DECEMBER 2019 | EVENTS & MORE LIBRARY EXHIBITS & INFORMATION SPECIAL EVENTS

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December 24, Christmas Eve Artfest (Sponsored by RSVP) December 25, Christmas Day Now – December 22 December 31 (close at 6pm), New Year's Eve Library Hours The annual Artfest returns! Enjoy art and RSVP REQUIRED photography created by area residents, located throughout the library. See a See a large asterisk beside an event you're piece you'd like to buy? Contact RSVP at Welcome interested in? This event requires an 307.635.2435. Exhibit coordinated and hung RSVP! Visit LaramieCountyLibrary.org to let us by the staff and volunteers of the Southern know you'll attend. If you RSVP and can't attend, Wyoming Retired Senior and Volunteer please let us know! Program (RSVP). * (All Ages; 1st and 3rd Floors) CONTENTS Exhibits & Special Events ...... 1 2020! Youth & Family Events...... 3 Call for Panel Proposals - Library Con 2020: Storytimes ...... 5 New Year’s at Noon Know a thing or two about cosplay? Star Trek vs Early Literacy Activities...... 6 Tuesday, December 31 Star Wars? Passionate about how science Calendar grid ...... 7 10:30am–12:30pm fiction has furthered the development of Teen Events...... 9 5 . . . 4 . . . 3 . . . 2 . . . 1! We are celebrating the New Year at our annual New Year’s at current science? Laramie County Library will Noon event! We will have crafts, snacks, and games a-plenty leading up to a fantastic Adult Events ...... 10 be holding its 2nd Library Con on April 4, 2020, balloon drop! Computer Help...... 11 and we need you! Go to LCLSonline.org to find (Children & Families; Cottonwood Room and 2nd Floor) L2B (Library to Business)...... 12 the Request for Panel Presentation submission form and fill it out! Submissions are open to Burns Events...... 13 New Year’s at Noon Sensory Drop Pine Bluffs Events ...... 14 teens and adults. Remember the library is a family place and the event is a family-friendly Con. Tuesday, December 31 Bookmobile Schedule...... 15 RSVP Deadline for all submissions is 11:45am–12:15pm required! January 15, 2020. Everyone loves New Year’s, except for those who can be overwhelmed by loud sounds and popping balloons. We’ll provide a safe sound environment for children who want OUR COLOR KEY Note: If you are interested in being a vendor to participate in a fun “drop”* without the overload it can create for those with sensory at Library Con, please contact Mynda at sensitivities! Instead of balloons, we will be dropping shiny crepe paper pieces and Find everything you’re looking for by color: [email protected] bubbles. (Children & Families; Willow Room) Closures & Adults Announcements Café L2B

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Baby Music Winter Movie Double Feature Brown Bag Book Club Yoga Together Friday, December 13 Friday, December 27 Thursday, December 5 RSVP Wednesday, December 11 required! 10:15 – 11am 10:15am–3:15pm 6–7pm Saturday, December 21 You and your baby can engage in musical Winter break is going strong and so are we! Book club will meet for three meetings 10:15 – 10:45am activities at this unique session designed Come on in for our Winter Movie Double during the months of November and Come and experience stories, stretching, and for caregivers and babies. Feature. Start off your day with popcorn December. Participants can bring* a “brown fun with a special early literacy class. This (Ages Birth – 24 Months; Early Literacy and a showing of Abominable (rated PG) at bag” meal and desserts and drinks will be month’s theme is Winter Holiday. Center) 10:15am. Bring a lunch or grab something provided. We will be reading Book Scavenger. (Ages 18 Months–5 Years; Cottonwood from The Library Café and stay for our (Grades 4–6; Sage Room) Room) Kindermusik® throwback showing of The Mighty Ducks (rated PG) starting at 1pm. Book description: Twelve-year-old Emily moves to San Saturday, December 14 Francisco and teams up with new friend James to follow 10:15 – 11am (Children & Families; Early Literacy Center) clues in a strange book they find, hoping to figure out Sing, sway, laugh, and play with skilled its secrets before the men who attacked Emily’s hero, publisher Garrison Griswold, solve the mystery or come educator Laura Sutton. New Year’s at Noon after the friends. (Ages 2 – 5; Early Literacy Center) See p. 2 for details.

