NOTE: if you want to find out what is going on at a particular branch on a particular day, use the Searchable Calendar of Events and check the Learning Curve at Central Library Calendar.
Summer Workshops Free for Kids & Teens Learn new skills at all 22 branches and Central Library:
- Nitro Joe: Air in Action Schedule Details
- Watch Out! There are Animals About Schedule Details
- City Critter Chats – Animalia Schedule Details
- Mad Science Preschool Gears Schedule
- Pack ‘n Hike Snacking Gear Schedule Details
- Automaton Creation Workshop Schedule Details
- Science of Silica (Glassblowing) Workshop Schedule Details
- Steampunk Inventor’s Journal Workshop (Teens Only) Schedule
- Digital Science Mobile Lab Schedule Details
- Indiana Pacer’s Fan Van Reading Tour Schedule
Summer Showtime for Families Free Box Office hits at all 22 Branches and Central Library:
- Adventures Of Tintin (PG), 107 minutes Schedule
- Dolphin Tale (PG), 119 minutes Schedule
- Hop (PG), 95 minutes Schedule
- Hugo (PG), animated, 127 minutes Schedule
- Kung Fu Panda 2: The Kaboom Of Doom (PG), 90 minutes Schedule
- The Muppets (PG), 98 minutes Schedule
- Puss In Boots (PG), 90 minutes Schedule
- The Smurfs (PG), 103 minutes Schedule
- Winnie The Pooh (G), 63 minutes Schedule
Summer Showtime for TEENS Free Box Office hits at all 22 Branches and Central Library:
- Footloose (PG-13), 113 minutes Schedule
- Joyful Noise (PG-13), 118 minutes Schedule
- Madea’s Big Happy Family (PG-13), 105 minutes Schedule
- The Monster Squad (PG-13), 82 minutes Schedule
- Real Steel (PG-13), 127 minutes Schedule
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13), 129 minutes Schedule
- Stomp the Yard (PG-13), 115 minute sSchedule
- War Horse (PG-13), 146 minutes Schedule
There’s more! Gear UP activities will be going on in the Learning Curve at Central Library during these hours this summer:
Monday – Friday from 10-noon and 1-4pm
Saturday: 11am, 1pm, & 3pm
Sunday: 1-4pm
Come see what’s in the works each day!
When you visit during these hours any one or more of these workshops might be going on:
Tinkerlab: Fix it! Design it! Build it!
Join us for a summer full of tinkering in the Tinkerlab @ the Curve. Legos, tools, cameras, glitter!!?? and more! We have what you need to get the job done! Ages: 5-17 Duration: 30 minutes-varies
The Art of Hugo Cabret
Take a closer look at the illustrations in The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick; then try out a computer tablet and stylus to create your own artwork, Selznick style! Ages: 8-18 Duration: 30-45 minutes
Read-Aloud with Hugo & Horten
Gear up for summer reading! Gather around for read-aloud chapters from The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick, or Horten’s Miraculous Mechanisms by Lissa Evans. After the story, podcast your predictions or share your favorite part! Ages: geared towards 8 and up Duration: 30-45 minutes
CodeQuest Scavenger Hunt
Families can team up to crack the code! Use an iPad to scan QR codes located in the floor portals of The Learning Curve. Solve all six clues to decode a secret message! Ages: Families Duration: 30 minutes
Steampunk Science Notebook
Make your mark on summer @ the Learning Curve! Add an activity sheet, observation, or print-out of your project to be a part of the summer showcase in our giant science notebook! Ages: Kids of all ages Duration: 10-30 minutes
Marble Madness
Build the craziest ball track you can with the provided kit and watch the marbles fly through it! Rearrange it and come up with an even better track afterwards! Ages: 3-8 Duration: 20-30 minutes
Elemental Frenzy
Here is a safe and fun way to play with fire! Explore the different elements and how they react to one another with the fun OE Cake software. Ages: 6+ Duration: 30-40 minutes
Pivot Rube Goldberg
Want to run a Rube Goldberg without having to set up all those steps? Using the animation software: Pivot; animate the Rube Goldberg machine so it completes all the steps! Ages: 8+ Duration: 30-40 minutes
Paper Plane Customizer
Design the ultimate paper airplane by using a Learning Curve laptop to add special lighting effects, slick color overlay patterns, custom colors and freestyle detailing. Once you’re done, print and fold your plane so you can test it out. Ages: 8-18 Duration: 45 minutes
Domino Books
Knowledge gained from books normally comes via reading, but this time it comes from careful alignment and gravity! Discover how mass x force = fun! (e-readers not recommended for this activity) Ages: 5+ – open to families Duration: 15-30 minutes
Catapult Master
Use the power of modern technology, plus the power of real Learning Curve Catapults, to unlock the secret of one of Leonardo DaVinci’s revolutionary machines! Ages: 8-18 Duration: 30 minutes
Stick Chain Reactions
You’ve seen them on YouTube; chain reaction sensations! Come to the Learning Curve and make one yourself! Ages: 6+ – open to families Duration: 30 minutes
Marble Track Wall
You design a tube to add to the track and let gravity do the rest. Bring your camera, or use one of ours to film the marbles as they make their way down the wall. Ages: All ages – under 6 will need adult guidance Duration: varies – drop in and do during certain times (as yet unspecified)
Rube Goldberg Machines on the Think Tank Walls
We’ve got stencils. You’ve got imagination. Let’s put them together and design Rube Goldberg machines using dry erase markers on the Think Tank Walls! Ages: 6+ Duration: 30 minutes
Photo Booth – You’re the Star!
Get your picture taken posing with props. You’ll be posted on the Learning Curve blog! (Professional photographers from Bohemian Red Images will run the photo booth during our June 2nd Summer Reading Program kickoff.) June 2nd, 2:30-4:30 – drop in and do. Ages: Kids of all ages Duration: 30 minutes (as a Summer Reading Program activity with kids using cameras)
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For sort of steampunk fun, see the online comic
Girl Genius, by Phil & Kaja Foglio.