Among
the
Stacks
June 2017
Sunday
Monday
Teen Open-Play Gaming
1pm
Please note:
Events preceeded by “WBL” are at your library in Wright;
all other events are at your library in Gillette.
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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2
3
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9
10
Toddler Time 9:30am
Teen Open-Play Gaming Teen Dungeons & Dragons
1pm
10am
Storytime 10:30am
Teen Open-Play Gaming
WBL Build a Better World
1pm
Summer Reading Kickoff
with Curious George
WiiPlay Saturday
10:30am
1pm • grades 3-6
Teen Tech-y Thursday 1pm
STEAM Saturday
1pm • grades 3-6
Families & Jammies 6:30pm
Teen Anime 6:30pm
CCPL Closed
4
11
CCPL Closed
5
Teen Dungeons
& Dragons 4pm
CCPL Closed
25
CCPL Closed
Teen Dungeons
& Dragons 4pm
12
Teen Dungeons
& Dragons 4pm
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26
Teen Dungeons
& Dragons 4pm
CCPLS Board Meeting
4pm
9:30am-7pm 9:30am-7pm9:30am-7pm
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Storytime 10:30am
Toddler Time 9:30am
Toddler Time 9:30am
Teen Open-Play Gaming Teen Dungeons & Dragons
1pm
10am
Teen Tech-y Tuesday 1pm
Storytime 10:30am
Storytime 10:30am
Teen Open-Play Gaming
WBL Summer Reading Teen Tech-y Thursday 1pm
Teen Card Club 4pm
1pm
Movie 10:30am
Adult Tabletop Gaming
WBL Teen Program 3pm
WiiPlay Saturday
Teen Open-Play Gaming Families & Jammies 6:30pm
5:30pm • Age 18 and up
1pm • grades 3-6
1pm
Family Movie Night 6pm
Teen Anime 6:30pm
CCPL Summer Reading
STEAM Saturday
The Birds
Beach Science 2:30pm
1pm • grades 3-6
Computer Class 6:30pm
Google Drive
Storytime 10:30am
Toddler Time 9:30am
Toddler Time 9:30am
Teen Open-Play Gaming Teen Dungeons & Dragons
1pm
10am
Teen Tech-y Tuesday 1pm
Storytime 10:30am
Storytime 10:30am
Teen Open-Play Gaming
Teen Card Club 4pm
WBL Summer Reading Teen Tech-y Thursday 1pm
1pm
Indiana Bones
Adult Tabletop Gaming
WBL Teen Program 3pm
10:30am
WiiPlay Saturday
5:30pm • Age 18 and up
Families
&
Jammies
6:30pm
1pm • grades 3-6
Book Discussion 6:30pm Teen Open-Play Gaming
Teen Anime 6:30pm
1pm
The Fireman by Joe Hill
STEAM Saturday
CCPL Summer Reading
1pm • grades 3-6
Computer Class 6:30pm
Indiana Bones
Facebook Q&A
1:30pm and 3pm
Storytime 10:30am
Toddler Time 9:30am
Toddler Time 9:30am
Teen Open-Play Gaming
1pm
Storytime 10:30am
Storytime 10:30am
Teen Tech-y Tuesday 1pm
WBL
Summer
Reading
Teen Tech-y Thursday 1pm
Teen Card Club 4pm
Adult Tabletop Gaming Curtis Mork, The LEGO Guy Families & Jammies 6:30pm
10:30am
5:30pm • Age 18 and up
Teen Anime 6:30pm
Teen Open-Play Gaming
Computer Class 6:30pm
Surviving the Eclipse
1pm
Clean Up & Speed Up
presented by Mike Miller
CCPL Summer Reading
Your Computer
7pm
Curtis Mork, The LEGO Guy
1:30pm and 3pm
Hosted by Campbell
County Public Library
Theme: Eclipse
@ Gillette Brewing Company
June 12 • 7pm
GBC • 301 S. Gillette Avenue
670.8948
7
Teen Volunteer Scholastic Book Fair • CCPL Lobby
5-7pm
Trivia Night
@ Gillette Brewery 7pm
Hosted by CCPL Librarians!
