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Teen Summer Reading Here

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Beginning on June 13th, teenagers (ages 13-18) will have a weekly chance to win great prizes — simply by reading 3 or more hours per week. The library wants to encourage teenagers to keep up with their reading during the … continues …

Spoken Word & Movement Workshop w/ National Poetry Slam Winner

Past Event ....... April 25th, 2012 — 3:30

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  Teenagers only!   Join Marc Bamuthi Joseph (2-time National Poetry Slam Winner) for a Spoken Word & Movement workshop. Everyone who comes gets a free ticket to his peformance the next day at the Lewiston Armory.  Tell your friends: … continues …

Spoken Word Performance

Past Event ....... January 20th, 2012 — 5pm

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Maine-based spoken word artists offer a program of entertaining poetry, hip-hop, and performance. Registration forms for the Perform Your Mind youth workshops will be on hand for High-School students interested in honing their spoken-word skills. This program is free and aimed … continues …

PROGRAM CANCELLED! — Marc Bamuthi Joseph

Past Event ....... January 12th, 2012 — 3:30pm

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Due to today’s storm, this program has been cancelled.  Teens (and adults) interested in seeing Bamuthi are urged to attend his free staged reading of “red, black & GREEN: a blues” on Friday, Jan 13 at 7:00 p.m. in the … continues …

Film Premiere: Kids of the World

Past Event ....... September 30th, 2011 — 6:00 p.m.

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Round Point Movies and the Downtown Education Collaborative (DEC) present the new movie, Kids of the World: 11 Kids, 4 Stories, 1 park,” on Friday, Sept 30th at 6:00 p.m. in the Library’s Callahan Hall.  The film was shot and … continues …

Dinaw Mengestu Literacy and Community Workshop

Past Event ....... April 26th, 2011 — 4:00 pm

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Tuesday, April 26 at 4:00 p.m. in the Couture Room, noted Ethiopian-American novelist Dinaw Mengestu will be presenting a class/workshop on writing about the immigrant experience.  The program is open to high school and college students; it is free and no … continues …

Teens create banner answering question: Who Am I?

Past Event ....... February 15th, 2011 — 3:30 pm

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Today the Lewiston Public Library will be starting an ongoing project to create a giant banner for the Teen Room with a theme of self-identity in the Lewiston-Auburn community! Young adults ages 13 and up are invited to take part … continues …

Harward Center Community Celebration

Past Event ....... February 4th, 2011 — 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

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Friday, Feb. 4 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.  The Harward Center for Community Partnerships at Bates College will hold its sixth annual mid-winter Community Celebration in Callahan Hall (3rd floor) at the Library.  As always, there will be music and … continues …

New England Contra Dance

Past Event ....... August 13th, 2010 — 8 - 11pm

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*Last local Contra Dance of Summer Season to take place at LPL this Friday* Friday, August 13, 8-11 p.m. in Callahan Hall, an evening of traditional New England contra dancing to the band Catharsis (fiddler Michele Roy, pianist Zeba Weidler … continues …

French-Canadian Folk Dance Workshop

Past Event ....... July 29th, 2010 — 5:30 - 7pm

Thursday, July 29, 5:30-7 p.m. in Callahan Hall, a French-Canadian folk dance workshop for students age 12 and older led by renowned Quebecois dance master Benoit Bourque. Free admission. FMI: 782-0386.