Summer Reading 2012 Events

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM: Join the Band! This super interactive rock'n' roll show is all about creating music and having a good time. Write andrecord a song with Mo Phillips using your hands, body, and voice to sing anddance in the silliest of ways.

2:30 PM to 3:30 PM - Beaverton City Library: Play multiple games for the Wii U & XBox 360! Grades 6-12.

3:30 PM to 4:30 PM - Beaverton City Library: Make creative crafts with duct tape! Materials provided.Grades 6-12.

5:00 PM to 7:00 PM - Beaverton City Library: Bring your cards and test your gaming skills! We'll have tables for Magic: The Gathering and Yu-Gi-Oh. Booster pack prizes.Grades 6-12.

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM - Beaverton City Library: Join local magician Bob Eaton as he wows us with interactive magic tricks.All ages.

2:30 PM to 4:30 PM - Beaverton City Library: Test your Super Smash Bros. Brawl skills against other players! There will be Game Trader gift certificates for the top three winners! You may bring your Game Cube controllers if you prefer.**Please arrive within five minutes of the start time to ensure tournament registration.**Grades 6-12.

2:30 PM to 3:30 PM - Beaverton City Library-Auditorium: Frank Krone,Portland, Oregon based historianand independent scholar, will talk about the recent discoveries he hasmade about the almost 20,000 Civil War veterans who moved to Oregon after theCivil War and who set down roots and raised families as they helped Oregon toprosper and grow. He will pay special attention to five Washington Countyresidents and their Civil War connections, including Beaverton’s first mayorwho fought in the Civil War. This lecture is free and open to the public. No registration required.

5:30 PM to 8:00 PM - Beaverton City Library: Chill out with other Anime fanatics while you eat snacks, watch anime, and master surprise activities!Grades 6-12.

12:30 PM to 1:30 PM - Beaverton City Library: World class juggling with innovative comedy! All ages

3:30 PM to 4:30 PM - Beaverton City Library: Bring your gently-used games for any system to swap them with other gamers. Must be in good condition!Grades 6-12.

1:30 PM to 2:30 PM - Beaverton City Library: Hone your skills or learn the game!Grades 3-8.

5:30 PM to 8:00 PM - Beaverton City Library: Chill out with other Anime fanatics while you eat snacks, watch anime, and master surprise activities!Grades 6-12.

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM: I Dig DinosaursPuppet fun featuring anarchaeologist who builds a time machine to see real dinosaurs. When he accidentally travels to the wrongtime, things get completely out of hand!

2:30 PM to 3:30 PM - Beaverton City Library: Play multiple games for the Wii U & XBox 360! Grades 6-12.

3:00 PM to 4:30 PM - Beaverton City Library: Join us for a fun, easy science experiment involving chemical reactions!Registration Required - Call 503-350-4001, or visit http://apps.beavertonoregon.gov/Library/EventRegistration/. Registrations open on June 16.Grades 4-8.

7:00 PM to 8:30 PM - Beaverton City Library-Auditorium: As part of the Adult Summer Reading Program, Frame by Frame productions is proud to announce a new documentary from Producer/Director Thomas Coulter. The film covers the brief period when the Klan influenced politics in the state of Oregon as their membership grew to more than 5,000 members from Tillamook to La Grande. The screening will be followed by a brief question and answer period. Free and open to the public.

3:30 PM to 4:30 PM - Beaverton City Library: Ah, (the perks of) wallflower crafts! Materials provided.Grades 6-12.

1:30 PM to 2:30 PM - Beaverton City Library: Hone your skills or learn the game!Grades 3-8.

12:30 PM to 1:30 PM - Beaverton City Library: Two time Guinness World Record holder, Alex Zerbe will make you laugh until your stomach hurts. All Ages

2:30 PM to 3:30 PM - Beaverton City Library: Play multiple games for the Wii U & XBox 360! Grades 6-12.

12:30 PM to 1:30 PM - Beaverton City Library: A Fool’s Tools Join Buster in hismisadventures through the wondrously wacky world of the clown. His physicalcomedy will leave your face cracked up and belly splitting!

6:00 PM to 8:00 PM - Beaverton City Library: Get a professional Henna design by Roving Horse Henna and watch a Bollywood movie while you wait!Registration Required - Call 503-350-4001, or visit www.BeavertonLibrary.org/srp. Registrations open one month before the program.Grades 6-12.

