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Location: Virtual Time: 10:00am-10:00pm Share Share This Date: 8/4/2020STEM @ Your Library Get ready to create some friction by making a paper climber with Becca from Mancuso Neighborhood Library! It will be an adventure! ... Location: Virtual Time: 10:00am-10:00pm Share Share This Date: 8/6/2020Chapter One with HPL Join us for Chapter One with HPL, our podcast highlighting first chapter reads from awesome titles for tweens and teens every Tuesday and Thursday... Location: Virtual Time: 10:00am-10:00pm Share Share This Date: 8/11/2020Chapter One with HPL Join us for Chapter One with HPL, our podcast highlighting first chapter reads from awesome titles for tweens and teens every Tuesday and Thursday... Location: Virtual Time: 10:00am-10:00pm Share Share This Date: 8/11/2020STEM @ Your Library How do butterflies eat and taste? Find out with Professor P and Chris from Walter Neighborhood Library as they show you how to make a butterfly... 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Location: Virtual Time: 10:00am-10:00pm Share Share This Date: 8/25/2020STEM @ Your Library Part 1 of 2! Learn how to build a strong bridge from spaghetti with Lauren from Henington-Alief Regional Library! Which design will you... Location: Virtual Time: 10:00am-10:00pm Share Share This Date: 8/25/2020STEM @ Your Library Part 2 of 2! Watch us destroy bridges to learn about load capacity and testing bridge designs with Lauren from Henington-Alief Regional Library... Location: Virtual Time: 10:00am-10:00pm Share Share This Date: 8/25/2020Chapter One with HPL Join us for Chapter One with HPL, our podcast highlighting first chapter reads from awesome titles for tweens and teens every Tuesday and Thursday... 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