On the Calendar: Big Read and Exploring Human Origins Events; Brentwood Branch Rummage Sale and Open House
If your interests lie somewhere between human fossils, rummage sales and cowboys, you’ll want to put these upcoming library programs on your weekly planner.
“Hank the Cowdog,” the beloved creation of author John Erickson, takes the stage in stories and song at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 21, at the Springfield Art Museum. This free, all-ages event, “John Erickson Presents: Hank the Cowdog in Concert,” is part of the library’s Big Read series in April. We encourage everyone to read the classic story “True Grit” and explore that time period through music, art and authors. Books will be available for purchase and signing after the event.
Guns of the West is the topic of a talk at 7 p.m. April 26 in the Library Center auditorium. David Kennedy, curator of the U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith, Ark., will discuss some of the famous guns used in the American West and in Charles Portis’ “True Grit.”
_ _ _
With the Brentwood Branch Library closed for renovation, customers can request via thelibrary.org/catalog or by phone, 883-1974, to pick up their holds now at the temporary site in the Brentwood Center across from Battlefield Mall, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. That site opens with more services May 3.
In the market for computer stations, chairs and bookcases from the Brentwood Branch? You can pick up some bargains there from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, April 23. Stick around for the open house from 1-3 p.m. to add your name to the “memory wall.”
_ _ _
Setting the stage for the May 9 exhibit Exploring Human Origins from the Smithsonian Institution, sample hands-on family activities for grade 3-adult from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at the Library Center. What skeletal features enable our upright, bipedal walking? Explore your questions with Missouri State University’s sociologists and anthropologists. At 6 p.m. on April 27 at the Library Center, adults are invited to the second “First Peoples” PBS screenings on “Australia” and “Europe,” and a Q&A with Drury University’s Dr. Erin Kenny.
Find this article at http://thelibrary.org/blogs/article.cfm?aid=4300&lid=0