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Monday, July 05	Independence Day Holiday - Libraries Closed
Tuesday, July 06	Teens Summer Reading Bingo - Starts Today! Kids going into 6th to 12th grades!!! Sign up at the Info Desk to receive your Bingo card and a free gift. One bingo card per person. Next you need to read five books of varying types and genres to complete your card. Fill out your card with your titles, then put it in the box in front of the gift basket you would like to win. Don't forget to add your name and contact info. Winners drawn at random on August 6th. Also, be on the lookout for crafts, entertaining and educational programs, gaming, movies, music and great books, all here for you this summer. Details in this calendar, print lists, and at the Library. In fact: *Coming up this afternoon, Glass Painting,* from 3-4 pm in the Merwin Room. Registration required.**
Tuesday, July 06 3:00PM-4:00PM Merwin Room	Summer for Teens & Tweens: Glass Painting! Turn a plain clear glass or vase into something special! Patterns provided, or use your imagination. All materials provided, too! For those entering grades 6 - 12. Registration required. Refreshments provided.
Monday, July 12 6:00PM-8:00PM Community Room	Pizza and a Movie - For Teens! Summer Fun Films, plus pizza! Mon. 7/12: Alice in Wonderland. PG. 108 min. 2010 Mon. 7/26: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. PG. 118 min. 2010. Free. PG. Middle and High School students welcome.
Wednesday, July 14 1:00PM-3:00PM Community Room	Summer for Teens & Tweens: Junk Drawer Art Bring along your junk drawer treasures to recycle into an art sculpture! Examples: paper clips, twisty ties, washers, bottle caps, whatever you find! Other decorative materials and paints will be provided. Art Smarts instructor Kathy Vincent shows you how! Registration required; limited to 16. Refreshments provided. For those entering 6 - 12 grades.
Wednesday, July 21 6:30PM-8:00PM Merwin Room	Around Connecticut in 60 Minutes A Photographic Journey with Bill Conway Join us and celebrate Connecticut's 375th birthday with a slide show 'Around Connecticut.' Bill Conway will host this photographic display of a few of his favorite places in Connecticut. Bill is a former teacher in the Orange schools, and is now retired and living in North Haven. He enjoys researching and photographing cemeteries, meeting houses, churches, and Greens. Registration required. Doors will open at 6:15pm for this free event.
Thursday, July 22 2:00PM-4:30PM Community Room	Summer: Family Friendly Movies! Weekly afternoon movies will be shown from July 22 - August 26 in the Community Room on Thursday afternoons. All are G or PG rated. Today's movie is: *Where the Wild Things Are.* Adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's story of Max and his imaginary forest of exotic monsters. PG. 101 min. 2009. Movies are free. Refreshments will be provided by Spring Meadows Trumbull -- A Senior Living Community.
Thursday, July 22 3:00PM-4:00PM Merwin Room	Summer for Teens & Tweens: Can Tab Belt / Bracelet Use your imagination! Create a surprisingly attractive belt or bracelet out of old soda can tabs. All materials provided. Registration required. Refreshments provided. For those entering 6 - 12 grades.
Monday, July 26 6:00PM-8:00PM Community Room	Pizza and a Movie - For Teens! Summer Fun Films, plus pizza! Mon. 7/12: Alice in Wonderland. PG. 108 min. 2010 Mon. 7/26: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. PG. 118 min. 2010. Free. PG. Middle and High School students welcome.
Tuesday, July 27 4:00PM-6:00PM Community Room	Summer for Teens & Tweens: Mask Making Workshop Let your creativity shine through as you work in pairs to create an original plaster mask of your own faces. Create the mask on the first day, then return the following day to paint and/or decorate it. Two-day workshop: registration required, but only once, on today's calendar entry. For those entering 6 - 12 grades. Refreshments provided.
Wednesday, July 28 4:00PM-5:00PM Community Room	Summer for Teens & Tweens: Mask Making Workshop Let your creativity shine through as you work in pairs to create an original plaster mask of your own faces. Create the mask on the first day, then return the following day to paint and/or decorate it. Join award-winning theatre arts instructor Ingrid Schaeffer. Two-day workshop: registration required, on yesterday, 7/27, the first day of the progam. For those entering 6 - 12 grades. Refreshments provided.
Wednesday, July 28 6:30PM-7:30PM Community Room	Wildlife and Connecticut's Changing Landscape Summer's here and see outdoor life at the Library! Bev Propen, a licensed Master Wildlife Conservationist and docent at the CT Audubon Coastal Center in Milford, will present a history of CT landscapes and wildlife. After the show, there will be live 'bioprops' such as bones, animal skins, pinecones, nuts, feathers, and footprint molds, to help you recognize items when you are out on a hike! Open seating. Doors open at 6:15pm. Please drop in. Tonight's presentation was created by the CT Dept of Environmental Protection, Wildlife Division. Bev also holds a Master of Library Science degree.
Thursday, July 29 2:00PM-4:30PM Community Room	Summer: Family Friendly Movies! Weekly afternoon movies will be shown from July 22 - August 26 in the Community Room on Thursday afternoons. All are G or PG rated. Today's movie: *The Princess and the Frog.* Set in New Orleans’ French Quarter, this return to hand-drawn animation is a modern twist on a classic tale. A beautiful girl named Tina finds a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again and with a fateful kiss, leads them on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana. G. 98 min. 2009. Movies are free. Refreshments will be provided by Spring Meadows Trumbull -- A Senior Living Community.