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Baby: Best for babies up to 24 months

Baby Storytime NP

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Youth Program Room NP at New Palestine
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Kids
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Babies (up to 24 months) and a caregiver, join us for Storytime fun that combines songs, rhymes, and stories.  When babies are read and sang to, they experience the rhyth...

Library Branch: New Palestine
Room: Youth Program Room NP
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Storytime
:

Babies (up to 24 months) and a caregiver, join us for Storytime fun that combines songs, rhymes, and stories.  When babies are read and sang to, they experience the rhythm and melody of language even before they understand the spoken or

Baby: Best for babies up to 24 months. Icon of baby head smiling.

Baby Storytime G

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Youth Program Room at Greenfield
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Kids
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Babies (up to 24 months) and a caregiver, join us for storytime fun that combines songs, rhymes, and stories.  When babies are read and sang to, they experience the rhyth...

Library Branch: Greenfield
Room: Youth Program Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Storytime
:

Babies (up to 24 months) and a caregiver, join us for storytime fun that combines songs, rhymes, and stories.  When babies are read and sang to, they experience the rhythm and melody of language even before they understand the spoken or

Green background; an outline of a house with a heart in it. The words "FAMILY, best for kids 2-6 with siblings" is above the house.

Family Storytime G

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Youth Program Room at Greenfield
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Kids
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Families with kids (ages 2-6), join us for stories, music, activities, and lots of fun!Participants will be admitted on a first-come/first-served basis as room allows. Upon arrival...

Library Branch: Greenfield
Room: Youth Program Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Storytime
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Families with kids (ages 2-6), join us for stories, music, activities, and lots of fun!

Participants will be admitted on a first-come/first-served basis as room allows. Upon arrival, please claim a green lanyard for each child attending.

Family Storytime

Family Storytime NP

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Youth Program Room NP at New Palestine
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Kids
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Enjoy stories, songs, bad dance moves, and general silliness at the Sugar Creek's Family Storytime!For ages 2-6 with caregiver. Siblings welcome. Drop in, no registrations.

Library Branch: New Palestine
Room: Youth Program Room NP
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Storytime
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Enjoy stories, songs, bad dance moves, and general silliness at the Sugar Creek's Family Storytime!

For ages 2-6 with caregiver. Siblings welcome. Drop in, no registrations.

Little Crafters NP

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
GBC Community Room NP at New Palestine
Program Type:
Arts/Crafts
Age Group:
Kids
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Creativity is messy! Explore your inner artist with different materials and techniques at this fun, open-ended art experience. Dress to mess. Ages 2-6 with caregiver.

Library Branch: New Palestine
Room: GBC Community Room NP
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Arts/Crafts
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Creativity is messy! Explore your inner artist with different materials and techniques at this fun, open-ended art experience. Dress to mess. Ages 2-6 with caregiver.

Presschool: Best for kids 3 1/2 - K. Purple background with an apple icon.

Preschool Storytime NP

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:00pm
GBC Community Room NP at New Palestine
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Kids
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Kids, ages 3 1/2-6 join us for stories, songs, playtime  and  crafts. Caregivers and siblings welcome.

Library Branch: New Palestine
Room: GBC Community Room NP
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Storytime
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Kids, ages 3 1/2-6 join us for stories, songs, playtime  and  crafts. Caregivers and siblings welcome.

Event image with "Genealogy Jam" displayed over maps, a census record, and family tree.

Genealogy Jam

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Local History Room at Greenfield
Program Type:
Class/Workshop
Age Group:
Adults, All Ages
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Join our on-staff genealogy and local history librarian, Charity Munro, for a casual "Genealogy Jam" session. Drop in to ask questions, get help researching online, or have an...

Library Branch: Greenfield
Room: Local History Room
Age Group: Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Class/Workshop
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Join our on-staff genealogy and local history librarian, Charity Munro, for a casual "Genealogy Jam" session. Drop in to ask questions, get help researching online, or have an informal conversation about genealogy.