Stuffed Animal Sleepover Storytime for Stuffed Animal Family Make-It: Holiday New Year’s at Noon Sensory Drop Friday, December 6 Sleepover Foodaments See p. 2 for details. RSVP 5–5:30pm Saturday, December 7 Thursday, December 19 required! Have you ever wondered what happens at 10:15–10:45am 6–7pm the library when it’s closed? We will share Did you bring your special friend to spend What is a foodament you ask? Well, it’s our secret world with your stuffed animal the night at the library? If so, you’re invited to an ornament made out of . . . FOOD! Grab friends at our Stuffed Animal Sleepover! * a special storytime to see all the great things the gang and come in out of the cold to When you bring your friend to stay the night that your stuffed animal got to do! make some great holiday ornaments you you will need to sign a permission slip, then (Pre-K–Grade 6; Early Literacy Center) can eat! you and your friend can listen to a bedtime (Children & Families; Early Literacy Center) book and say good night. Come to our special storytime the next day, December 7, Family Book Swap at 10:15am to see all that your friend got to Saturday, December 21 do! *Dolls and other “babies” are invited as 3–4pm well. One stuffed animal per child please. Got a book you’re just dying to . . . give (Pre-K–Grade 6; Early Literacy Center) away? But, then you would be in need of another book? Well, we have a solution for you! Bring a book (in good condition) for our first-ever Family Book Swap! Wrap it up in special paper, come on in and have some hot cocoa and pie, and pick out a new book friend to take home! It’s as simple and as fun as that! *Up to one book per person who would like to participate. (Children & Families; Early Literacy Center) 3 4 MONTHLY EARLY LITERACY STORYTIMES ACTIVITIES

Stories on My Own Did you know? Early Literacy Center (ELC) Who are these mountain lion cubs Tuesdays: December 3, 10, 17 All of our storytime sessions each week and what are they doing in the Wednesdays: December 4, 11, 18 follow a theme, so you can attend The ELC is open for playing, reading, singing, library? Thursdays: December 12, 19 whichever session works best for your talking, and writing after storytime. We 10:15–10:45am schedule! encourage you to take the opportunity Elsie and Eddie are the early literacy This storytime is designed for older to explore the Learning Spots (changed mascots for Laramie County Library System. preschool children to practice sitting, Storytime Themes by Week: monthly) with your children, socialize with You'll see them around the library and listening, following directions, and December 3: Art & Imagination other caregivers, and enjoy your time in the sometimes around town! Wherever they interacting with others their age in a group December 10: Pigs A Plenty library. are, they are helping to get young children setting without their caregivers. December 17: Here Comes Santa! ready to read! (Ages 3–5; Sage Room) December 24: No Storytime This Week Letters of the Month: G and H December 31: No Storytime This Week Tales Together Color of the Month: Red Elsie, we'll learn Tuesdays: December 3, 10, 17 Number of the Month: 4 how to read when Wednesdays: December 4, 18 we go to school, Thursdays: December 5, 12, 19 My Library Place so let's get ready! 10:15–10:45am Join us for an interactive storytime session The space outside the Early Literacy Center for preschool children and their caregivers. Look for Elsie's paw print for is a great place to socialize and meet new Practice new skills incorporating books, all storytime dates on the friends after storytime while children play songs, rhymes, movement, and more! and interact with you and each other. (Ages 18 Months – 5 Years; Early Literacy calendar grid, pages 7-8. Center)