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM - Beaverton City Library: You'll dig 'Diggin Stories and Songs!' All Ages

3:00 PM to 5:00 PM - Beaverton City Library: See if you can budget, plan & thrive in our real world simulation! You might just pick up some useful tips for living on your own...Grades 6-12.

1:30 PM to 2:30 PM - Beaverton City Library: Hone your skills or learn the game!Grades 3-8.

3:30 PM to 4:30 PM - Beaverton City Library: Make MORE cool crafts with duct tape!Grades 6-12.

2:30 PM to 3:30 PM - Beaverton City Library: Play multiple games for the Wii U & XBox 360! Grades 6-12.

11:00 AM to 12:00 PM: World class juggling skills fused with fresh, innovativecomedy! All ages.

11:00 AM to 12:00 PM: I Dig DinosaursPuppet fun featuring anarchaeologist who builds a time machine to see real dinosaurs. When he accidentally travels to the wrongtime, things get completely out of hand!

11:00 AM to 12:00 PM: From Seattle, join two time Guinness World Record holderAlex Zerbe as he makes you laugh until tears run from your eyes and yourstomach hurts. All ages.

7:00 PM to 8:00 PM - Cedar Mill Community Library: John Twist performs all original songs and instrumentals on 6 & 12 string guitar, banjo, and mandolin. His music combines Celtic, Folk, Appalachian, Blues, Gypsy and Pop in a tasty musical jumbo. This performance is free and is a featured event in our line-up for GroundBreaking Reads, 2013 Adult Summer Reading Program.

7:30 PM to 9:00 PM - Southridge High School, 9625 SW 125th Ave, Beaverton: Join your Washington County friends and neighbors for an evening with Cheryl Strayed, best-selling author of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Seating is limited, and on a first-come, first-served basis. This program is recommended for adults, and is presented only in English.

All day event - Cedar Mill Community Library: Drop in anytime for fun with activities and crafts!June 28 - Book-making craft!July 12 - Flower pot craft!July 19 - Snake craft!July 26 - Treasure hunt!August 2 - Silly shovel craft!

All day event - Cedar Mill Community Library: A guessing contest for children. Best guess wins the jar and everything in it!One guess per child.

All day event - Cedar Mill Community Library: Waldo is hiding in the library. Tell the librarian what he is holding in his hands and get a door hanger!

All day event - Cedar Mill Community Library: A guessing contest for children. Best guess wins the jar and everything in it!One guess per child.

All day event - Cedar Mill Community Library: Waldo is hiding in the library. Tell the librarian what he is holding in his hands and get a door hanger!

All day event - Cedar Mill Community Library: A guessing contest for children. Best guess wins the jar and everything in it!One guess per child.

All day event - Cedar Mill Community Library: Waldo is hiding in the library. Tell the librarian what he is holding in his hands and get a door hanger!

All day event - Cedar Mill Community Library: Drop in anytime for fun with activities and crafts!June 28 - Book-making craft!July 12 - Flower pot craft!July 19 - Snake craft!July 26 - Treasure hunt!August 2 - Silly shovel craft!

2:00 PM to 4:00 PM - Cedar Mill Community Library: Come play group video games at the library! We’ll have 2 Wiis and an Xbox Kinect set up. Play sports games, MarioKart, Just Dance and other social games with your friends. Bring your handheld gaming devices like the Nintendo DS and play your games with each other on those devices too. Please limit games to E rated games.Held upstairs in the meeting room.

10:00 AM to 11:00 AM - St. Pius X Community Center, 1260 NW Saltzman Rd, Portland: A Fool’s Tools Join Buster in hismisadventures through the wondrously wacky world of the clown. His physicalcomedy will leave your face cracked up and belly splitting!

1:00 PM to 2:30 PM - Cedar Mill Community Library: A drop-in program for kids ages 5 and up who enjoy building with Legos! No registration is required.Wednesday, June 19 from 10:30 - 12:00Monday, July 22 from 1:00 – 2:30Wednesday, August 7 from 10:30 - 12:00All Legos will be provided.Held upstairs in the meeting room.