Hancock4Kids Pinwheels for Prevention

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 5:00pm - 7:00pm
GBC Community Room A & B at Greenfield
Program Type:
Speaker, Community Event, Family
Age Group:
Kids, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and we are promoting happy childhoods with a fun-filled family event! Join us for engaging activities, family education, and connections...

Library Branch: Greenfield
Room: GBC Community Room A & B
Age Group: Kids, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Speaker, Community Event, Family
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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and we are promoting happy childhoods with a fun-filled family event! 

Read, Rock, and Roll Logo

Read, Rock, & Roll G

Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
GBC Community Room A & B at Greenfield
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Kids
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Come and join Miss Stephanie as we move and groove with your little ones! We will dance, sing, and play with musical instruments and props in this fun music and movement based stor...

Library Branch: Greenfield
Room: GBC Community Room A & B
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Storytime
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Come and join Miss Stephanie as we move and groove with your little ones! We will dance, sing, and play with musical instruments and props in this fun music and movement based storytime!

Robots G

Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 3:45pm - 4:45pm
GBC Community Room A & B at Greenfield
Program Type:
Science/Tech
Age Group:
Teens
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Teens (grades 6-12) drop in to build and code with some super cool robots! 

Library Branch: Greenfield
Room: GBC Community Room A & B
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Science/Tech
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Teens (grades 6-12) drop in to build and code with some super cool robots! 

Master Gardeners Green Thumb Project

Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 9:30am - 12:00pm
GBC Community Room A & B at Greenfield
Program Type:
Speaker, Community Event
Age Group:
Adults
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Learn about nativars — cultivated plants that are bred from a native species — in this free educational event sponsored by Hancock County Soil & Water Conservation District and...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Greenfield
Room: GBC Community Room A & B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Speaker, Community Event
Required
Seats Remaining: 28
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Learn about nativars — cultivated plants that are bred from a native species — in this free educational event sponsored by Hancock County Soil & Water Conservation District and the Hancock County Master Gardeners Association.

Cover of the Disney movie Moana 2.

Sensory Friendly Movie NP

Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:45pm
GBC Community Room NP at New Palestine
Program Type:
Movie
Age Group:
Kids, Tweens, Teens
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Sensory Friendly Movies give everyone the opportunity to experience a movie with the lights turned up and the volume turned down. This becomes a safe space where our guests are fre...

Library Branch: New Palestine
Room: GBC Community Room NP
Age Group: Kids, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Movie
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Sensory Friendly Movies give everyone the opportunity to experience a movie with the lights turned up and the volume turned down.

Read to a Dog with an image of a dog.

Bentley's Buddies & Friends G

Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Greenfield
Program Type:
Family
Age Group:
Kids
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Practice reading aloud with the friendliest audience ever: dogs from Bentley's Buddies & Friends. No need to sign up. Just join us in the Children's Room.

Library Branch: Greenfield
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Family
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Practice reading aloud with the friendliest audience ever: dogs from Bentley's Buddies & Friends. No need to sign up. Just join us in the Children's Room.

Chess Club G

Monday, April 7, 2025 at 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Youth Program Room at Greenfield
Program Type:
Class/Workshop
Age Group:
Kids, Tweens, Teens
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Youth of all ages are welcome! Program is drop-in; no registration required.

Library Branch: Greenfield
Room: Youth Program Room
Age Group: Kids, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Class/Workshop
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Youth of all ages are welcome! Program is drop-in; no registration required.

Raccoon Lake Saxophone Quartet (NP)

Monday, April 7, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
GBC Community Room NP at New Palestine
Program Type:
Concert
Age Group:
Adults, All Ages
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The Raccoon Lake Sax Quartet pays tribute to the 1950s and 1960s, featuring the music of Elvis Presley, early rock & roll, the Beatles, and more. They also provide facts, trivi...