Baby Lapsit Fridays: December 6, 20 Sign up for text messages to boost your child's learning 10:15–11am with Ready4K! Join us for a short storytime session designed just for babies and their caregivers. Ready4K is a research-based text-messaging program for parents. Each week, you Enjoy books, songs, lap bounces, and will receive fun facts and easy tips to boost your child’s learning. rhymes! Afterwards, babies can play with our educational toys while caregivers visit. Signing up is easy! All you have to do is follow these simple instructions: (Ages Birth–24 Months; Early Literacy Center) If your child is 3 years old, text R4K WY3 to 70138 Visit LaramieCountyLibrary.org/youth for information and details. If your child is 4 years old, text R4K WY4 to 70138 While there is absolutely no cost for signing up, data & message rates If your child is in kindergarten, may apply. text R4K WY5 to 70138 5 6 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 KEY: Stories on My Own, 10:15am Stories on My Own, 10:15am Tales Together, 10:15am L Boomers: Side-gigs and Y Storytime for Stuffed Animal Y = Youth, pp. 3-4 Tales Together, 10:15am Tales Together, 10:15am T Pokémon League, 4pm Freelancing in Retirement, 8am Sleepover, 10:15am = Storytimes, p. 5 L *Identifying and Developing Y *Brown Bag Book Club, 6pm Baby Lapsit, 10:15am T = Teens, p. 9 Soft Skills, 6pm A Ernest Hemingway: An T Gamers Unite!, 3:30pm A = Adults, p. 10 A Strings Concert at Napoli's, Exploration of Life and Stories, Y Stuffed Animal Sleepover, L = L2B, p. 12 7pm 6pm 5pm B = Burns, p. 13 PB = Pine Bluffs, p. 14

*RSVP today at Make It Monday, 1pm Fun for Kids!, 10am Friday Matinee, 12:30pm Laramie CountyLibrary.org B B B PB Dinner and a Movie, 7pm PB Fun for Kids!, 10am PB Movies at the Library, 1:30pm 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Stories on My Own, 10:15am Stories on My Own, 10:15am Stories on My Own, 10:15am Y Baby Music, 10:15am Y Kindermusik®, 10:15am Tales Together, 10:15am Y Yoga Together, 10:15am Tales Together, 10:15am T Gamers Unite!, 3:30pm T SaturD&D, 1pm L *Introduction to Nonprofit L Business Tax Preparation & T Pokémon League, 4pm Proposal Writing, 3:30pm IRS Problem Solving, 6pm TA FAFSA Workshop, 6pm

B Make It Monday, 1pm B Fun for Kids!, 10am B Ladies Night Out, 5:30pm B Friday Matinee, 12:30pm PB Saturday Morning Book B Seniors & Veterans Connect, 2pm PB Fun for Kids!, 10am PB Movies at the Library, 1:30pm Club, 10am 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Stories on My Own, 10:15am Stories on My Own, 10:15am Stories on My Own, 10:15am Baby Lapsit, 10:15am Y Yoga Together, 10:15am Tales Together, 10:15am Tales Together, 10:15am Tales Together, 10:15am A Positive Aging, 1:30pm Y Family Book Swap, 3pm A Library for All, 11am T Pokémon League, 4pm T Gamers Unite!, 3:30pm Y Family Make-It: Holiday Foodaments, 6pm

B Holidays Around the World B Make It Monday, 1pm B Dinner and a Book Club, 5:30pm Celebration, 2pm PB Holiday Hoopla! 4pm PB Fun for Kids!, 10am PB Movies at the Library, 1:30pm 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Libraries Closed Libraries Closed T Pokémon Stadium Tourney, Y Winter Movie Double Feature T SaturD&D, 1pm 1pm 10:15am T Gamers Unite!, 1pm

B Make It Monday, 1pm B Friday Matinee, 12:30pm B Seniors & Veterans Connect, 2pm PB Movies at the Library, 1:30pm

