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Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 June 2014 20:30

July Happenings at the Monongahela Area Library

Chef’s Select - If you have not made all of your plans for this summer, here is an event you don’t want to miss. Local chefs compete for the Chef’s Select Award to benefit Monongahela Area Library children’s programs.

Join us on July 18 at 6 p.m. at Ripepi Winery and Vineyard, 93 VanVoorhis Lane Monongahela. Wine pairings with each appetizer will be served, and guests vote for the winner of the award. Chinese auction and half the take. $25 per person. Tickets available in advance, a limited number will be available at the door.

Who’s competing? Chef Sean from Elliot’s Steakhouse, Chef Melissa from Monongahela Valley Country Club, and Chef Juan, a private caterer from Monongahela. Music will be provided by Bill Teck of From the Top Music Store.

“Chemical Concoction” - Join us to welcome the Carnegie Science Center and stir up some concoction to take home. The program is Tuesday, July 8 at 1 p.m. Please sign up at the library in advance due to limited spaces.

Magician Steve Haberman - The magician man is back again! Our favorite magician is here to help us explore the wonderful world of reading and to teach the children to use their imagination to see if it is real or is it science. Tuesday, July 15 at 6 p.m. Please sign up at the library in advance.

Storyteller “Fizzle, Sizzle, and Twizzle” - Storytellers Joanna Demarest and Stas` Ziolkowski will bring science alive with sizzling stories that will spark the imagination. Thursday, July 17 at 1 p.m. Please sign up at the library in advance.

“Mr. Docker is off his Rocker” - Stage Right, school for performing arts & professional theatre company, will be performing “Mr. Docker is off his Rocker” by Dan Gutman. Tuesday, July 22 at 6 p.m. Please sign up at the library in advance.

Active Science Kids - Join us for “Seeing the World Through Science” program. What will happen when the room is completely dark? Tuesday, July 29 at 1 p.m. Please sign up in the library in advance.

Questyinz

Interested in participating in the Questyinz program? Children grades kindergarten - 5 may stop in and pick up their cards to participate. Program is open immediately!

Book Bites

Join the book discussion group on July 17 at 1 p.m. for their discussion of Clive Cussler's The Strikers. August's book is Defending Jacob by Landay. August's book discussion will occur on Thursday, August 21 at 1 p.m.

The Monongahela Area Library Board of Trustees will not have meetings in July or August.