Open
Required
Library Branch: New Palestine
Room: GBC Community Room NP
Age Group: Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Concert
Required
Seats Remaining: 58
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The Raccoon Lake Sax Quartet pays tribute to the 1950s and 1960s, featuring the music of Elvis Presley, early rock & roll, the Beatles, and more.

Baby: Best for babies up to 24 months. Icon of baby head smiling.

Baby Storytime G

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Youth Program Room at Greenfield
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Kids
:

Babies (up to 24 months) and a caregiver, join us for storytime fun that combines songs, rhymes, and stories.  When babies are read and sang to, they experience the rhyth...

Library Branch: Greenfield
Room: Youth Program Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Storytime
:

Babies (up to 24 months) and a caregiver, join us for storytime fun that combines songs, rhymes, and stories.  When babies are read and sang to, they experience the rhythm and melody of language even before they understand the spoken or

The first Ladies cover

Brown Bag Book Discussion

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:30am
GBC Community Room B at Greenfield
Program Type:
Books/Writing
Age Group:
Adults
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Linda Dunn will lead a discussion of Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray's novel The First Ladies. Participants are encouraged (but not required) to read the book i...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Greenfield
Room: GBC Community Room B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books/Writing
Required
Seats Remaining: 17
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Linda Dunn will lead a discussion of Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray's novel The First Ladies. Participants are encouraged (but not required) to read the book in advance.

Toddler Best for kids 2-3 1/2

Toddler Storytime G

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 10:15am - 10:45am
Youth Program Room at Greenfield
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Kids
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Kids (ages 2-3 1/2 with a caregiver), join us for stories, music, crafts, and lots of fun!Participants will be admitted on a first come/first served basis as space allows. Upon you...

Library Branch: Greenfield
Room: Youth Program Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Storytime
:

Kids (ages 2-3 1/2 with a caregiver), join us for stories, music, crafts, and lots of fun!

Preschool: Best for kids 3 1/2 - K. Purple background with an apple icon.

Preschool Storytime G

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Youth Program Room at Greenfield
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Kids
:

Kids, ages 3 1/2-K, join us for crafts, stories, playtime, and songs!Participants will be admitted on a first-come/first-served basis as space allows. Upon your arrival, please cla...

Library Branch: Greenfield
Room: Youth Program Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Storytime
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Kids, ages 3 1/2-K, join us for crafts, stories, playtime, and songs!

Teen Storymakers NP

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Youth Program Room NP at New Palestine
Program Type:
Books/Writing, Class/Workshop
Age Group:
Teens
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Teen Storymakers is a creative writing club for strictly ages 12-17, no younger siblings.  Whether you want to work on your story-writing technique, or learn about d...

Library Branch: New Palestine
Room: Youth Program Room NP
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Books/Writing, Class/Workshop
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Teen Storymakers is a creative writing club for strictly ages 12-17, no younger siblings.  

Let's Get Artsy NP

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Youth Program Room NP at New Palestine
Program Type:
Arts/Crafts, Class/Workshop
Age Group:
Kids, Tweens
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Kids and tweens (ages 6 - 12), come and create your very own work of art inspired by famous artists in history! This series will meet on the second Tuesday of every month from Marc...

Closed
Required
Library Branch: New Palestine
Room: Youth Program Room NP
Age Group: Kids, Tweens
Program Type: Arts/Crafts, Class/Workshop
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
:

Kids and tweens (ages 6 - 12), come and create your very own work of art inspired by famous artists in history! This series will meet on the second Tuesday of every month from March through May.

Library Board Meeting

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
GBC Community Room NP at New Palestine
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The Hancock County Public Library Board meets on the second Tuesday of every month unless specified otherwise. These sessions are open to the public.

Library Branch: New Palestine
Room: GBC Community Room NP
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The Hancock County Public Library Board meets on the second Tuesday of every month unless specified otherwise. These sessions are open to the public.