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Celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride at RainbowFest! This year, Washoe County Library is partnering with our friends at Our Center for a fun community event for families, friends, and allies of all ages!
Local drag artist Miss Ginger Devine and friends are back for Drag Story Hour with more stories that explore diversity and celebrate our differences.
Limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Each adult attending must be accompanied by one or more children.
To stay up-to-date on upcoming events, sign up for our Drag Story Hour Updates. |
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| Write Like an Animal | Sunday, June 11, 2-3 pm
Sparks Library |
Creative writing and science merge in a roleplaying workshop for young writers (6th-10th grade) led by local author Terri Farley.
After a short introduction to creating a scene, participants will make their free-choice animal the main character in a fun fact-based story. |
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| Author Talk Jamie Beck |
Thursday, June 15, 11 am-noon
Online event | Join us for a conversation with award-winning photographer and New York Times bestselling author of An American in Provence, Jamie Beck.
Equal parts art book, travel diary, memoir, and cookbook, An American in Provence transports you to the South of France as Beck shares recipes and tips and techniques for creating incredible photos. |
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| High Noon with Neal Cobb History of a Historical Society |
Thursday, June 15, noon-1 pm Online event |
Dennis Little with the Douglas County Historical Society will present a tour of the Courthouse Museum in Genoa and the Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center in Gardnerville including their programs, special events and the amusing stories that go along with operating hundred-year-old buildings.
Little is actively involved with the Douglas County Historical Society, where he oversees Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center in Gardnerville and the Courthouse Museum in Genoa. |
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| Nevada Humanities presents The Thistlefoot Traveling Puppet Show |
Friday, June 16, 3-4:30 pm North Valleys Library |
Join us for a special live book talk and puppet show and book signing with Nevada Reads 2023 featured author GennaRose Nethercott, as she brings her acclaimed novel Thistlefoot to life with hand-crafted shadow panoramas and puppetry.
The novel Thistlefoot addresses the 19th and 20th century pogroms in Eastern Europe that included genocidal violence against Jewish people.
This event is best for ages 12 and up. |
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Wednesdays in the Quad |
Wednesday, June 14, 2:30-5:45 pm
Downtown Reno Library
This week we will be working with the sublimation printer and heat press. We'll provide you with a coffee mug, coaster, or metal bookmark (limit one item per person), and you can transfer a vivid, full-color design or photograph onto it. Bring an image file (.png or .jpg) on a flash drive or your phone, and leave with a vibrant, one-of-a-kind item. Sign up for an individual, 30-minute session. |
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WHAT TO READ NEXT |
Sydney Taylor Book Award |
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FRIENDS OF WASHOE COUNTY LIBRARY |
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The Friends of Washoe County Library book sale is happening June 3-11 during its new sale hours, 10 am-4 pm, inside the Reno Town Mall.
Friends of Washoe County Library is a member-supported 501(c)(3) Nevada non-profit organization dedicated to advocating, fundraising, and providing support for the Washoe County Library System.
To join, to donate, or for more information, please visit www.washoelibraryfriends.org or call 775-324-5522. |
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Washoe County Library System
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301 S. Center St. Reno, NV 89501 |
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