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Community Science: Pollinators Activity

Tuesday, May 23, 2023
All Locations
Pollinators keep our world green and growing. Find out more about an excellent pollinator—the Mason Bee—and create a home for them in your yard with this library Take-and-Make kit, while supplies last. All ages

Supply pickup: May 17–23, during open hours
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Free AARP Tax Aide

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Spokane Valley
Meeting room
By appointment only

Federal income taxes can be confusing. Free AARP Tax Aide help is available February through April at four of our libraries: Argonne, Cheney, Moran Prairie, and Spokane Valley. Appointments are required for all locations and can be made through Washington Trust Bank by calling 509.353.4851.

To help with your appointment, be sure to bring your 2022 tax documents, valid photo ID, and Social Security cards for yourself and all household members. If you know which tax forms you’ll need, you can download and print them from www.irs.gov.
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Free AARP Tax Aide

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Moran Prairie
Meeting room
By appointment only

Federal income taxes can be confusing. Free AARP Tax Aide help is available February through April at four of our libraries: Argonne, Cheney, Moran Prairie, and Spokane Valley. Appointments are required for all locations and can be made through Washington Trust Bank by calling 509.353.4851.

To help with your appointment, be sure to bring your 2022 tax documents, valid photo ID, and Social Security cards for yourself and all household members. If you know which tax forms you’ll need, you can download and print them from www.irs.gov.
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Jigsaw Puzzle & Board Game Swap

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
North Spokane
Lab
Trade in your jigsaw puzzles and board games for a new challenge. Please only bring complete puzzles and games that have all their pieces. Puzzles and games can be any age level. All ages
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Audio-Visual Club

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Spokane Valley
Studio
Let’s discuss and practice audio and visual production, lens craft, and independent film making. We’ll also work on our editing, set production, and visual effects and perhaps even make a short movie. Adults
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Free AARP Tax Aide

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Spokane Valley
Meeting room
By appointment only

Federal income taxes can be confusing. Free AARP Tax Aide help is available February through April at four of our libraries: Argonne, Cheney, Moran Prairie, and Spokane Valley. Appointments are required for all locations and can be made through Washington Trust Bank by calling 509.353.4851.

To help with your appointment, be sure to bring your 2022 tax documents, valid photo ID, and Social Security cards for yourself and all household members. If you know which tax forms you’ll need, you can download and print them from www.irs.gov.
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Genealogy & Your DNA

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Moran Prairie
Meeting room
Lynda Keenan, former president of the Eastern Washington Genealogical Society, shares information on what to expect when using DNA tests to research your family tree, how the DNA tests work, and what information they can and cannot give you. Adults 

Registration is required.
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Genealogy for Beginners

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Fairfield
Meeting room
THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN CANCELED.

In this two-part class, Donna Potter Phillips shares tools and tips to help you get started on your journey of genealogical discovery. Learn the basics of researching to get results, and discover useful websites and databases to find family histories. Adults 

Registration is required.
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Chair Yoga

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Otis Orchards
Meeting room
Try gentle chair yoga, led by yoga instructor Heather Woller. Chair yoga is suitable for beginners and those who work seated at a desk, have never done yoga, and/or have limited mobility. Explore movement, range of motion, strength, flexibility, balance, breath work, and relaxation with movement options and variations to meet each participant at their ability. Adults
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Learning Circle: The Science of Well-Being

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Medical Lake
Meeting room
Register to attend.

Engage in a series of challenges designed to increase your happiness and build more productive habits. Misconceptions about happiness are revealed, including annoying features of the mind that lead us to think the way we do and the research that can help us change. This class helps you prepare to successfully incorporate a wellness activity into your life. 

Learning Circles are study groups for people who want to take a free online class and learn together. For this Learning Circle, participants will enroll in the Coursera course “The Science of Well-Being” taught by Professor Laurie Santos, PhD, a psychologist, head of Silliman Residential College at Yale University, and host of the podcast “The Happiness Lab." 

Once enrolled, you watch the course videos and do course readings at your own pace. Every other week, participants come to the library for group discussion, facilitated by a librarian as a fellow learner. Adults 
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Tuesday Memory Café

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
North Spokane
Meeting room
Memory Cafés are a comfortable way to connect, socialize, and build new support networks with other caregivers and people experiencing memory loss. We have a variety of activities to experience and enjoy, including music, games, and more. Adults
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Drop-in Hours at The Studio

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Spokane Valley
Studio
Stop by to familiarize yourself with The Studio and its available equipment and software. The space is equipped with two 4K video cameras, lighting, backdrops, microphones, one Nikon D3400 DSLR camera, and a ring light. The Studio is also home to computers loaded with editing software, which include Final Cut Pro, Adobe Creative Cloud, iMovie, Audacity, and GarageBand.
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Bestselling author of The Lost Girls of Paris: Author Talk with Pam Jenoff

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Online
Register to attend. 

Join us for an exciting trip through time as we chat with New York Times bestselling historical fiction author Pam Jenoff about her newest book Code Name Sapphire

In Code Name Sapphire, a woman must rescue her cousin's family from a train bound for Auschwitz in this riveting tale of bravery and resistance. 

It’s 1942 and Hannah Martel has narrowly escaped Nazi Germany after her fiancé was killed in a pogrom. When her ship bound for America is turned away at port, she has nowhere to go but to her cousin Lily, who lives with her family in Brussels. Fearful for her life, Hannah is desperate to escape occupied Europe. But with no safe way to leave, she must return to the dangerous underground work she thought she had left behind. 

