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1	2 * Teen GameZone & CraftsTeen GameZone & Crafts Time: 4:00 pm Made a Perler headphone case. Play Xbox 360 Kinect™, Wii™, board games, card games, and online games. Bring your NPL card to use the laptops. * Extraordinary in the OrdinaryExtraordinary in the Ordinary Time: 7:00 pm Kevin Rebus, Poet Laureate of Kansas will share how poetry can illuminate the path through our daily lives, revealing beauty in the mundane tasks and objects that we often overlook. The program is provided by the Kansas Humanities Council. * Fall Preschool StoryTimeFall Preschool StoryTime Time: 7:00 pm Stories, crafts, songs, puppet shows and more for children ages 2 1/2-5 years old. Registration is required.	3 * Fall Preschool StoryTimeFall Preschool StoryTime Time: 10:30 am Stories, crafts, songs, puppet shows and more for children ages 2 1/2-5 years old. Registration is required. * Open Tech HelpOpen Tech Help Time: 3:30 pm Nathan, IT Supervisor, is available to help with any technology questions. Bring your devices and questions. * Learn Share Discuss LinuxLearn Share Discuss Linux Time: 6:45 pm The Newton Linux User’s Group (NLUG) meets to share information and applications regarding this open source alternative to Microsoft Operating Systems and discuss developments in the technology field.	4 * Mystery Lover's Book ClubMystery Lover's Book Club Time: 5:00 pm Read and discuss "Grave Sight" by Charlaine Harris. Contact the Library for copies of the book.	5 * Fall Preschool StoryTimeFall Preschool StoryTime Time: 10:30 am Stories, crafts, songs, puppet shows and more for children ages 2 1/2-5 years old. Registration is required. * Star Wars Reads DayStar Wars Reads Day Time: 6:30 pm Meet the 501st! Take a photo! Pick a Star Wars book to check out and take home!	6 * Fall Toddler StoryTimeFall Toddler StoryTime Time: 9:30 am Stories, crafts, songs, rhymes and more for children ages 6 months - 2 1/2 years old. Registration is required. * Fall Preschool StoryTimeFall Preschool StoryTime Time: 10:30 am Stories, crafts, songs, puppet shows and more for children ages 2 1/2-5 years old. Registration is required.	7 * Teen Screen SaturdayTeen Screen Saturday Time: 3:00 pm Bring your friends for "Mean Girls" (PG-13). Snacks, too.
8	9 * Teen GameZone & CraftsTeen GameZone & Crafts Time: 4:00 pm Paint some bookends. Play Xbox 360 Kinect™, Wii™, board games, card games, and online games. Bring your NPL card to use the laptops. * Fall Preschool StoryTimeFall Preschool StoryTime Time: 7:00 pm Stories, crafts, songs, puppet shows and more for children ages 2 1/2-5 years old. Registration is required.	10 * Fall Preschool StoryTimeFall Preschool StoryTime Time: 10:30 am Stories, crafts, songs, puppet shows and more for children ages 2 1/2-5 years old. Registration is required. * Open Tech HelpOpen Tech Help Time: 3:30 pm Nathan, IT Supervisor, is available to help with any technology questions. Bring your devices and questions. * Papercrafts & ColoringPapercrafts & Coloring Time: 6:30 pm Recycle damaged books into something decorative or useful. Or color your stress away. Bring your own materials, or use the Library's supplies.	11	12 * Fall Preschool StoryTimeFall Preschool StoryTime Time: 10:30 am Stories, crafts, songs, puppet shows and more for children ages 2 1/2-5 years old. Registration is required. * Keep Your Online Persona SafeKeep Your Online Persona Safe Time: 6:30 pm Nathan, IT Supervisor, presents “Keep Your Online Persona Safe: Hold a Mirror to Your Online Image, Personal and Professional!” Free to attend, no registration required.	13 * Fall Toddler StoryTimeFall Toddler StoryTime Time: 9:30 am Stories, crafts, songs, rhymes and more for children ages 6 months - 2 1/2 years old. Registration is required. * Fall Preschool StoryTimeFall Preschool StoryTime Time: 10:30 am Stories, crafts, songs, puppet shows and more for children ages 2 1/2-5 years old. Registration is required. * Family MovieFamily Movie Time: 3:30 pm Bring the kids and watch "Goosebumps" (PG). Snacks, too!	14
15	16 * Teen GameZone & CraftsTeen GameZone & Crafts Time: 4:00 pm Make faux crystal bracelets. Play Xbox 360 Kinect™, Wii™, board games, card games, and online games. Bring your NPL card to use the laptops. * Fall Preschool StoryTimeFall Preschool StoryTime Time: 7:00 pm Stories, crafts, songs, puppet shows and more for children ages 2 1/2-5 years old. Registration is required.	17 * Fall Preschool StoryTimeFall Preschool StoryTime Time: 10:30 am Stories, crafts, songs, puppet shows and more for children ages 2 1/2-5 years old. Registration is required. * Open Tech HelpOpen Tech Help Time: 3:30 pm Nathan, IT Supervisor, is available to help with any technology questions. Bring your devices and questions. * Dating Mystery PhotographsDating Mystery Photographs Time: 7:00 pm Gary Clark of the Wichita Genealogical Society will talk about "Dating and Identifying Your Mystery Photographs."	