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6
Storytime 10:30am
Toddler Time 9:30am
Toddler Time 9:30am
Teen Open-Play Gaming Teen Dungeons & Dragons
10am
1pm
Storytime 10:30am
Storytime 10:30am
Teen Tech-y Tuesday 1pm
Teen Open-Play Gaming
WBL Summer Reading Teen Tech-y Thursday 1pm
Teen Card Club 4pm
1pm
Science 10:30am
Adult Tabletop Gaming
WBL Teen Program 3pm
WiiPlay
Saturday
Teen Open-Play Gaming Families & Jammies 6:30pm
5:30pm • Age 18 and up
1pm • grades 3-6
1pm
Computer Class 6:30pm
Teen Anime 6:30pm
STEAM Saturday
CCPL Summer Reading
CCPLS Digital Library
1pm • grades 3-6
Build a Better You 2:30pm
CCPL librarians are
hosting this GBC event
and kicking off our
summer-long solar-eclipse-themed events by
passing out our One Book One Community
title The End of Night by Paul Bogard. Bogard
will be speaking at CCPL and WBL in August!
Campbell County Public Library (CCPL)
2101 S. 4J Road • Gillette, WY 82718
307.682.3223
Hours: Monday-Thursday: 9am-9pm
Friday, Saturday: 9am-5pm
ARTISTS
OF THE
MONTH
Everybody’s
Photo Club
The TECH-XPERT!
Free One-on-One
Drop-In Tech Help
Need some help with your new (or old)
gadget? Tyler McKillop, CCPL intern, helps
patrons with laptop, tablet, and smart
phone questions. Stop by the Tech Center!
First come, first served:
Tuesdays and Thursdays
4-6:30pm • CCPL Atrium
Wright Branch Library (WBL)
305 Wright Boulevard • P.O. Box 600 • Wright, WY 82732
307.464.0500
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 10am-8pm
Wednesday, Friday: 10am-5pm • Saturday: 10am-2pm
Summer Reading Programs for All
CCPL Book Discussion
Kids Build and discover this summer at Campbell County Public
Library (CCPL) and Wright Branch Library’s (WBL) Build a Better World
summer library program. Explore a world of possibilities through stories,
puppet-making, art projects, science and engineering, and more. The
program is open to children birth-6th grade. Pick up your reading log
at the library and earn prizes throughout the summer.
BUILD IT... WEDNESDAYS @ CCPL • Ages 6 and older
June 7, 2:30pm
Build It! Build a Better You!
June 14, 2:30pm
Build It! Beach Science!
June 21, 1:30pm and 3pm
Build It! Adventure Stories from Storyteller Indiana Bones
June 28, 1:30pm and 3pm
Build It! LEGO Building with “The LEGO Guy”
ON YOUR MARK, GET SET...@ WBL • All events are for all ages
Thursday, June 1, 10:30am
KICKOFF! Meet Curious George! Craft a computer disc fish!
Wednesday, June 7, 10:30am STEM Construction! Build bridges...roads...houses...more!
Wednesday, June 14, 10:30am Movie! Laugh...munch popcorn...and sip lemonade!
Wednesday, June 21, 10:30am Listen...to whip-cracking tales from Storyteller Indiana Bones
Wednesday, June 28, 10:30am LEGO Building with “The LEGO Guy”!
Teens
Reading Prizes • Earn prizes this summer just for reading: each 500 pages or 5 hours you track
will earn a prize, plus a chance to win one of our grand prize baskets. Stop by the Teen Room to
sign up and get a bingo sheet, then start reading!
Maker’s Space • 1-4pm Weekdays • Stop by the Teen Room where there’s always something
interesting to do. Activities are centered on needs of community agencies – your creations will be
donated to them to help Build a Better World.
Summer Food Drive • Successfully meeting our food drive goals will result in some additional
fun at the Summer Reading Wrap-Up party.
Tech-y Tuesdays and Thursdays 1-4pm • 3D printer and software, Robotic LEGOs, 3D printer
pens, and littleBits robotics, green screen and sound booth! Get tech-y with us!
Adults
WBL Drawings: Adults can get in on the summer reading prizes, too! Read what you like.
Enter your name in the weekly drawings. If your name is drawn, you win!
CCPL June Basket Drawings • The program at CCPL will celebrate the upcoming August
solar eclipse all summer starting in June with basket drawings featuring science and eclipsethemed items including our One Book One Community title The End of Night by Paul
Bogard as well as gift certificates thanks to: Club Energize, WYoga Studio, Rocky Mountain
Discount Sports, AVA, and The Railyard. Stop by the library for details.
