{"id":1072,"date":"2017-08-09T20:08:24","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T00:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depositfreelibrary.org\/?p=1072"},"modified":"2017-08-09T20:11:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T00:11:50","slug":"dinosaur-dig-at-state-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depositfreelibrary.org\/?p=1072","title":{"rendered":"Dinosaur Dig at State Theater on August 17th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who doesn\u2019t love dinosaurs?\u00a0 These prehistoric creatures are an endless source of fascination for most children, as well as many adults.\u00a0 If you are one of these people, you won\u2019t want to miss the family program being presented at the State Theater on Thursday, August 17<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Entitled \u201cDinosaur Dig\u201d, it is the brainchild of field paleontologists Mike and Roberta Straka.\u00a0 The program begins with Mike\u2019s interactive fossil talk, explaining where and how they find fossils.\u00a0 He will also show some of the amazing discoveries they have made from the time of the dinosaurs to the time of the ice age.<\/p>\n<p>Following the talk, kids age 5 and older will become junior paleontologists and go on their own dig to build a triceratops.\u00a0 Roberta will identify bones the diggers discover in the digging pits and help them place the fossils on a triceratops cutout.\u00a0 Voila!\u00a0 The workshop participants will be building their own dinosaurs!<\/p>\n<p>The Strakas are also bringing along some of their rare and unusual fossils for display.\u00a0 All members of the audience, regardless of age, can enjoy looking at the fossil museum after the show.\u00a0 <strong>**\u00a0 Please note that the dig workshop can only accommodate 50 participants.<\/strong>\u00a0 Get to the theater early if you want to be part of the dig.\u00a0 The first fifty to arrive and sign up will get to build a dinosaur.<\/p>\n<p>This program promises to be both informative and lots of fun.\u00a0 It is also the grand finale of the library\u2019s summer reading program.\u00a0 Recognition will be given before the performance to all who completed the Summer Reading Challenge.\u00a0 This program was made possible by a grant from the BOOKS program and Senator Fred Akshar.<\/p>\n<p>Mark your calendar for Thursday, August 17<sup>th<\/sup> at 6:30 p.m.\u00a0 Come one and all for a roaring good time!\u00a0 (Did we mention that it\u2019s free?)\u00a0 If you have any questions, please call the library at 467-2577.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who doesn\u2019t love dinosaurs?\u00a0 These prehistoric creatures are an endless source of fascination for most children, as well as many adults.\u00a0 If you are one of these people, you won\u2019t want to miss the family program being presented at the State Theater on Thursday, August 17th.\u00a0 Entitled \u201cDinosaur Dig\u201d, it is the brainchild of field &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/depositfreelibrary.org\/?p=1072\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dinosaur Dig at State Theater on August 17th&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depositfreelibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depositfreelibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depositfreelibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depositfreelibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depositfreelibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1072"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/depositfreelibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1076,"href":"https:\/\/depositfreelibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072\/revisions\/1076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depositfreelibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depositfreelibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depositfreelibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}