7:00 PM to 8:30 PM - Cedar Mill Community Library: Historian and film producer Lois Leonard will facilitate the screening of Finding David Douglas, an hour-long documentary film about the 19th century Scottish botanist/plant hunter, David Douglas (1799-1834). Douglas explored western North America in a time before white settlement altered the landscape. He discovered and introduced more than 200 new species to the gardens and forests of Europe. This film is produced by the Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission in collaboration with the US Forest Service and the Forestry Commission Scotland. Widely reviewed to critical acclaim, Finding David Douglas is the first film to tell the story of Douglas. This program is free and is a featured event in our line-up for GroundBreaking Reads, 2013 Adult Summer Reading Program.

10:00 AM to 10:45 AM - St. Pius X Community Center, 1260 NW Saltzman Rd, Portland: Hilarity and dexterity collide as comedic juggler Rhys Thomas shares the books and tricks that have taken him to 17 countries. Warning: JuggleMania is catching!

All day event - Cedar Mill Community Library: Drop in anytime for fun with activities and crafts!June 28 - Book-making craft!July 12 - Flower pot craft!July 19 - Snake craft!July 26 - Treasure hunt!August 2 - Silly shovel craft!

7:00 PM to 8:00 PM - Cedar Mill Community Library: A natural storyteller with a deep compassion for the lost and forgotten voices of our culture, Barb Ryman expects music to be more than entertaining. With a crystalline voice and skillfully played guitar, Barb delivers a rich mosaic of contemporary folk, drawing from Celtic balladry, early rock, old-time gospel, and her own unique style.
This program is free and is a featured event in our line-up for GroundBreaking Reads, 2013 Adult Summer Reading Program. Weather permitting, Barb will perform outside in the courtyard below the library adjacent to Walgreen's Pharmacy.

11:30 AM to 12:00 PM - Cedar Mill @ Bethany: Join us at the Bethany Branch for the Baby-Toddler Summer Dance Party, a fun-filled music program for children ages 0-3. Featuring new and familiar songs, rhymes, dancing, and plenty of fun for your little ones!
Mondays, June 10 - July 1 and August 5 - 12 at 10:30 am and 11:30 am.
Held in the Children's Area in the library.

11:30 AM to 12:00 PM - Cedar Mill @ Bethany: Join us at the Bethany Branch for the Baby-Toddler Summer Dance Party, a fun-filled music program for children ages 0-3. Featuring new and familiar songs, rhymes, dancing, and plenty of fun for your little ones!
Mondays, June 10 - July 1 and August 5 - 12 at 10:30 am and 11:30 am.
Held in the Children's Area in the library.

6:00 PM to 8:00 PM - Cedar Mill @ Bethany: Ever wonder what geocaching is? Come find out. We’ll learn about what you need to play, how to find a cache and what it takes to make a cache. We’ll look for some in the Bethany Area and maybe even place one. Free event for grades 6-12.

11:30 AM to 12:00 PM - Cedar Mill @ Bethany: Join us at the Bethany Branch for the Baby-Toddler Summer Dance Party, a fun-filled music program for children ages 0-3. Featuring new and familiar songs, rhymes, dancing, and plenty of fun for your little ones!
Mondays, June 10 - July 1 and August 5 - 12 at 10:30 am and 11:30 am.
Held in the Children's Area in the library.

11:30 AM to 12:00 PM - Cedar Mill @ Bethany: Join us at the Bethany Branch for the Baby-Toddler Summer Dance Party, a fun-filled music program for children ages 0-3. Featuring new and familiar songs, rhymes, dancing, and plenty of fun for your little ones!
Mondays, June 10 - July 1 and August 5 - 12 at 10:30 am and 11:30 am.
Held in the Children's Area in the library.

10:00 AM to 11:00 AM - Bethany Fountain, Bethany: Join the Band! This super interactive rock'n' roll show is all about creating music and having a good time. Write andrecord a song with Mo Phillips using your hands, body, and voice to sing anddance in the silliest of ways.

6:00 PM to 9:00 PM - Cedar Mill @ Bethany: Watch the movie, wear a costume (there will be prizes!), take the trivia challenge of Tolkien lore and celebrate Middle Earth. Bilbo would approve of this adventure! Free event for grades 6-12.

