EVENT GUIDE | MAY 28 - AUG. 3, 2019 SUMMER READING PROGRAM A Universe of Stories FOR ALL AGES! BIRTH TO ADULTS TEENS & PRE-K & TWEENS CHILDREN DON’T HAVE A about the summer reading program LIBRARY CARD? Tulsa City-County Library’s 2019 Summer Reading Program is for all ages. Earn great prizes and PRESENTING SPONSORS Sign up today at coupons for food and local recreation! Attend awesome free events! Read for the fun of it! Visit www.TulsaLibrary.org/ any library May 28-Aug. 3 and pick up a reading log or go to www.TulsaLibrary.org/summer. application. parents and caregivers Our goal is for everyone to have a good time at our events. With your help, we can develop and nurture each child’s love of books, learning and the library. Parents and caregivers, please arrive on time. Some locations have limited seating. Children are seated first; adults are admitted only if TO SEARCH space is available. We encourage parents and caregivers to remain in the library during the events. FOR EVENTS, scan this code using day-care groups your mobile device and We welcome day-care groups to attend our events. Some locations have limited seating. QR scanner app. Please call 918-549-7323 before attending events, as we may refer you to another library. library closings All Tulsa City-County Library locations will be NOW OPEN AT closed on Thursday, July 4 for Independence Day. CENTRAL LIBRARY Mon.-Thur., 7 a.m.-9 p.m. in this issue Summer Reading Program Sponsors Fri. & Sat., 7 a.m.-8 p.m. 1 Sun., 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Adult SUMMER READING PROGRAM 2 Teen & Tween Adult Events 3 COUPON SPONSORS PRIZE SPONSORS Pop-Up Planetarium 5 PLEASE THANK OUR SPONSORS WHEN YOU USE YOUR COUPONS AT THEIR BUSINESSES! Music Sandwiched In 6 HEARING LOOP 2019 Distinguished Author Award 9 AVAILABLE AT Ignite Tulsa 11 THESE LOCATIONS. Teen & Tween SUMMER READING PROGRAM 12 Switch hearing aid to T-coil. Teen & Tween Events 14 Live! Harry and the Potters 17 CENTRAL LIBRARY Your Next Great Read for Teens Aaronson Auditorium 21 A.R. and Marylouise Tandy Foundation Children’s Garden Write What You (Don’t) Know With Rachel Caine 22 AAON Inc. Computer Lab Children’s SUMMER READING PROGRAM 26 Mary K. Chapman Children’s Storytime Room Children’s Events 30 Pocahontas Greadington Learning & Creativity Center Tulsa’s Channel 8 Reads @ the Library 33 World in a Box HARDESTY REGIONAL LIBRARY 34 Connor’s Cove Library Summer Reading Night With Tulsa Roughnecks FC 39 Frossard Auditorium Library Summer Reading Night With Tulsa Drillers 40 Storytime in the Park 43 MARTIN REGIONAL LIBRARY Summer Reading Program Mayoral Challenge 46 Auditorium Library Locations 49 RUDISILL REGIONAL LIBRARY Asian-American Festival 50 Ancestral Hall WITH SPECIAL ASSISTANCE This publication is printed on partially recycled paper. The My | www.TulsaLibrary.org | 918.549.READ Library Summer Reading Program event guide is produced by the Public Relations Office of the Tulsa City-County Free and Open to the Public • If you are hearing-impaired and need a qualified Library. For questions or concerns, call 918-549-7389. interpreter, please contact the library 48 hours in advance of the program. my library SUMMER READING PROGRAM event guide | May 28-Aug. 3, 2019 1 ADULTS BIXBY LIBRARY Delia Owens and then join us for a lively us to discuss this month’s selected title. discussion. Copies of the book are available Reserved copies are available at the library. Tangled Tuesday for checkout at the library or as e-books. Light Light refreshments are provided. Call 918- Tuesday, May 28 • 6:30-7:30 p.m. refreshments will be served. For adults. 549-7323 for book title. For adults. Love to crochet or knit or want to learn how? Join us as we create and socialize. Please bring Tips for Using Your Instant Pot Stellar Glass Etching your own supplies. For adults and teens. Thursday, July 18 • 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27 • 6:30-7:30 p.m. Join Megan Parks, registered dietitian with Create a celestial-inspired stemless wine Planning Frenzy! the Tulsa County Health Department, as glass using a simple glass-etching technique. FOR Tuesday, June 11 • 6:30-7:30 p.m. she gives tips for using the instant pot and No artistic skills needed. Supplies are AGES 16 Learn about diff erent ways to plan your demonstrates how to use it. For adults. provided. Registration is required. Call 918- life on paper. From bullet journaling to 549-7323 to secure a spot. For adults. AND preprinted planners, there is a way to be Tangled Tuesday OLDER more organized, focused and