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Friends of the Library used book sale starts Wednesday

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 8, 2017 - 12:56pm

Need a good book or two or three for summer reading?

The Bluffton Friends of the Library hold its spring used book sale at the library later this week. The sale runs from 5 p.m., Wednesday, May 10, through 1 p.m., Saturday, May 13. Books are on sale in the library's lower level.

All proceeds from the book sale go to support library programs such as summer read, children's read, staff education and assisting in equipment purchase. 

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Book sale, Suminagashi program, World Fair Trade Day

All at the library in May - and that's just for starters
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 2, 2017 - 4:32pm

May is a busy month at the Bluffton Public Library. Here's a list of events planned:

Children’s Book Week is May 1-6. Celebrate by checking out a children’s book from our many sections of children’s materials. Take on the “Reading without Walls” Challenge.

Dulcimers @ the Library continues into May at its regular meeting time, Tuesdays at 1 p.m. Meetings are in the library’s lower level.

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Invitation to star gaze

At The Quarry Farm, rural Pandora, Thursday evening
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 25, 2017 - 5:51pm

Have you ever gone star-gazing? Now's your chance.

Bluffton Public Library invites Icon viewers to take a star walk at The Quarry Farm, rural Pandora on Thursday evening.

You must sign-up immediately if you wish to participate. Contact the library at 145 S. Main St., or call 419-358-5016.

Quarry Farm Nature Preserve is located on Township Road 7-L, Pandora. The star walk is from 8 to 9:30 p.m. A "cloud date" is the same time on Saturday, April 29.

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Star Walk @ The Quarry Farm

Posted by Bluffton Public... on April 14, 2017 - 12:05pm

On Apr. 27 at 8 p.m., meet at the Quarry Farm near Pandora for a Star Walk! Please sign up by Friday, April 21 to let us know you are coming and to get take-home directions to The Quarry Farm and details of potential "Cloud Date". Be sure everyone in your party brings a flashlight and dresses for the weather, including good walking boots/shoes.  (Sorry, no infant strollers allowed. All children must be accompanied by a responsible parent or guardian.)

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Bullet Journaling Workshop at the Library

Posted by Bluffton Public... on April 14, 2017 - 12:02pm

 

The library will host a Bullet Journaling Workshop on April 20 at 6 p.m.  Find out how one journaler uses this system, and how journaling can cater to your own needs. Please register by Mon., Apr. 17. This program is open to ages 6th grade through adult, and participants should bring their own blank journal (one with dots/graphs is helpful but not necessary) and any markers/pens/pencils they plan to use.

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Poetry reading, coffee and conversation, journaling and a watercolor class

It's all in April at the library; but there's lots more
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 5, 2017 - 3:59pm

Bluffton Public Library announces its April 2017 programs and services, which follow:

Spring Storytime continues on April 3, 10, 17, and 24 at 6:30 p.m., or April. 4, 11, 18, and 25 at 10 a.m. Storytime is for preschool children (ages 3 to 5), and registration is required. You may register by phone (419-358-5016), by e-mail ([email protected]), or in person at the front desk. Space is limited to 18 children per session.

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