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This Calendar of Events includes library-sponsored events and public meetings that are held in library meeting rooms.
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Community meetings are subject to change without notice.
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All Events on July 27th (35 events)
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- 7/27/2012
- Friday
- 8:30am - 10:00am
- Location:
- Kirk-Bear Canyon
- Categories:
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Adults
Computer Classes
Introduction to Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft PowerPoint is a software program for creating and showing presentations that include slides, outlines, speaker's notes and audience handouts. In this course designed for beginners, you will learn the fundamentals of PowerPoint. Practice using text, pictures and clip art, and then edit your presentation to make it look professional.
General knowledge of the Windows operating system and some knowledge of Microsoft Word are recommended prerequisites.
Part 2 of 2, Register at the desk or call 520-594-5275.
- 7/27/2012
- Friday
- 9:00am - 11:30am
- Location:
- Valencia
- Small Meeting Room
- Categories:
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Adults
Adults 50+
Computer Classes
Job Help
Spanish/Español
Personalized Computer and Job Help / Ayuda personalizada de computación y búsqueda de empleo
Our computer instructor is available to answer any questions you might have on a wide variety of computer topics. Topics can include resume writing, online job searching, email accounts, Internet searching and more.
Ayuda personalizada de computación y búsqueda de empleo
Nuestro instructor de computación está disponible para responder cualquier pregunta que tenga de una variedad de temas de computación. Estos temas pueden incluir escritura de currículo, búsqueda de empleo en la red, cuentas de correo electrónico, búsquedas en la Internet y más.
Bilingual (English/Spanish).
- 7/27/2012
- Friday
- 9:00am - 5:00pm
- Location:
- Joel D Valdez Main
- Children's room
- Categories:
-
Family
Games
Kids
Where's Waldo?
Where's Waldo? In Tucson, of course! The famous fellow in the striped shirt and black rimmed specs will be in twenty locations on 4th Avenue and in Downtown during the month of July. (Well, to be honest, it'll be a 6-inch version of Waldo.) Those who spot Waldo in 15 different locations can enter a raffle to win fabulous prizes.
Want to participate? Pick up a search list at Antigone Books (411 N 4th Avenue) or the children's section of the Joel D. Valdez Main Library (101 N Stone Avenue). Or, go to www.antigonebooks.com to download the list and to see the list of raffle prizes. Waldo fans of all ages are invited to participate.
You have from July 1 through July 30 to find Waldo.
Raffle winners will be chosen on July 31.
- 7/27/2012
- Friday
- 9:30am
- Location:
- Salazar-Ajo
- Categories:
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Adults
Adults 50+
Movie
Friday Film
Adults are sure to enjoy these films—some old, some new, westerns, new releases, nature presentations. Our films cover the range of interests.
- 7/27/2012
- Friday
- 9:30am - 11:30am
- Location:
- Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr
- Categories:
-
Adults
Adults 50+
Computer Classes
Introduction to Microsoft Excel
This course teaches Microsoft Excel basics. Excel is a spreadsheet program that helps you manage mathematical information. It is frequently used in today’s workplace.
Once you begin to understand the basics, you will find it is an easy and fun application to use. For example, you can use Excel to budget your personal finances and keep track of your investments. You can also use Excel to follow loan repayments, compare different mortgages, create invoices and more.
Prior experience with the computer and an understanding of the Windows operating system is recommended.
Part 3 of 3. This class session will be held on Friday.
- 7/27/2012
- Friday
- 9:30am - 12:00pm
- Location:
- Mission
- Meeting room
- Categories:
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Adults
Adults 50+
Health & Wellness
Healthy Living: Managing Ongoing Health Conditions
Designed at Stanford University, this free workshop teaches adults and caregivers to live successfully with on-going health conditions like diabetes, cancer, heart and lung disease, arthritis and hypertension. The workshop teaches management skills through interaction, goal-setting, and action planning.
The workshop lasts six sessions, meeting once a week for 2.5 hours. The program is administered by the Pima County Health Department. Registration is required; participants are expected to attend every meeting.
Session two of six. Register by calling 520-594-5325.
