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February 2012

	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
5				1 Scholastic Book Fair (Main Library) 9:00am Mother Goose Time (Bailey Cove) 10:00am PageTurners: The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris (Madison) 12:30pm	2 Scholastic Book Fair (Main Library) 9:00am Mother Goose Time (Bailey Cove) 9:15am Book Buddies Story Time (Bailey Cove) 10:30am Bailey Cove Science Fiction: Little, Big (Bailey Cove) 6:00pm Come Quill With Us At Monrovia! (Monrovia Library) 6:30pm	3 Scholastic Book Fair (Main Library) 9:00am Monrovia Friends of the Library (Monrovia Library) 11:00am	4 Basket Weaving: Melon Basket with Decorated Handle (Bailey Cove) 9:00am Algebra I Instruction () 10:00am Exploring IDEA/504 & Skills for Effective Parent Advocacy (Madison) 1:00pm Lecture: Black Conservative Intellectuals in Modern America (Main Library) 2:00pm
6	5	6 Bailey Cove Classics: Metamorphosis (Bailey Cove) 10:00am What to do with the Mad that You Feel (Madison) 10:00am Small Business Lunch & Learn: “"Speaking for a Change!” (Main Library) 12:00pm Family Craft Day (Madison) 3:00pm Wacky Science Club at Bailey Cove (Bailey Cove) 4:00pm LEGO Mania (Main Library) 4:30pm Monday Movie Night: Screwball Comedies (Main Library) 6:00pm	7 Crunch Time by Diane Mott Davidson (Murphy) 11:30am Take Heart! Health Event () 12:00pm Resiliency: Coping Skills for Children (Madison) 5:00pm Family Date Night @ The Library (Hazel Green) 6:00pm	8 I Love Books Puppet Show () 10:00am Once Upon A Time Music and Rhyme Storytime, featuring a visit from Princess Lenore! (Main Library) 10:30am Book Club (Russell) 11:00am	9 I Love Books Puppet Show () 9:15am I Love Books Puppet Show () 10:30am Volunteer Orientation (Main Library) 12:00pm Time Out Book Club - Legend by Marie Lu (Madison) 12:00pm Knitting Between the Lines: Hide (Bailey Cove) 12:00pm I Love Books Puppet Show () 4:00pm Madison Murder Ink.: The Barbed-Wire Kiss (Madison) 6:30pm	10 Valentine's Day Painting (Madison) 10:00am We Love Books! Children's Puppet Show (Hazel Green) 11:30am Monrovia Family Movie Night - Dolphin Tale (Monrovia Library) 6:00pm	11 Basket Weaving: Melon Basket with Decorated Handle (Bailey Cove) 9:00am "Preserve Your Family Documents" Day (Main Library) 9:00am Algebra I Instruction () 10:00am MOVIE NIGHT: African Cats (Gurley) 6:00pm Eleanor Murphy ForeverYA: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (Murphy) 7:00pm
7	12 Black History Month Panel Discussion: Looking to the Future (Main Library) 2:00pm Friends of the Gurley Library Monthly Meeting (Gurley) 3:00pm	13 We Love Gurley Week (Gurley) 12:00pm Family Craft Day (Madison) 3:00pm Small Business Workshop (Main Library) 3:00pm Wacky Science Club at Bailey Cove (Bailey Cove) 4:00pm LEGO Mania (Main Library) 4:30pm Monday Movie Night: Screwball Comedies (Main Library) 6:00pm Quarter-Life Crisis: The Shallows: what the Internet is doing to our brains (Madison) 6:30pm Ladies' Craft Night (Gurley) 6:30pm	14 Bailey Cove Morning: Room (Bailey Cove) 10:00am Write Right Lunch & Learn: “Fundamentals of Good Fiction” (Main Library) 12:00pm We Love Gurley Week (Gurley) 12:00pm Volunteer Orientation (Main Library) 4:00pm Genealogy Night (New Hope) 6:00pm How to do Things: East Coast Swing Dance (Main Library) 6:30pm	15 Mother Goose Time (Bailey Cove) 10:00am We Love Gurley Week (Gurley) 11:30am K1R2: Sarah's Key (Madison) 12:30pm Library Board Meeting (Main Library) 4:00pm	16 Mother Goose Time (Bailey Cove) 9:15am Book Buddies Story Time (Bailey Cove) 10:30am We Love Gurley Week (Gurley) 12:00pm A Celebration of African American History through Dance (Main Library) 5:30pm Huntsville Spiritual Chorale performance (Main Library) 6:00pm Family Storytime (Madison) 6:00pm Creativity Night @ the Bailey Cove Library: Mandala Collage (Bailey Cove) 6:30pm	17 We Love Gurley Week (Gurley) 12:00pm	18 Algebra I Instruction () 10:00am We Love Gurley Week (Gurley) 10:00am S2SB2B: The Choir Director () 3:00pm
8	19	20 Library Foundation Board Meeting (Main Library) 11:30am New Hope Friends of the Library (New Hope) 12:30pm Family Craft Day (Madison) 3:00pm LEGO Mania (Main Library) 4:30pm	21 Early Literacy: The Power of Music (Madison) 10:00am Early Literacy: The Power of Music (Madison) 11:00am Tuesday Night Book Club: Cutting for Stone (Monrovia Library) 6:30pm Taylor Polites Author Talk (Main Library) 6:30pm	22 Mother Goose Time (Bailey Cove) 10:00am Early Literacy: The Power of Music (Madison) 10:00am Early Literacy: The Power of Music (Madison) 11:00am	23 Mother Goose Time (Bailey Cove) 9:15am Early Literacy: The Power of Music (Madison) 10:00am Book Buddies Story Time (Bailey Cove) 10:30am Early Literacy: The Power of Music (Madison) 11:00am Volunteer Orientation (Main Library) 12:00pm Nonprofit Lunch & Learn: “Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Webinar for Nonprofits” (Main Library) 12:00pm Family Game Night (Madison) 5:00pm Superhero Movie Night @ the Bailey Cove Library (Bailey Cove) 5:30pm Gurley Girls Book Club (Gurley) 7:00pm	24	25 "Preserve Your Family Documents" Day (Main Library) 9:00am Algebra I Instruction () 10:00am MOVIE NIGHT: Treasure Buddies (Gurley) 6:00pm
9	26 The People Behind the Portraits of Maria Howard Wheeden (Main Library) 2:00pm Friends of the Gurley Library Monthly Meeting (Gurley) 3:00pm	27 Family Craft Day (Madison) 3:00pm Wacky Science Club at Bailey Cove (Bailey Cove) 4:00pm A Visit with Harriet Tubman (Main Library) 4:00pm LEGO Mania (Main Library) 4:30pm Monday Movie Night: Screwball Comedies (Main Library) 6:00pm Literary Giants: The Warmth of Other Suns (Madison) 6:30pm	28 Volunteer Orientation (Main Library) 4:00pm Short Story Analysis for Amateurs (Main Library) 7:00pm	29 Mother Goose Time (Bailey Cove) 10:00am Music and Rhyme Storytime with the Tennessee Valley Jazz Society (Main Library) 10:30am

