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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:
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:
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:
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:
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.

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