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Digital Photography
December 26 - 2:00 PM
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A beginner class - learn the basics of achieving the right exposure. Bringing your camera is optional.
This class will be held in the Barbara Bush Library Friends Computer Lab on Wednesday, December 26 at 2:00 PM.
Registration is first come, first- served and opens 30 days prior to the class. Call 281-376-4610 or register online.
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Knowledge Exchange
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Knowledge Exchange, the knitting, crocheting, and conversation group meets on Fridays all year.
The group meets in the Earl Elliott Meeting room from 2:30-4:30 PM.
Bring your own projects to work on or use our yarn to make lap blankets for the V.A. hospital or Chemo Caps for the patients at M.D. Anderson.
Please bring your own needles or crochet hook.
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Emery Crain
Designer-Artist
The art of Emery Crain will be on display in the Art Alcove on the second floor of the library through December.
Mr. Crain graduated from Central Missouri State university with a Bachelor of Science degree in Interior Design. He moved to Texas five years ago and pick up painting again last year.
Stop in and see his beautiful paintings.
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Yoga is Back!
Yoga for women is back on
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Come and do yoga with Rosa in the Robin Bush Activity room on Fridays from 2:30-4:00.
No registration needed. Just bring your yoga mat and come.
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Journaling:
Will take a break in Dec.
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Need motivation to write your life story?
Join this beginner's group
on
Tues., Jan. 15, 3:30 pm
Women's Council of Realtors Conference Room on the second floor.
Write a page or two to bring to the group, and share it if you wish.
To prepare, write a page or two based on these prompts:
A favorite room (or house)
or
times of solitude
or
a holiday memory
or
choose a topic of your own to write about.
If you aren't sure where to begin, just start writing and you may end up with a wonderful reflection. No right or wrong way. Or jot down ideas and write from those.
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Social Media and
E-Mail Marketing Seminars
Learn how to make e-mail marketing and social media work to promote your business. Click below to register for these free classes in the Earl Elliott Room at the library.
Power of E-Mail Marketing
Sat., Dec. 8, 10:30 AM
Getting Started with Constant Contact
Fri., Dec. 21, 10:30 AM
Social Media and Facebook for Business Fri., Dec. 28, 10:30 AM
Social Media and LinkedIn
Sat., Dec. 29, 10:30 AM
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Genealogical Research
Database Demo
Friday, December 7, 11:00am
Climbing your family tree to do some family history? Do you need to consult the U.S. Census?
Come and learn how to use HeritageQuest and Ancestry.com at our Database Demo on Friday, December 7 at 11:00 AM.
Class will be held in the Barbara Bush Friends Computer Lab.
These classes are popular so registration is required. You can register online or by calling 281-376-4610.
The Genealogy Demo is now offered once a month at 11:00 AM. Registration for each session opens 30 days prior to the class. Check the Online Events calendar or call for the schedule. |
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10th Annual
Community Open House
Saturday
December 1
2:00-4:00 PM
The Barbara Bush Library Friends will sponsor the 10th Annual Community Open House at the library on Saturday, December 1 from 2:00-4:00 PM in the Earl Elliott Meeting Room.
The refreshments will be provided by the Barbara Bush Library Friends with the support of H.E.B., Kroger, Bullrito's and The Rockfish Grill.
Musical entertainment in the Earl Elliott Room will be provided by Strack Orchestra, Doerre Orchestra, teh Happy Fiddlers from Symphony North Houston, and a quartet from Christian Youth Theatre.
There will be a special celebration for children with holiday movies and a "make and take" craft in the Robin Bush Room.
Come and share the great food, entertainment and holiday decorations with the library staff, volunteers, and other members of the community.
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Workforce Solutions Job Search Seminars
December 6 and 20, from 1:30-3:30
Workforce Solutions will bring their job search seminars back to the library this fall. They offer several programs for job seekers, which include: making a job search plan, writing a resume, and classes on how to do well at the job interview. Seminars are held on the first and third Thursdays at 1:30.
Upcoming Seminars:
December 6 - 1:30-3:30, Earl Elliott Room
Rebranding Your Skills
December 20- 1:30-3:30, Robin Bush Activity Room
Writing an Effective Resume
No registration necessary. Just drop in.
