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Join us to build with Legos! For each creation you build, receive an entry in our LEGO Club drawing for a LEGO gift card. June 9 & July 14 from 10:00am-8:00pm
Join us at the Rogers Elementary Gymnasium (200 Rogers Street, Waterloo) for a special animal show with a variety of animals! The doors open at 1:45pm, show starts at 2:00pm. June 11 at 2:00pm
Join us as we learn American Sign Language essential signs & completing some fun activities and games to practice what we learned! Led by a certified sign language interpreter. You do not need any sign language experience to attend! June’s theme is world & countries, July’s is summer. June 18 & July 16 at 7:00pm (ages 5+)
June 19 at 1:00pm
Mike Truax, President of the 1904 World’s Fair Society, will relate and show many interesting, unusual, and little-known facts and images from the 1904 World’s Fair. These stories include Fair planning and construction, aviation and entertainment, and concessions and exhibits at the Fair. He will also tell about The Pike, the Floral Clock, Fair food, special Fair visitors, the Ferris Wheel, and the demolition and legacies of the Fair. You will be amazed from start to finish, seeing the Fair’s scale along with many achievements that truly made the 1904 World’s Fair “The Greatest of Expositions.”
June 25 at 1:00pm
Many St. Louisans know about the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. But did you know that the Louisiana Purchase Exposition also had a large entertainment district called “The Pike”? The mile-long Pike had dozens of attractions and concessions that featured entertainment (with actual and simulated rides), historical and scientific exhibits, foreign lands and food, a circus, zoo, and wild west show, and, of course, the giant Observation (Ferris) Wheel. Learn all about the Pike as Mike Truax, 1904 World’s Fair Society President, describes the experiences of a typical 1904 family as they take “A Trip to the Pike”.
June 27 at 7:00p
Join Barbara Kay, a historical actor, as she portrays Amelia Earhart attending the 1904’s World Fair. Barbara will also explain how Amelia’s experience at the fair inspired her to build a roller coaster.
We will be learning the ASL alphabet and basic greetings & conversational words. Led by a certified sign language interpreter. You do not need any sign language experience to attend! July 8 at 10:00am and 7:00pm (ages 5+)
Friends of the Library Book Sale to benefit Morrison-Talbott Library- Purchase books, dvds, audiobooks, and more for $0.50 each. (No scanners permitted due to space limitations) Saturday, July 12 from 9:00am-3:00pm
