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Thursday, August 7, 2008

  Park Central Branch Library - First Thursday Art Talk.
  7:00 pm.
Insightful gallery talks from local artists about the work they'll have on display at First Friday Artwalk. Library Staff Artists.
Call 831-1342.
   

Saturday, August 9, 2008

  Library Station - Computer Hands-On with ICON.
  10:00 am to 12:00 pm in the Frisco room.
Using Online Forums and Newsgroups. Sponsored by ICON Computer Users' Group.
Call 865-1340.
   
  Library Station - 'How-To' Computer Seminars.
  1:00 pm to 3:00 pm in the Frisco room.
Digital Imaging, 1 p.m.; Customize (and Personalize) Your Google Map, 2:15 p.m. Sponsored by ICON Computer Users' Group.
Call 865-1340.
   

Sunday, August 10, 2008

  Library Center - Chapter & Verse: Music on a Sunday Afternoon.
  2:00 pm in the auditorium for all ages.
Creek's Arisin' share their brand of bluegrass and old-time music with a little blues and jazz thrown in for fun.
Call 882-0714.
   

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

  Library Center - Nonprofit Fundraising: Seven Things You Should Know to Get the Money You Need.
  10:00 am to 2:00 pm in the Harrison room.
Retired college fundraising vice president and author Wayne E. Groner shows nonprofit staff and volunteers how to be more successful in fundraising. A seminar open to everyone begins at 10 a.m. and individual half-hour consultations begin at noon.
Call 882-0714.
   
  Brentwood Branch Library - Foreign Film Festival.
  6:30 pm.
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," rated PG-13; French with English subtitles.
Call 883-1974.
   

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

  Library Center - Book Discussion.
  1:00 pm in meeting room A.
"Too Close to the Sun: The Audacious Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton" by Sara Wheeler.
Call 882-0714.
   
  Fair Grove Branch Library - Book Discussion.
  1:30 pm.
"Escape" by Carolyn Jessup with Laura Palmer.
Call 759-2637.
   
  Library Station - Old School Gamers...Wii Want You!.
  5:30 pm in the Santa Fe room for 18 and over.
Come test your gaming skills--try out Playstation 3, XBox 360, and Wii.
Call 865-1340.
   

Thursday, August 14, 2008

  Republic Branch Library - Book Discussion.
  1:30 pm.
"Small White Scar: Divided by Adventure United by Blood" by K.A. Nuzum. A 2008-09 Mark Twain Award nominee.
Call 732-7284.
   
  Library Station - Book Discussion.
  6:00 pm in the Santa Fe room.
"One for the Money" by Janet Evanovich.
Call 865-1340.
   
  Park Central Branch Library - Park Central Sounds.
  7:00 pm.
Hear local musicians play acoustic sets on the second Thursday of every month. Classical guitarist Colin Wilson.
Call 831-1342.
   

Friday, August 15, 2008

  Library Station - Friday Night Film.
  6:30 pm in the Frisco room.
"Beowulf," rated PG-13.
Call 865-1340.
   

Saturday, August 16, 2008

  Library Center - Ozark Piecemakers Quilt Guild Seminar.
  10:00 am to 11:00 am in the auditorium.
Hear the one hour presentation "That Don't Look Like Grandma's Quilt" about the history of quilt making, including whole cloth quilts, Civil War quilts, boderie perse, crazy quilts, Baltimore Quilt and modern art quilts, in the auditorium, followed by demonstrations on precision cutting, machine and hand piecing, machine and hand applique, machine and hand quilting, machine embroidery and art quilting in meeting rooms A and B. For more information visit: www.ozarkpiecemakers.com.
Call 882-0714.
   
  Library Center - Ozark Piecemakers Quilt Guild Seminar.
  11:00 am to 12:00 pm in meeting rooms A & B.
Hear the one hour presentation "That Don't Look Like Grandma's Quilt" about the history of quilt making, including whole cloth quilts, Civil War quilts, boderie perse, crazy quilts, Baltimore Quilt and modern art quilts, in the auditorium, followed by demonstrations on precision cutting, machine and hand piecing, machine and hand applique, machine and hand quilting, machine embroidery and art quilting in meeting rooms A and B. For more information visit: www.ozarkpiecemakers.com.
Call 882-0714.
   

