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Yoga for Every Body
Monday, March 2,
10:30 am
San Luis Obispo Library Community Room
Breathe, expand, stretch, bend, flex, and be a little more free -- give yourself the gift of self-care. All levels welcome, beginners encouraged! No experience, equipment, or registration required. Participants are encouraged to bring a yoga mat and props, if available.
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Knitters
Wednesday, March 4,
1:00 pm
Cayucos Library Meeting Room
This is an informal group, with some experienced knitters, to help you finish that project that has been laying around. Bring your own materials.
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1-on-1 eDevice Training
Wednesday, March 4, 4:00 pm
Cambria Library
Registration is required. Learn how to check out and download digital magazines, ebooks, audiobooks, movies, music and more FREE from the Library using Hoopla, RBDigital, Overdive or CloudLibrary.
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E-Device Training
Thursday, March 5,
8:30 am
Los Osos Library
Bring in your device (phone, tablet, etc...) and Diana will do her best to help you learn to use it, and download e-books to your device.
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Film for Adults: "On the Basis of Sex"
Thursday, March 5, 11:00 am
Atascadero Library Polin Community Room
The story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a woman who overcame gender inequalities in order to become a Supreme Court Justice.
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E-device Training
Friday, March 6,
10:00 am
Atascadero Library Study Room 2
Help using your tablet or smart phone to download library eBooks.Please come prepared with your passwords and bring your device charged.Call to sign up or drop in.
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Encaustic Painting
Saturday, March 7, 1:00 pm
Santa Margarita Library Bookstore
Create beautiful paintings that incorporate heated beeswax.
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Pollinator Garden Discussion
Saturday, March 7,
2:00 pm
Morro Bay Library Program Room
Discussion about pollinator gardens, with Elizabeth Johnson. Learn how to make your garden a pollinator destination...and how to make use of the library's seed-gardens.
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Clase de Ciudadanía / Citizenship Class
Tuesday, March 10,
5:00 pm
San Luis Obispo Library Creative Lab
Preparese para el Examen de Naturalización: >>aprenda sobre la aplicacion de Naturalización >>ciencia del derecho cívico >>prueba de lectura y escritura en inglés No es necesario registrarse. Clases son absolutamente gratis. Prepare for the citizenship exam. No registration required. Free
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Films of Influence - North by Northwest
Tuesday, March 10, 6:00 pm
San Luis Obispo Library Community Room
Join us for the Films Of Influence series each month where we explore films, from classics to contemporary, that impact society, culture and the world of cinema. This month's movie is Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest. Cal Poly Film Professor Doug Keesey will introduce the film and lead a Q&A discussion after.
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2-1-1 Presentation: Family resources in SLO County.
Thursday, March 12,
1:00 pm
Atascadero Library Polin Community Room
211 is a collaboration between United Way, the District Attorneys office, CAPSLO, and SLOCOE working to create a more accessible pathway for community members to receive service. What we are trying to do is promote one updated resource guide for SLO County. By doing this we are hoping to streamline the process for people to receive services in our community.
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Acrylic Pour Workshop
Thursday, March 12, 3:30 pm
Cambria Library
Registration required. Teen/Adult Join Lady Tie Di as she teaches how to mix acrylic paints (a few secret ingredients) to create your very groovy celestial-looking pictures.
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Meditation
Friday, March 13,
10:30 am
Morro Bay Library Program Room
This is a free meditation group open to all adults. Led by Ruth Cherry every Friday!
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Intro to Beekeeping
Saturday, March 14, 10:30 am
San Luis Obispo Library Community Room
Come to the SLO Library for this informative introduction to the world of beekeeping! This program is presented in conjunction with the Cuesta Book of the Year program. Community Room. Adult.
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One O'Clock Matinee: Georgia O'Keeffe
Saturday, March 14,
1:00 pm
San Miguel Library
In celebration of Women's History Month, we will show the movie, Georgia O'Keeffe. It follows the life of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her tumultuous relationship with her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz. As their relationship suffers, Alfred takes a younger lover. Georgia's search for solace moves her west, where she finds new inspiration for her paintings, and ultimately her own voice, in the New Mexico landscape.
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Identifying and Attracting Pollinators
Saturday, March 14,
2:00 pm
Morro Bay Library Program Room
Join us for a presentation by UCCE Master Gardeners on identifying and attracting pollinators to your garden! This event is presented in conjunction with the Cuesta Book of the Year program. Adult.
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Fall Prevention Class
Wednesday, March 18,
10:30 am
Los Osos Library
This year, 1 in 4 seniors will experience a fall. This FREE six-week class series is designed to help seniors stay independent and prevent falls through exercise and discussion about fall risk. No registration required; walk-ins welcome! You don't need to attend each class in this series, pick and choose the dates that work for you. Presented by the County of SLO Health Agency.
