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Events on April 4, 2018
  • Family Place Parent Support and Education by LVHN
    Starts: 12:30 pm
    Ends: April 4, 2018 - 2:00 pm
    Description: Parents can attend informational sessions while children play close by. Join this FREE group to receive peer support, earn points toward fun prizes, and gain a certificate of completion. Register with Lehigh Valley Health Network, call 484-661-8290.
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Events on April 5, 2018
  • Tech Thursday
    Starts: 9:30 am
    Ends: April 5, 2018 - 10:30 am
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Events on April 9, 2018
  • LEGO Club
    Starts: 6:30 pm
    Ends: April 9, 2018 - 7:30 pm
    Description: We supply the LEGOS, you supply the creativity! For children in grades 1-5. No registration required. Blocks stay at the library, so we can keep building again and again!
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Events on April 10, 2018
  • Espanol Story Time
    Starts: 10:30 am
    Ends: April 10, 2018 - 11:00 am
    Description: Ven a disfrutar con nosotros cuentos, canciones, y rimas en espanol. Todas las edades.

    Spanish Story time every other Tuesday starting January 16, 2018. For all ages.
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Events on April 11, 2018
  • Family Spring Story Time
    Starts: 10:30 am
    Ends: April 11, 2018 - 11:15 am
    Description: Fun for all ages! Story time program with interactive stories, songs, rhymes, and activities for families with young children to enjoy together. No registration required.
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Events on April 12, 2018
  • Tech Thursday
    Starts: 9:30 am
    Ends: April 12, 2018 - 10:30 am
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  • Tell-Tales Story Time
    Starts: 10:30 am
    Ends: April 12, 2018 - 11:15 am
    Description: A "lap-sit" program with simple stories, songs, rhymes, and music for our youngest library users. No registration required.
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Events on April 16, 2018
  • Allentown Public Library Board Meeting
    Starts: 12:00 pm
    Ends: April 16, 2018 - 1:00 pm
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  • LEGO Club
    Starts: 6:30 pm
    Ends: April 16, 2018 - 7:30 pm
    Description: We supply the LEGOS, you supply the creativity! For children in grades 1-5. No registration required. Blocks stay at the library, so we can keep building again and again!
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Events on April 18, 2018
  • Family Spring Story Time
    Starts: 10:30 am
    Ends: April 18, 2018 - 11:15 am
    Description: Fun for all ages! Story time program with interactive stories, songs, rhymes, and activities for families with young children to enjoy together. No registration required.
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  • Family Place Parent Support and Education by LVHN
    Starts: 12:30 pm
    Ends: April 18, 2018 - 2:00 pm
    Description: Parents can attend informational sessions while children play close by. Join this FREE group to receive peer support, earn points toward fun prizes, and gain a certificate of completion. Register with Lehigh Valley Health Network, call 484-661-8290.
    More details...
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Events on April 19, 2018
  • Tech Thursday
    Starts: 9:30 am
    Ends: April 19, 2018 - 10:30 am
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  • Tell-Tales Story Time
    Starts: 10:30 am
    Ends: April 19, 2018 - 11:15 am
    Description: A "lap-sit" program with simple stories, songs, rhymes, and music for our youngest library users. No registration required.
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Events on April 23, 2018
  • Wee Build
    Starts: 10:30 am
    Ends: April 23, 2018 - 11:30 am
    Description: Bring your child to our monthly hands-on play time with library toys. Build, talk, explore, and create together. Building develops a child's math and science skills, and provides lots of fun. All you need to bring is your imagination! No registration. For children 2-6 years of age.
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  • LEGO Club
    Starts: 6:30 pm
    Ends: April 23, 2018 - 7:30 pm
    Description: We supply the LEGOS, you supply the creativity! For children in grades 1-5. No registration required. Blocks stay at the library, so we can keep building again and again!
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  • Free Concert: Simple Gifts
    Starts: 7:00 pm
    Ends: April 23, 2018 - 8:00 pm
    Location: Allentown Public Library, 1210 Hamilton St, Allentown, PA 18102, USA
    Description: Free Music Concert: Simple Gifts <br> Date: Monday, April 23, 2018 <br>Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM<br><br>Location: Allentown Public Library Community Room <br>Linda Littleton and Karen Hirshion—collectively known as Simple Gifts—play 12 instruments between the two of them, everything from pianos and fiddles to hammered dulcimers and tablas. Simple Gifts also create their own arrangements of Irish jigs, American reels, Gypsy melodies, Balkan dance music and more. “Simple Gifts wowed our audience with a cultural and educational program that was fun, informative, and energetic.” – Teresia Bush, Smithsonian Institute <br><br><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.simplegiftsmusic.com%2F&sa=D&usd=2&usg=AFQjCNFpQfMz2lusquIKM_Uh8Xrwjn3Kyg&quot; target="_blank">http://www.simplegiftsmusic.com/</a&gt;
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Events on April 24, 2018
  • Espanol Story Time
    Starts: 10:30 am
    Ends: April 24, 2018 - 11:00 am
    Description: Ven a disfrutar con nosotros cuentos, canciones, y rimas en espanol. Todas las edades.

    Spanish Story time every other Tuesday starting January 16, 2018. For all ages.
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  • Adult Book Club
    Starts: 6:00 pm
    Ends: April 24, 2018 - 7:30 pm
    Location: Book Sale Room
    Description: All are invited to enjoy a relaxing evening discussing the book, "When Breath Becomes Air" by author, Paul Kalanithi.
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Events on April 25, 2018
  • Family Spring Story Time
    Starts: 10:30 am
    Ends: April 25, 2018 - 11:15 am
    Description: Fun for all ages! Story time program with interactive stories, songs, rhymes, and activities for families with young children to enjoy together. No registration required.
    More details...
  • Family Place Parent Support and Education by LVHN
    Starts: 12:30 pm
    Ends: April 25, 2018 - 2:00 pm
    Description: Parents can attend informational sessions while children play close by. Join this FREE group to receive peer support, earn points toward fun prizes, and gain a certificate of completion. Register with Lehigh Valley Health Network, call 484-661-8290.
    More details...
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Events on April 26, 2018
  • Tech Thursday
    Starts: 9:30 am
    Ends: April 26, 2018 - 10:30 am
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  • Tell-Tales Story Time
    Starts: 10:30 am
    Ends: April 26, 2018 - 11:15 am
    Description: A "lap-sit" program with simple stories, songs, rhymes, and music for our youngest library users. No registration required.
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Events on April 28, 2018
  • Wee Build Too
    Starts: 10:00 am
    Ends: April 28, 2018 - 3:00 pm
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Events on April 30, 2018
  • LEGO Club
    Starts: 6:30 pm
    Ends: April 30, 2018 - 7:30 pm
    Description: We supply the LEGOS, you supply the creativity! For children in grades 1-5. No registration required. Blocks stay at the library, so we can keep building again and again!
    More details...
 

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