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SUMMARY:Sherry Norfolk: Interactive Storyteller
DESCRIPTION:Listen to Sherry Norfolk’s dynamic storytelling in this highly interactive\, fun-filled program. Enlivened with character voices\, sound effects and audience participation. 
URL:https://www.chesterpubliclibrary.com/event/sherry-norfolk-interactive-storyteller/
CATEGORIES:Adult,Ages 0-5,Ages 10+,Ages 5-10,Family Friendly,Special Presentation,Summer Reading
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SUMMARY:Cancelled Local Author: Bruce Leonard
DESCRIPTION:  \nCANCELLED\nSorry this event has been cancelled.  \nThe library is pleased to welcome author and editor Bruce Leonard to our Adult Summer Reading Program for a book signing and Q&A. \nBruce Leonard earned a B.A. in English with a creative-writing emphasis from UCLA. He has been a travel writer\, an editor\, an owner of a bakery\, and a guinea pig for the U.S. Government. He frequently visits Paducah\, Kentucky\, the quilt capital of the world\, where he created Hadley Carroll. He is grateful for the thousands of enthusiastic readers brought into his life by Hadley\, and he hopes the series continues for many more novels. \nHe is also the author of Hard Exit\, an award-winning hardboiled mystery that takes place primarily in Malibu and is narrated by grieving private-eye Jack Drake. \n-bio from author’s website (https://bruceleonardwriter.com/authors-bio) \nThe first book of the Hadley Carroll Series Quilt City Murders is available to check out at the Chester Public Library\, and available for purchase on Amazon.
URL:https://www.chesterpubliclibrary.com/event/local-author-bruce-leonard/
CATEGORIES:Adult,Book Discussion,Special Presentation,Summer Reading,Teens
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SUMMARY:Wild Times Exotics
DESCRIPTION:Come pet and hold a variety of exotic animals from Wild Times Exotics. This educational program is part of our special summer reading presentations. All ages are welcome and sign up is not required.
URL:https://www.chesterpubliclibrary.com/event/wild-times-exotics/
CATEGORIES:Adult,Ages 0-5,Ages 10+,Ages 5-10,Family Friendly,Special Presentation,Summer Reading
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SUMMARY:Do-Art Comics Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Part of our special summer reading presentations featuring Do-Art Productions. We will have an interactive and creative workshop where we work together to make a comic book. The recommended age to participate is 10+ but we will have another activity for the younger children to do upstairs.
URL:https://www.chesterpubliclibrary.com/event/do-art-comics-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Adult,Ages 10+,Ages 5-10,Special Presentation,Summer Reading,Teens
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SUMMARY:Poetry Contest Reception
DESCRIPTION:We will hold a reception for our entrants and winners. Winners and runners-up will receive certificates and be invited to read their poems. Light refreshments will be provided. \nSign up required by calling 826.3711 or registering below.
URL:https://www.chesterpubliclibrary.com/event/poetry-contest-reception/
CATEGORIES:Family Friendly,Special Presentation
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SUMMARY:Medal of Honor Day Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the history of the Medal of Honor\, and hear some of the amazing stories of those who have received it.
URL:https://www.chesterpubliclibrary.com/event/medal-of-honor-day-presentation/
CATEGORIES:Adult,Special Presentation
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SUMMARY:Black History Month Presentation: Eugene Bullard
DESCRIPTION:Come learn about Eugene Bullard! Hear the incredible story of the first African American military pilot\, who went on to become a Paris nightclub impresario\, a spy in the French Resistance and an American civil rights pioneer.
URL:https://www.chesterpubliclibrary.com/event/black-history-month-presentation-eugene-bullard/
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