Opa! It's a Greek Wine Tasting to Benefit the Library Foundation March 2
The Library Foundation promotes charitable giving to the library and invests those funds to supplement public funding for the 10 branches. But no one said we can’t have fun doing it!
So the Foundation is throwing a benefit Greek wine tasting complete with appetizers and Greek dancing – Opa!
The One Big Party is from 7-9 p.m. March 2 at The Annex By Arris’ Pizza, 1332 E. Republic Road. The event is for guests 21 and older. Tickets are $50 per person and are available online at yourlibraryfoundation.org, or call 616-0586.
Channel your inner god – or goddess – at the photo booth, and watch – or join in! – authentic Greek dancing featuring the St. Thomas the Apostle Greek Festival Dancers.
One Big Party is the Library Foundation’s celebration of the library’s “one book, one community” One Read, which this year features the title “Circe” by best-selling author Madeline Miller. The author will speak at the Library Center on April 11, too. Learn about more upcoming events at thelibrary.org/oneread.
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Author Brooks Blevins returns to the Library Center auditorium at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, to reveal more about the Old Ozarks he writes about in his multi-volume “A History of the Ozarks.” This time the Missouri State University professor of Ozarks Studies will answer the question “Who Were the Settlers of the Old Ozarks?”
Blevins will discuss settlement patterns in different parts of the Ozarks region. He’ll cover ethnic and national origins of settlers and the social institutions they brought with them. Books will be available for purchase and signing. His program is sponsored by the Ozarks Genealogical Society.
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Worried about identity theft? Some 16.7 million Americans had their identity stolen in 2017, according to Javelin Strategy & Research.
You can learn from the experts how to keep your identity safe and what warning signs to look for at Ask the Experts: Identity Theft Protection from 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, in the Midtown Carnegie Branch upstairs meeting room. The program is part of a series sponsored by Community Partnership of the Ozarks.
Kathleen O’Dell is community relations director of the Springfield-Greene County Library District. She can be reached at kathleeno@thelibrary.org.
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