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T Netflix and Knit, 12pm Y New Year's at Noon,10:30am Y *New Year's at Noon Sensory Drop,11:45am December 2019 Library Closes at 6pm The Library Café Closes B Make It Monday, 1pm at 5pm TEEN EVENTS ADULT EVENTS

Pokémon League: Cosmic Eclipse FAFSA Workshop Strings Concert at Napoli’s Library for All Thursdays: December 5, 12, 19 Thursday, December 12 Tuesday, December 3 Wednesday, December 18 4–6pm 6–7:30pm 7–8:30pm 11am–12pm Thursday, December 26 Pros from the TRIO Educational Opportunity What could be better than Italian food Welcome to our holiday program 1–3pm Center (EOC) will be available to answer accompanied by live music? A strings specifically geared for adults with Fall Pokémon League continues! The Cosmic questions about the Free Application for concert featuring Mia Sutphin (violin), disabilities. Our program meets consistently Eclipse expansion has arrived, so let’s discuss Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The workshop Megan Weidler (cello), Ruth Potter (violin), on the third Wednesday of the month. new battle strategies. Then, join us for the will include information on completing along with Lori Wagner (violin) of Bella Join us to make a holiday candle holder, Stadium Tourney where you could win the application and understanding the Music Academy will be held at Napoli’s participate in a science experiment, and booster packs or other Pokémon swag at the deadlines. The EOC pros will explain where Italian Restaurant on the corner of Central build with LEGO® bricks! Please bring your end of the month! the application goes, who sees it, and how and 19th streets. A purchase of food and staff with you. (Grades 7–12; Teen Lounge) it is used. Corrections and verifications will drink is suggested, but not required to (Adults; Cottonwood Room) also be reviewed. attend. Pokémon League: December 5, 12, 19 (Teens & Adults; Computer Classroom) (Adults; Napoli's Restaurant) Stadium Tourney: December 26 Positive Aging Friday, December 20 Gamers Unite! SaturD&D 1:30–4pm Fridays: December 6, 13, 20 Saturdays: December 14, 28 In the mood for a classic? Will George Bailey 3:30–5pm 1–3pm lasso the moon for Mary? Will Clarence Friday, December 27 Ever wanted to try out Dungeons & Oddbody get his wings? Sip hot cocoa, enjoy 1–3:30pm Dragons? Or find a party to play with? Then popcorn, and experience It’s a Wonderful Life If you're a fan of video game competition, roll for initiative and join us for a campaign (rated PG) all over again! modding, and restoring old hardware, then this month. (Adults; Cottonwood Room) this is the perfect club for you! Check our (Grades 7–12; Teen Lounge) activity schedule at the teen desk to see what we're doing this month. Netflix and Knit (Grades 7–12; Sage Room) Monday, December 30 Ernest Hemingway: 12–4pm An Exploration of Life and Stories Come hang with us over break! We’re Thursday, December 5 learning how to arm-knit a stylish infinity 6–7:30pm scarf while we watch a great Netflix series. Delve into Ernest Hemingway’s life of See you there! adventure, complexity, and intrigue with (Grades 7–12; Sage Room) a presentation by Dr. Caskey Russell. The University of Wyoming professor will lecture on the biographical history of the famous author before discussing the diverse stories presented in this year’s One Book Wyoming selection, In Our Time, with a fellow Hemingway expert. Join the library for an exciting evening of exploration on the life and stories of Ernest Hemingway. (Adults; Cottonwood Room) 9 10 LIBRARY TO BUSINESS 12 EVENTS He had a dream. Identifying and Developing Introduction to Nonprofit The dream lives on. Soft Skills* Proposal Writing* Tuesday, December 3 Tuesday, December 10 6–7pm 3:30–4:30pm Soft skills play an important role in resume Are you new to nonprofit proposal writing writing, interviewing, coaching, and or want a quick refresher? This class will communicating with people at work and in provide you with an overview of how to write other areas of your life. Learn how to identify standard project proposals to a foundation. Laramie County Library System and develop a variety of skills that lead to It will include the basic elements of a Presents greater success in the workplace and how proposal, the “dos” and “don’ts” of writing and we can instill those skills in our children, submitting a proposal, and how to follow up A Dedication to the Dream: our employees, and ourselves. Presented whether the answer is yes or no. Presented Dr. Carson’s Pursuit of MLK’s Vision by Penny Fletcher, MEd, PHR, SHRM-CP in in partnership with Funding Information Featuring Dr. Clayborne Carson, partnership with L2B. Network by Candid and L2B. Founder of the Martin Luther King, Jr. (Adults; Sunflower Room) (Adults; Windflower Room) Research and Education Institute at Stanford University Boomers: Side-gigs and Business Tax Preparation Freelancing in Retirement & IRS Problem Solving SAVE THE DATE: Friday, December 6 Wednesday, December 11 8–9:30am 6–7pm February 13, 2020 Ready to retire but don’t want to quit Do you find yourself scrambling to prepare 6:30pm working altogether? Need a flexible “side- for tax season? Have you been late filing gig” to occupy some of your time? Come and your taxes in the past? This workshop will chat with like-minded boomers and discover help you understand the documents you Follow us on Facebook: your next adventure. Drop in to enjoy a light need to gather for tax season and build your Laramie County Library System morning snack and walk through an easy confidence for a meeting with a tax preparer. for upcoming details! exercise that can help you decide whether The Taxpayer Advocate Service will also be self-employment or part-time work will available to answer questions regarding IRS meet your needs. Presented in partnership tax problems and recommend changes to with Wyoming Women’s Business Center. prevent future tax problems. Presented in (Adults; Willow Room) partnership with the Wyoming Women’s Business Center, Taxpayer advocate Service, Computer Help and L2B. *RSVP for L2B programs by visiting (Adults; Cottonwood Room) Monday – Friday: December 2–6, 9–13, 16–20, 23, 26–27, 30–31 LaramieCountyLibrary.org/services/L2B 2–2:45pm then click on the program you're Saturdays: December 7, 14, 21, 28 interested in. Or scan this QR code on 11–11:45am your device to go directly to the page. Register at the third floor Ask Here desk for a personalized 45-minute session to answer basic questions about the resources the library offers. Limited sessions available. Please provide your question(s) when registering so our staff has time to research if necessary. 2 (Adults; Computer Classroom) library to business 11 LB 12 BURNS EVENTS PINE BLUFFS EVENTS

