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MakerFest
Jul
12
9:00 AM09:00
Active Duty, Adults, All Ages, Families, Middle & High School

MakerFest

Celebrate the world of science, technology, and engineering with the library and learn about STEM in your local community! Meet tech-enthusiasts and engage in STEM activities, such as robotics, flight labs, DIY obstacle courses, sphero-bowling, 3D printing, and much more!

STEM participants include:

  • NASA

  • Jefferson Lab

  • Hampton Police Forensic Science Unit

  • 1st Fighter Wing Innovation Cell

  • Civil Air Patrol

  • USN Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic

Questions? Call 757-764-2906 or e-mail langleyafblibrary@gmail.com4

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Design a READ Poster Contest (Apr 1-30)
Apr
1
to Apr 30
Middle & High School, Babies & Preschool, Elementary, Active Duty, Adults

Design a READ Poster Contest (Apr 1-30)

Design your own READ poster and enter for a chance for your design to be printed and displayed in the Bateman Library!

We will choose one winner from each of the four age groups: K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-12th, Adults / Squadrons. To submit your poster, include with the artist’s name, grade, and contact phone number and either drop off at the front desk during opening hours or email you submission to langleyafblibrary@gmail.com.

Posters must 22”x28” (the size of an average poster board) and portrait layout. Participants will photograph their work and e-mail to langleyafblibrary@gmail.com.

Get creative! Create your photos with digital art, mixed media, drawings, you name it! Need help with your design? Visit the American Library Association’s Design Studio: https://alastore.ala.org/read-design-studio.

Submissions must not contain obscenity, explicit sexual material, nudity, profanity, graphic violence, calls or incitement to violence, commercial solicitation or commercial promotion. Submissions must conform to local law and must not contain content or images that could be considered abusive, inflammatory, denigrating, or disrespectful to any groups, individuals or institutions.

Questions? Call 757-764-2906 or e-mail langleyafblibrary@gmail.com.

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Mean Green Who-bilee
Dec
13
6:00 PM18:00
All Ages, Families, Middle & High School, Elementary, Babies & Preschool, Adults, Active Duty

Mean Green Who-bilee

Santa Claus is coming to Bateman Library! Join us for a very special after hours event on Wednesday, Dec. 13, from 6-8 PM. Enjoy:

*Pictures with Santa from a professional photographer

*Hot cocoa bar 

*Winter Carnival Games & Prizes

*Ornament Creation Station

*Holiday Bingo & Much More!

Questions? Contact the library at 757-764-2906 or e-mail langleyafblibrary@gmail.com.

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Winter Reading Challenge
Jan
9
to Feb 28
Adults, Babies & Preschool, Families, Middle & High School

Winter Reading Challenge

Read and earn prizes with the Bateman Library’s Winter Reading Challenge! All ages are invited to register at https://batemanlibrary.beanstack.org anytime between Jan 9 - Feb 28. Stop by the Library during business hours to pick up your bingo card and earn prizes!

Questions? Contact 757-764-2906 or e-mail langleyafblibrary@gmail.com.

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