Lake Hazel Branch
Saturday, May 19th, 2012
10:00am
Register Online

Victory Branch
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
6:30pm
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Star Branch
Saturday, June 2nd, 2012
10:30am
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Star Branch
Saturday, May 12th, 2012
12:00-4:00pm

Enjoy a day of relaxation and support your library at the same time! The Friends of the Star Library are hosting a Spa Day fundraiser on Saturday, May 12th from 12:00-4:00pm. Stations include chair massage, reflexology foot zone therapy, nail art, hair styling, instant manicure and more! Click here for a full list of personal spa choices. Call or visit the Star Branch Library to schedule your spa treatment before it's too late.

$1 raffle tickets are also available for fabulous prizes donated by local businesses!

Star Branch
Friday, May 4th, 2012
1:00pm

Poet Laureate Philip Levine
Photo by Abby Brack, Library of Congress

Ada Community Library invites poetry lovers to join us at the Star Branch annex on Friday, May 4 at 1 p.m. for a unique opportunity to hear and interact with the U.S. Poet Laureate. Star Branch is one of 10 sites nationwide selected to speak with U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine during a live interactive video conference.

Titled “Behind the Scenes with the Poet Laureate,” the event will allow participants at the video conference to hear Levine read and discuss three of his poems — “Our Valley,” “The Simple Truth” and “What Work Is.” Mr. Levine will also field questions about the works and on broader aspects of his life and writing.

Can’t join us at Star? It will also be streamed live on the World Wide Web beginning at 1 p.m.. The webstream will be available at http://video.magpi.net/. Click on “Live Videos.”

This special event is sponsored by the Poetry and Literature Center of the Library of Congress, with technical support from the Internet2 K20 Initiative, IRON (Idaho Regional Optical Network), MAGPI (the Mid-Atlantic Gigapop in Philadelphia for Internet2), and the Idaho Commission for Libraries’ Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP).

April 21-28, 2012
Get off the couch and get ACTIVE!

Children spend more than 30 hours a week in front of a “screen” (TV, video games, computers). By the time the average person reaches the age of 70, he or she will have spent the equivalent of 7 to 10 years watching TV. Spending too much time in front of the “screen” is associated with numerous negative consequences. For example, children who watch more TV are more likely to be overweight and perform poorly in school.

Unplug and Be Outside is a Be Outside, Idaho week long community event that encourages families to “unplug” from the TV, video game consoles, computer games and go explore outdoor activities. All Ada Community Library branches are participating this year. Lake Hazel is dedicating all weekly preschool programming to nature themes, Star and Hidden Springs will offer nature story times and an afterschool H20 activity during the week (check calendars for exact dates and times), and Victory is hosting a sidewalk chalk art program on the library patio Saturday, April 28th. For a full list of community activities that promote being active outdoors and with nature visit www.unplugandbeoutside.com.

Ask for the Unplug and Be Outside passport card at library service desks. Children who attend three or more events during the Unplug and Be Outside week will be entered to win drawing prizes.

Unplug and Be Outside is sponsored by Be Outside, Idaho! and the Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health. Be Outside, Idaho! is a statewide coalition of agencies and businesses founded in 2008 to "connect Idaho's youth from backyards to mountaintops."

Do you look forward to our library programs and events? You can view online calendars of our events here!

The May 2012 calendars for all of our locations are also available for printing (requires free Adobe Reader):

• Hidden Springs Branch Library
• Lake Hazel Branch Library
• 2012 Winter/Spring Programs
• Star Branch Library
• Victory Branch Library