Make It Monday Ladies Night Out: Ornament Dinner and a Movie: Saturday Morning Book Club Mondays: December 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Workshop The Reading Room Saturday, December 14 1–5pm Thursday, December 12 Tuesday, December 3 10–11am Make and take home a craft stick Christmas 5:30–6:30pm 7–9pm Join us this month for an informal discussion tree that’s perfect for the holiday season! Ladies, need a break? This event is for Bring a potluck dish to share and enjoy of the book, The Tattooist of Auschwitz. This (All Ages) you! Get festive as you create different the movie The Reading Room (rated PG). beautiful, illuminating tale of hope and ornaments, including a marbled ball Fulfilling his beloved wife’s dying wish, courage is based on a true story, and is an Fun for Kids! ornament, a twig and raffia star, and a William Campbell restores an abandoned unforgettable love story in the midst of Tuesdays: December 3, 10 cinnamon stick Christmas tree. (Adults) building they own into a reading room for atrocity. Stop by the Pine Bluffs Branch to 10–11am a depressed community notorious for its pick up your copy of the book. For more Join us for an interactive storytime session to Dinner and a Book Club ineffectual high school and street gangs. information about the book, please call the promote early literacy through books, songs, Tuesday, December 17 Against all odds, he’s determined to give library or visit with staff. (Adults) puppets, crafts, and more. (Pre-K) 5:30–7pm them a sense of self-respect. (Adults) Join us for a relaxing evening as we discuss Themes by Week The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim December 5: Pigs A Plenty Fun for Kids! Holiday Hoopla! December 10: Here Comes Santa Michele Richardson. Bring a dish to share for Thursdays: December 5, 12, 19 that evening’s potluck. For more information 10–11am Tuesday, December 17 Friday Matinee about the book, call the library, or visit with Join us for an interactive storytime session 4–5pm Fridays: December 6, 13, 27 staff. (Adults) designed to practice new skills incorporating Join us for an hour of afternoon 12:30–2:30pm books, songs, rhymes, movement, and more! Spend your Friday afternoons at the library Holidays Around the World (Pre-K) fun as we celebrate the holiday to watch a matinée. Each week will feature Celebration Themes by Week season with crafts, games, and a different movie. Bring a favorite snack and Friday, December 20 December 5: Pigs A Plenty some delicious refreshments enjoy the show! (Children & Families) 2–3:30pm December 12: Art & Imagination Help celebrate the season with holiday December 19: Here Comes Santa for you to enjoy. Bring a friend! Movies by Week December 26: No Storytime This Week December 6: Mickey’s Christmas Carol (rated G) traditions from around the world! Have fun (Grades K–6) with crafts, games, and music from Mexico December 13: Toy Story 4 (rated G) Movies at the Library December 20: No Movie This Week to Germany, United States to Africa, and Fridays: December 6, 13, 20, 27 December 27: The Lion King (rated PG) places in between. (Children & Families) 1:30–3:30pm Seniors and Veterans Connect Come to the library on Friday afternoons to Mondays: December 9, 23 watch a variety of family-friendly films. We’ll 2–4pm watch a different movie each week. Feel free Seniors and veterans are invited to enjoy to bring your favorite snacks to enjoy as you refreshments and free activities. December watch! (Children & Families) 9 is all about “Remembering the Holidays” Movies by Week and on December 23, there will be a showing December 6: Merry Madagascar (rated NR) of the movie Coat of Many Colors (not rated), December 13: Mickey’s Christmas Carol (rated G) Dolly Parton’s true story of the simple gift December 20: Arthur Christmas (rated PG) that changed her life forever. (Adults) December 27: Santa Paws 2 (rated G)

