DIY Backpack Charms
Grades three through twelve make a charm to hang off a backpack. An hour in the community room with all the materials supplied. Registration recommended.
More at Abington Free Library
Ask an 8th Grader
Incoming sixth graders put their questions about middle school to the kids who already survived it, in the library's young adult area. An hour, and free.
Back to School Family Game Night
Board games spread across the whole community room before the school year swallows everyone's evenings. Ninety minutes, open to families, at the Abington branch on Old York Road.
Fall Trading Card Club
Grades K through 5 bring cards to show and trade, Pokemon or sports. Kids ten and under need a parent in the room.
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Acoustic Sunday on the Patio: Trashcan Margaritas
The patio sets run May through September and this is the first of the three left. Trashcan Margaritas play, the tables are outdoors, and the restaurant serves right through it.
We Are Skeletons
We Are Skeletons take the Sunday slot at the Nail, the Haverford Road room that calls its Sunday night just chillin' and still puts a band on the stage.
Jurassic Park (1993)
Last day of the Jurassic Park run over Labor Day weekend. Good rainy-Sunday fallback if the holiday plans collapse.
