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If you're staying in Iowa for spring break or are just looking for something fun to do this month, stop by one of the many programs being offered at the library this month, I'm Jan, Kaiser marketing manager at the des moines public library. Here to tell you all about what's happening at your library. Remember, our library will be closed on Sunday March 31st in observance of the Easter holiday, a discussion series called America's music. A film history of our popular music from Blues to bluegrass to Broadway will be offered this spring at the Franklin Avenue library.

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The series will be led by dr. Eric Saylor musicology, professor at Drake University, and it will feature documentary film screenings and discussions of 20th century American popular music. The programs will be every tuesday at six pm, beginning on March, twelfth in conjunction with America's music. The Franklin Avenue library will also host three free musical events that are open to the public blues artist. Matt woods will visit the library on saturday march, nine at 3pm, the Drake jazz combo will perform swing music on Saturday March, 23rd and musicians.

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Joe and Laurie king will play bluegrass on saturday april six at 3pm. If you love to listen to books, you will love a new service we're making available this month. One click digital is an audiobook download service that provides access to more than 4,000 audio titles, published by recorded books. You can easily download audiobooks to various devices, including iPods iPhones, iPads, androids Kindles, or our computers running on windows or Macintosh operating systems.

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Users may check out up to three titles for a period of three weeks per title. Titles can be shared across multiple devices and may be renewed once best of all. Most titles are always available, so you don't have to wait to check out the books you select. You can find more information about this great news service on our website at WWDC.

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On in the forest avenue library this month, senior librarian, sarah Scholten is here with me today to tell us all about it. Our friends.

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Are hosting the annual soul food festival on Saturday March second from 11am to 2pm. Viewers won't want to miss an opportunity to sample jambalaya, sweet potato pie fried chicken and more and this year we will also hold a special used book sale during the festival.

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That is always a fun day and I understand that there have been some big changes in the kids area recently. What can you tell us about that? That's.

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Right, we have a brand-new interactive environment, called Rosie's forest, it's part of Forest, Avenue, libraries, early literacy initiative, and we will have a grand opening on Saturday March 16th. There will also be hands-on activities all day long and a special ribbon-cutting ceremony at two p.m. so tell us more.

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How can a forest fit into a library and how does god help kids learn how to read.

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While we've definitely had some help, we've been working with sticks, a local art and furniture company, and they have gone above and beyond in helping us create a fun interactive forest themed environment. Rosie's forest also includes an array of early literacy activities. Early literacy is what children know about reading and writing before they can actually read or write. Research shows children begin to learn about reading from the day they are born. Children can learn important readiness skills now so that they can become good readers. Okay,.

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The grand opening will be on Saturday, March 16th will Rosie be there.

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Yes, kids can have their photos taken with Rosie and then try out all the fun activities. There will be fun for the whole family and, of course, we hope that everyone will also take a few minutes to check out a book or two as well. That.

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Is a great project and I know you've had great support from the community. Can you tell us about all the people who work to make this possible the.

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Project is being funded entirely through donations from the united way of central Iowa women's leadership connection. The mission was to create an early literacy initiative here at the forest avenue library, and we were given at the donation to use in three ways to create an interactive environment with a theme to purchase materials needed to promote early literacy and to update our youth computers with the most up-to-date early literacy software.

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I think there is another special event going on at the forest avenue library to this month. We will.

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Celebrate for dynamic women involved in the Des Moines community on thursday march, seven at four pm and the public is invited to join us as we honor pam williams, the director of the ISIS, erects drill and drum corps. Elaine estes, the former library director Diane, stoned current president of the forest avenue an educator, Janice Caldwell well,.

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Thank you Sarah. Okay. Now there are plenty of things going on at our other libraries to if the thought of doing your taxes gives you a headache, stop by the Northside library, beginning on Friday march, first, to get free tax assistance from the AARP Vita program for more information visit their website.

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Maybe you need a little help figuring out the library's apps for your mobile device. All six library locations now offer helpful classes where you can learn all about installing the libraries apps for e-books, downloadable, audiobooks and II magazines for times of programs and to pre-register simply visit the library's website at da MPL org, dr. Stephen, W Anderson, who works for the University of Iowa Department of Neurology will present healthy living for your brain at the central library on Wednesday March 27 at 630pm.

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Attendees will learn about recent advances in neuroscience that bear on optimizing current and future brain function, with an emphasis on factors that are under personal control. We also have lots of programs to keep kids busy during spring break. Our friends from Polk County Conservation will help us learn all about frogs during this month. Saturday, special on marsh night at 1030am, a new library kids who participate, will also make a frog craft and they can check out some of the libraries folks about frogs. Please be sure to pre-register online marches.

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Raising readers exploration stations program will be all of help. Birds bring the kids to the Franklin Avenue library on Wednesday, March twentieth from 10 to 2 p.m. and have fun building early literacy skills. While you learn about our feathered friends, tweens are invited to stop by the Franklin Avenue library on Wednesday March thirteenth at 4pm. For some crafting fun we'll make magnetic travel tic-tac-toe games out of mint tins. It would be perfect to occupy you on a spring break. Road trip, supplies and snacks will be provided.

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Do you know a teen who needs to find a summer job? The central library will host a program for middle and high school students, providing tips about job hunting, creating a resume and acing an interview on wednesday march, six at two-thirty p.m. the central library will host a crafternoon hang out on wednesday March thirteenth at 230 p.m. in the meeting room wing this month. Teens will recycle old gadgets to create new masterpieces.

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That's it for this month remember to visit the library's website at da MPL org.

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