productive. Tuesday, July 23 • 6:30-7:30 p.m. Beyond the Book Adult We’ll show you how. For adults. Love to crochet or knit or want to learn how? Thursday, July 18 • 2-3 p.m. SUMMER READING PROGRAM Join us as we create and socialize. Please bring Love talking about books? So do we! Join Bixby Booksters your own supplies. For adults and teens. us to discuss this month’s selected title. Thursday, June 13 • 6:30-7:30 p.m. Reserved copies are available at the library. Read “Endurance” by Scott Kelly and BROKEN ARROW LIBRARY Light refreshments are provided. Call 918- then join us for a lively discussion. Copies 549-7323 for book title. For adults. READ of the book are available for checkout Cover to Cover Book Club at the Bixby Library or as e-books. Light Tuesday, June 4 • 6:30-7:30 p.m. BROOKSIDE LIBRARY OR LISTEN TO refreshments will be served. For adults. Join us for lively discussion and literary fun FOUR BOOKS BY as we explore “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Brookside Book Discussion Literary Ladies of Bixby AUG. 3 AND EARN A Galaxy” by Douglas Adams. For adults. Monday, June 10 • 1:30-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 19 • 2-3 p.m. Read “The Martian” by Andy Weir and then Read “In Pieces: A Memoir” by Sally Field Cover to Cover Book Club join us for a lively discussion. Six days ago, SPACE MUG and then join us for a lively discussion. Tuesday, July 2 • 6:30-7:30 p.m. astronaut Mark Watney became one of the (WHILE SUPPLIES LAST), Copies of the book are available for checkout Join us for a lively discussion of “Hidden fi rst people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s sure at the Bixby Library or as e-books. Light Figures: The American Dream and the Untold PLUS COUPONS FOR he’ll be the fi rst person to die there. Will his refreshments will be served. For adults. Story of the Black Women Mathematicians FREE ENTERTAINMENT resourcefulness be enough to overcome the Who Helped Win the Space Race” by impossible odds against him? For adults. AND TREATS FROM Tangled Tuesday Margot Lee Shetterly. For adults. OUR SPONSORS, Tuesday, June 25 • 6:30-7:30 p.m. Love to crochet or knit or want to learn how? Cosmic Candle Making CENTRAL LIBRARY INCLUDING: Join us as we create and socialize. Please bring Thursday, July 18 • 1-2 p.m. Yoga for Every Body your own supplies. For adults and teens. Learn the basics of candle making while Tuesday, May 28 • 5:30-6:30 p.m. Cheese creating your own uniquely scented piece to Location: A.R. & Marylouise Tandy dippers from Look at the Stars! take home. Registration is required. Register Foundation Children’s Garden Mazzio’s Italian Tuesday, July 2 • 9:30-10:30 p.m. online at www.tulsalibrary.org/events The Astronomy Club of Tulsa will discuss All skill levels are welcome to join us Eatery or call 918-549-7323. For adults. planet and stargazing, and then we will step for this beginning yoga class taught by outside and use their telescopes to look certifi ed yoga instructor Christine Von Admission BROKEN ARROW LIBRARY/SOUTH at the night sky. All ages are welcome! de Veld. Bring your own yoga mat or use to Tulsa Admission Launch Party: Blast Off Into one of ours. For adults and teens. One cold or hot Zoo Bixby Booksters to Tulsa Summer Reading Program 16 oz. drink – buy Thursday, July 11 • 6:30-7:30 p.m. DIY Digitization in Action State Fair Friday, May 31 • 2-4 p.m. Read “The Rooster Bar” by John Grisham Tuesday, May 28 • 7-8:30 p.m. one get one free Play giant versions of games, enjoy giant and then join us for a lively discussion. Location: Digital Literacy Lab from Central Library relaxing bubbles and other fun outdoor Admission Copies of the book are available for checkout Looking to save your family history in a Starbucks activities, and sign up for the Summer Reading to Gilcrease at the Bixby Library or as e-books. Light more updated format? Learn how you can Program to make sure your summer is out of this Museum refreshments will be served. For adults. use our digitization equipment for your $2 off fi nes world! Cold beverages are provided. For all ages. from Tulsa genealogy projects. Registration is required. Breakfast roll Literary Ladies of Bixby City-County Beyond the Book Register online at www.tulsalibrary.org/ from Merritt’s 8-piece Wednesday, July 17 • 2-3 p.m. Library Thursday, June 20 • 2-3 p.m. events or call 918-549-7323. For adults. chicken wings Read “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Bakery Love talking about books? So do we! Join from Papa John’s my library SUMMER READING PROGRAM event guide | May 28-Aug.