Sunday, August 17, 2008

  Library Station - Sunday Sounds.
  2:00 pm in the Frisco room.
Lights of Home. Known for their great harmony, they'll play contemporary bluegrass with a little traditional bluegrass thrown in, too. Refreshments provided by Panera Bread.
Call 865-1340.
   

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

  Ash Grove Branch Library - Book Discussion.
  1:30 pm.
"Girl in Hyacinth Blue: A Novel" by Susan Vreeland.
Call 751-2933.
   

Thursday, August 21, 2008

  Library Center - Computer Hands-On with ICON.
  9:00 am to 3:00 pm in the Harrison room.
Configuring Windows: Have it Your Way. Sponsored by ICON Computer Users' Group.
Call 882-0714.
   
  Park Central Branch Library - Central Stage.
  7:00 pm for adults.
Open Mic Night. Juggler, author, comic, mime? The community stage is your place to shine.
Call 831-1342.
   

Saturday, August 23, 2008

  Library Center - Computer Hands-On with ICON.
  10:00 am to 12:00 pm in the auditorium.
Using the Internet Effectively and Safely. Sponsored by ICON Computer Users' Group.
Call 882-0714.
   
  Library Center - 'How-To' Computer Seminars.
  1:00 pm in the auditorium.
Windows Skills. Sponsored by ICON Computer Users' Group.
Call 882-0714.
   
  Library Center - Advanced Technology Forum.
  2:15 pm in the auditorium.
Curious about a new gadget? Got a technological head scratcher? Bring your ideas to this group discussion on topics of common interest. Sponsored by ICON Computer Users' Group.
Call 882-0714.
   

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

  Brentwood Branch Library - Book Discussion.
  1:30 pm in the meeting room.
"Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette" by Sena Jeter Naslund.
Call 883-1974.
   

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

  Library Center - Genealogy Workshop.
  9:30 am in the auditorium.
The Life and Letters of a Vietnam Soldier. Historian and Library copywriter Sarah Jane Rosendahl shares details from her father's letters from Vietnam in relation to the family and military circumstances surrounding them. Sponsored by the Ozarks Genealocial Society.
Call 882-0714.
   

Thursday, August 28, 2008

  Park Central Branch Library - Better than the Book?.
  7:00 pm.
Could the movie be better than the book? You decide! View the movie version of your favorite sci-fi classics on the fourth Thursday of every month. "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," rated PG.
Call 831-1342.
   

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

  Library Center - Nonprofit Fundraising: Seven Things You Should Know to Get the Money You Need.
  10:00 am to 2:00 pm in the Harrison room.
Retired college fundraising vice president and author Wayne E. Groner shows nonprofit staff and volunteers how to be more successful in fundraising. A seminar open to everyone begins at 10 a.m. and individual half-hour consultations begin at noon.
Call 882-0714.
   

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

  Library Center - Nonprofit Fundraising: Seven Things You Should Know to Get the Money You Need.
  10:00 am to 2:00 pm in the Harrison room.
Retired college fundraising vice president and author Wayne E. Groner shows nonprofit staff and volunteers how to be more successful in fundraising. A seminar open to everyone begins at 10 a.m. and individual half-hour consultations begin at noon.
Call 882-0714.
   

Friday, October 17, 2008

  Library Center - Funding Information Center Orientation.
  9:00 am in the Harrison room.
Researchers, especially nonprofits, learn how to get background information on foundations using the Library’s Funding Information Center and Internet resources. The mechanics of grant writing will not be addressed.
Call 882-0714.
   

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

  Library Center - Nonprofit Fundraising: Seven Things You Should Know to Get the Money You Need.
  10:00 am to 2:00 pm in the Harrison room.
Retired college fundraising vice president and author Wayne E. Groner shows nonprofit staff and volunteers how to be more successful in fundraising. A seminar open to everyone begins at 10 a.m. and individual half-hour consultations begin at noon.
Call 882-0714.
   

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

  Library Center - Nonprofit Fundraising: Seven Things You Should Know to Get the Money You Need.
  10:00 am to 2:00 pm in the Harrison room.
Retired college fundraising vice president and author Wayne E. Groner shows nonprofit staff and volunteers how to be more successful in fundraising. A seminar open to everyone begins at 10 a.m. and individual half-hour consultations begin at noon.
Call 882-0714.
   
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