Summer Hours
Starting Saturday, June 8th
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Monday, Wednesday- 10:00 am to 7:00 pm
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday- 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday- 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Sunday- Closed
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Story Seekers
Monday, June 3 and 10, Friday, June 7
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Calling all Story Seekers! The Bradford Area Public Library invites families with children ages birth to five to participate in our Story Seekers program every Monday and Friday at 11:00 am. We offer a variety of literacy activities that include reading, writing, talking, singing, and playing! A new story is offered each week with play experiences that encourage active learning and inspire the imagination. Children have opportunities to create their own stories using art materials, building blocks, dramatic play, and music and movement.
During the month of June, the Story Seekers will share a book and plan an activity covering the themes of dragonflies and flamingos and work on related crafts. They will read
Me and My Dad
by Alison Edgson and make a gift for dad.
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Art Club Art Show
Monday, June 10
4:00 to 5:00 pm
For the past several months, the Art Club has been studying the works of famous artists and different forms of art and creating works of art that illustrate the work. Art Club members will proudly display all of their creations.
The Art Club is supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. With the funding from this grant, the Art Club was able to offer art classes facilitated by local artists. The program is free and open to the public.
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Best Baby Playgroup
Wednesday, June 12
6:00 pm
CARE for Children's Best Baby Playgroup is a free program geared for children from birth to 2 years and their parents. You'll see why they call CARE for Children the "Best Baby Playgroup!"
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Kid’s Movies
Friday, June 21
11:00 to 12:00 pm
Join us for cartoons. Enjoy the laughs with family and friends.
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PROGRAMS FOR TWEENS AMD TEENS
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Middle Ground Book Club
Thursday, June 6
5:00 to 6:00 pm
Middle Ground Book Club, for grades 5-8, will meet to discuss
The Jumbies
by Tracey Baptiste and play the popular Battle of the Books.
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Teen Book Club
Tuesday, June 18
5:00 to 6:00 pm
The Teen Book Club will meet to discuss
Two Can Keep A Secret
by Karen M. McManus.
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Tween and Teen Arts: Paint Pouring with Courtney Mealy
Monday, June 17
4:00 to 5:00 pm
Class limit: 16
Calling all tweens and teens to join us for Paint Pouring with Courtney Mealy. Paint Pouring is a lot of fun and makes a great gift. Participants must pre-register at the circulation desk. This program is made possible through a Community Impact Grant from the United Way of the Bradford Area.
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Tween and Teen Arts: Whimsical Painting on Board
Monday, June 24
5:30 to 6:30 pm
Class limit: 16
Using acrylic paint, sharpies and vintage paper, instructor Courtney Mealy will lead participants to create their own whimsical painting with inspirational affirmations. Participants must pre-register at the circulation desk. This program is made possible through a Community Impact Grant from the United Way of the Bradford Area.
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Adult Arts: Decorated Flower Pot
Monday, June 10
5:30 to 6:30 pm
Class size: Limited to 12 people
Fee: $10.00
Courtney Mealy of Pitt Bradford will lead this workshop. Get ready for the garden season with your own colorful flowerpot. In this workshop, participants will create their own decorated flowerpot using a variety of techniques from decoupage, painting and collage.
Participants must pre-register and prepay for the workshop —all materials will be supplied. Space is limited to 12 participants. Register at the Circulation Desk.
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Learn About Lyme Disease with Dr. Jill Owens
Saturday, June 22
12:00 to 1:00 pm
Don’t let that tick make you sick. Tick Season will be here soon. Time to get out and enjoy the great outdoors. Unfortunately, the ticks will be out too. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that Lyme disease is now the fastest growing vector-borne infectious disease in the United States. Lyme disease is one of the most underreported diseases because less than half of patients who have it don’t even remember getting bitten by a tick or getting the rash associated with it. Learn more about lyme disease with Dr. Jill Owens of Bradford Family Medicine. Dr. Owens will talk about why the disease is often misdiagnosed, the signs, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
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Creative Share
Monday, June 24
3:30 to 4:30 pm
The Creative Share program is an opportunity for people to share their poems, songs or creative writing with others. The library is expanding its former Poetry Slam to include other forms of writing as well.
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Whimsical Painting on Board
Monday, June 24, 5:30 to 6:30 pm
Class limit: 12
Fee: $10.00
Using acrylic paint, sharpies and vintage paper, instructor Courtney Mealy will lead participants to create their own whimsical painting with inspirational affirmations.
Participants must pre-register and prepay for the workshop —all materials will be supplied. Space is limited to 12 participants. Register at the Circulation Desk.
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Chess Club
Tuesday, June 25
4:00 to 5:00 pm
Do you play chess? We have a club that is just for you. Bob Ferguson of the American Chess School will facilitate the club.
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No Rules Book Club and Friends Book Club
Saturday, June 8
10:30 am
Holly Spittler and Dr. Anita Herbert will lead a discussion of
The Woman in the Window
by A.J. Finn. For readers of Gillian Flynn and Tana French comes one of the decade’s most anticipated debuts, to be published in thirty-six languages around the world and already in development as a major film from Fox: a twisty, powerful Hitchcockian thriller about an agoraphobic woman who believes she witnessed a crime in a neighboring house.
“Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing.” Gillian Flynn, author of
Sharp Objects
and
Gone Girl
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We want to thank Dr. Bob Tahara, MD FACS and Becky Tahara, of Allegheny Vein & Vascular and Amy McClure for their generous support of the children’s program. Their sponsorship of our summer children’s program is greatly appreciated.
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Bradford Area Public Library would not be able to run without the help of volunteers, and we are currently recruiting more! If you have any interest in helping out with day to day library operations, please stop by the library to fill out a volunteer application. Teen volunteers must be older than 13 years of age.
Don't forget to check out the year-round used book sale we have in the lobby of the library! Books are organized alphabetically and by subject matter. Hardbacks $1, paperbacks 50 cents, magazines 10 cents, and CDs and VHS tapes 3 for $1.
We are currently taking donations of current novels by popular fiction authors for the used book sale. Please, nothing moldy, musty, or damaged. You can drop any donations off at the front desk.
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67 West Washington Street
Bradford, PA 16701
Phone: (814) 362-6527
Fax: (814) 362-4168
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Hours
Monday, Wednesday 10:00 am to 7:00 pm
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Sunday Closed
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