2:00 PM to 3:30 PM - Terrace Plaza Community Room, 15220 NW Laidlaw Rd, Portland: A drop-in program for kids ages 5 and up who enjoy building with Legos! No registration is required.Wednesday, June 19 from 2:00 - 3:30 pmWednesday, July 24 from 2:00 - 3:30pmWednesday, August 7 from 2:00 - 3:30 pmAll Legos will be provided. Adults must stay with children during the program.The Terrace Plaza Community Room is located at 15220 NW Laidlaw Road, Portland, Oregon 97229.

5:30 PM to 8:00 PM - Cedar Mill @ Bethany: Join us for fun crafts, activities and music at Bethany Village's Summer Concerts.July 18 - Silly Shovel CraftAugust 1 - Flower Pot CraftAugust 15 - Snake CraftLocated in front of the Bethany Library.

11:30 AM to 12:00 PM - Cedar Mill @ Bethany: Join us at the Bethany Branch for the Baby-Toddler Summer Dance Party, a fun-filled music program for children ages 0-3. Featuring new and familiar songs, rhymes, dancing, and plenty of fun for your little ones!
Mondays, June 10 - July 1 and August 5 - 12 at 10:30 am and 11:30 am.
Held in the Children's Area in the library.

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM - Cedar Mill @ Bethany: Join us at the Bethany Branch for the Baby-Toddler Summer Dance Party, a fun-filled music program for children ages 0-3. Featuring new and familiar songs, rhymes, dancing, and plenty of fun for your little ones!
Mondays, June 10 - July 1 and August 5 - 12 at 10:30 am and 11:30 am.
Held in the Children's Area in the library.

3:00 PM to 4:00 PM - Cornelius Public Library: A Fool’s Tools Join Buster in hismisadventures through the wondrously wacky world of the clown. His physicalcomedy will leave your face cracked up and belly splitting!

11:00 AM to 11:45 AM - Forest Grove City Library: Reptile Man, Richard Ritchey will be in the Rogers Room of the Library on Thursday June 20 at 11 am. The program is planned for children entering grades 1 - 6.

11:00 AM to 12:00 PM: Join the Band! This super interactive rock'n' roll show is all about creating music and having a good time. Write andrecord a song with Mo Phillips using your hands, body, and voice to sing anddance in the silliest of ways.

10:15 AM to 11:00 AM - Forest Grove City Library: The library is closed. There will be no
Summer Reaing Program.

11:00 AM to 12:00 PM: I Dig DinosaursPuppet fun featuring anarchaeologist who builds a time machine to see real dinosaurs. When he accidentally travels to the wrongtime, things get completely out of hand!

10:15 AM to 11:00 AM - Forest Grove City Library: Mona Warner and Family will present the program in the Rogers Room of the library for all those ages 0 and up and their adults. The program is entitled Songs for the Whole Family and will be bilingual. The program will begin at l0:15 on Tuesday, July 16.

10:15 AM to 11:00 AM - Forest Grove City Library: Penny's Puppets will present Batunia's Nocturnal Wonderland with music and puppet animals. The program is geared for those ages 0 and up and their adults. The program will be held in the Rogers Room at l0:l5 am on Tuesday, July 23.

10:00 AM to 5:00 PM - Forest Grove City Library: July 31, 2013 is the last day for children ages 0 - High School to sign up for summer reading, read, and receive a free book.

9:00 AM to 3:00 PM - Garden Home Community Library: Come to see us at Garden Home to register for summer reading and get your goody bag and schedule of awesome summer events @ GHCL

11:00 AM to 12:00 PM: I Dig Dinosaurs Puppet fun featuring anarchaeologist who builds a time machine to see real dinosaurs. When he accidentally travels to the wrongtime, things get completely out of hand!

6:30 PM to 8:00 PM - Hillsboro Main Library: Join James Roddey, an expert on Northwest geologic hazards, as he talks about the very real threat of a catastrophic earthquake in the Pacific Northwest. Mr. Roddey will discuss what a possible earthquake disaster might mean for the Pacific Northwest, and how a community can prepare for a large-scale disaster.

10:15 AM to 11:00 AM - Hillsboro Main Library: WCCLS Youth Services presents Elephant & Piggie in 'We Are In a Puppet Show!' This fun-filled puppet show follows Elephant and Piggie (stars of Mo Willems' Elephant & Piggie series) on a handful of their funniest adventures. Preschool audiences are sure to delight in the joy of children's literature's favorite friends.

