Secrets of the Library: a Children's Writing Workshop with Anne Mazer

10:00am - 11:30am
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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Thaler/Howell Programming Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Writing, Classes and Workshops
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 12
About this event::
Explore the secrets of the library in this two-part writing workshop for ages 8-11 given by author Anne Mazer. Bring a notebook, a favorite pen, your curiosity and imagination. Register for one or both sessions. ...

One-on-One Tech Help

11:00am - 12:00pm
Full
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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Adult Services Department
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: One-on-One Appointments, Technology Class
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1
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Book a librarian for help with digital downloads or computer basics. ...

SPRING WRITES Performance: Senior Troupe of Lifelong presents: Beginnings and Endings or the Road Not Taken (your choice): Stories from our Lives

11:00am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: BorgWarner East
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The Senior Troupe of Lifelong presents Living History Theatre, which every season centers on a theme that the troupe picks and features stories from the troupe's lives that are both humorous and serious. Our living history theatre is presented as cho...

SPRING WRITES Workshop: Running Around the Writer's Block

12:30pm - 1:30pm
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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: BorgWarner East
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Experienced writer or novice, we all get stuck at some point. In this workshop, Elisabeth Nonas will explore ways to write even when we're not inspired. You will leave with tools to help you silence your inner critic and jump-start, re-start, or simp...

SPRING WRITES Workshop: Writing Fantasy Fiction and Poetry

12:30pm - 1:30pm
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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: BorgWarner West
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With inspiring guided exercises, Katharyn Howd Machan (longtime professor of Writing at Ithaca College, and the first Poet Laureate of Tompkins County) will lead participants to create new work and/or continue a manuscript already begun, whether it b...

SPRING WRITES Panel: Code-switching: Exploring Multilingualism in Writing and Literature

2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: BorgWarner East
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A natural product of bilingual and multilingual language use, code-switching is the movement between two or more languages in the context of conversation and text. CULTURA presents a panel discussion to explore the use of code-switching in literature...

SPRING WRITES Workshop: Joke Writing

2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: BorgWarner West
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Kenneth McLaurin will lead a workshop that will cover the basics of writing jokes and performing. It will cover what makes us laugh, and why jokes work, basic joke structure and writing techniques, and basic techniques to maintain audience engagemen...

LEGO at the Library

3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Thaler/Howell Programming Room
Age Group: Families, Babies, Toddlers, & Preschoolers, Kids
Program Type: STEAM, Other
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Children are invited to attend this weekly LEGO® brick building program. 'LEGO at the Library' encourages children to use their imaginations or LEGO books from the TCPL collection to create their own LEGO art! The Library will provide LEGO bricks, an...

SPRING WRITES Panel: Total Submission: Understanding the Kinks and Quirks of Literary Magazines

3:30pm - 4:30pm
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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: BorgWarner East
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One of the first places a writer can find an audience for their work is through literary magazines. But with so many venues to choose from and so much competition out there, understanding what lit mags are looking for can often be confusing. In this ...