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2019 Bill Klinger Baseball Essay Contest

Enter to win 2 tickets to a Twins game at Target Field this summer (date TBD) plus a $50 Visa gift card to offset travel costs. To enter, write a short essay on one of the following themes:

1. Who is your favorite baseball player, and why do you appreciate this player so much?

2. What is your favorite memory from a baseball game, and how did it positively affect you?

Submit your completed essay (typed or handwritten) to Winona Public Library's Youth Services desk by 6 pm on Friday, April 26. Two winners (one from grades 2-4 & one from grades 5-6) will be chosen.

The Klinger Family raises money each year to provide opportunities for youth to attend major league baseball games.

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Nature Knowledge with Nora

Join Nora from the Happy Dancing Turtle for nature-based fun each month! Great for ages 6 through 10.

Friday, April 19 at 1:30 PM—Learn about seeds! We’ll do a puzzle activity, a seed sort, and plant seeds for each attendee to take home.

Friday, May 10 at 3 PM—Get buggy! Get a close-up look at water bugs and complete a couple of bug-related crafts & activities to take home.

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Earth & Space Adventures

Join Jennifer Anderson, a Winona State University Geology Professor, for some hands-on, geology-based fun!

Great for ages 6-10. Please register at tinyurl.com/GeologyWPL

April 23, 3:30 PM: Dinosaur Snacks—Dinosaur teeth and paleoecology activity (Registration for this program is FULL).

May 28, 3:30 PM: The Solar System—Build a solar system outside!

 

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Teen Spoken Word Workshop

Tuesday, April 30th, 4:30-5:30 PM

For grades 5-12. Celebrate National Poetry Month with Joe Davis, professional spoken word artist from Minneapolis, MN. We’ll begin with poetry-driven conversation, writing games to get the creative energy flowing, and organically delve further into theory and practice through writing prompts and facilitated feedback. Register at tinyurl.com/WPLSpokenWord.

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Movement Mornings in April

For Ages 2-5

Wednesday, April 10 at 10:30 AM: Complete our obstacle course! Obstacles include balancing on a beam, hopping from one place to another, and bending your body to sneak through our maze of yarn!

Wednesday, April 24 at 10:30 AM: Footloose fun! Free play with instruments, make your own noise-maker, dance to music, play with our parachute, and more! High-energy & lots of fun!

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Teen D.I.Y. Club

Select Mondays in April from 4:30-5:30 PM

For grades 5-12. Registration is FULL.

April 8: Button Art. Create art using various sizes & shapes of buttons!

April 15: Squishies. Create your own squishy! They are the perfect squeeze toys to relieve stress…and also just super fun.

April 22: String Art, Part 1

April 29: String Art, Part 2

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Creative Kids

Thursdays in April from 3-4 PM

Youth ages 6 through 10 are invited to join for a new creative activity each week! We’ll use perler beads, make scribble bots, launch things from catapults, and combine our art skills to make a collaborative canvas. Registration for April 18th & 25th is FULL.

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Saturday Movie @ the LIB

Saturday, April 20th at 11 AM

Teens in grades 5-12 are invited to join us at the library for an afternoon movie. Popcorn provided.

“Avengers: Endgame” comes out in theaters on April 26th, so come and catch up on all that went down in “Infinity War” (it was a lot) before “Endgame” releases! We’ll be screening “Infinity War” on the big screen in the Art Room. This film is rated PG-13, and the running time is 2 hr 40 min.