Family Learning Day Main Library Parking Lot Saturday, September 29 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

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1 SEPTEMBER 2018 In This Issue Adults Computers & Technology Storytime Kids & Teens Library Closings Labor Day: Sunday, September 2 & Monday, September 3 Main Library One Library Square Terre Haute, Indiana Monday: 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Tuesday: 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Wednesday: 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Thursday: 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 125 North Church Street West Terre Haute, Indiana Monday: 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Tuesday: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Wednesday: 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Thursday: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Friday: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Saturday: Closed Sunday: Closed Family Learning Day Main Library Parking Lot Saturday, September 29 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. All Ages: Try something new with your family. Enjoy hands-on activities hosted by nearly 40 community organizations and businesses. Guests will enjoy free books, giveaways, crafts, popcorn and much more. Family Learning Day is a free event that is open to all families. Harry Potter Escape Room Main Library Meeting Rooms A & B Saturday, September 15 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Ages 14 & Up: Do you have what it takes to escape? Work in teams of four or less to solve puzzles and clues from the Harry Potter Universe and free yourself in thirty minutes or less. Register by calling

2 ADULTS VCPL Fantasy Football Fanatics Saturday, September 1 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Square off and draft your fantasy football team while sharing food and camaraderie with the other league members. This two hour kick-off event will also host the live draft for the fantasy football season. VCPL Board Special Meeting Main Library Meeting Rooms B & C Tuesday, September 4 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. The Special Meeting of the Vigo County Public Library Board of Trustees will focus on the 2019 Library Operating Budget. Meetings are open to the public. Positive Link HIV Testing Main Library Meeting Room A Wednesday, September 5 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Positive Link provides free testing, comprehensive prevention information and services for people infected with or at risk for HIV in south central Indiana. Testing is done on-site with a simple finger prick and your results are available in only one minute. Friends of the VCPL Book Sale Main Library Meeting Rooms A, B & C Saturday, September 8 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sunday, September 9 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Shop from a selection of thousands of items: books, movies, music and more. The average book price is just $1.00. Proceeds raised at the monthly book sales help provide funding for Library programs and services. Watch This! Book Club (PG-13, 104 minutes) Main Library Meeting Rooms A, B & C Wednesday, September 12 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. In this romantic comedy, four lifelong friends decide to read E.L. James s Fifty Shades of Grey for their monthly book club. The novel prompts the women to reevaluate their own personal love lives. Refreshments will be served. Early Man (PG, 89 minutes) Meeting Rooms A & B Thursday, September 27 3:30 p.m. -5:30 p.m. In this stop-motion animated comedy by the creators of Wallace and Gromit, a tribe of primitive hunters is displaced from their homes by emissaries from a distant empire that has mastered the art of bronze-making. However, a tribesman named Dug tries to win his home back by challenging the invaders to a game of soccer. Refreshments will be served. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (PG-13, 128 minutes) Main Library Meeting Rooms A, B & C Thursday, September 27 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Former Jurassic World theme park manager Claire Dearing recruits Owen Grady, former velociraptor trainer, to help her rescue the dinosaurs from the looming volcanic eruption on Isla Nublar. During the rescue mission, the two learn of a conspiracy that could threaten the entire planet. Refreshments will be served To register or for more information, click on Calendar of Events.

3 ADULTS Craft & Chat Main Library Meeting Room D Tuesday, September 11 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Guest Linda Snyder will teach how to make unique painted ceramic tiles using a blending technique with food coloring and rubbing alcohol. Bingo Bunch Meeting Rooms A & B Thursdays, September 13, 20 & 27 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Enjoy refreshments as you play traditional and non-traditional Bingo every week. Prizes will be offered to the first to call out, Bingo! All levels of experience welcome. Cards and number markers will be provided. VCPL Board Meeting Main Library Meeting Rooms B & C Monday, September 17 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. The Vigo County Public Library Board of Trustees meets the third Monday of each month. Meetings are open to the public. Just Weave It! Beginner Candle Basket Wednesday, September 19 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Learn basic basket weaving skills with Arlene Jennings of Woven Wonders and take home your own basket. Great for a beginner adult weaver. This basket can also be used as a vase. All supplies are provided and free to those who register. Book Clubs at the Library Afternoon Book Club Main Library Collaborative Space 6 Wednesday, September 12 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a luxury cruise until Lo witnesses a woman being thrown overboard. The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware is a suspenseful and haunting novel reminiscent of Agatha Christie s works. Book Chat Meeting Room A Thursday, September 20 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. The Leonides were one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That was until the head of the household, Aristide, was murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection. Suspicion naturally falls on the old man s young widow, fifty years his junior. But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fiancée of the late millionaire s granddaughter. Agatha Christie s Crooked House is a classic whodunit, and one of the author s favorites of her own works. Afternoon Book Club and Book Chat are librarian-led book clubs. Afternoon Book Club is held on the second Wednesday of the month. Book Chat is held on the third Thursday of the month. Art Hacks Main Library LifeLong Learning Center Saturday, September 22 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Relax with watercolor painting, featuring techniques from the book Paint Yourself Calm by artist and author Jean Haines To register or for more information, click on Calendar of Events. 3

