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june
01jun3:00 PM6:00 PMIn-Person EventSummer Reading Kickoff3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Irmo Branch Library
Time
(Tuesday) 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Irmo Branch Library
6251 St Andrews Road
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Dive into Summer Reading. Drop by and pick up a registration packet, walk our Trail of Tales and pick up a treat. (all ages)
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Dive into Summer Reading. Drop by and pick up a registration packet, walk our Trail of Tales and pick up a treat. (all ages)
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(Tuesday) 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
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Join us for a conversation with New York Times bestselling author and
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Join us for a conversation with New York Times bestselling author and Food Network star Chef Jeff Henderson. Inspirational speaker Chef Jeff knows what it feels like to be hungry, and he knows what it is to struggle.
Jeff Henderson will inspire attendees with his emotional journey of redemption from the streets to the stove, sharing real-life strategies to help others achieve their dreams, no matter their stage of life.
From humble beginnings in South Central Los Angeles, to life as an imprisoned drug dealer, and then as an award-winning celebrity chef and best-selling author, Jeff is a role model for anyone who needs the encouragement to reinvent their life. Since he discovered his passion and gift for cooking in the unlikeliest of places — prison — Jeff has completely turned his life around, and today serves as a popular and powerful voice for self-transformation.
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Lexington Main Library(803) 785-2600 5440 Augusta Road, Lexington, SC 29072
02jun2:30 PM4:30 PMIn-Person EventSummer Reading Kickoff2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Batesburg-Leesville Branch
Time
(Wednesday) 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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Dive into Summer Reading with fun outdoor activities including a scavenger hunt, obstacle course, lawn games, snacks and more. (all ages)
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Dive into Summer Reading with fun outdoor activities including a scavenger hunt, obstacle course, lawn games, snacks and more. (all ages)
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03jun2:30 PM4:30 PMIn-Person EventSummer Reading Kickoff2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Gilbert-Summit Branch
Time
(Thursday) 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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Dive into Summer Reading with fun outdoor activities lawn games, balloons, bubbles, crafts, snacks and more. (all ages)
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Dive into Summer Reading with fun outdoor activities lawn games, balloons, bubbles, crafts, snacks and more. (all ages)
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03jun3:00 PM6:00 PMIn-Person EventSummer Reading Kickoff3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Pelion Branch Library
Time
(Thursday) 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Dive into Summer Reading with fun outdoor activities lawn games, balloons, bubbles, crafts, snacks and more. (all ages)
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Dive into Summer Reading with fun outdoor activities lawn games, balloons, bubbles, crafts, snacks and more. (all ages)
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03jun3:30 PM5:30 PMIn-Person EventSummer Reading Kickoff3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Gaston Branch Library
Time
(Thursday) 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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Dive into Summer Reading with fun outdoor activities lawn games, balloons, bubbles, crafts, snacks and more. (all ages)
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Dive into Summer Reading with fun outdoor activities lawn games, balloons, bubbles, crafts, snacks and more. (all ages)
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03jun5:00 PM7:00 PMIn-Person EventSummer Reading Kickoff5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Chapin Branch Library
Time
(Thursday) 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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Dive into Summer Reading with fun outdoor activities lawn games, balloons, bubbles, crafts, snacks and more. (all ages)
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Dive into Summer Reading with fun outdoor activities lawn games, balloons, bubbles, crafts, snacks and more. (all ages)
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03jun5:00 PM7:00 PMIn-Person EventSummer Reading Kickoff5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Cayce-West Columbia Branch
Time
(Thursday) 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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Dive into Summer Reading with fun outdoor activities including lawn games, bubbles, Take & Make Kits crafts, snacks, and more. (all ages)
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Dive into Summer Reading with fun outdoor activities including lawn games, bubbles, Take & Make Kits crafts, snacks, and more. (all ages)
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(Thursday) 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
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According to the Sikes Hall cornerstone, the old library was built 5,904 years after what? John C. Calhoun’s sideboard was made from mahogany taken from what? The 2012 addition to
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According to the Sikes Hall cornerstone, the old library was built 5,904 years after what? John C. Calhoun’s sideboard was made from mahogany taken from what? The 2012 addition to the architecture complex has a green roof made of what? Join Skip Eisiminger as we look at these and other trivia questions about the history of Clemson University. This program is sponsored by a grant from South Carolina Humanities, a not-for-profit organization; inspiring, engaging and enriching South Carolinians with programs on literature, history, culture and heritage.