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Santa Margarita Book Club
Wednesday, March 18, 6:00 pm
Santa Margarita Library Bookstore
Join us on the third Wednesday of every month for a book discussion. The selected title for March is Life Animated by Ron Suskind.
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Let's Talk: What Really Matters at the End of Life
Thursday, March 19,
3:00 pm
Cambria Library
Registration preferred. Join us for a viewing of the beautiful, inspiring, and moving TED Talk, What Really Matters at the End of Life by BJ Miller. Miller is a hospice and palliative medicine physician who thinks deeply about how to create a dignified, graceful end of life for his patients. A lively discussion will follow.
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Knitting Club
Thursday, March 19, 4:30 pm
Arroyo Grande Library
Join our monthly knitting club to exchange tips and ideas with other knitters. The group meets on the third Thursday of the month.
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Brainteasers
Friday, March 20,
All Day
Shandon Library
Lots of fun ways to tease your brain with our Think Fun Gravity Maze, DK Mind Benders Book, Think Fun Laser Maze, Obitz game, Rush Hour Logic game, Kanoodle game, Rubix Cube & Rubix Race game.
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Clase de conversación en inglés/English conversation class
Saturday, March 21,
10:00 am
San Luis Obispo Library Group Room 2
Practica hablar inglés con otros hablantes no nativos en un ambiente informal y amigable. La clase es dirigida por un hablante nativo de inglés. No es necesario registrarse. Todos los niveles de inglés son bienvenidos. Practice speaking English with other non-native speakers in an informal and friendly setting. The class is led by a native English speaker. No registration required. All levels of English are welcome.
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Wherever There's a Fight
Saturday, March 21,
2:00 pm
San Luis Obispo Library Community Room
Join us for a program to close the Wherever There's a Fight exhibit at the San Luis Obispo Library. Elaine Elinson and Stan Yogi, co-curators of the exhibit and authors of the book on which it was based, will lead a virtual tour of significant civil liberties sites in California, with a special focus on the central coast. Learn about the daughter of a former slave who challenged streetcar segregation nearly 100 years before Rosa Parks, a 19th century Chinese immigrant laundry owner who fought discriminatory laws, ministers who stood up for lesbians and gay men in the 1960s, and many more unsung civil rights champions.
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Bring Your Own Book
Wednesday, March 25,
4:00 pm
Shell Beach Library
The Shell Beach Book Club invites you to join us and discuss the book of your choice on the fourth Wednesday of every month. Come and talk about your newest (or oldest) favorite book! FREE.
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Print Making
Thursday, March 26, 2:30 pm
Atascadero Library Polin Community Room
Rubber block Carving/Printing-draw a design on a rubber block, carve the design, ink and print images.
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Beekeeping for Beginners
Thursday, March 26,
4:00 pm
Cambria Library
Beekeeper, Erin Holder, will discuss the basics of keeping bees: hive design and equipment, procuring bees, bee hierarchy, honey harvest, and pest management.
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Let's Talk!
Friday, March 27,
1:00 pm
Cayucos Library Meeting Room
Join us for a TED Talk viewing followed by lively facilitated discussion. This month is Russ Altman - What really happens when you mix medications.
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Book of the Year Discussion
Saturday, March 28, 4:00 pm
San Miguel Library
The 2020 Book of the Year is The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees by Meredith May. Call (805) 467-3224 to reserve a space in San Miguel Library's discussion group and receive a free book. Limit 10. Refreshments will be served.
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All County of SLO Public Libraries For every five books read, children between the ages of 4 and 12 will receive a Cover to Cover Club Achievement Award good for a free Hamburger or Cheeseburger. Each child may earn up to three award certificates during the program. Children who are unable to read books themselves may participate if a parent reads with the child.
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Read to Lily the Therapy Dog!
Tuesday, March 3,
3:15 pm
Cayucos Library
Lily the therapy dog is back from Montana! Come read to Lily on the first and third Tuesdays of the month from 3:15 - 4:00pm, through April.
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Pyjama Drama!
Tuesday, March 3,
4:00 pm
San Luis Obispo Library Childrens Area
Have some creative fun singing and acting with your friends from Pyjama Drama. This six week class will have a theme of "Magical Worlds." Where will our imagination take us? Ages 5- 8 (Older children with strong imaginations will still enjoy the class)
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Preschool Craft
Wednesday, March 4, 10:30 am
Nipomo Library Community Room
Parents- Bring your preschooler to the library to make a fun craft!
