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Grand Finale for Summer Reading Program on 8/9/14

Featuring Family Competitions and Building a Rube Goldberg Machine
Posted on: July 25, 2014 - 4:03pm

July 25, 2014 - East Hartford, CT - The East Hartford Public Library is pleased to announce a special finale to its summer reading program, featuring the family entertainer Jungle Jim and a Rube Goldberg Family Competition. Sponsored through generous funding from United Technologies Research Center, the festivities will happen Saturday, August 9th from 2:00pm-5:00pm at Raymond Library, East Hartford Community Cultural Center Gymnasium, 50 Chapman Place, East Hartford, CT

2:00 pm: Performance by Jungle Jim http://www.junglejimboston.com/ Jungle Jim has been entertaining families and children in New England for over a decade. His show called How to Catch a Mouse: Simple Machines at Work culminates in building a Rube Goldberg Mousetrap entirely made from balloons and volunteers from the audience! You won't want to miss this amazing and entertaining show!

3:00 pm: Rube Goldberg Family Competition Sign up with your family and friends to create a Rube Goldberg Machine of your very own! What's a Rube Goldberg machine? Have you ever played the game "mousetrap"? That's a type of Rube Goldberg! We'll test what your family creates at the end of the program and award prizes for the best machines. Supplies will be provided to each team.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Please call 860-290-4332 or visit  www.ehtfdlib.info  to register.

Questions? Please call 860-290-4332 or visit the East Hartford Library website at www.ehtfdlib.info

 

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