The Fireman
by Joe Hill
Tuesday, June 20
6:30pm
“A chilling novel about
a worldwide pandemic of
spontaneous combustion that
threatens to reduce civilization
to ashes, and the heroes who battle to save
it, led by one powerful and enigmatic man
known as the Fireman.” – Amazon
CCPL Family Movie Night
The Birds • Tuesday, June 13 • 6pm
“Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds is an unforgettable masterpiece that is
considered one of the most terrifying films from the Master of Suspense. A
wealthy San Francisco playgirl pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern
California town which slowly takes a turn when birds of all kinds suddenly begin
to attack people there, in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness.” –Amazon
Paid for thanks to a grant from Campbell County Community Public Recreation District.
A Summer to Eclipse All Others...
Paid for thanks to a grant from Campbell
County Community Public Recreation District.
WBL Events
WBL Preschool Story Programs
No WBL story programs for the summer.
Check out the schedule at left for weekly
summer programs for all ages.
WBL Teen Thursdays
Stop by WBL June 8, 15, and 22 at 3pm
for special events geared just for teens.
Come learn something new!
CCPL Kids
Early Literacy Programs
•Storytime: Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
Thursdays, 10:30am – ages 3-5 years
•Toddler Time: Wednesdays, Thursdays,
9:30am – ages 18 months-3 years
•Families & Jammies: Thursdays, 6:30pm –
families with young children
WiiPlay Saturday: grades 3-6
Saturdays, 1-4pm, Tween Room • Grab
the “Wii”mote and try your gaming skills.
STEAM Saturday: grades 3-6
Saturdays, 1-4pm, Tween Room •
Choose from a variety of exploratory
activities for hands-on learning fun!
CCPL Teens
On August 21, people across the United States will get to watch the
Teen Clubs @ CCPL
sun disappear behind the moon, turning daylight into twilight, causing
•Dungeons & Dragons: Mondays, 4-6pm;
a rapid temperature drop and revealing streamers of light around the
Saturdays, 10am-1pm
silhouette of the moon during the Great American Solar Eclipse. The 70
•Card Club: Tuesdays, 4-6pm
mile wide path of 100% totality will make its way across Wyoming just 90
•Anime Club: Thursdays, 6:30-8pm
minutes south of Campbell County (where we’ll see the eclipse at 97%).
•Open-Play Gaming: Wednesdays, Fridays,
Campbell County Public Library System (CCPLS) has a summer of events planned at your
Saturdays, 1-4pm
libraries in Gillette and Wright to get you ready for this spectacular event.
Teen Scholastic Book Fair
One Book One Community 2017 will kick off June 1 featuring The End of Night: Searching for
Start your summer reading new books at
Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light by Paul Bogard (www.paul-bogard.com).
great
prices! The CCPL Teen Volunteers are
The concept of One Book One Community, says CCPLS Director Terri Lesley, is to “create the
sponsoring
a book fair in the CCPL lobby
feeling of a county-wide book club, where residents of different ages and backgrounds read and
June
5-8.
See
the calendar for times.
discuss one book. Overall, your library is encouraging county residents to read the book and
pass it on to someone else, attend community eclipse events and watch the eclipse August 21.”
Bogard will speak at Campbell County Public Library (CCPL) August 18 and at Wright Branch Library (WBL) August 19 kicking off the Energy
Capital Eclipse Festival August 19-21 (https://www.visitgillettewright.com/eclipse/). Pick up a copy of Bogard’s book, to read and pass along, at
your libraries in Gillette and Wright.
Award-winning author Bogard has been featured talking about our night skies on NPR’s All Things Considered, Public Radio International’s Living
on Earth, as well as many other radio programs, speaking engagements, and newspaper articles. The End of Night is (from the book cover) “a
deeply panoramic tour of the night, from its brightest spots to the darkest skies we have left.”
June Events
•Trivia Night @ Gillette Brewing Company • June 12, 7pm • Hosted by CCPL librarians. Eclipse-themed. The End of Night books for all who attend.
•Eclipse Wilderness Survival Skills: If you’re heading into the wilderness to view the eclipse away from city lights, don’t miss our series of three events
to help you prepare. Watch for details about the other two programs next month or check our website: www.ccpls.org.
Survival Skills I: Day Hikes • Mike Miller, Educator and Outdoor Enthusiast • June 29, 7pm • CCPL • Miller is a Wyoming native who has
shared his experience and enthusiasm of the great outdoors with his family, friends, students, and colleagues, sparking life-long enjoyment and
appreciation of outdoor adventures in all. During this program, he’ll discuss how to prepare for a hike into the wilderness so you can view this
spectacular astronomical sight as one with nature.