18	19 * Fall Preschool StoryTimeFall Preschool StoryTime Time: 10:30 am Stories, crafts, songs, puppet shows and more for children ages 2 1/2-5 years old. Registration is required. * Friends Members-Only Book SaleFriends Members-Only Book Sale Time: 6:00 pm Members of Friends of Newton Public Library have first chance to buy materials at the Spring Book Sale! 6-8 p.m. Join the Friends of Newton Public Library for $10/year or $50/lifetime and support the work of your local library! * Third Thursday Book DiscussionThird Thursday Book Discussion Time: 7:00 pm Read and discuss "Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir" by Kao Kalia Yang. This is the 2017 Big Read Wichita book. See http://www.wichitalibrary.org/bigread/Pages/default.aspx for area events.	20 * Friends Fall Book SaleFriends Fall Book Sale Time: 9:00 am Friends of Newton Public Library host the Fall Book Sale. Support the Library and your reading habit! 9 a.m. - 5:45 p.m. * Fall Toddler StoryTimeFall Toddler StoryTime Time: 9:30 am Stories, crafts, songs, rhymes and more for children ages 6 months - 2 1/2 years old. Registration is required. * Fall Preschool StoryTimeFall Preschool StoryTime Time: 10:30 am Stories, crafts, songs, puppet shows and more for children ages 2 1/2-5 years old. Registration is required.	21 * Friends Fall Book SaleFriends Fall Book Sale Time: 9:00 am Friends of Newton Public Library host the Fall Book Sale. Support the Library and your reading habit! 9 a.m. - noon * Pumpkin DecoratingPumpkin Decorating Time: 3:00 pm Decorate a mini pumpkin (supplied) for our pumpkin judging contest (October 24-31). No punctures - decorating with paint, markers, glue, etc.
22	23 * Teen GameZone & CraftsTeen GameZone & Crafts Time: 4:00 pm Decorate a mini pumpkin! Play Xbox 360 Kinect™, Wii™, board games, card games, and online games. Bring your NPL card to use the laptops. * Fall Preschool StoryTimeFall Preschool StoryTime Time: 7:00 pm Stories, crafts, songs, puppet shows and more for children ages 2 1/2-5 years old. Registration is required. * TALK Book DiscussionTALK Book Discussion Time: 7:00 pm Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, professor at Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont, leads a discussion of “Go Tell It on the Mountain” by James Baldwin. This is the final book in a three-book series “Faith in Fiction: Christianity.” Discussion leaders and books are provided by Kansas Humanities Council. Contact the Library for copies of the book.	24 * Fall Preschool StoryTimeFall Preschool StoryTime Time: 10:30 am Stories, crafts, songs, puppet shows and more for children ages 2 1/2-5 years old. Registration is required. * Open Tech HelpOpen Tech Help Time: 3:30 pm Nathan, IT Supervisor, is available to help with any technology questions. Bring your devices and questions. * Photographer Kira MorrisPhotographer Kira Morris Time: 7:00 pm Award-winning photographer Kira Morris will share photos from her adventures, including spending three years at the McMurdo Station, a U.S. research base in Antarctica.	25 * Library ClosedLibrary Closed The staff is attending the 2017 Kansas Library Association Conference "Libraries Transform Learning."	26 * Library ClosedLibrary Closed The staff is attending the 2017 Kansas Library Association Conference "Libraries Transform Learning." * Fall Preschool StoryTimeFall Preschool StoryTime Time: 10:30 am Stories, crafts, songs, puppet shows and more for children ages 2 1/2-5 years old. Registration is required.	27 * Fall Toddler StoryTimeFall Toddler StoryTime Time: 9:30 am Stories, crafts, songs, rhymes and more for children ages 6 months - 2 1/2 years old. Registration is required. * Fall Preschool StoryTimeFall Preschool StoryTime Time: 10:30 am Stories, crafts, songs, puppet shows and more for children ages 2 1/2-5 years old. Registration is required.	28
29	30 * Teen GameZone & CraftsTeen GameZone & Crafts Time: 4:00 pm Make Harry Potter wands. Play Xbox 360 Kinect™, Wii™, board games, card games, and online games. Bring your NPL card to use the laptops. * Fall Preschool StoryTimeFall Preschool StoryTime Time: 7:00 pm Stories, crafts, songs, puppet shows and more for children ages 2 1/2-5 years old. Registration is required. * "Blue Revolution" Discussion"Blue Revolution" Discussion Time: 7:00 pm Brad Guhr, Education Coordinator at Dyck Arboretum, will be a guest speaker and discussion leader for the discussion of the Hesston Community Read book, "Blue Revolution: Unmaking America's Water Crisis," by Cynthia Barnett.	31 * Fall Preschool StoryTimeFall Preschool StoryTime Time: 10:30 am Stories, crafts, songs, puppet shows and more for children ages 2 1/2-5 years old. Registration is required. * Open Tech HelpOpen Tech Help Time: 3:30 pm Nathan, IT Supervisor, is available to help with any technology questions. Bring your devices and questions.

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