The Lewis & Clark Library presents
The Big Read Under The Big Sky VI
February 1-28, 2013
The Joy Luck Club By Amy Tan
Experience
Join in a discussion, attend a lecture, family activity, watch a movie or take in an exhibit.
Events Book Discussions Exhibits
Events
Going Throughout The Big Read, February 1-28, 2013:
Celebrate Good Fortune
The ladies of The Joy Luck Club celebrated the positive things in life. Join us in doing the same! Take a red "Celebrate Good Fortune" notebook and take note of the good things in life - however big or small they may be. If you would like to share your good fortune, return your notebook to the library and we will display the good fortune in our community!
StoryCorps Wall of Listening
StoryCorps invites everyone to share stories for their interactive Wall of Listening.
You can submit as many recordings as you like.
Go to Nationaldayoflistening.org
One Time Only:
The Big Read Kickoff
Celebrate The Big Read Under The Big Sky VI! Get a taste of Chinese culture: appetizers, photographs, art, and more. Make a wish for Chinese New Year in our Wishing Lantern, and stay for a special screening of Mulan. Bring the whole family; all ages welcome! Be sure to take The Big Read home with you; grab your copy of The Joy Luck Club, a calendar of events, a reading guide, and a good luck bracelet to make!
Event Location: Lewis & Clark Library
Date: Fri, Feb 1, 2013
Time: 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Film Festival: The Joy Luck Club
Get a different perspective on The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan and watch the film version. Rated R. Teens under 17 will need a signed permission slip from their parents. Call 447-1690 for more information.
Event Location: Lewis & Clark Library
Date: Sun, Feb 3, 2013
Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Library Middle School Book Group
Middle Schoolers discuss American Born Chinese as a companion book to The Big Read.
Event Location: Lewis & Clark Library
Date: Tue, Feb 5, 2013
Time: 7:00pm – 8:00pm
Chinese New Year Party &
Big Read Kickoff in Augusta
Ring in The Year of the Snake and kick off the Big Read with food, music and Chinese lanterns. Pick up your copy of The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan.
Event Location: Augusta Library
Date: Wed, Feb 6, 2013
Time: 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Lecture Series:
Why Collect Memoirs?
With author Flora Wong
Local author, Senior Olympian, and businesswoman Flora Wong discusses the reasons behind writing a family history/memoir and how to capture memories, family history and elements of life. Flora Wong's story, Long Way Home, takes readers from Boston to South China to Helena, Montana. The context of her life comes through in stories of her family, China's history and finally choice details of life in Helena from the late 1940's to the present. Hers is a story of ordinary people living through extraordinary times.
Event Location: East Helena Old Fire Hall/Senior Center
Date: Wed, Feb 6, 2013
Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm Repeated:
Event Location: The University of Montana-Helena College
Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2013
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Author Ginnie Lo & Illustrator Beth Lo
Ginnie Lo and Beth Lo read from and sign their delicious sounding book, Auntie Yang's Great Soybean Picnic.
Event Location: Lewis & Clark Library
Date: Fri, Feb 8, 2013
Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Mah Jong & Other Traditional Chinese Games
Learn how to play Mah Jong and other traditional Chinese games with the Helena Game Club. All ages welcome!
Event Location: Lewis & Clark Library
Date: Sat, Feb 9, 2013
Time: 2:00pm-4:00pm
Chinese New Year Party!
Good Bye Dragon. Hello Snake! Filled with myth and tradition, the Lunar New Year is the most important holiday in many Asian Countries. In China, it is called "Chinese New Year" or "Spring Festival" and lasts 15 days. The holiday is called "Tet" in Vietnam and "Seollal" in Korea. The first day of the 2013 Lunar New Year is February 10. The Chinese Zodiac designates this as the Year of the Snake. People born in the year of the Snake are thought to be wise, successful, charming and lucky. Do you know what Chinese Zodiac animal you are?
Please join the Holter Museum in collaboration with Helena's Families with Children from China Group (FCC) (or you can call us the Congee Club) and the Lewis and Clark Library, to celebrate the 2013 Lunar New Year on Family Day. Adults and Children are encouraged to attend and be immersed in an afternoon of Asian culture, crafts, treats and traditional Lunar New Year activities.
The Library will give away copies of The Joy Luck Club for The Big Read and Moon Lady by Amy Tan for our "Little Read." The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.
Event Location: 12 E Lawrence, Helena
Date: Sun, Feb 10
Time: 12:00pm-4:00pm
The Big Read Big Food
Inspired by the women of the Joy Luck Club! This event is designed for foodies in Helena who want to delve deeper into authentic Chinese flavors. Explore exotic ingredients and how to source them, enjoy samples of traditional Chinese dishes, prepared by Shalon Hastings, a Helena restaurateur. The perfect appetizer to your Valentine's evening.
