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Visit the Bethlehem Area Public Library at 11 E. Church St. (main) or- 400 Webster St. (SouthSide branch) or visit www.youtube.com/channel/UCsuAN4Af6kv3jQl1us_WkWQ/featured and www.bapl.org/events/categories/virtual-events for a variety of items. Bethlehem Area Public Library, Library staff will be available by phone at 610-867-3761 (main-11 W. Church St.) or 610-867-7852 (SouthSide branch- 400 Webster St.) For chat service, visit www.bapl.org/. email, and chat service by visiting www.bapl.org.

For general information, visit www.bapl.org (main) or at www.facebook.com/paBAPL or www.bapl.org/ssmain.htm (SouthSide).

Virtual story times and programs available on BAPL’s YouTube and Facebook pages and Spike’s Campground

Main Library - 11 W. Church St.

Call 610- 867-3761 or visit www.bapl.org.

March 3 to 10

PBS Smart Sacks monthly family virtual learning series. Take-away sack of crafts, videos, games, apps, and offline activities for the various ages. Registration for the March series, Molly of Denali, ages 4-8, runs through March 8. Registration for the April series, Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman, ages 5-8, runs through April 5. Registration for the May series, The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That, ages 3-5, runs through May 10. To register for a series, visit https://forms.gle/A9ERJX6VHQqdnCxR9

Wednesday, March 3

Virtual Homework Help, grades K-12, Moravian College America Reads program tutors. 4 to 6 p.m. Click on https://moravian.zoom.us/j/94245474243 to be placed in a waiting room, then moved to a break out room to work with a trained and cleared as per required tutor for a 30 minute session. No registration is needed. For information, visit www.bapl.org

Tune in & Take-away story session, 10 to 10:15 a.m. Weekly recorded story, fingerplay and song with a take-away learning packet from the Main Library in the Youth bundles area. Recordings on Spike Campground page under “Youth Services-Home”; click on the stack of books. Recordings are also found on BAPL Facebook and BAPL Youtube channel.

Friday, March 5

Storytime on Facebook live. 10-10:30 a.m. for all ages every Friday. Search “Bethlehem Area Public Library” on Facebook and join us for stories and songs.

Sunday, March 7

Draw With Librarians, 10 a.m. Step by step directions given via a librarian’s recorded sessions on BAPL’s Facebook and Youtube channel. Check each week for a new lesson.

Wednesday, March 10

Virtual Homework Help, grades K-12, Moravian College America Reads program tutors. 4 to 6 p.m. Click on https://moravian.zoom.us/j/94245474243 to be placed in a waiting room, then moved to a break out room to work with a trained and cleared as per required tutor for a 30-minute session. No registration is needed. For information, visit www.bapl.org

Thursday, March 11 (Advanced booking)

Lehigh Valley Audubon Society: S.O.S. Save Our Swifts by Saving their Urban Habitat: Telling the Story of the Chimney Swifts and their Connection to Our City. 7 to 8:30 p.m. For information or to make a booking for March 11: Changing Methods of Construction and the Impact on Chimney Swifts: visit www.bapl.org/events/s-o-s-save-our-swifts-by-saving-their-urban-habitat-telling-the-story-of-the-chimney-swifts-and-their-connection-to-our-city/

SouthSide Branch- 400 Webster St.

Call 610-867-7852 or visit www.bapl.org/events

March 3 and 4

Faux succulent magnet kits. Pick up at SouthSide branch while supplies last. How-to video airs March 4.

March 3 to 16

Build your own leprechaun traps. Pick up starter bags at the SouthSide branch while supplies last. Add what you want. Send a photo of the completed trap with instructions on how it works to ssteinly@bapl.org by March 16. You might win a “pot of gold”.

Coolidge Building - 2740 Fifth St.

Visit www.bapl.org

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