Branching out 3-31-2016

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Charles Santore Branch: One-on-one computer tutoring for seniors daily by appointment; Chess Club for kindergarteners through 12th graders 1 to 3 p.m. April 2. 932 S. Seventh St. 215-686-1766.

Fumo Branch: Minecraft Club 2 p.m. April 2; Sensory Storytime 7 p.m. April 4; Toddler Storytime 10 a.m. April 5. 2437 S. Broad St. 215-685-1758.

Parkway Central Branch: Civil War Era Fashion through April 3; E-Gadget Help Desk 3 p.m., Pokemon Card Club 4 p.m., and Hanya Yanagihara reads from “A Little Life” and Do-It-Yourself Recording Meetup: Custom Reverb and Analog Gear 7:30 p.m. March 31; SMART Readers: Reading Stories and Making Art 4 p.m. April 1; Writers! Find Your Marketing Voice 10 a.m. and Philadelphia Chinese Opera Society Performance 2 p.m. April 2; Sundays on Stage: Sciencetellers’ Dragons & Dreams 2 p.m. April 3; Baby and Toddler Story Time 11 a.m., Digital Learning Classroom 3 p.m., Board Game Bonanza 4 p.m., Meditation Workshop 5:30 p.m., Ancient Roman Cooking 6 p.m., Excel: Organizing Data & Formulas and Monday Poets with Hanoch Guy Kaner and Adebe DeRango-Adem 6:30 p.m., The Invention of Global Time 7 p.m., and Edna O’Brien reads from “The Little Red Chairs” 7:30 p.m. April 4. Cost for reading: $7-$15; Introduction to Corporate Giving 9:30 a.m., Preschool Storytime with Miss Leigh 11 a.m., and James McBride reads from “Kill ’Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul” 7:30 p.m. April 5; We Won’t See Their Like Again: Philadelphians Who Should Not Be Forgotten: Clifford Odets 11 a.m., The Joy of Android 2 p.m., Spring Clean Your Credit and Pie with Magpie’s Holly Ricciardi 6 p.m., E-Commerce and Exporting and PIX Open Call Artist Talk: Joel Katz 6:30 p.m., and Geek Parenting: Raising Kids on Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Comics 7 p.m. April 6. 1901 Vine St. 215-686-5322.

Queen Memorial Branch: StoryUp @ the Library 11 a.m. and Wooden Block Party 2 p.m. April 2. 1201 S. 23rd St. 215-685-1899.

Thomas F. Donatucci Sr. Branch: LEAP Afterschool activities 3 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; One Book Every Young Child Storytime 10 a.m. April 4; Crochet and Knitting Circle 6:30 p.m. April 5. 1935 W. Shunk St. 215-685-1755.

Whitman Branch: Literacy Enrichment Afterschool Program 3 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 1 p.m. Saturdays; English as a Second Language Class 10 a.m. and Teen Advisory Group 4 p.m. March 31; Family Storytime 11 a.m. April 2; Wee Ones Storytime and English as a Second Language Class 10 a.m., and One Book Every Young Child Storytime and Ready-to-Read Storytime 11 a.m. April 5; Yoga for Children 5:30 p.m. and for adults 6:30 p.m. April 6. 200 Snyder Ave. 215-685-1754.

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