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Albin Elementary Cheyenne Thursdays: December 5, 19 2200 Pioneer Avenue 12:30 – 3:10pm Cheyenne, WY 82001-3610 307.634.3561 Albin Post Office LaramieCountyLibrary.org Thursdays: December 5, 19 Hours: 3:15 – 4pm 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Monday - Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Friday, Saturday 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sunday Capital Greens Apartments The Library Café Hours: Tuesday, December 10 7:45 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Monday - Thursday 3:30 – 5pm 7:45 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Friday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Saturday Carpenter Elementary Closed Sunday Thursday, December 12 12:30 – 3:15pm Burns Carpenter – Evans Park 112 Main Street Thursday, December 12 Burns, WY 82053 3:20 – 4pm 307.547.2249 LaramieCountyLibrary.org /branches/burns

Destiny Christian Academy Hours: Tuesdays: December 3, 17 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday 9 – 10:45am 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Tuesday Closed Wednesday Laura E. Mason Christian Academy 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Friday Monday: December 9 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Saturday 3 – 3:30pm Closed Sunday Pershing Pointe Monday, December 9, 23 Pine Bluffs 3:45 – 5pm 110 East 2nd Street Pine Bluffs, WY 82082 Prairie View Apartments 307.245.3646 Tuesdays: December 3, 17 LaramieCountyLibrary.org /branches/pinebluffs 3:30 – 5pm Hours: Closed Monday West Winds Park 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Tuesday Mondays: December 2, 16 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday 4 – 5:30pm 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Saturday Schedule is subject to change due to Closed Sunday unforeseen circumstances. Note: Occasionally libraries close and events are canceled due to weather or unforeseen circumstances. Please feel free to call your library to ensure it is open or your event is occurring as scheduled. 15