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Saturday, May 25, 2013

Posts Tagged ‘Phoenix Public Library’

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Phoenix Public Library Serchasaurus

We all know what it’s like to get caught in a Google whirlpool as we struggle to find the exact search terms to locate what we want before becoming distracted by something more entertaining. When kids do research on the Internet, “they could search all day and find nothing,” says Explorer Middle School eighth grade [...]

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Navy diving demo at Arizona Science Center

Students from ASU Preparatory Academy watch Navy diver Kimberly Carver in the dive tank outside the Arizona Science museum.

All this week from 10am-1pm and Saturday 10am-5pm, Navy divers will do SCUBA demonstrations and answer questions about being a Navy diver outside the entrance to the Arizona Science Center. Yesterday, students from ASU Preparatory Academy watched as Kimberly Carver, Navy Diver Second Class, jumped into the tank and wrote messages with a grease pencil [...]

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What’s the word?

Betsy and MaryKay

An exhibit of photographic works by Betsy BretHarte and Mary Kay Zeeb features the faces of folks they’ve encountered during daily travels. Explore their WORD exhibit through March 26 at the @Central Gallery inside the Burton Barr Central Library in Phoenix.

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Quilting for literacy

Quilts featuring squares by famous children’s authors line the walls of a library inside the Brooklyn’s Children’s Museum, reminding Scottsdale writer Lynn Trimble that Arizona families can celebrate literacy together at a March 24 event in Phoenix.

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Writer, writer on the wall…

Lynn Trimble has three tips for budding writers, and news of events for tweens, teens and adults eager to be the fairest writer of them all.

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Walking with Waddell

After learning that artist John Waddell will be honored Friday at the Herberger Theater Center, Lynn Trimble recalls her many encounters with Waddell sculptures exhibited around the Valley.

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Children's Book Week

Lynn Trimble explores local celebrations of “Children’s Book Week” while wondering what children are supposed to do with the other 51 weeks in the year.

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Art books seek good homes

While enjoying art-related books received as holiday gifts, Lynn Trimble decides it’s time to donate older titles to a good cause — then gets the scoop on places that need book donations and/or offer used book sales.

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