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Craft Club
Wednesday, March 4,
3:30 pm
Atascadero Library Polin Community Room
Come make a fun craft! Registration required. For ages 6-12. Please call or register online.
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Kids STEAM Lab- Kids Tinkering Toolkit
Wednesday, March 4,
4:00 pm
San Luis Obispo Library Childrens Area
Come and join us for a fun STEAM DAY with tools! Let's hammer things, take things apart and measure away the afternoon!
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Kids Yoga Class
Wednesday, March 4, 4:00 pm
Arroyo Grande Library Childrens Area
Join us for a beginning yoga and mindfulness class on the first Wednesday of each month. Please wear comfortable clothes and we will provide the mats. Ages 5-10. Registration required.
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Los Osos Middle School Choir
Thursday, March 5,
11:15 am
Los Osos Library
Middle School students will give a concert for an all age audience.
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Nature Art
Thursday, March 5 - 11, All Day
Shandon Library
Join us to celebrate Spring by creating a beautiful work of art using various nature items! We'll use rocks, driftwood, bark etc. to create our unique designs. We'll provide acrylic and water color paints, Prismacolor art markers and pencils, gel pens, paper, brushes and nature items.
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Texture Paper Quilting
Thursday, March 5, 1:00 pm
San Miguel Library
In honor of National Quilting Month, we will texture paper and make simple quilt blocks. Fun activity for all ages.
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Reading to Rover
Thursday, March 5,
3:00 pm
Nipomo Library
Come to the library and read to Miley and Bentley, two friendly dogs who love to listen while children read!
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Teen Gaming!
Thursday, March 5,
4:00 pm
San Luis Obispo Library Teen Area
Meet your friends for some friendly competition and try out our new Nintendo Switch! Snacks will be provided. Grades 6-12.
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Toddler Storytime with Ms. Sally
Friday, March 6,
10:30 am
Atascadero Library
Join Ms. Sally for a themed storytime including rhymes, songs, finger play, music & stories. For Ages 1-3.
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Music of West Africa with Sean Gaskell
Friday, March 6,
5:30 pm
Santa Margarita Library
Sean Gaskell features traditional songs on the Kora, a 21 string harp that he learned how to play throughout the course of multiple visits to its homeland in Gambia, West Africa.
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Jesse and Woody Storytime
Saturday, March 7, 10:30 am
San Luis Obispo Library Childrens Area
Come join us for a special storytime with Jesse and Woody! Sing songs, dance, play games, and even learn how to yoddle!
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Charles Paddock Zoo Animals
Saturday, March 7,
2:00 pm
Arroyo Grande Library
Join us as we welcome live animals from the Atascadero Zoo and learn all about them. All ages.
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Bilingual Storytime
Tuesday, March 10,
10:30 am
Arroyo Grande Library Childrens Area
Join our bilingual storytime for music, songs and lots of fun. Acompañanos a nuestra hora de cuento y canto bilingüe tendremos mucha diversion juntos. For Ages 3 and Up
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Make n Take Craft
Wednesday, March 11,
3:30 pm
Morro Bay Library Children's Area
Drop in for a children's craft and leave with a piece of art you created. Ages 12 and under.
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GeoMags & Magnets
Thursday, March 12 - 18,
All Day
Shandon Library
Explore the wonders of magnetism with our GeoMags & Magnet kits.
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¡Vamos a leer! Let's Read! Bilingual Storytime w/ Ms. Susana
Thursday, March 12, 10:30 am
San Luis Obispo Library Childrens Area
Bilingual Storytime with Ms. Susana ¡Vamos a leer! Cuentos y canciónes en inglés y español para toda la familia. Let's read! Stories and songs in English and in Spanish for the entire family.
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Rubber Block Printing for Teens
Thursday, March 12,
4:00 pm
San Luis Obispo Library Teen Area
Learn how to carve rubber blocks and make your own prints with Debbie George. Registration required. Grades 6-12.
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Magician Jim Wilson
Thursday, March 12,
4:00 pm
Nipomo Library Community Room
Come to a comedy magic show that is age appropriate, mind boggling, high energy and fun! All ages.
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Puppet Show
Thursday, March 12, 4:00 pm
Oceano Library
Join us for a fun-filled puppet show performed with marionettes.
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Pyjama Drama
Friday, March 13, 11:00 am
Creston Library
Have some creative fun singing and acting with your friends from Pyjama Drama.
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Health Presentation for Teens
Friday, March 13,
2:30 pm
Atascadero Library O'Grady Conference Room
Join us with a presentation on healthy eating habits!
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Teen A-Town CreateSpace
Friday, March 13,
2:30 pm
Atascadero Library Polin Community Room
You never know what you can create. Bring your ideas and design a project or craft!
