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PA CareerLink's mobile center, The Link, will visit Schlow Centre Region Library on the fourth Tuesday of the month. This career center on wheels, the first of its kind in Pennsylvania, will be parked outside Schlow.

Join us for a storytime with a Children's Staff Member! Enjoy books, songs, fingerplays, and more. 

• Recommended for ages 2-6

Enjoy a free movie for kids at The State Theatre!

• Today's movie: Trolls Band Together, PG, 92 minutes
   

Parking Note: Please do not park in the Schlow Library lot during the movie. 

Local chalk art expert Graham Curtis will share his tips and tricks for making amazing sidewalk chalk art.

• Recommended for kids ages 5-13.
• Please bring an oversized old shirt or a smock to protect clothes.
• Registration required.
• Limit: 20.
• Please note: Our website currently is unable to send confirmation emails upon registration. You will receive a reminder email from a Children's Department staff member a few days before the event!

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You’re invited to join us online with award-winning author Rex Ogle as he talks to viewers about his struggles to navigate sixth grade as written about in his book Free Lunch. 

The Schlow Library Foundation will hold their next Cheers to Art fundraiser at the Arena at Northland Bowl on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 6pm. The cost is $15 per painter and includes all of your supplies. To register email northlandbowl@northlandbowl.com. Registration is required! 

We are moving to the fourth WEDNESDAY of the month! 

Join us to read and discuss this month's selection!

For July's meeting, we'll be reading Orbital by Samantha Harvey.

From the publisher: "A slender novel of epic power, Orbital deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men hurtling through space—not towards the moon or the vast unknown, but around our planet."

Learn a little puppet history and build your own simple hand puppet. Then, bring it to life with some puppeteering tricks-of-the-trade.

• Recommended for kids ages 5-14.
• Registration required.
• Limit: 20.
• Please note: Our website currently is unable to send confirmation emails upon registration. You will receive a reminder email from a Children's Department staff member a few days before the event!

Join Matt Maris from Local Historia for an evening of local history. James Munks was executed in Bellefonte by hanging in January of 1819 for the murder of Reuben Guild. This particular crime, and subsequent confession captured a sensational saga that not only drew many to his execution, but also many more to read and write about the fate of James Munks for years to come.

Feel the rhythm! Express yourself through group music-making. This workshop by Matt Price Drumming will focus on group drumming, rhythmic games, and social interaction. 

• Recommended for ages 6 and up.
• Registration required
• Limit: 30
• Please note: Our website currently is unable to send confirmation emails upon registration. You will receive a reminder email from a Children's Department staff member a few days before the event!

Something sneaky’s afoot at the museum, and Detective Joe Flashlight is on the case! Help Joe and a crew of colorful characters explore art galleries and learn the secret of the old sock puppet. There’s more to this mystery than meets the eye in this creative conundrum for our puppet gumshoe!

Join us for open gaming at Schlow! We provide a range of tabletop games and you provide the players. We are teaming up with the Tabletop and Role-Playing Gamers of Central PA to bring you a bigger and better gaming event! Members of this group have been meeting here on Saturdays and are excited to see new people and share the games they bring from their own collections.

Everyone is welcome!

Schlow's new Esports Club welcomes all individuals, new and experienced, to join a community that shares a common interest in gaming. With mentorship from members and alumni of the Penn State Esports Club, teens can experience what it is like to be part of a supportive gaming community featuring casual and competitive play while gaining valuable teamwork and collaborative skills. Join us to discover your potential! #CommunityEsports

Romance readers, make a decorative book shelf insert and chat about what you’re reading. Snacks and crafts supplies provided.

Registration required. Space is limited.

This and all library programs are made possible by your donations to Schlow Library Foundation.

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Cryptids are the colorful creatures of our imagination. This summer, Schlow and Centre Region Parks and Recreation are working together to host a special scavenger hunt across the region’s parks. The self-guided search includes 10 different parks with hidden cryptids. When you find one of the creatures, visit Schlow’s Summer Reading website (reading.schlowlibrary.org) and enter the code found with each hidden cryptid. Teens and adults will receive prize entries for each one found.

From the mosaic floors of Pompeii to the photos used as pixels in larger 21st century images, humans have used small objects to create a picture for thousands of years. Try your hand at using seeds, beans, or paper to create your own mosaic.

Schlow staff will be on hand during with supplies and tools. Teens just need to bring their colorful imagination. 

For 5th Grade and up. Registration required. Space is limited.

Take on a new building challenge. Design your creation and take a picture to be displayed in our Lego Hall of Fame! 

• Recommended for ages 6-12

Stop by the Children's Department for a fun craft or activity. 

• Today we'll be making: Rainbow Popsicle Fan!
• First come, first served
• Supplies are limited

Join us for a storytime with a Children's Staff Member! Enjoy books, songs, fingerplays, and more. 

• Recommended for ages 2-6

Enjoy a free movie for kids at The State Theatre!

• Today's movie: Despicable Me 4, PG, 94 minutes
   

Parking Note: Please do not park in the Schlow Library lot during the movie.