Programs
and Events @ your Library
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The Red Cross will have a blood drive at the library. Join us and save a life.
Wednesday, June 19, 2-6 PM Large Meeting Room.
Wednesday, August 21, 2-6 PM Large Meeting Room.
Please call 495-1293 to make an appointment.
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Four Shillings Short "Around the World in 30 Instruments"
Thursday, July 11, 7 PM, Large Meeting Room. Free and open to the public.
Four Shillings Short perform Traditional and Original music ranging from the Celtic lands to the Americas and from Medieval & Renaissance Europe to India. They are performers and educators who perform on a fantastic array of instruments (over 30) including Hammered Dulcimer, Mandolin, Mandola, Bouzouki, Tinwhistles, Recorders, Woodwinds, Sitar, Psaltery, Banjo, Bodhran, Guitar, Percussion, vocals and even a Krumhorn.
Celebrating their 17th year together, the husband/wife duo, of Aodh Og O'Tuama from Cork, Ireland and Christing Martin from California, tour in the US and perform at Celtic and Folk festivals, theatres & performing arts centers, coffeehouses, folk societies, libraries, schools, yoga & retreat centers, historical societies and churches.
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An Evening with the Author Rae Ellen Lee and her latest book,
Cheating the Hog. A Sawmill. A Tragedy. A Few Gutsy Women.
Tuesday, July 16, 7 PM, Large Meeting Room
About Cheating the Hog: Echo needs a miracle. She's turning fifty, lives with her gun-toting mom, and her lover's been killed in a logging truck accident. She made front page news as a Salvation Army bell ringer, but that job ended and she's digging for change to pay off a gambling debt. The local sawmill hires her to do cleanup and odd jobs, like 'cheating the hog'. But on the first day on the job she realizes this job could kill her. When tragedy does strike, she leads the other women mill workers to fight back…earning her respect on the job and the attention of a strong-hearted man.
Rae Ellen Lee was raised on a stump ranch in Idaho before moving to Butte, Montana. She received a degree in landscape architecture from the University of Idaho with which she worked for the US Forest Service designing clearcuts to look like natural clearings. After traveling around the US and Caribbean, Lee has settled in Bellingham, Washington. She is the author of four books: I Only Cuss When I'm Sailing, My Next Husband Will Be Normal, The Bluebird House and Cheating the Hog.
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July 25, 7 PM Large Meeting Room
Professor William Maxwell presents a symposium on parenting traditions from China, Korea, Japan and more.
Free and open to the public.
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Thursday, August 22, 7 PM, Large Meeting Room
Helena Cribbage Club #25 invites you to learn how to play one of the most popular games in the English speaking world!
Cribbage is a card game that is played with a deck of standard playing cards and a signature piece of equipment called the Cribbage Board.
According to John Aubrey, cribbage was created by the English poet Sir John Suckling in the early 17th century, as a derivation of the game "noddy". While noddy has disappeared, crib has survived, virtually unchanged. The objective of the game is to be the first player to score a target number of points, typically 61 or 121. Points are scored for card combinations that add up to fifteen, and for pairs, triples, quadruples, runs, and flushes.
Cribbage holds a special place among American submariners, serving as an "official" pastime. The wardroom of the oldest active submarine in the United States Pacific Fleet carries World War II submarine commander and Medal of Honor recipient RADM Dick O'Kane's personal cribbage board on board, and upon decommissioning it is transferred to the next oldest boat.
From: Wikipedia
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Crafternoons for Teens
Stop by and make something!
There's always snacks and music.
June 10 from 5 - 6:30 PM
July 8 from 5 - 6:30 PM
Aug 5 from 5 - 6:30 PM
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First Friday Movie Nights for Teens
Join us on the First Friday of the month for free games, movies, fun, and popcorn.
Oh yeah and games, don't forget Unreal and the board games.
June 7 Wreck it Ralph (PG)
July 5 Beautiful Creatures (PG-13)
Aug 2 The Goonies (PG)
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Frustrated by technology? Cell phones? GPS? Email? iPod? MP3 Player? Internet? Shortcuts? Digital Camera?
One - on - One help with a teen volunteer to figure out your technological devices.
Inquire at the Info Desk. First come, first served!
Wednesdays 5 - 6 PM
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Join us for what ever the crowd picks.
Snacks provided.
Grades 6-12.
Monday, June 3 at 4:30 PM
Monday, July 1 at 4:30 PM
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Teen Writers Group
A writers group just for teens.
Bring a piece of writing that you’ve been working on to share and your ideas for future group meetings.
Mondays 7 to 8:30 PM
April 8
May 6
June 3
Questions? Call 447-1690 x132.
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Teen Advisory Group
Always seeking new members and new ideas to make your Lewis & Clark Library a better place! Help guide and promote teen programming and let us know what’s hot and what’s not - give your recommendations on what to add to our book, magazine, DVD, and graphic novel collections.
2nd & 4th Thursdays at 7 P.M. in the Mezzanine Meeting Room.
Grades 6-12 welcome. Snacks provided!
Info at 447-1690 x132