2:30 PM to 4:30 PM - Hillsboro Main Library: Explore one of Shakespeare's most iconic plays with Bag&Baggage actor Cassie Greer as we venture into the world of 'Hamlet.' We'll play acting games, learn about poetic verse, and see what it might be like to live in Hamlet's Denmark. For students in grades 4-6. Registration is required online or at the Library.

10:15 AM to 11:45 AM - Hillsboro Main Library: Little ones from birth to age 6 and their responsible adults are invited to drop in and explore their five senses through various age-appropriate activities.

10:15 AM to 11:15 AM - Hillsboro Main Library: Fun for babies and adults! Babies and their caregivers can drop in and learn fun, new fingerplays followed by an opportunity for adults to socialize.

6:00 PM to 8:00 PM - Hillsboro Main Library: Join Marie Buckley for a series of Groundbreaking Writing Workshops. Breaking ground, sacred ground, common ground and more! In this series of three workshops, attendees will assemble several pieces of writing in various genres--descriptive, narrative, poetry, mini essays and letters--under the theme “Groundbreaking”. Expect prompts, examples, discussion, drafting, revising, sharing with others and positive support. Workshops will be held in the Board Room located on the newly renovated second floor of Hillsboro Main Library, a true room with a view! We'll also have fun and take at least one walk around the pond for inspiration.
This workshop series is limited to 14 people; pre-registration is required. Attendance at all three workshops is expected (7/9, 7/23 and 8/6).To register, call the Library or email Hillary Ostlund, Reader Services Librarian, at hillary.ostlund@hillsboro-oregon.gov.Marie Buckley has been an adjunct writing instructor at Portland Community College for the past 12 years and before that she taught in the Oregon Public School system for 8 years. She is a published writer and poet and is a past president of the Oregon Poetry Association.

6:30 PM to 7:30 PM - Hillsboro Main Library: In her stunningly original and haunting debut novel, The Orchardist (Harper Perennial), Amanda Coplin evokes a powerful sense of place, mixing tenderness and violence as she spins an engrossing tale of a solitary orchardist who provides shelter to two runaway teenage girls in the untamed American West, and the dramatic consequences of his actions.

1:00 PM to 2:45 PM - Hillsboro Main Library: For children entering grades 2 & 3 and their parent or guardian, this 5-week series features books & math. Children & parents will read books with math themes & then do fun related math activities. Refreshments provided. Registration for each session is required online or at the Library. Presented by the Hillsboro Chapter of the AAUW.

3:30 PM to 4:30 PM - Hillsboro Main Library: Bajo Salario Colletive Band explores the revolutionary musical traditions of Mexico and Latin America, honoring and sharing the music of Mercedes Sosa, Amparo Ochoa, Silvio Rodriguez, & Inti-illimani among others. Join us for a musical tour of this groundbreaking music! Bajo Salario explora las tradiciones musicales revolucionarias de México y Latinoamérica, honorando y compartiendo la música de Mercedes Sosa, Amparo Ochoa, Silvio Rodriguez, e Inti-illimani entre otros. ¡Acompáñenos para este viaje de música novedosa!

6:00 PM to 8:00 PM - Hillsboro Main Library: Join Marie Buckley for a series of Groundbreaking Writing Workshops. Breaking ground, sacred ground, common ground and more! In this series of three workshops, attendees will assemble several pieces of writing in various genres--descriptive, narrative, poetry, mini essays and letters--under the theme “Groundbreaking”. Expect prompts, examples, discussion, drafting, revising, sharing with others and positive support. Workshops will be held in the Board Room located on the newly renovated second floor of Hillsboro Main Library, a true room with a view! We'll also have fun and take at least one walk around the pond for inspiration.
This workshop series is limited to 14 people; pre-registration is required. Attendance at all three workshops is expected (7/9, 7/23 and 8/6).To register, call the Library or email Hillary Ostlund, Reader Services Librarian, at hillary.ostlund@hillsboro-oregon.gov.Marie Buckley has been an adjunct writing instructor at Portland Community College for the past 12 years and before that she taught in the Oregon Public School system for 8 years. She is a published writer and poet and is a past president of the Oregon Poetry Association.