- 7/27/2012
- Friday
- 10:00am - 10:30am
- Location:
- Oro Valley
- Meeting Room
- Categories:
-
Storytime
Toddler Storytime
Designed for children 18- to 36-months-old. Parents/caregivers and children interact through stories, songs, and rhymes. Stories are kept short to fit the toddlers' short attention spans. Each Toddler storytime is 20 to 30 minutes long.
- 7/27/2012
- Friday
- 10:00am - 11:00am
- Location:
- Santa Rosa
- Categories:
-
Family
Kids
Storytime
Toddler Storytime
Designed for children 18- to 36-months-old. Parents/caregivers and children interact through stories, songs, and rhymes.
- 7/27/2012
- Friday
- 10:00am - 12:00pm
- Location:
- Nanini
- Conference Room
- Categories:
-
Adults
Adults 50+
Family
Kids
Summer Reading
Teens
Click Club
Attention Summer Reading Passport holders! Drop in to the Click Club to fulfill some of the activities on the list of 100 or just drop in for fun. You’ll learn to take a virtual tour of a museum, download a song on Freegal, or discover an online story.
Drop in times are every Friday 10am-12noon beginning June 8, and every Tuesday 1-3pm beginning June 12.
- 7/27/2012
- Friday
- 10:00am - 12:00pm
- Location:
- Woods Memorial
- Categories:
-
Adults
Adults 50+
Kids
Spanish/Español
Teens
Quiet Zone / La Zona de Silencio
We are designating a Quiet Zone for those customers who would like an area where they can have a peaceful place for study, contemplation, reflection, productive thinking or to just read, with minimal disturbances.
La Zona de Silencio está reservada para clientes de la Biblioteca quienes están leyendo, estudiando, conduciendo investigaciónes u otras actividades sin ruido.- 7/27/2012
- Friday
- 10:00am - 1:00pm
- Location:
- Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr
- Categories:
-
Adults
GED Prep
Literacy
Free GED Preparation and Tutoring
At this drop-in session, get help from our tutors to get started preparing for the GED at your own pace. All classes are taught by Pima County Public Library tutors with Adult Education Certification, and will be taught in English. Students ages 16 and older can attend classes.
Please note that children cannot attend these classes. Parents must make their own child care arrangements for children under age 8.
Wheeler Taft Abbett, Sr. Branch Library, 7800 N. Schisler Dr. Registration is not required.
- 7/27/2012
- Friday
- 10:00am - 5:00pm
- Location:
- El Rio
- Categories:
-
Adults
Adults 50+
Computer Classes
Job Help
Drop-in Job Help
Our computer instructor is available to answer questions you might have on a wide variety of computer topics. Topics include resume writing, online job searching, email accounts, Internet searching and more.
- 7/27/2012
- Friday
- 10:00am - 5:00pm
- Location:
- Valencia
- Magazine Area
- Categories:
-
Adults
Spanish/Español
Quiet Zone / La Zona de Silencio
We are designating a Quiet Zone for those customers who would like an area where they can have a peaceful place for study, contemplation, reflection, productive thinking or to just read, with minimal disturbances.
La Zona de Silencio está reservada para clientes de la Biblioteca quienes están leyendo, estudiando, conduciendo investigaciónes u otras actividades sin ruido.- 7/27/2012
- Friday
- 10:30am
- Location:
- Murphy-Wilmot
- Categories:
-
Kids
Preschool
Storytime
Preschool Storytime
Designed for 3- to 5-year-olds and their parents or caregivers. Stories are longer than the Toddler Storytime and the activities are more complex. Children must be able to sit still for a longer period of time than during Toddler Storytime. Preschool Storytime is 30 to 45 minutes long.
- 7/27/2012
- Friday
- 10:30am
- Location:
- Himmel Park
- meeting room
- Categories:
-
Kids
Preschool
Storytime
Preschool Storytime
Designed for 3- to 5-year-olds and their parents or caregivers. Stories are longer than the Toddler Storytime and the activities are more complex. Children must be able to sit still for a longer period of time than during Toddler Storytime. Preschool Storytime is 30 to 45 minutes long.