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Lexington Main Library(803) 785-2600 5440 Augusta Road, Lexington, SC 29072
04jun1:00 PM4:00 PMIn-Person EventSummer Reading Kickoff1:00 PM - 4:00 PM South Congaree Branch
Time
(Friday) 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Dive into Summer Reading with fun outdoor activities including a scavenger hunt, sidewalk chalk, monster tail drawings, Take & Make crafts, water balloons, and a tour (and taste) of our
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Dive into Summer Reading with fun outdoor activities including a scavenger hunt, sidewalk chalk, monster tail drawings, Take & Make crafts, water balloons, and a tour (and taste) of our vegetable garden. (all ages)
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(Friday) 3:00 PM
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We’re diving into Summer Reading at the Icehouse Amphitheater with a show and family fun. Columbia Children’s Theatre Naked Mole Rat
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We’re diving into Summer Reading at the Icehouse Amphitheater with a show and family fun. Columbia Children’s Theatre Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience at 4 and 6 PM. Gates open at 3 PM for games, storytimes and crafts. This is a free event, but tickets are required to manage capacity.
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience is a rock ‘n roll parable with a significant message, based on the hit children’s book by Mo Willems. Wilbur and all his fellow naked mole rats in the Tunnel have always been, well…naked. Wondering what other possibilities are out there, Wilbur discovers a love for clothing and style. When word of his new passion turns the Tunnel upside down, he proves to everyone that there’s no need to be just like everyone else.
A special lesson and rock show all in one, Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed has energetic songs, quirky characters and a story unlike any other.
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Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed
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Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed
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Lexington Main Library(803) 785-2600 5440 Augusta Road, Lexington, SC 29072
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Time
(Monday) 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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Hear about some of Riverbanks Zoo’s most interesting stories. Explore bio facts, learn through interactive activities and visit up close with Riverbanks’ Animal Ambassadors. (grades K–5)
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Hear about some of Riverbanks Zoo’s most interesting stories. Explore bio facts, learn through interactive activities and visit up close with Riverbanks’ Animal Ambassadors. (grades K–5)
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Lexington Main Library(803) 785-2600 5440 Augusta Road, Lexington, SC 29072
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(Thursday) 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Take a virtual dive into the deepest tank in North America — South Carolina Aquarium’s Great Ocean Tank. Learn about the marine animals
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Take a virtual dive into the deepest tank in North America — South Carolina Aquarium’s Great Ocean Tank. Learn about the marine animals that call this two-story, 385,000-gallon tank home including sharks, rays and the aquarium’s 220-pound loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta.
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Lexington Main Library(803) 785-2600 5440 Augusta Road, Lexington, SC 29072
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(Thursday) 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
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Want to write the story of a pivotal moment of your life or perhaps your life’s story and don’t know where to begin? Join us as writer Kim Boykin shares
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Want to write the story of a pivotal moment of your life or perhaps your life’s story and don’t know where to begin? Join us as writer Kim Boykin shares some tips and tricks about how to tell your own tale by writing your own memoir. Boykin discusses the art of memoir writing and how to start your own. This program is sponsored by a grant from South Carolina Humanities, a not-for-profit organization; inspiring, engaging and enriching South Carolinians with programs on literature, history, culture and heritage.
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Lexington Main Library(803) 785-2600 5440 Augusta Road, Lexington, SC 29072
11jun2:00 PM4:00 PMIn-Person EventSummer Reading Kickoff2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Swansea Branch Library
Time
(Friday) 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Dive into Summer Reading with fun outdoor activities lawn games, balloons, bubbles, crafts, snacks and more. (all ages)
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Dive into Summer Reading with fun outdoor activities lawn games, balloons, bubbles, crafts, snacks and more. (all ages)
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(Monday) 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
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Armed with an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Converse College, Cinelle Barnes is an essayist, memoirist and educator from Manila, Philippines. With her searing prose, she writes of the experience
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Armed with an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Converse College, Cinelle Barnes is an essayist, memoirist and educator from Manila, Philippines. With her searing prose, she writes of the experience of being a person of color in the Deep South, Asian-American diaspora, and what our pasts can tell us about ourselves. Her memoir Monsoon Mansion details her coming-of-age in Mansion Royale before a fateful monsoon changes everything. Malaya and A Measure of Belonging feature essays from Barnes and other writers of color on the New American South. Her heartfelt, lyrical style makes Barnes a must-read for anyone looking to explore the depths of the Southern person of color experience.
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Irmo Branch Library 6251 St. Andrews Road, Columbia SC 29212
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(Wednesday) 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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Connect with 2020 Newbery Medal winning author Jerry Craft as we chat about his best-selling book, New Kid, and about being a groundbreaking
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Connect with 2020 Newbery Medal winning author Jerry Craft as we chat about his best-selling book, New Kid, and about being a groundbreaking author and illustrator. You can be a part of the conversation, too. Submit your questions for Jerry to ask@lexcolibrary.com for a chance to win a copy of his book.