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Senior Classic Movie Morning
December 11 @ 10:00 AM
"Hope springs eternal when an office clerk mistakenly believes he's won a coffee slogan challenge and spends the prize money."
Come to the Earl Elliott Room at 10:00 on Dec. 11
We will show a classic movie the 2nd Friday of each month. Bring a friend.
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Senior 60+ Computer Help
First and Third Tuesdays of each month
Drop in to the Senior Help Sessions at the Barbara Bush Branch Library Friends Computer Lab on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month. Come December 4 and December 18.
From 10:00-12:00 our volunteer, Patsy, will be here to give you assistance. No registration required. Meet other seniors and share your computer experiences. |
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Senior Game Morning
Every Wednesday from 10:00-12:00
The Senior Game Morning will meet every Wednesday from 10:00-noon in the Robin Bush Activity Room in the back of the Children's area.
Come and play dominos (traditional and chicken foot), cards, Rummikub, or whatever you want to bring, with others in the community. Meet new friends or bring a friend. Light refreshments will be served. |
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Free Computer Classes at the Library
Dave Smith, computer instructor, will be teaching seven different computer classes at the library in December. The classes are Computer Basics, Introduction to the Internet, Email, MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint and Publisher.
Each class meets for one
2-hour session. As class size is limited to 12 people, pre-registration is required. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Due to high demand, and for fairness to all, please register for only one class project at a time within the same course.
Please call the library at 281-376-4610 for more information and to register for a class. You can also register online at the HCPL website. Please call 24 hours in advance if it is necessary to cancel a class. Registration opens 30 days prior to the class.
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Book Clubs at the Library 
Evening Book Club - Tuesday
December 11 @ 7:00 PM
December 11 @ 7:00 PM - The Evening Book Club will have a general book discussion and book exchange.
"Bring a lightly used book in a gift bag that you would like to share with a friend."
The book club meets on the second Tuesday of each month. All are welcome. Bring a friend.
Suggestions for 2013 are welcome. We will also discuss your favorite books of 2012 and what is coming in 2013.
 Afternoon Book Club Thursday and Friday
December 20 @ 1:30 and
December 21 @ 2:30.
"In this fictional biography, set in the 1920's, Hadley Richardson is a quiet twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness-until she meets Ernest Hemingway and her life changes forever. Following a whirlwind courtship and wedding, the pair set sail for Paris, where they become the golden couple in a lively and volatile group-the fabled "Lost Generation"- that includes Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald."
The meeting will be held in the Earl Elliott Room on Thursday, and in the WCR Conference Room on Friday. If you wish, bring a wrapped book to exchange that you have read and enjoyed, but that has not been done in the afternoon book club.
Please feel free to attend either session.
Great Books Discussion
December 17, 2012
7:00 PM
The Great Books Discussion Group will meet in the WCR Conference Room on Monday,December 17 from 7:00-8:45 PM. The Group meets on the third Monday of each month.
Discussion guides are available from Penguin through the Great Books store as downloadable PDF's, as well as in e-book ePub format.
The Pen and Paintbrush Book Club will meet at the Pearl Fincher Museum at 1:30pm on Tuesday, December 11, to discuss common themes between "Woman Hollering Creek" by Sandra Cisneros and the current museum exhibits. The session includes a tour of the exhibit by Education Director Rosemary Hickman. For more information, visit the Pearl's website. |
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E-Books, E-Readers and E-Audio Demo
Tuesday, December 11 @ 11:00 AM
If you have purchased an
e-reader recently, such as a Kindle, Nook, Kobo, or Sony reader, we will show you how to download digital books from Harris County Public Library's Digital Media Catalog.
You can also download to an iPad, iPod Touch or an iPhone.
Learn how to use the Digital Media Catalog and OneClickDigital (only audio books) to download e-books and e-audio to your mobile devices.
This demo will be held on Tuesday, December 11 at 11:00 AM in the 2nd floor computer lab.
This class is now offered on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 11:00 AM. Registration is required. Call 281-376-4610. |
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