Week Calendar

A weekly dose of history facts and trivia from University Branch Library!

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Cyber Security is a video series covering a different ways of protecting yourself when using a computer or any personal device.  We cover topics like passwords, email scams, social media, and more.

This month, we’re talking about our love for books...that are about books and libraries! Each of us has picked out a title where a library or a book plays an important part of the plot.  We’ll be discussing:

Join us to hear about one of the library staff's favorite books, "Women of the Dunes" written by Sarah Maine.  You may view the video here.

Please join us for songs, stories, finger plays, and more for preschool children! This program is recommended for children ages 3-6.

Join us to hear about one of the library staff's favorite books, "Lovecraft Country" written by Matt Ruff.  You may view the video here.

This program is presented by Twanda’s Theatre on Wheels, in conjunction with Young Audiences of Houston. Ms. Twanda compares and contrasts African customs and traditions.

Join us for another video in our Photography series.  In this Black History Month episode, we will be looking at the photograph "American Gothic," a social statement on the Grant Woods painting of the same name by African-American photographe

Have you heard that Wikipedia can't be trusted? Do you use it anyway? Let's discuss considerations of authorship, context, and sources to verify content in a Wikipedia article.

Build your English conversation skills by learning a new phrase.

In view of library closures, Mission Bend will post a how-to cooking video in lieu of our regularly scheduled cookbook club meeting. February’s video will demonstrate how to make cake pops just like Starbucks' Birthday Cake Pops.

Learn how to create a movable character and background for your very own stop-motion animation movie! Join us next Saturday (Feb 27) for part 2 of this special workshop. Recommended for children in grades 6-8.

Virtual Mother Goose Time is an online, multi-sensory program featuring songs, simple sign language, finger plays and soothing lullabies for parents and caregivers of young babies. Recommended for infants from birth to 12 months of age.

Parent and child activity time for toddlers include songs, stories, and rhymes.  This program recommended for ages 1-3.

Dress up your boring shoes using mod podge and glitter!

This program is a pre-recorded video, which you can view here.

Sienna staff will demonstrate how to make this unique craft made with floral tape, craft wire, pliable twine, and flowers of your choosing (real or fake).

Virtual - recorded

Join us as we liven up the workplace with these colorfully decorated paper clips! No registration required. This program will be a pre-recorded video.

Wanna know what's happening in the world of teen lit?  Join your friendly neighborhood librarians for YA news, recent releases and recommendations, and suggestions from the world of the back catalog!