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Scream-In for Teens at Barbara Bush Branch Library

Submitted by Val S. on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 2:17pm

Friday, October 22 from 6:30-9:30 PM, join us for a night of scream-fueled fun! Costume contest, Scream Queen contest, spooky films, crafts, activities and more.

Must have a signed permission form to register. Please see the YA Librarian for details or send an e-mail to ccteen@hcpl.net. Call 281-376-4610 for more information or stop at the 2nd floor Information Desk.

Reader's Advisory Database Demonstration

Submitted by Val S. on Tue, 09/28/2010 - 2:53pm

Read everything by your favorite author? Looking to discover new authors you might like? Trying to remember that book you read and enjoyed last year but don’t recall the author or the exact title?


Come see how to use Novelist Plus, one of our licensed subscription databases, at the Reader’s Advisory Database Demos presentation to be held Friday October 8, 2010 at 11 AM, in our second floor Barbara Bush Library Friends computer lab. These classes are popular so please register by going online or by calling the library at 281-376-4610.

Crime, Cake and Coffee Mystery Book Club

Submitted by Val S. on Tue, 09/14/2010 - 12:43pm

This special summer mystery book club concludes on September 16 at 1:00 pm.  The selection for this September meeting is Die, Decorator, Die by Franklin Levy. "A sexy, comic crime mystery that takes on a whirlwind behind-the-scenes voyage of the interior decorating world where the stakes are high, deception reigns and the designs are literally "to die for.""

Please call 281-376-4610 for more information. No registration is required. Reading the book before the club meeting is suggested.

Genealogy Research Demo on Friday

Submitted by Val S. on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 6:58pm

Thinking of climbing that family tree and doing some family history research? Need to consult the US Census for past years?

Come see how to use HeritageQuest and Ancestry.com, our genealogical databases, to do online research from your home (or at the library in the case of Ancestry.com). The research demo will be held this Friday, September 3, 2010 at 11:00 AM, in the Barbara Bush Library Friends Computer Lab.

These classes are popular so please register by going online or by calling the library at 281-376-4610. By popluar demand, we will now be presenting the Genealogical Research Demo on a quarterly basis: June, Sept., Dec., and March. So if you miss this class in September, please sign up for the December class. Registration for each class opens 30 days prior to the class.

Great Books Discussion Group Meets at the Library

Submitted by Val S. on Tue, 08/03/2010 - 4:32pm

The Great Books Discussion Group will meet Monday, August 16 at 7:00 pm to discuss Masks by George Santayana.

The group meets in the 2nd floor WCR conference room at the library on the 3rd Monday of each month.

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