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Unless noted, all events listed are free and open to the public and are sponsored by the Friends of the Elm Grove Library, Inc. as a service to the Elm Grove Library.

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CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS

  Mark your calendars now and plan to attend a

very special series of children's programs

  sponsored by the

  Friends of the Elm Grove Library!

Schedule of Events

Saturday, March 20, 2010

The Waukesha Chess Club Challenges Elm Grove

to  a

"Chess Challenge"

chess

12 Noon - 4:30 pm

Elm Grove Community Room

For children and adults of all ages and skill levels.

 

Elm Grove chess players of all ages and skill levels are challenged to a play chess

against two chess experts from the Waukesha Chess Club!

Taking on all challengers and playing up to 20 people at a time will be:

  • Jacob Kohlenberg, a 20 years old former Waukesha Chess Club champion

           and Elm Grove resident , who placed third recently in the Chicago Open Chess

          Tournament (under 21 competition). He is a student at the University of

           Wisconsin- Madison majoring in Medical Microbiology and Immunology.

  • Gregory Reese, Jr. is 11 years old and placed second in section 2 of the 2009

           Waukesha Chess Club Fall Sectional.  He participates in a variety of chess

           tournaments in the Greater Milwaukee area sponsored by the Wisconsin

           Scholastic Chess Federation including the Southwest Chess Club Badger Open

           and the Rose Glen Elementary Tournament.

Chess boards will be provided by the Waukesha Chess Club and will be set up in

the Elm Grove Community Room. Participation is on a first come, first served basis.

Play will begin promptly at 12 Noon. Once a game has been completed, you can get on the list to challenge them again as many times as you wish. No age or skill level is required, just an enjoyment and appreciation of the great game of chess. May the best chess player win!

 

The Elm Grove Community Room and the O'Neill Room

are located on the

lower level of the Elm Grove Library,

13600 Juneau Boulevard in Elm Grove, Wisconsin.

** Children must be accompanied by an adult.

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Photo Gallery of Past FOEGL Children's Events

"Goodnight LuLu" by The Sunset Playhouse

Goodnight LuLu

Hoffer's Exotic Pets

Hoffer Exotic Pets shows children a tortoise.

Children get a close up view of a lizard.

"Lights of Love"  Children's Program

"Becoming Santa's Helper"

by

Sunset Playhouse

    Becoming Santa's Helper

"Shadow Puppets"

by

Krista Allenstein

 

Schedule of Upcoming Events

     

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