Eleanor Murphy Branch meeting room

Laptop Learners: Excel 1

Location: Eleanor E. Murphy Branch Library
Date: Monday, April 8, 2013 - 10:00am - 12:00pm

Computer class for laptop owners - Microsoft Excel 2010 for beginners, including opening and closing documents; navigation; and selecting and manipulating colums, rows and cells.

Sign up at Murphy Library or by calling 256-881-5620. Limited number of laptops are available for loan. Please ask during sign-up to reserve. Students without laptops are welcome to sit in on the class. Students without Excel installed on their laptops are still welcome to sit in on the class.

Laptop Learners: Skype

Location: Eleanor E. Murphy Branch Library
Date: Monday, April 1, 2013 - 10:00am - 12:00pm

Computer class for laptop owners - Learn about the Skype software and how to use it to communicate with others. 

Sign up at Murphy Library or by calling 256-881-5620. Limited number of laptops are available for loan. Please ask during sign-up to reserve. Students without laptops are welcome to sit in on the class.

Laptop Learners: Windows 7 Part 2

Location: Eleanor E. Murphy Branch Library
Date: Monday, March 18, 2013 - 10:00am - 12:00pm

Computer class for laptop owners - Learn how to save and find things you've saved, how to navigate directory structures, and how to work with USB drives, Wordpad, and other formats. You must already have mastered the skills taught in Windows 1.

Sign up at Murphy Library or by calling 256-881-5620. Limited number of laptops are available for loan. Please ask during sign-up to reserve.

Laptop Learners: Windows 7 Part 1

Location: Eleanor E. Murphy Branch Library
Date: Monday, March 11, 2013 - 10:00am - 12:00pm

Computer class for laptop owners - Learn about operating systems, parts of Windows 7, features, and more, in this tutorial designed for 21st century learners.

Sign up at Murphy Library or by calling 256-881-5620. Limited number of laptops are available for loan. Please ask during sign-up to reserve.

Eleanor E. Murphy Book Club: Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

Location: Eleanor E. Murphy Branch Library
Date: Tuesday, July 2, 2013 - 11:30am - 12:30pm

When her notorious, hilarious, volatile, talented, troubled, and agoraphobic mother goes missing, teenage Bee begins a trip that takes her to the ends of the earth to find her.

Eleanor E. Murphy Book Club: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Location: Eleanor E. Murphy Branch Library
Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - 11:30am - 12:30pm

When a woman goes missing on her fifth wedding anniversary, her diary reveals hidden turmoil in her marriage, while her husband, desperate to clear himself of suspicion, realizes that something more disturbing than murder may have occurred.

Eleanor E. Murphy Book Club: The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe

Location: Eleanor E. Murphy Branch Library
Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2013 - 11:30am - 12:30pm

Recounts how the author and his mother read and discussed books during her chemotherapy treatments, describing how the activity involved a wide range of literary genres, furthered their appreciation for literature, and strengthened their bond.

Jazz It Up

Location: Eleanor E. Murphy Branch Library
Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 - 3:30pm - 4:00pm

Learn about Jazz music and make a craft. For grades K-4

It's Snowing!

Location: Eleanor Murphy Meeting Room
Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2013 - 3:30pm - 4:00pm

Come to the library to hear snowy tales and make a snowflake craft. For kindergarten to 4th grade.

Murphy Writers Group: A Peer to Peer Writing Group

Location: Eleanor E. Murphy Branch Library
Date: Saturday, January 12, 2013 - 3:00pm - 4:00pmSaturday, January 26, 2013 - 3:00pm - 4:00pmSaturday, February 9, 2013 - 3:00pm - 4:00pmSaturday, February 23, 2013 - 3:00pm - 4:00pmSaturday, March 9, 2013 - 3:00pm - 4:00pmSaturday, March 23, 2013 - 3:00pm - 4:00pmSaturday, April 13, 2013 - 3:00pm - 4:00pmSaturday, April 27, 2013 - 3:00pm - 4:00pmSaturday, May 11, 2013 - 3:00pm - 4:00pmSaturday, May 25, 2013 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm

The Murphy Writers Group, representing many different stages and genres of writing, meets on the second and fourth Saturday of each month at 3 p.m. at the Eleanor E. Murphy Library Meeting Room.

Members of the group are given the opportunity to read to their peers and receive positive and helpful feedback. The group is recommended for ages 14 and older. The group is led by Kemi Elufiede, a PhD student, who has extensive experience working with adult writers.

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