Seeking help, Hannah joins the Sapphire Line, a secret resistance network led by a mysterious woman named Micheline and her enigmatic brother Mateo. But when a grave mistake causes Lily’s family to be arrested and slated for deportation to Auschwitz, Hannah finds herself torn between her loyalties. How much is Hannah willing to sacrifice to save the people she loves? Inspired by incredible true stories of courage and sacrifice, Code Name Sapphire is a powerful novel about love, family and the unshakable resilience of women in even the hardest of times. 

About the Author: Pam Jenoff was born in Maryland and raised outside Philadelphia. She attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and Cambridge University in England. Upon receiving her master’s in history from Cambridge, she accepted an appointment as Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army. Following her work at the Pentagon, Pam moved to the State Department. Pam left the Foreign Service in 1998 to attend law school and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. She now teaches law school at Rutgers. 

Pam is the NYT bestselling author of The Woman With The Blue Star, The Lost Girls of Paris, The Orphan’s Tale, The Kommandant’s Girl, The Diplomat’s Wife, The Ambassador’s Daughter, The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach, The Winter Guest, The Things We Cherished, Almost Home, and A Hidden Affair. She also authored a short story in the anthology Grand Central: Original Postwar Stories of Love and Reunion. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband, three children, dog, cat, lizard and bird.
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Jigsaw Puzzle & Board Game Swap

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Moran Prairie
Meeting room
Trade in your jigsaw puzzles and board games for a new challenge. Please only bring complete puzzles and games that have all their pieces. Puzzles and games can be any age level. All ages
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Cheney Library Book Club

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Cheney
Meeting room
This book club is led by volunteers and meets monthly. New members are welcome to join at any time. Please call the library at 509.893.8280 for this month’s title selection. Adults
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Registration is closed

Creativebug: Foundational Figure Drawing

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Online
Learn to draw the human figure using charcoal pencil in video classes taught by art tutor, David Tenorio. Participants watch the class videos on their own time and then meet up online to share tips and encouragement. A librarian facilitates the online meetups as a fellow learner. Basic supplies will be provided. Adults 

Registration is required. Note: Creativebug is available at no cost to in-district library card holders.

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Genealogy for Beginners

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Deer Park
Meeting room
In this two-part class, Donna Potter Phillips shares tools and tips to help you get started on your journey of genealogical discovery. Learn the basics of researching to get results, and discover useful websites and databases to find family histories. Adults 

Registration is required.
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Argonne Book Club

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Argonne
Conference room
This book club is led by volunteers and meets monthly. New members are welcome to join at any time. Please call the library at 509.893.8260 for this month’s title selection. Adults
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Registration is open

Genealogy & Your DNA

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Deer Park
Meeting room
Lynda Keenan, former president of the Eastern Washington Genealogical Society, shares information on what to expect when using DNA tests to research your family tree, how the DNA tests work, and what information they can and cannot give you. Adults 

Registration is required.
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Free AARP Tax Aide

4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Argonne
Meeting room
By appointment only

Federal income taxes can be confusing. Free AARP Tax Aide help is available February through April at four of our libraries: Argonne, Cheney, Moran Prairie, and Spokane Valley. Appointments are required for all locations and can be made through Washington Trust Bank by calling 509.353.4851.

To help with your appointment, be sure to bring your 2022 tax documents, valid photo ID, and Social Security cards for yourself and all household members. If you know which tax forms you’ll need, you can download and print them from www.irs.gov.
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Propagating Plants from Seeds & Cuttings

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Cheney
Meeting room
Master Gardener Steve Nokes shares ways to propagate seeds with or without a greenhouse and ways to propagate plants using cuttings. Adults 

Presented by the Spokane Master Gardeners
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Free AARP Tax Aide

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Argonne
Meeting room
By appointment only

Federal income taxes can be confusing. Free AARP Tax Aide help is available February through April at four of our libraries: Argonne, Cheney, Moran Prairie, and Spokane Valley. Appointments are required for all locations and can be made through Washington Trust Bank by calling 509.353.4851.

To help with your appointment, be sure to bring your 2022 tax documents, valid photo ID, and Social Security cards for yourself and all household members. If you know which tax forms you’ll need, you can download and print them from www.irs.gov.
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Chair Yoga

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Deer Park
Meeting room
Try gentle chair yoga, led by yoga instructor Heather Woller. Chair yoga is suitable for beginners and those who work seated at a desk, have never done yoga, and/or have limited mobility. Explore movement, range of motion, strength, flexibility, balance, breath work, and relaxation with movement options and variations to meet each participant at their ability. Adults
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Drop-in Hours at The Studio

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Spokane Valley
Studio
Stop by to familiarize yourself with The Studio and its available equipment and software. The space is equipped with two 4K video cameras, lighting, backdrops, microphones, one Nikon D3400 DSLR camera, and a ring light. The Studio is also home to computers loaded with editing software, which include Final Cut Pro, Adobe Creative Cloud, iMovie, Audacity, and GarageBand.
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3D Printing Drop-in Hours

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Spokane Valley
Stop by to see a 3D printer in action near the first- floor service desk. Learn about Tinkercad, the software used to create 3D renderings, and get answers to your 3D printing questions.
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