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Lexington Main Library(803) 785-2600 5440 Augusta Road, Lexington, SC 29072
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(Thursday) 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
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Did you know that towns in Ireland that end in “ford,” like Waterford, got the ending of their name from the Viking word “fjord.” Join us as Lt. Col. John
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Did you know that towns in Ireland that end in “ford,” like Waterford, got the ending of their name from the Viking word “fjord.” Join us as Lt. Col. John Miles (USMC, Ret.) shares similar interesting facts about the Viking colonization of Ireland.
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Lexington Main Library(803) 785-2600 5440 Augusta Road, Lexington, SC 29072
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(Thursday) 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Meet the South Carolina Aquarium’s resident river otters and learn all about their special adaptations. Then travel to the swamp and discover the differences and similarities
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Meet the South Carolina Aquarium’s resident river otters and learn all about their special adaptations. Then travel to the swamp and discover the differences and similarities between these two habitats. (grades K–5)
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Lexington Main Library(803) 785-2600 5440 Augusta Road, Lexington, SC 29072
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(Thursday) 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
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Local author, veteran journalist and southern storyteller, Tom Poland has been writing about the disappearing rural south for nearly four decades. Take a trip down fading and forgotten back roads
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Local author, veteran journalist and southern storyteller, Tom Poland has been writing about the disappearing rural south for nearly four decades. Take a trip down fading and forgotten back roads with Poland as he regales us with tales from his travels throughout the southeast — the same travels that inspired his books.
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Lexington Main Library(803) 785-2600 5440 Augusta Road, Lexington, SC 29072
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(Monday) 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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Hear about some of Riverbanks Zoo’s most interesting stories. Explore bio facts, learn through interactive activities and visit up close with Riverbanks’ Animal Ambassadors. (grades K–5)
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Hear about some of Riverbanks Zoo’s most interesting stories. Explore bio facts, learn through interactive activities and visit up close with Riverbanks’ Animal Ambassadors. (grades K–5)
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Lexington Main Library(803) 785-2600 5440 Augusta Road, Lexington, SC 29072
july
Time
(Friday) 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
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Stretch your mind and body with us in our virtual yoga storytime. We’ll share books, songs, and rhymes while promoting playful, active learning and a healthy lifestyle. This month we’ll
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Stretch your mind and body with us in our virtual yoga storytime. We’ll share books, songs, and rhymes while promoting playful, active learning and a healthy lifestyle. This month we’ll be journeying into outer space. Activities are geared towards children ages 2–6.
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Lexington Main Library(803) 785-2600 5440 Augusta Road, Lexington, SC 29072
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(Friday) 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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Prepare to be amazed, dazzled & bewildered by Yasu Ishida, award-winning magician and Master of Fine Arts in Theatre for Young Audiences. This exciting storytelling show incorporates Japanese folktales
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Prepare to be amazed, dazzled & bewildered by Yasu Ishida, award-winning magician and Master of Fine Arts in Theatre for Young Audiences. This exciting storytelling show incorporates Japanese folktales with origami, and magic tricks. Learn to make simple origami animals that you can fold at home. Take & Make Kits will be available at your local branch beginning July 7, while supplies last. (grades 4–12)
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Lexington Main Library(803) 785-2600 5440 Augusta Road, Lexington, SC 29072
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(Saturday) 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Stop by for a treat provided by The Friends of the Library and wish the library a happy 14th birthday. All ages welcome.
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Stop by for a treat provided by The Friends of the Library and wish the library a happy 14th birthday. All ages welcome.
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South Congaree-Pine Ridge Branch(803) 785-3050 200 Sunset Drive, West Columbia, SC 29172
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(Tuesday) 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
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Disney’s classic take on fairy tales made us believe in happily ever after. What if the original versions weren’t all that happy? Join us as we rediscover the original stories
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Disney’s classic take on fairy tales made us believe in happily ever after. What if the original versions weren’t all that happy? Join us as we rediscover the original stories behind some of our favorite Disney classics.
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Gilbert-Summit Branch Library(803) 785-5387 405 Broad Street, Gilbert, SC 29054
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(Thursday) 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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“Share the Spirit of Aloha” with us in an outdoor program inspired by the historical American Girl character Nanea Mitchell. Learn about Nanea’s story and her life in Hawaii in
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“Share the Spirit of Aloha” with us in an outdoor program inspired by the historical American Girl character Nanea Mitchell. Learn about Nanea’s story and her life in Hawaii in the 1940s through storytelling, crafts and activities. Presented in partnership with the Chapin Woman’s Club. Please bring a canned good to donate as part of an opportunity to “dip your paddle in.” (grades K–5)
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Chapin Branch Library 129 N.W. Columbia Avenue, Chapin SC 29036
