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Tween Time: I *HEART* Chocolate Day Location: COMMUNITY ROOM Time: February 11th at 6:00pm- 7:00pm Chocolate games, chocolate snacks, oh my! If you love chocolate then hurry to sign up for this yummy event!
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Book Club: Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick Location: SEMINAR ROOM Time: February 14th at 2:00pm- 3:00pm An archaeologist who unearths a mysterious artifact, an airman who finds himself far from home, a painter, a ghost, a vampire, and a Viking: the seven stories in this compelling novel all take place on the remote Scandinavian island of Blessed where a curiously powerful plant that resembles a dragon grows. What binds these stories together? What secrets lurk beneath the surface of this idyllic countryside? And what might be powerful enough to break the cycle of midwinterblood?
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Teen Writers' Workshop Location: SEMINAR ROOM Time: February 14th at 3:00pm- 4:30pm Bring your inspiration and your imagination and come hang out with other teens who love to write. Forget romance! We’re going to be completely anti-Valentine’s Day and tackle heartbreak and horror. You can work on a current project or start a new one!
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Safe Sitter Class Location: COMMUNITY ROOM Time: February 17th at 9:00am- 4:00pm The SAFE SITTER program includes instruction on CPR for infants and children, success on the job, safety for the sitter, managing an emergency, behavior management skills, and more! The instructors are experienced, registered nurses who are enthusiastic about working with teens.
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Best Year Yet: Reducing Stress Through Meditation Location: COMMUNITY ROOM Time: February 18th at 6:00pm- 7:30pm Feeling stressed and overwhelmed? Don't let that stand in the way of your Best Year Yet! Join Dr. Alan Post as he discusses the extraordinary effect of meditation to reduce stress-related responses, improve concentration, and enhance clarity of thought. He will present a simple, time-tested meditation technique in a short meditation sitting.
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Best Sitter On The Block Location: HAYDEN CENTER: MEETING ROOM 2 Time: February 21st at 2:00pm- 3:30pm You came to Safe Sitter now come learn how to be the Best Sitter! We’ll talk about activities to keep your young charges busy and happy, the best bedtime stories, and the secrets to becoming the babysitter who is always in demand!
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Best Year Yet: Mindful Eating and Healthy Snacks Location: COMMUNITY ROOM Time: February 24th at 4:00pm- 5:30pm Join Dietitian-Nutritionist Carolyn Kopcha for this exciting hands-on program. We’ll talk about how to give your body the fuel while still enjoying the tasty flavors you love. We’ll all work together to prepare easy, healthy snacks that you can look forward to after school or when hanging out with your friends!
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Coding Club Location: COMMUNITY ROOM Time: February 25th at 5:30pm- 7:00pm Explore your own coding interests, and meet other teens who share your passion! You can bring your own laptop if you like, and we will also have laptops available for you to use. Come prepared to learn something new and share what you know!
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Book To Movie Club: If I Stay Location: TEEN DEN Time: February 27th at 2:30pm- 4:30pm Life changes in an instant for young Mia Hall after a car accident puts her in a coma. During an out-of-body experience, she must decide whether to wake up and live a life far different than she had imagined. The choice is hers if she can go on.
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Anime Club Location: COMMUNITY ROOM Time: Every Tuesday at 6:30pm-7:30pm
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AARP Tax Help Mondays, February 9-April 13 at 9:00 am The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide is available again this year for free to taxpayers with low and moderate income, with special attention to those 60 and older. Anyone who wishes to partake in this service must arrive at the library at 9:00 am and take a number. Patrons will then be seen in the order they arrived. This is a volunteer run service and there are a limited number of spots available each day, so be sure to be here early to get your number. No reservations can be made ahead of time. This is a first come, first served program.
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Readers' Round Table Thursday, February 5 at 6:30 pm The Readers' Round Table is all the fun of a book discussion without the required reading! Meet new people and have a snack while we share the books we have read and loved (or hated). Your reading list is sure to be longer than you can imagine when you leave this evening!
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Soups, Stews, & Chilis Thursday, February 12 at 6:30 pm Nothing is more comforting for dinner in winter than a steaming hot bowl of soup, stew, or chili! Join Melissa this evening as we taste some of her favorite recipes and learn the tricks of making your favorite bowl of goodness in no time! REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY!
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Best Year Yet!: Design your own expression book Saturday, February 21 at 1:30 pm Join Maria Holme this afternoon for a bit of creative fun & self-discovery at this scrapbook style workshop. Experience the benefits of capturing what makes you smile, motivates you and brings you happiness. We will use magazines, watercolors, ink/stamps, textures and more to design the notebook of our dreams. Beware: attending this workshop inspires positive energy, mindful living, and creativity! Participants are asked to bring a blank spiral bound journal/notebook or artist book. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY!
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Chess Club Thursdays at 1:00pm Come play chess each week in the Seminar Room. Advance players can challenge each other or help our beginners.
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Art Group of Northern RI Wednesday, February 18th @ 6:00pm Artists of any medium are welcome to join this group! Share your work with other members and be inspired! Each month the group will choose a theme for the next month. Create a new piece based on the prompt or revisit an old favorite. New members are always welcome!
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Evening Book Discussion Group Monday, February 9th at 6:30pm: RARI Title: Norwegian By Night by Derek Miller
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Daytime Book Discussion Group Thursday, February 19th at 10:00am: RARI Title: Norwegian By Night by Derek Miller
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Zumba Wednesdays at 6:30pm Dance away the stress of the week and feel great with this aerobic workout! $5 per session payable at the Reference desk before class.
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The Best of Me
Friday, February 6th at 1:30pm PG-13, 118 minutes, 2014
Amanda (Michelle Monaghan) and Dawson (James Marsden) were once high-school sweethearts. They have a bittersweet reunion when they return to their hometown for the funeral of a mutual, beloved friend. Seeing each other again after 20 years apart reignites the love they've never forgotten, but Amanda and Dawson soon discover that the forces that drove them apart when they were younger pose even more threats today. Based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks.
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The Theory of Everything
Friday, February 20th at 1:30pm PG-13, 123 minutes, 2013
In the 1960s, Cambridge University student and future physicist Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) falls in love with fellow collegian Jane Wilde (Felicity Jones). At 21, Hawking learns that he has motor neuron disease. Despite this -- and with Jane at his side -- he begins an ambitious study of time, of which he has very little left, according to his doctor. He and Jane defy terrible odds and break new ground in the fields of medicine and science, achieving more than either could hope to imagine.
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Foxcatcher
Friday, March 20th at 1:30pm R, 149 minutes, 2014
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