AARP: Understanding Your Social Security Benefits (RSVP Required)

Windflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

You’ve earned your Social Security because you worked hard and paid into it. Join us to find out how you can learn about your earnings, what age you can collect Social Security, how to maximize your money, and if Social Security will be there for you. Register through AARP’s website at aarp.cvent.com/WY_events. (Adults)

Library for All

Cottonwood Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 1st Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Welcome to our program geared specifically toward adults with disabilities! Let’s get together for pizza, popcorn, and a movie. Bring your own drinks and a favorite candy or other snacks to enjoy with pizza and popcorn. Movie to be determined. (Adults & Teens; Cottonwood Room)

Positive Aging: The Royal Tenenbaums

Sunflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Please join us for a viewing of a fanciful Wes Anderson movie, The Royal Tenenbaums (R, 2001). An all-star cast portrays the eccentrically genius yet dysfunctional family of Royal Tenenbaum. Refreshments and movie theater popcorn will be provided. Optional chair yoga at the start of the event and discussion to follow the movie. (Adults; Sunflower Room)

Suicide Awareness & Prevention Resource Fair

Cottonwood Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 1st Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

September is Suicide Awareness & Prevention Month, and Laramie County Library System is partnering with Cheyenne Regional Medical Center, Cheyenne Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Laramie County School District #1, Grace for 2 Brothers, Volunteers of America, Wyoming Equality, and Wyoming Lifeline (988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) to promote suicide prevention awareness. Stop in and learn about the community organizations working ...

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Healthy Body Healthy Mind Chair Yoga

Sunflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Cheyenne, let’s keep moving! Please join us for gentle Chair Yoga with Toni Brannan from Blossom Yoga Studio every second and fourth Wednesday of the month. We will practice yoga while seated or standing for 45 minutes. Afterward, participants are invited to share an inspiring literature-related item: a gratitude, a poignant poem, a favorite quote. Perhaps you would like to ...

Know Your Blood Pressure

Willow Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 1st Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Do you know that your library has self-monitored blood pressure kits available to check out? Come speak with a Healthy Heart Ambassador (HHA) from HealthWorks to discuss blood pressure monitoring. HHA ambassadors will share best practices for checking your blood pressure. They will also provide information on chronic disease care management programs that may be of benefit to you and/or ...

A Story of Injustice, Presented by Sam Mihara

Capitol Extension Auditorium 200 W. 24th St, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Please join Sam Mihara, survivor of the Heart Mountain internment camp, as he discusses Japanese-American internment during World War II, lessons learned from this mass injustice, and how those lessons apply today. Sam is a board member of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation and an award-winning national speaker. Copies of his biography, Blindsided: The Life and Times of Sam Mihara, ...

AARP: Fraud Basics (RSVP Required)

Willow Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 1st Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Have you been approached with a fraudulent offer or been a victim of identity theft? These days, scammers are sophisticated. Separating the real from the phony can be tough, especially when emotions are running high. Join us to learn about common scams, how to avoid them, and what to do if you’ve been targeted. Register through AARP’s website at aarp.cvent.com/WY_events. ...

AARP: Decluttering (RSVP Required)

Windflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

If you are looking to get rid of some unwanted stuff around the home, join us to learn organizing tips while exploring how streamlining your items could help you feel happier, less stressed, and more productive. Register through AARP’s website at aarp.cvent.com/WY_events. (Adults; Windflower Room)

Taxpayer Advocate Service: Problem Solving Day

Willow Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 1st Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

The Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) will be available throughout the day to educate taxpayers on filing accurate tax returns, provide refund timing information, and inform taxpayers about self-help tools and resources for checking on refund statuses. TAS can also assist individuals and small businesses with tax issues they have not been able to resolve with the IRS. Take advantage of ...

Craig Johnson Book Signing: The Longmire Defense

Cottonwood Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 1st Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Spend an afternoon with Craig Johnson! The author will share excerpts from his newest novel, The Longmire Defense, and then answer your burning questions. Stick around after the question-and-answer session to get your book signed! Barnes & Noble will have a limited number of Longmire books available to purchase in the Willow Room starting at 1 pm. (Adults; Cottonwood Room)

Book Discussion Group

Windflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

In September, we’ll be reading An American Marriage by Tayari Jones. An Oprah’s Book Club selection, the novel poses, and attempts to answer, difficult questions about justice, loyalty, and family ties in modern American society. A limited number of books are available; please visit the 3rd floor Ask Here desk to check out a copy while supplies last! (Adults; Windflower ...

Adult Science Night: Stargazing

Performance Park 2200 Pioneer Ave., Cheyenne

Attention, stargazers! Let’s get together (and hope for clear skies) to see the beautiful events happening just above our heads in the night sky. We will gather at dusk to hear about the stars and planets that are starting to appear and gaze until closing time. If you have them, bring your own binoculars to use between turns at the ...

Lunch & Learn with Musician Calvin Jones

Cottonwood Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 1st Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Join pianist and composer Calvin Jones for a discussion and live performance before his Civic Center Concert on September 30! Hear about Jones’ escape from Kiev, Ukraine when Putin invaded (written up in People magazine). Witness exclusive footage of the Ukraine conflict combined with Jones’ powerful performance of “After the Conquest” with the Lviv Virtuosos. Don’t miss out on this ...

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Healthy Body Healthy Mind Chair Yoga

Sunflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Cheyenne, let’s keep moving! Please join us for gentle Chair Yoga with Toni Brannan from Blossom Yoga Studio every second and fourth Wednesday of the month. We will practice yoga while seated or standing for 45 minutes. Afterward, participants are invited to share an inspiring literature-related item: a gratitude, a poignant poem, a favorite quote. Perhaps you would like to ...

AARP: Understanding Your Social Security Benefits (RSVP Required)

Willow Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 1st Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

You’ve earned your Social Security because you worked hard and paid into it. Join us to find out how you can learn about your earnings, what age you can collect Social Security, how to maximize your money, and if Social Security will be there for you. Register through AARP’s website at aarp.cvent.com/WY_events. (Adults)

Quick Steps to Structure Pruning (RSVP Required)

Willow Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 1st Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Come learn about pruning from the Laramie County Conservation District’s Tree Specialist, Clark Young! This class will enable you to mediate long-term structure issues for all your trees. RSVP before September 8 by calling the LCCD Office at 307-772-2600 or email cyoung@lccdnet.org. We will meet in the Willow Room then move out to the parking lot for hands-on training. (Adults; ...

Hispanic Genealogy

Sunflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

This class will help you get started with genealogical research on the Internet and in print resources to find your Hispanic ancestors in the U.S., Mexico, and Central and South America. (Adults; Sunflower Room)

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Genealogy One-on-one Consultations (RSVP Required)

3rd Floor 2200 Pioneer Ave, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Do you need help getting started with your genealogy research? Are you looking for assistance in moving past your genealogy brick walls? Sit down for a one-on-one consultation with an experienced genealogist to help research your family history by using the library’s print and computer resources. Contact the library’s Special Collections Librarian Elaine Hayes at ehayes@lclsonline.org or 307-773-7232 or visit ...