Sunday June 30, 2013: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Meet The Not-Its! in person on the afternoon of their Top Of The Park Kids Rock performance.

This hands-on music creation workshop will give music lovers and fans a chance to learn how The Not-Its! combine crunchy guitars with smooth, four-part harmonies, to create pop gems.

Their high-energy stage performances are guaranteed to get audiences on their feet and jumping around with delight. Their debut album, We Are The Not-Its!, took the kindie rock scene by storm, receiving a Fids & Family Music Award for one of the best family music albums of 2009. It's clear they are on a mission to make kids dance, with up-tempo, power-pop hits families love.

Meet them in person as they teach you how they create their fantastic sounds. This event is for grades K - 5.

Monday July 1, 2013: 10:30 am to 11:30 am -- Downtown Library: Youth Story Corner

This is a time for babies up to 24 months and their grown-ups to gather and play. The Library will provide the space and a variety of toys.

Each playgroup includes 15 minutes of stories, rhymes and songs. Parents/guardians must remain with their children.

No older siblings, please.

Tuesday July 2, 2013: 10:00 am to 10:30 am -- Downtown Library: Youth Story Corner

Join us for stories and songs for listeners age 2 to 5 years, accompanied by an adult. Siblings are welcome.

Tuesday July 2, 2013: 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Repurpose pages from discarded books into paper flowers and embellish with buttons and beads.

This event is for adults and teens (grade 6 and up).

Tuesday July 2, 2013: 6:30 pm to 8:45 pm -- Downtown Library: Training Center

Does gaming development interest you? Propose ideas, use some programming techniques, and make games using Scratch and GameMaker! Check out the Python I and II classes, too--think of the games you might create!

This event is for adults and teens (grade 6 and up).

Wednesday July 3, 2013: 11:00 am to 11:30 am -- Downtown Library: Youth Story Corner

Join us for stories and songs for listeners age 2 to 5 years, accompanied by an adult. Siblings are welcome.

Friday July 5, 2013: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Try some different recipes for home-brewed bubbles. Which one makes the biggest bubbles?

This event is for grades K-5.

Saturday July 6, 2013: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Engineer a device to keep your egg safe from a big drop. Hope it doesn't break!

This event is for grades 4-8.

July 7, 2013 through July 13, 2013 -- Downtown Library: Youth Wall Exhibit

Inspired by Kerbal? See what happens when many people work together to build a spaceship on top of the world! This collaboration will be built out of the provided materials upon the map in the Youth area. Come work on it all week, whenever the Library is open!

This activity is for all ages.

Sunday July 7, 2013: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Build an LED JunkBot out of scrap electronic parts and learn about electrical circuits.

The activity will take about 20-30 minutes. You can take your project home.

This event is for adults and teens (grade 6 and up).

Monday July 8, 2013: 10:30 am to 11:30 am -- Downtown Library: Youth Story Corner

This is a time for babies up to 24 months and their grown-ups to gather and play. The Library will provide the space and a variety of toys.

Each playgroup includes 15 minutes of stories, rhymes and songs. Parents/guardians must remain with their children.

No older siblings, please.

Monday July 8, 2013: 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm -- Downtown Library: Training Center

Learn Python, a general purpose, high-level programming language, from brief lectures about core elements of the language coupled with interactive exercises. This first class provides an intro as well as the tools used to write and run Python scripts. Basic computer experience is required.. class handouts

This event is for adults and teens (grade 6 and up).

Monday July 8, 2013: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Rock out with us! Make your own cast fossil out of clay and Plaster of Paris while exploring a process that has created fossils in sedimentary rock for billions of years.

If you'd like, bring a small, hard item that can fit in the palm of your hand -- such as a sea shell -- or you can use some objects here.

This event is for grades K-5.

Tuesday July 9, 2013: 10:00 am to 10:30 am -- Downtown Library: Youth Story Corner

Join us for stories and songs for listeners age 2 to 5 years, accompanied by an adult. Siblings are welcome.

Tuesday July 9, 2013: 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm -- Downtown Library: 2nd Floor Assistive Technology Lab

Receive One-on-One Assistive Technology training and assistance during walk-in hours for a variety of services including: downloading books from the National Library Service's Braille and Reading Audio Download (BARD), using a Braille embosser/printer, using Kurzweil and JAWS text-to-speech and screen-reading software, and more!

Tuesday July 9, 2013: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Experience how cultures around the world created and performed with puppets at this one-of-a-kind show!

Presented by Eugene Clark, a master puppeteer who was invited to study puppeteering with the Jim Henson Company, this event is filled with hilarious puppet skits with audience participation. Learn about puppets from India, Africa, Indonesia, and Japan!

This even for grades K-5.

Tuesday July 9, 2013: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

More than 9,000 people a day are turning 65 years old, which means that you probably know someone whose life is affected by Medicare. Medicare is frequently misunderstood for many reasons: confusing dates, perplexing rules, annoying advertisements.

Join us as author Jae W. Oh, author of the bestselling book "Maximize Your Medicare" discusses these misunderstandings as well as such topics as: How Medicare Works; What To Do And When and How To Save Money.

What you select will depend on the complicated combination of your medical situation, financial resources, family situation, and in the end, your mental outlook. The event includes a book signing and copies of "Maximize Your Medicare" will be for sale.

Jae W. Oh, MBA, CLU, ChFC is a Chartered Life Underwriter, a Chartered Financial Consultant, and a licensed insurance agent with Bankers Life and Casualty Company, a subsidiary of CNO Financial Group Inc. He has a Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA) in Accounting and Finance from the University of Chicago and a Bachelors of Arts (BA) degree in Economics and Political Science from the University of Michigan.

Wednesday July 10, 2013: 9:30 am to 2:30 pm -- Downtown Library: 2nd Floor Assistive Technology Lab

Receive One-on-One Assistive Technology training and assistance during walk-in hours for a variety of services including: downloading books from the National Library Service's Braille and Reading Audio Download (BARD), using a Braille embosser/printer, using Kurzweil and JAWS text-to-speech and screen-reading software, and more!

Wednesday July 10, 2013: 11:00 am to 11:30 am -- Downtown Library: Youth Story Corner

Join us for stories and songs for listeners age 2 to 5 years, accompanied by an adult. Siblings are welcome.

Thursday July 11, 2013: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Use some colorful felt, embellishment, and hand sewing techniques to make a cozy to protect your iPod!

If you'd like, bring your iPod or other MP3 device to test out your design!

This event is for adults and teens (grade 6 and up).