Children’s Library Discovery Center Opens with a Free Festival

To launch Children’s Library Discovery Center, the Queens Library invites the community to a festival of fun and culture. It is this Saturday in Jamaica and everyone is invited.

WHO: EVERYONE in the community

WHAT: Enjoying free refreshments, performances, hands-on science experiments, music and story-telling

WHEN: Saturday, September 17, 2011, 11 am – 4 pm (RAIN OR SHINE)

WHERE:  89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica, NY. Outdoors if weather permits; indoors if it rains

WHY: The new Children’s Library Discovery Center is open for fun and learning! Math and science education never was so much fun before. And it’s always free, at Queens Library.

SCHEDULE OF EXCITEMENT (all free):

11 am – 4pm: face painting, popcorn, cotton-candy

11 am – 4 pm:  Vinnie Voltage will be performing hands-on science experiments

11 am – 4 pm: Discovery Team invites you to get your hands into science: try out the bubble column, the crystal ball, Boo Bubbles, more

12 – 12:45 pm:  Circus Performers Vanessa Vortex and Co. do incredible gravity-defying feats, including hula hooping, juggling, acrobatics and more

1 – 1:45 pm: Franklin Institute presents a science show on Hot & Cold.

2 – 2:45PM:  Storygami with Christine Campbell: storytelling meets origami!

3 – 3:45PM: Bilingual Birdies live music concert with three performers in Spanish & English

 

Queens Library is an independent, not-for-profit corporation and is not affiliated with any other library. Queens Library serves a population of 2.3 million in one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the U.S. and has among the highest circulations of any public library system in the world. For more information about programs, services, locations, events and news, visit the Queens Library web site at www.queenslibrary.org or phone 718-990-0700. Queens Library.  Enrich Your Life®

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