10:15 AM to 11:45 AM - Hillsboro Main Library: Little ones from birth to age 6 and their responsible adults are invited to drop in and explore their five senses through various age-appropriate activities.

10:15 AM to 11:15 AM - Hillsboro Main Library: Fun for babies and adults! Babies and their caregivers can drop in and learn fun, new fingerplays followed by an opportunity for adults to socialize.

7:00 PM to 8:00 PM - Hillsboro Main Library: Join local meteorite enthusiast and Portland State University field scientist Dick Pugh as he explores the different categories of meteorites and their history. A large collection of meteorites will be on display during and after the presentation. The public is encouraged to bring samples of rocks they think may be meteorites for examination and identification.

2:30 PM to 3:30 PM - Hillsboro Main Library: Turtles, snakes and frogs, oh my! You don't want to miss Richard Ritchey's fun fact-filled and slithery show! Ages 5-12.

1:30 PM to 2:30 PM - Shute Park Ampitheatre, Hillsboro: A Fool’s Tools Join Buster in hismisadventures through the wondrously wacky world of the clown. His physicalcomedy will leave your face cracked up and belly splitting!

1:00 PM - Jessie Mays Community Center, 30975 NW Hillcrest St, North Plains: Join the EvergreenAviation Museum as they teach us everything we ever wanted to know about theplanet Mars!

1:00 PM to 2:00 PM - Jessie Mays Community Center, 30975 NW Hillcrest St, North Plains: I Dig DinosaursPuppet fun featuring anarchaeologist who builds a time machine to see real dinosaurs. When he accidentally travels to the wrongtime, things get completely out of hand!

1:00 PM to 2:00 PM - Jessie Mays Community Center, 30975 NW Hillcrest St, North Plains: A Fool’s Tools Join Buster in hismisadventures through the wondrously wacky world of the clown. His physicalcomedy will leave your face cracked up and belly splitting!

1:00 PM to 2:00 PM - Jessie Mays Community Center, 30975 NW Hillcrest St, North Plains: Come learn all about thefirst people of Washington County, the Atfalati-Kalapuya. Find out about what they wore, ate and wherethey lived.

6:00 PM - Jessie Mays Community Center, 30975 NW Hillcrest St, North Plains: Learn all about Henna and get your very own Henna tattoo.

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM - Cannery Square Plaza, Sherwood: An interactive program features stories and songs for children and the young at heart

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM - Cannery Square Plaza, Sherwood: I Dig DinosaursPuppet fun featuring anarchaeologist who builds a time machine to see real dinosaurs. When he accidentally travels to the wrongtime, things get completely out of hand!

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM - Cannery Square Plaza, Sherwood: This magical show features a combination of sleight-of-hand, physical comedy, and audience participation.

7:00 PM to 8:30 PM - Tigard Public Library: Chef Perry Perkins has devised a creative, healthful answer to that daily question, 'What's for dinner?' Get advice on menu planning and shopping. Save time by cooking meat in bulk to use for several meals. Create delicious fish and seafood recipes and make the most of seasonal ingredients. Added bonus - a chance to taste some of Chef Perkins' delicious snacks.Generously sponsored by Friends of the Tigard Library

7:00 PM to 8:00 PM - Tigard Public Library: Tigard staff will demonstrate the features of Tigard mapping services. Learn about property permits and values, natural hazards, criminal activity and city construction projects. Compare current and historical aerial photos in Tigard, including your own backyard. Feel free to bring you laptop and follow along.This program will be held in the 2nd floor Houghton Room.

1:30 PM to 2:30 PM - Puett Room: All AgesDads and kids, come celebrate with stories and crafts. Moms are welcome, too, but only dads get to wear crowns!

7:00 PM to 8:30 PM - Tigard Public Library: Emmy Award-winning journalist and fifth-generation Oregon native Grant McOmie provides travelers with a guide to the best Oregon destinations featured in his popular television series Grant's Getaways. McOmie and photographer Jeff Kastner will explore family-friendly destinations and day trips throughout Oregon. Whether it's kayaking in Netarts Bay, riding a jet boat on the Rogue River, fishing for Deschutes River steelhead, exploring the Lava River Cave or digging for fossils in the John Day Basin, McOmie's book Grant's Getaways: 101 Oregon Adventures has an outdoor adventure for everyone on land or water.