4 ADULTS League of Women Voters: Candidate Forums Main Library Meeting Rooms A, B & C Tuesday, September 25 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Hear from candidates for the 2018 General Election at the Candidate Forum. Attendees will have an opportunity to speak one-to-one with the candidates following the forum. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters. COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGY Traveling Tech Station Main Library Lobby Wednesday, September 5 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Monday, September 24 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Drop by with your tablet to learn how to borrow ebooks, movies, music and more or to get answers to other basic tech questions. Staff cannot do repairs on your device. ipad Basics Thursday, September 6 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Learn more about using your ipad or downloading free ebooks from the Library. Bring your Apple ID and password to learn Settings, Safari and the App Store. You will also learn Libby, the Library s ebook checkout app. Limited ipads will be available for those who want to learn about an ipad, but have not yet purchased one. Advanced 3D Printing Monday, September 10 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 25 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. : Take your 3D printing to the next level at this demonstration of the new Raise 3D N2 with its dual extrusion, large heated build plate and the ability to use different types of filament including metallic and wood composites. class must be taken prior to this class. Hydro-Dipping with 3D Prints Shelter Monday, September 10 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. : Hydro-dipping is a simple way to apply graphics and skins to your 3D prints. The process transfers images from a thin hydrographic film onto nearly any three-dimensional object by floating the image in a tub of water. 3D printed objects will be provided and no experience is necessary To register or for more information, click on Calendar of Events.

5 COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGY Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Wabash Valley Coder Dojo Ages :00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m Traveling Tech Station Main Library Lobby 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Ages ipad Basics 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m Advanced 3D Printing 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Hydro-Dipping with 3D Prints Shelter 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m :00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 12 Ages Experience Virtual Reality 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 13 Beginning Microsoft Word 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m Tinkercad Basics 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. 18 Beginning Photoshop 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 19 Ages :00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 21 Experience Virtual Reality 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 22 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m Advanced 3D Printing 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. 26 Fabric Tech: Stitch A Circuit - Table Runners 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Ages Job Searching Online 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Traveling Tech Station 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m To register or for more information, click on Calendar of Events. 5

6 COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGY Beginning Microsoft Word Thursday, September 13 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Explore the basics of Word 2010 including how to save documents, use spell check and format text, paragraphs and pages. Tinkercad Basics Monday, September 17 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Design your own 3D prints with Tinkercad.com, a simple online design and printing app for everyone. Thursday, September 6 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Thursday, September 6 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Thursday, September 6 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Thursday, September 6 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 11 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 11 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 11 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 11 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m Thursday, September 20 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Thursday, September 20 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Thursday, September 20 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Thursday, September 20 Saturday, September 22 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 22 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Saturday, September 22 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 22 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Explore the latest printing technology available at Haute Create. Learn how to properly and safely use the equipment and how to prepare a 3D design file for print. Beginning Photoshop Tuesday, September 18 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Learn how to use Adobe Photoshop Elements to edit and enhance your images. Job Searching Online Fabric Tech: Stitch a Circuit - Table Runners Wednesday, September 26 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. : Merge electronics with textiles while sewing a circuit on your own table runner. Saturday, September 29 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Looking for a new job? Learn how to use job search websites to expand your opportunities and how to upload your résumé for prospective employers to view. Customers who wish to use the Haute Create 3D printer independently must complete this class To register or for more information, click on Calendar of Events.

