPL App. Library Find events, find books, and log the minutes you spend reading for the Not Just for Kids . Summer Reading Program! Spending summer at the library is a great way to help students’ reading skills stay sharp while school is out. Studies show that Search for St. Charles Parish students who read during the summer have an easier time transitioning Library in any app store. back to school in the fall. Children and teens have an abundance of opportunities at the library, from attending exciting shows by performers who travel around the country to creating unique crafts limited only by their imagination. Thank you, Adults are not left out of the summer fun! For adults, summer at the library is a time to try new types of books and attend presentations and Friends! workshops hosted by special guests and talented library staff. We’d like to say thank you to the Parents, spending summer at the library is a way to spend quality time Friends of the St. Charles Library with your children. Read to them or let them read to you – sign up each for their continued support of the member of your family and reach your reading goals together! Listening St. Charles Parish Library Summer to audiobooks, being read to, and attending storytime counts too. Reading Program. There will be weekly raffles for children and teens and grand prizes at the The Friends of the St. Charles Library end of the summer reading program for all age groups. is a group of volunteers who help We have six library locations plus a bookmobile, and your library card support, advocate, and raise funds for works at all of them. If the book you want isn’t at your location, we can the St. Charles Parish Library. send it over from another branch. They use funds raised to support Your library card also works online. We have thousands of downloadable library programming for all ages. books, magazines, and audiobooks – all for free with your library card! To find out how you can join the Friends of the St. Charles Library, call Communications Librarian Lauren Pitz at 985-764-2366. All events are free and open to the public. @stcharleslib Connect with us online. 2 3 Sign up. Read. Win! R Summer Reading Programs Summer Reading Programs for adults, teens, and children begin Thursday, May 23rd. Event SIGN UP online at www.myscpl.org/summer or at any library Registration location. Keep track of what you READ over the summer by Events requiring logging minutes online or on our paper reading log. Read 360 minutes by July 31st to finish the program, receive your completion registration have R beside the title. prize, and become eligible to WIN one of the grand prizes. Prizes will be available between June 1st and August 31st. Registration opens 14 days prior to the event date. Attending Events Register through our event calendar at All library programs and events are free and open to the public! www.myscpl.org or Some programs have age requirements, and others may require call/visit any library registration. Check this event guide or online at www.myscpl.org location. for more information. Wait list and Registering Online no-shows Some events have a limited number of seats and require Add your name to the registration. Register online at www.myscpl.org. Registration wait list if an event is opens 14 days prior to the event’s date. If you need assistance full! registering, please call or visit any library location. If you can’t make it, call us or cancel online so Groups those on the wait list We welcome groups! Please call in advance so we can can be called. accommodate your group more easily. Registered spots will be held for 10 minutes. Unattended Children Wait list registrants will then be admitted, space Children under the age of 10 must be accompanied by a parent permitting. or caregiver at all times. Please see our “Policy on Unattended Children” available at all library locations and online. 4 Planetarium www.facebook.com/SCPL.Planetarium Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing with us every Tuesday and Thursday evening in July with CAPCOM GO! Doors open 15 minutes before each public show. Come early and try to stump our Planetarium Supervisor with questions about our universe. The St. Charles Parish Library is one of only a handful of libraries across the globe with a planetarium. Since its opening in 1977 at the West Regional Library, our planetarium has entertained and educated thousands of people about the wonders of our universe. Evening Children’s Saturday Showings Matinees Matinees Tuesdays & Thursdays at 6:30 PM Saturdays at 10 AM Saturdays at 2 PM For adults, teens, & older children. For all ages. For adults, teens, & older children. June June June Seeing! Don’t Duck, Look Up! SpacePark 360 Seeing is believing as you travel with Meet Dudley Duck on his first day outside Travel across the solar system to ride in a photon of light across space, from a on the farm. Explore the sky and more. roller coasters, tumble in tumblers, and distant star to your eye. Just Don’t Duck, Look Up! more in SpacePark360. July July July CAPCOM GO! One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s SpacePark 360: Infinity We are “go” to launch with the Apollo Adventure Experience thrills and chills on missions to the Moon. Be immersed in teh Join Elmo and Big Bird as they explore SpacePark360: Infinity. Ride on nine Apollo story with CAPCOM GO! the night sky in One World, One Sky: Big different rides across the solar system and Bird’s Adventure. beyond. 5 Special Guests Matt Noel: The Magic Yo-Yo Didgeridoo Down Under Crescent Circus Drum Roll Please with Johnette Downing The Crescent Circus is a husband-wife duo who Johnette Downing serves up a gumbo of fuse their expertise in magic and circus arts to LadyChops toe-tapping, two-stepping tunes, stirred deliver a one-of-a-kind experience. Elizabeth Vidos, aka LadyChops, incorporates with a passion for sharing her rich Louisiana over 15 different instruments including buckets, EAST REGIONAL LIBRARY culture with children. There will be plenty of body percussion, and the Cajun rubboard in opportunities to sing and dance along. Wed. July 17 at 2:30 PM her one-woman show. Drum Roll Please is NORCO BRANCH WEST REGIONAL LIBRARY energetic, interactive fun! Mon. June 17 at 10:30 AM Wed. July 17 at 6:00 PM NORCO BRANCH HAHNVILLE BRANCH PARADIS BRANCH Mon. June 3 at 2:30 PM Mon. June 17 at 2:30 PM Thu. July 18 at 10:30 AM EAST REGIONAL LIBRARY WEST REGIONAL LIBRARY ST. ROSE BRANCH Mon. June 3 at 6:00 PM Tue. June 18 at 10:30 AM Thu. July 18 at 2:30 PM WEST REGIONAL LIBRARY Tue. June 4 at 10:30 AM EAST REGIONAL LIBRARY Tue. June 18 at 2:30 PM HAHNVILLE BRANCH Tue. June 4 at 2:30 PM Hampstead Stage Company Live! Stories in the Stars Soar through the stars in this compilation of Greek Myths! Travel the night sky and explore Crescent Circus various constellations and legends that tell why they are in the sky. Didgeridoo ST. ROSE BRANCH Down Under Thu. June 13 at 2:30 PM Didgeridoo Down Under is a high-energy, WEST REGIONAL LIBRARY LadyChops Australia-themed show that combines music, Mon. July 22 at 2:30 PM culture, science, comedy, motivational speaking, and audience participation. The Jungle Book Joyful Noise NORCO BRANCH Embark on an adventure in the jungle with June is African-American Music Appreciation Month. Since 1979, the month of June has Thu. July 11 at 10:30 AM Mowgli, Baloo the Bear, and Bagheera the black panther as the Jungle Book comes to life been set aside to appreciate the musical ST. ROSE BRANCH through puppets and masks. contributions of African American musicians, Thu. July 11 at 2:30 PM composers, singers, and songwriters.