7:00 PM to 8:00 PM - Tigard Public Library: A Fool’s ToolsJoin Buster in hismisadventures through the wondrously wacky world of the clown. His physicalcomedy will leave your face cracked up and belly splitting!

6:00 PM to 8:30 PM - Tigard Public Library: Authors Carloyn Rose and Mike Nettleton will review the elements of mystery and how characters determine events and drive the plot. Who do writers kill off and why? What does the murder set in motion? How do the natures of killer and sleuth play off each other? Generously sponsored by Friends of the Tigard Library

4:00 PM to 6:00 PM - Tigard Public Library: Explore groundbreaking technology wthat is changing how we work and play.July 22 - Make it Code (Technology Room) - Try your hand at programming with Code Academy. Earn badges and skills with this fun, interactive, online learning system.July 29 - Make it Open Source (Technology Room) - Experts from Free Geek will show you how to get your slow computer working with Linux, a free open source operating systemAugst 5 - Make it in 3D (Burgess Community Room) - Watch Trinity Labs' 3D printers in action and learn about their present and future uses.August 12 - Make it Noisy (Burgess Community Room) - Make and mix music with weird and wonderful instruments. Learn how our technology is changing our groove and try your hand on some cutting-edge synthesizers and MaKey MaKey controllers.August 19 - Made it Showcase (Burgess Community Room) - Did you become a maker this summer? Bring in your own project and share what you've learned. The 3D printers and MaKey MaKeys will make a repeat appearance for hands-on fun.

7:00 PM to 8:00 PM - Tigard Public Library: This Tigard father-son musical duo specializes in eclectic instrumentals, serving up a fresh acoustic blend of folk, blues and jazz, seasoned with a variety of international flavors. Generously sponsored by Friends of the Tigard Library

4:00 PM to 6:00 PM - Tigard Public Library: Explore groundbreaking technology wthat is changing how we work and play.July 22 - Make it Code (Technology Room) - Try your hand at programming with Code Academy. Earn badges and skills with this fun, interactive, online learning system.July 29 - Make it Open Source (Technology Room) - Experts from Free Geek will show you how to get your slow computer working with Linux, a free open source operating systemAugst 5 - Make it in 3D (Burgess Community Room) - Watch Trinity Labs' 3D printers in action and learn about their present and future uses.August 12 - Make it Noisy (Burgess Community Room) - Make and mix music with weird and wonderful instruments. Learn how our technology is changing our groove and try your hand on some cutting-edge synthesizers and MaKey MaKey controllers.August 19 - Made it Showcase (Burgess Community Room) - Did you become a maker this summer? Bring in your own project and share what you've learned. The 3D printers and MaKey MaKeys will make a repeat appearance for hands-on fun.

4:00 PM to 6:00 PM - Tigard Public Library: Explore groundbreaking technology wthat is changing how we work and play.July 22 - Make it Code (Technology Room) - Try your hand at programming with Code Academy. Earn badges and skills with this fun, interactive, online learning system.July 29 - Make it Open Source (Technology Room) - Experts from Free Geek will show you how to get your slow computer working with Linux, a free open source operating systemAugst 5 - Make it in 3D (Burgess Community Room) - Watch Trinity Labs' 3D printers in action and learn about their present and future uses.August 12 - Make it Noisy (Burgess Community Room) - Make and mix music with weird and wonderful instruments. Learn how our technology is changing our groove and try your hand on some cutting-edge synthesizers and MaKey MaKey controllers.August 19 - Made it Showcase (Burgess Community Room) - Did you become a maker this summer? Bring in your own project and share what you've learned. The 3D printers and MaKey MaKeys will make a repeat appearance for hands-on fun.

7:00 PM to 8:30 PM - Tigard Public Library: Do you have gold fever? Geologist Clark Niewendorp from the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries will discuss the glory days of gold mining and the resurgent interest in such endeavors as placer mining and pocket mining.

7:00 PM to 8:00 PM: I Dig DinosaursPuppet fun featuring anarchaeologist who builds a time machine to see real dinosaurs. When he accidentally travels to the wrongtime, things get completely out of hand!