7 STORYTIME Mother Goose on the Loose Saturday, September 1 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 25 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Ages 0-5: Join Mother Goose for an interactive storytime with books, songs, rhymes and musical instruments. You and your child will play together and develop early literacy skills. Wiggle Worm Wednesdays Wednesdays, September 5, 12, 19 & 26 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Ages 3-5: Bring your preschooler to the Library for interactive stories, songs, dancing, crafts and play from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. There will be 30 minutes of free play offered from 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Books Before Bedtime Tiny Tot Time Thursdays, September 6, 13, 20 & 27 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Ages 0-5: Wear your pajamas for stories, songs and crafts before bedtime. This event will vary each week from traditional storytime, to art-based activities, to music-making and everything in between. Mondays, September 10, 17 & 24 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Ages 0-3: Bring your baby or toddler to the Library for stories, songs, dance and activities from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. There will be 30 minutes of free play offered from 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. KIDS & TEENS Wabash Valley Coder Dojo 0 1 Saturday, September 1 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Ages 7-17: Learn to code, build a website, create an app or a game and explore technology in an informal, creative and social environment. VCPL Fantasy Football Fanatics Main Library LifeLong Learning Center Saturday, September 1 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Ages 12-19: Square off and draft your fantasy football team while sharing food and camaraderie with the other league members. This two hour kick-off event will also host the live draft for the fantasy football season. Wednesday, September 5, 12, 19 & 26 Ages 11-15: Learn a new design aspect for your game, including how to create characters, levels, backgrounds and enemies, every week. West Gamers Alliance Meeting Room A Thursday, September 6 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Thursday, September 13 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Ages 8-14: Test your gaming skills on West s game systems. Challenge your friends to Super Smash Bros., Mario Kart and more. Or play cooperatively towards a common goal To register or for more information, click on Calendar of Events. 7

8 KIDS & TEENS Distraction Attraction Main Library Youth Services Resource Room Thursdays, September 6, 13, 20 & 27 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Ages 6-11: Hang out with your friends at Distraction Attraction, an alternative to Books Before Bedtime that lets older children explore cool technology, games and activities. First Friday: Flashback to the Fifties Main Library LifeLong Learning Center Friday, September 7 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. All Ages: Step back in time to the 1950s. Wear your poodle skirt or leather jacket, dine on root beer floats and popcorn and boogie at the sock hop. You can even design a cardboard box car and pull up to the drive-in for a movie. Exploration Creations Tuesday, September 11 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. All Ages: Have you ever created a Nebula in a jar or painted a colorful work of art? In this family-oriented program, explore, create and learn about science, art, history and other subjects. Free-play will also be available for younger children. TAB Tuesday Main Library Teen Space Tuesday, September 11 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Ages 12-19: Teen Advisory Board TAB for short helps the Library plan events for teens. TAB is a great way to express your opinions and make new friends while serving the community. All teens are invited to attend the monthly TAB meeting. Refreshments will be served. For more information contact Eric at ealsip@vigo.lib.in.us or , ext Experience Virtual Reality Wednesday, September 12 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Friday, September 21 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. : Test drive the HTC Vive virtual reality headset by immersing yourself in a 3D environment. Play a game or visit a faraway destination. Creative Builders Stikbot Stop-Motion Animation Tuesday, September 4 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Ages 8-14: Stikbot Animation Studio allows you to create your own stop-motion animation videos using a free app. Use the included Bots or your own figures. Painting with Nicole Meeting Room B Tuesday, September 11 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Ages 8-14: Paint a masterpiece with Nicole. Follow along step by step as she shows you painting techniques. Each child will take home their own painting. String and Ink Art Tuesday, September 18 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Ages 8-14: Create beautiful abstract art on paper, clothing and more with just ink and string. Soap Making Tuesday, September 25 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Ages 8-14: Create your own unique soaps. Follow along with Sharon as she shows you how to customize melt-andpour soap with colors, fragrances and more. Community Gaming Initiative Main Library LifeLong Learning Center Saturday, September 15 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. All Ages: Calling all gamers. Interested in tabletop, role playing or card gaming? Explore new games, play old favorites and challenge new people To register or for more information, click on Calendar of Events.