{"id":185259,"date":"2026-05-06T11:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T11:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/185259\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T11:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T11:43:08","slug":"may-at-the-abington-community-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/185259\/","title":{"rendered":"May at the Abington Community Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what\u2019s happening this month at Abington Community Library. For information or to sign up for programs and events, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/lclshome.org\/libraries\/abington-community-library\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">lclshome.org\/libraries\/abington-community-library<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>LIBRARY CLOSURES<\/p>\n<p>The Library will be closed:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Saturday, May 23<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Sunday, May 24<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Monday, May 25<\/p>\n<p>It will resume regular hours on Tuesday, May 26.<\/p>\n<p>UPCOMING CHILDREN\u2019S PROGRAMS<\/p>\n<p>Storytimes<\/p>\n<p>Upcoming storytimes include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Reading Adventures (for preschool and kindergarten): Tuesdays, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Terrific Tales (for toddlers): Wednesdays, 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Music &amp; Rhyme Wiggle Time (for babies): Fridays, 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Art Explorers<\/p>\n<p>Clay relief carving \u2014 carve out a simple design in clay inspired by the wood carvings of Elijah Pierce. Thursday, May 7, 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>UPCOMING TEEN PROGRAMS<\/p>\n<p>Yard &amp; Garden Safety<\/p>\n<p>With Kathryn Bommer MSN, RN, and Kristin Armstrong, MS. For ages 8-18. Thursday, May 14, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Railway Rewind<\/p>\n<p>Learn about the historic DL&amp;W Railroad in Scranton through archival photographs with the Steamtown National Historic Site. For ages 12-18. Wednesday, May 20, 5 to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>UPCOMING PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS<\/p>\n<p>Basic Tree Identification<\/p>\n<p>Join Nick Lee for a crash course in tree identification. The class will cover several topics, such as tree parts, life cycle, and environment, that will help identify the trees in the community. Feel free to bring in clippings of trees from your property for the group to identify. Registration required. Wednesday, May 6, 6 to 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Lily Watercolor Class<\/p>\n<p>With Tulasi Goli. Wednesday, May 13, 6 p.m. $20 materials fee. Registration required in person.<\/p>\n<p>Yard &amp; Garden Safety<\/p>\n<p>With Kathryn Bommer MSN, RN. Thursday, May 14, 6 to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Movie Fans Matinee<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate 100 years of Marilyn Monroe.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 \u201cGentlemen Prefer Blondes,\u201d Wednesday, May 6, 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 \u201cSome Like It Hot,\u201d Saturday, May 9, 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 \u201cHow to Marry a Millionaire,\u201d Wednesday, May 13, 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 \u201cRiver of No Return,\u201d Wednesday, May 20, 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 \u201cThe Seven Year Itch,\u201d Wednesday, May 27, 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Here\u2019s what\u2019s happening this month at Abington Community Library. For information or to sign up for programs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-185259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}