Celebrate Fall at Harvest Fest!
Calling all families! Feel like kicking up your heels and singing along to some fiddlin' good music? Want to learn about bats, meet and greet live snakes, turtles and toads? How about pick out a pumpkin and decorate it to take home?
Then come to Harvest Fest at Central Library on Saturday, October 6 from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.!
Other activities include learning the secrets of making applesauce, decorating pumpkin cookies, fun crafts, games and more!
Here is a schedule of the day's events:
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Sing along with Douglas Udell
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Nature in the Parks Bat Presentation
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Sing along with Fox and Branch
Check out the Children's Calendar for more information as well as a schedule of additional Harvest Fest celebrations at our neighborhood libraries.




























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