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Spring Comics Camp for Kids

10:00am - 11:00am
Kids, Teens
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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Digital Lab
Age Group: Kids, Teens
Program Type: Writing, Classes and Workshops, Makerspace
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Join comic artist Ten Van Winkle for lessons on making comics, from drawing, to character creation, to storytelling! From ages 8-13, first-timers and old pros all welcome!

This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Spring Comics Camp for Kids

10:00am - 11:00am
Kids, Teens
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Makerspace
Age Group: Kids, Teens
Program Type: Writing, Classes and Workshops, Makerspace
About this event::

Join comic artist Ten Van Winkle for lessons on making comics, from drawing, to character creation, to storytelling! From ages 8-13, first-timers and old pros all welcome!

This event is in the "Kids" group.
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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Thaler/Howell Programming Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Classes and Workshops
Required
Seats Remaining: 12
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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.

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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: BorgWarner East
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Performance
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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 present

This event is in the "Teens" group.

Comic Creation Workshop Series for Teens

11:15am - 12:30pm
Teens
Full
Required
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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Digital Lab
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Writing, Classes and Workshops, Digital Lab
Required
Seats Remaining: 15
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Local comic book artist Ten Van Winkle will be on site in the Digital Lab each week to help you create your own comics. Learn how to use the skills you already have to tell stories with art. Registration is encouraged, drop-ins welcome.

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Spring Writes: Prose Open Mic

11:30am - 1:00pm
Adults
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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Ezra Cornell Reading Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Performance
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As a part of Spring Writes Festival, local writers will have the opportunity to showcase their work during a free open mic event.  This event is open to writers of all ages and experience levels.  Poetry should focus on Space, which is t

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Dungeons & Dragons Meetup Group

12:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults
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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Time Warner Cable Study Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Groups, Meetings, Other
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This weekly group is intended for adults interested in playing Dungeons & Dragons who have RSVPed to rachel.e.hadley@gmail.com. Minors are welcome to attend with a parent or guardian.

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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: BorgWarner West
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Classes and Workshops
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Marginalized voices are often met with a contradictory combination of advice: "you must tell your story", and Don't overshare".  At the same time, we meet an ever-encroaching dearth of expectation of privacy in our society, particularly comin

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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: BorgWarner East
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Writing, Classes and Workshops
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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

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Piano Recital by Miri Yampolsky and Xak Bjerken

1:30pm - 2:30pm
Adults, Families, Babies, Toddlers, & Preschoolers, Kids, Teens
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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Ezra Cornell Reading Room
Age Group: Adults, Families, Babies, Toddlers, & Preschoolers, Kids, Teens
Program Type: Performance, Music
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Join the hosts of Mayfest, Cornell's International Chamber Music Festival, for a sneak preview performance of piano music!

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Adult Board Game Club

1:30pm - 4:30pm
Adults
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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Tompkins Trust Company Study Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Groups, Meetings
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Adults are invited to join our weekly board game club! Bring a favorite game or play one that's on hand.

 

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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: BorgWarner West
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Writing, Classes and Workshops
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A panel discussion by members of the Strictly Genre critique group on the ins and outs of crafting believable dialogue. Come learn how to create dialogue that snaps, crackles and pops with life in a variety of genres.

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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: BorgWarner East
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Writing, Classes and Workshops
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The age of the computer and the Internet has led to an explosion of outlets for short fiction. Literally several thousand journals, both in print and on line, offer respectable venues for publication.

This event is in the "Babies, Toddlers, & Preschoolers" group.
This event is in the "Kids" group.

LEGO at the Library

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Babies, Toddlers, & Preschoolers, Kids
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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Thaler/Howell Programming Room
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, & Preschoolers, Kids
Program Type: 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!

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One-on-One Tech Help

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults
Full
Required
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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
Required
Seats Remaining: 1
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Book a librarian for help with digital downloads or computer basics.

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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: BorgWarner East
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Writing, Poetry, Performance, Lectures
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Bien Acompañada Press is releasing their SECOND zine, Voices of Central America, which honors and holds space for Central American Artists.

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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: BorgWarner West
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Writing, Poetry, Other
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Writing instructors Heather Bartlett, Angie Pelekidis, Jaime Warburton, and Barrett Bowlin will read new works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.