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Art at your library

These local artists will display their work at the Atrium Art Gallery:

Hal Conkhite and Janice C. Byers: Huntsville Art League artists Mar 1 2012 - Apr 30 2012
various: Celebrating African-American Artists Feb 2 2012 - Mar 31 2012

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Author Events
Banned Books Week
Fit for Life
Board Meetings
Book Club Meetings
-Bailey Cove Classics
-Bailey Cove Evening
-Bailey Cove Morning
-Bailey Cove Science Fiction
-Bailey Cove Young Adult
-Books & Buns
-Cupid's Café
-Eclectic Book Club
-Eleanor Murphy Book Club
-Eleanor Murphy ForeverYA
-Gurley Girls Book Club
-Happy Hour Book Club
-Inspirational Book Club
-Knit 1, Read Too!
-Knitting Between the Lines
-Literary Giants Book Club
-Madison Murder Mystery Ink
-Mother-Daughter Book Club
-PageTurners
-Quarter-Life Crisis
-Read the Movie! Book Club
-RocketCityMom.com Book Club
-Russell Readers
-Sister 2 Sister / Brother 2 Brother Book Club
-Southern Stories
-Tillman Hill Adult
-Tillman Hill Romance
-Tillman Hill Teen
-Time Out Book Club
-Tuesday Night Book Club
-Urban Circle Book Club
-Young Professionals
Book discussion
Book Lovers
Book Sales
Bookmobile
Brown Bag Lunch
Closed dates
Community Wide Read
Computer Classes
Crafts
Friends of the Library
Game Nights
Genealogy
Hertha Heller Forum Series
LearningQUEST
Movies
-Classic Films on Friday
-Monday Movie Madness
Music
-Thursday Evening Concerts
Performances
Speakers
Story Times
Summer Reading
Teen Read Week
The Big Read
Vive le Livre
Volunteer Orientations

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Bessie K. Russell Branch Library
Eleanor E. Murphy Branch Library
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Madison Public Library
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-Meeting Room D
-Second Floor Meeting Room
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Showers Center Library
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