Light painting uses long exposure times on cameras and bright light sources in motion to “paint” shapes, colors, and images in a photograph. Learn how to create these beautiful photos with photographer Dave Moore! Equipment will be provided.
Intended for ages 12 to 17. To sign up your teen, call Youth Services at 314-727-3150 or email youthservices@ucitylibrary.org.
Advanced registration is required. Spots are limited.
Support for this camp was provided by the Friends of the Library.
Earn-A-Computer is a hands-on class that introduces young people ages 8 to 17 to the inner workings and possibilities of computers and the internet — all while getting set to take home a refurbished computer upon successful completion of the course. After completing a consecutive series of six (90-minute) classes digging into everything from online safety to programming and presentation-building, students receive a refurbished computer of their very own.
Students who commit to this series will meet for six Tuesday mornings, beginning each week at 10 a.m. (with each class ending at 11:30 a.m.). The first class meeting is Tuesday, June 11, and graduation day (the final class, when students will present what they’ve learned and take their computers home!) will be Tuesday, July 16. Students must attend all six consecutive classes to earn their computer.
This course will take place at University City Public Library, located at 6701 Delmar Blvd, University City, MO 63130. A parent/guardian must attend the first 15 minutes of the first of the six classes. We limit each family to two registrants per session, and students must be between the ages of 8-17.
The operating system we install is Linux Mint OS (not Windows or Mac OS).
This camp is currently full. Thank you for your interest!
Support for this camp was provided by the Friends of the Library.
Discover the world around you as you investigate everything from the earth below to the skies above. Explore nature around you and find out how science can help us to protect our planet. Contemplate communication as you converse in codes. Experience how Newton’s laws are at work in your favorite sports and join the ranks of space scientists examining the mysteries of the solar system!
This week long camp runs from Monday, June 10 – Friday, June 14, starting at Noon and ending at 3 p.m. each day. Campers must be between the ages of 5 and 11 years old. To sign up your child, call Youth Services at 314-727-3150 or email youthservices@ucitylibrary.org.
Currently this camp is full, and on a wait list.
Support for this camp was provided by Cardinals Cares and the St. Louis Cardinals Redbird Rookies Program.
Our friend, Chef Bananas, won’t be able to perform his scheduled show, but his friend, Blake Bailey is coming to the rescue!
Blake’s incredible show features a seal puppet, juggling, circus tricks, tons of magic, and more. It’s a variety act that’ll have your kids bouncing off the walls with excitement. If you’d like to see more about Blake’s show, check it out here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDtYo7OZTbQ
Come to the Auditorium to have some popcorn and watch a free movie to test drive our new projector and sound system!
This program is suited for all ages of children. Movie rated G or PG.
It’s time to grab your favorite book and tell the story…with a robot!! Using the Sphero BOLT programming technology, be introduced to computer science by writing the code to have a robot tell the story. You will learn how to program lights, sounds, music and movement to make your story a unique experience for your audience.
This program is best suited for students in grades 5 – 8.
Grab a Take and Make craft kit! Three types of kit are available: Pre-school, School Age, and Teen! One per child as there is a limited supply.
Join us online for a thrilling conversation with Rebecca F. Kuang (R.F. Kuang) as she chats with us about her New York Times bestselling novel, Yellowface. Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media.
Rebecca F. Kuang is the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Poppy War trilogy, Babel: An Arcane History, and Yellowface. A Marshall Scholar, she has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford; she is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale, where she studies diaspora, contemporary Chinese literature, and Asian American literature.
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Join us for an online chat with New York Times-bestselling debut author Nina Simon as she chats about her lighthearted whodunnit about a grandmother-mother-daughter trio of amateur sleuths, Mother-Daughter Murder Night.
High-powered business woman Lana finds herself convalescing in a sleepy coastal town with her adult daughter Beth and granddaughter Jack, when Jack finds a dead body while kayaking and quickly becomes a prime suspect in the homicide investigation. With Jack and Beth’s help, Lana uncovers a web of lies, family vendettas, and land disputes lurking beneath the surface of a community populated by folksy conservationists and wealthy ranchers. But as their amateur snooping advances into ever-more dangerous territory, the headstrong women must learn to do the one thing they’ve always resisted: depend on each other. Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door!
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Join us for an online chat with New York Times bestselling author, Douglas Brunt, about instant bestselling debut non-fiction work The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I. This book reveals the hidden history of Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I.
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