11:00 AM to 3:00 PM - Tigard Public Library: Want to learn to knit or crochet or work on a project? The Tigard Knitting Guild and Always in Stitches, which is the Oregon Chapter of the Crochet Guild of America, will provide demonstrations, free instruction, needles and yarn. View displays of crocheted and knitted items for some inspiration and enter to win door prizes.

1:00 PM to 3:00 PM - Tualatin Public Library: Trained volunteers from the Tualatin Family History Center will help you learn how to explore your family's roots using Ancestry and HeritageQuest, genealogy databases available at the library. Registration is required, please register online or call the library at 503 691-3071.This same class is repeated on June 13, 1-3pm. Please only register for one class.*

1:00 PM to 3:00 PM - Tualatin Public Library: Trained volunteers from the Tualatin Family History Center will help you learn how to explore your family's roots using Ancestry and HeritageQuest, genealogy databases available at the library. Registration is required, please register online or call the library at 503 691-3071. This same class is repeated on June 6, 1-3pm. Please only register for one class*

6:30 PM to 8:30 PM - Tualatin Public Library: Forget about 'old media' and 'new media'. There is a new distinction to be made and if you have a book (or you’re in the process of writing one), then this presentation is a must for you. Whether you are new to the marketing and publicity game, or you're a veteran who has seen it all, times have changed and what used to work no longer does. Embrace the new and learn from presenter Joanne McCall, a seasoned publicist and media nsider who is out on the cutting edge each and every day. You’ll discover the keys to building your own media empire, including components such as video, audio, social media and other platforms that can not only help you sell your books, but can actually be fun in the process. Join us for this lively presentation to learn what you can begin to implement today. Monthly presentations are free to NWPA membersNon-members attending: $10 Member's guest: $5No charge for students under the age of 18

6:30 PM to 8:30 PM - Tualatin City Council Chambers, 18880 SW Martinazzi Ave., Tualatin, OR 97062: Learn a step by step plan to take you from grant concept, to research, to a viable letter of inquiry. Discover techniques for clear and concise writing, presentation and use of appropriate agency.Grant writing that is reality based, not mystic. First course in Grant Writing Series. Registration is required, register online at www.pcc.edu or call 971-722-8888. Use CRN# 34154 when registering. Tuition: 125.00 Fee: 20.00.

6:30 PM to 8:30 PM - Tualatin City Council Chambers, 18880 SW Martinazzi Ave., Tualatin, OR 97062: Learn a step by step plan to take you from grant concept, to research, to a viable letter of inquiry. Discover techniques for clear and concise writing, presentation and use of appropriate agency.Grant writing that is reality based, not mystic. First course in Grant Writing Series. Registration is required, register online at www.pcc.edu or call 971-722-8888. Use CRN# 34154 when registering. Tuition: 125.00 Fee: 20.00.

6:30 PM to 8:30 PM - Tualatin City Council Chambers, 18880 SW Martinazzi Ave., Tualatin, OR 97062: Learn a step by step plan to take you from grant concept, to research, to a viable letter of inquiry. Discover techniques for clear and concise writing, presentation and use of appropriate agency.Grant writing that is reality based, not mystic. First course in Grant Writing Series. Registration is required, register online at www.pcc.edu or call 971-722-8888. Use CRN# 34154 when registering. Tuition: 125.00 Fee: 20.00.

7:00 PM to 8:00 PM - Juanita Pohl Center, 8513 SW Tualatin Rd Tualatin, OR 97062-7092 (located in Community Park): Adult Book DiscussionDate/Time: 1st Wednesday of the month! 7:00pm - 8:00pmBe a part of the Tualatin Public Library's adult book discussion group! Each month brings a new title and some lively and insightful discussion of the work. If you love books and love talking about them, this is for you.LocationTualatin Public Library

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM - Valley Community Presbyterian Church, 8060 SW Brentwood St, Portland: I Dig DinosaursPuppet fun featuring anarchaeologist who builds a time machine to see real dinosaurs. When he accidentally travels to the wrongtime, things get completely out of hand!

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM - Valley Community Presbyterian Church, 8060 SW Brentwood St, Portland: Join the Band! This super interactive rock'n' roll show is all about creating music and having a good time. Write andrecord a song with Mo Phillips using your hands, body, and voice to sing anddance in the silliest of ways.