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Make n Take Craft
Friday, March 13,
3:30 pm
Los Osos Library
Drop in for a children's craft and leave with a piece of art you created. Ages 12 and under.
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Citrus Prints
Saturday, March 14, 3:00 pm
Cambria Library
Citrus prints using ink pads and citrus of all sizes creating miniature works of art and cards. Great for all ages.
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Honey Bee Craft
Wednesday, March 18,
2:00 pm
Shandon Library
Join us for a fun afternoon of creating honey bees out of recycled materials with Debbie George.
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Community Sing Along
Wednesday, March 18,
3:30 pm
Arroyo Grande Library Childrens Area
Join Jan Grigsby and John Roullard in a celebration of traditional and contemporary folk songs. John and Jan, both retired teachers, will share the historical and cultural significance of the songs and will introduce a variety of musical instruments. Songbooks will be available to help with the lyrics.
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First Day of Spring Rock Painting Party
Thursday, March 19, 1:00 pm
San Miguel Library
Spring rocks! Come paint a rock to give or share or leave for someone to find. It's fun. It's easy. And everything will be provided.
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Mini Terrariums for Teens
Thursday, March 19,
4:00 pm
San Luis Obispo Library Teen Area
Learn how to make a mini terrarium to take home. All materials will be provided. For grades 6-12.
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Chess Club
Friday, March 20, 2:30 pm
Nipomo Library Community Room
Would you like to learn to play chess? Would you like to improve your chess strategy and meet other players? Join us on the third Friday of the month from 2:30-4:45. School ages to seniors are welcome, and game boards and instruction will be provided.
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Citrus Stamping for Teens
Friday, March 20, 2:30 pm
Atascadero Library Polin Community Room
Join us for a fun workshop using local fresh fruit and vegetables to create art.
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Teen Advisory Board
Friday, March 20,
3:30 pm
Atascadero Library O'Grady Conference Room
TEENS, join Ms. Charlie at this time to talk about teen events, programs, volunteering for community service, books and movies. Help keep us updated on teen trends!
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Teen Advisory Board Meeting
Friday, March 20,
3:30 pm
San Luis Obispo Library Teen Area
Meeting of the Teen Advisory Board-(TAB). Let's build an agenda for your group. This is a group for teens run by teens. Ages 13-17. We will plan teen programs, our teen area, books and more! Refreshments will be served and a prize drawing will be held!
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Creation Station
Saturday, March 21, 2:00 pm
Santa Margarita Bookstore
Kids will create a S.T.E.M. project to take home. Ages 6-12.
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Teen Watercolor Workshop
Saturday, March 21,
2:00 pm
Arroyo Grande Library
Learn how to paint with watercolors with artist Amy Wicks. Registration required. Ages 10-17.
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Library Legos
Wednesday, March 25,
3:30 pm
Morro Bay Library Program Room
Build Legos based on the monthly theme, or free build using your own ideas, come prepared to use your imagination. Ages 3-12 welcome.
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Library Legos
Thursday, March 26,
3:30 pm
Los Osos Library Children's Area
Build Legos based on the monthly theme, or free build using your own ideas, come prepared to use your imagination. Ages 3-12 welcome.
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Cayucos Storytime
Friday, March 27,
10:30 am
Cayucos Library
Storytime for toddlers and preschool.
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Bilingual Storytime ~ Cuentos Bilingues
Friday, March 27,
11:30 am
Oceano Library
Bilingual storytime with songs and rhymes in English and Spanish for children under 5 years old. Cuentos bilingües con canciones y rimas en inglés y español para niños menores de 5 años. Reading stories to children helps them develop their imagination, perfect their vocabulary, building communication skills and dream. Leyendo cuentos a los niños les hagan desarrollar su imaginación, perfeccionar su vocabulario, estimular su comunicación y soñar.
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Community Drum Circle
Saturday, March 28,
10:30 am
Los Osos Library
Led by Leslie Thompson, the community Drumming Experience is an hour of fun entry-level experiential music making with drums and percussion that is accessible to anyone who wants to participate. It is designed to be a family-friendly environment in which a facilitator creates fun and exciting rhythmic interplay between participants. All ages and levels of ability are welcome and no prior musical experience is necessary. Drums and percussion instruments provided! Rain cancels.
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Family Maker Day
Saturday, March 28, 12:00 pm
Santa Margarita Library
Spend the day tinkering, playing, and making! 12-4:30
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Lego Club
Saturday, March 28, 2:00 pm
Arroyo Grande Library
Join our Lego Club and show off your creative side. We supply the Legos and the theme for you to stretch your imagination and build. Registration required. Ages 6-10.
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