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Family Explorers Night: LEGO and Games
2018-05-10 18:00:00 2018-05-10 19:00:00 America/Chicago Family Explorers Night: LEGO and Games - Program Room

Thursday, May 10
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2018-05-10 18:00:00 2018-05-10 19:00:00 America/Chicago Family Explorers Night: LEGO and Games This program will let the whole family play together to build with LEGOS or compete against each other in different games! - Program Room

Program Room

This program will let the whole family play together to build with LEGOS or compete against each other in different games!

This night will be fun for the whole family!  You can either create and build with different sizes of Legos or compete against each other while you play video games!  Refreshments will be served!

TAGS: | Maker |

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Please contact the library to register for this event.
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