Reservations required - space is limited.
Call ExplorationWorks 457-1800 x 3.
Event Location:ExplorationWorks
Date: Thur, Feb 14, 2013
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Film Festival: My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Toula's family pressures her to follow her Greek cultural roots, much like the women in The Joy Luck Club. Will Toula be able to break with tradition and find happiness her own way? PG.
Event Location: Lewis & Clark Library
Date: Sun, Feb 17, 2013
Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Teen Kung Fu Festival
No school means games and movies! Play ping pong and other games and watch kung fu movies. Get your laugh on while you watch some hilarious (and just plain cheesy) martial arts movies! We'll definitely watch Kung Fu Panda and the group will choose our second movie.
Grades 6-12 only, please.
Event Location: Lewis & Clark Library
Date: Tue, Feb 19, 2013
Time: 11:00am – 3:00pm
Lecture Series: Conducting a Successful Interview
with Radio Host Clay Scott
Do you know your family's personal histories? Want to gather their stories? Learn how with Mountain West Voices producer Clay Scott. Mountain West Voices is a radio program featuring the extraordinary stories of ordinary people throughout the Rocky Mountain West. Clay Scott is the creator and producer. He has worked in print, radio and television, in the U.S. and abroad. He has covered wars and conflicts in the Middle East, the Balkans, and the Caucasus; as well as environmental and cultural issues in the U.S.
Event Location:Lewis & Clark Library Mezzanine
Date: Tue, Feb 19, 2013
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Lecture Series:
The Chinese in Montana: Our Forgotten Pioneers
with Ellen Baumler
Chinese pioneers have been neglected in Montana's written record, even though in 1870 they comprised 10% of the population. By the 1950s, very few remained. Chinese homes and businesses fell victim to urban renewal programs. Time erased their remote mining and railroad camps. Traces of their culture disappeared, and their stories have become obscured in myth and legend. What happened to these pioneers and where did they go? Historian and award-winning author Baumler explores Montana's urban and remote Chinese settlements through archaeological sites, artifacts, and rare remaining landmarks, recalling the contributions of Montana's Chinese residents and the cultural footprints they left behind.
Event Location:Montana Historical Society - 225 N Roberts
Date: Wed, Feb 20, 2013
Time: 10:45am - 11:30am
Movie Night in Augusta
Watch the film adaptation of The Joy Luck Club. Rated R. Teens under 17 will need a signed permission slip from the parent or guardian.
Call 562-3348 for more information.
Event Location: Augusta Library
Date: Wed, Feb 20, 2013
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Lecture Series:
The Chinese in Montana: Our Forgotten Pioneers
with Ellen Baumler
Chinese pioneers have been neglected in Montana's written record, even though in 1870 they comprised 10% of the population. By the 1950s, very few remained. Chinese homes and businesses fell victim to urban renewal programs. Time erased their remote mining and railroad camps. Traces of their culture disappeared, and their stories have become obscured in myth and legend. What happened to these pioneers and where did they go? Historian and award-winning author Baumler explores Montana's urban and remote Chinese settlements through archaeological sites, artifacts, and rare remaining landmarks, recalling the contributions of Montana's Chinese residents and the cultural footprints they left behind.
Event Location: Lewis & Clark Library Large Meeting Room
Date: Thu, Feb 21, 2013
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Movie Night in Lincoln
Get a different perspective on The Joy Luck Club and watch the film version. Rated R. Teens under 17 will need a signed permission slip from a parent or guardian. Call 362-4300 for more information.
Event Location: Lincoln Library
Date: Thu, Feb 21, 2013
Time: 7:00pm –9:00pm
The Big Read TinkerLab - Shakey Snakey Bots
and Free Admission at Exploration Works
The Lewis & Clark Library presents The Big Read TinkerLab at ExplorationWorks. Build a Shakey Snakey Bot for the Year of the Snake. Admission is free all day courtesy of The Big Read & the Lewis & Clark Library. TinkerLab materials are free. These mechanized and personified robotic snakes combine art and science into a fun take home prize.
Event Location: ExplorationWorks
Date: Sat, Feb 23, 2013
Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Montana Memory Project
with the Augusta Historical Society
The Montana Memory Project provides access to digital collections and items relating to Montana's cultural heritage and government. In part, these collections and items document the Montana experience. Access is free and open through the Internet. Many of these items are digitized copies of historic material, some items are contemporary. All serve as a resource for education, business, pleasure, and lifelong learning. The Augusta Historical Society and the Augusta Library partner to bring you this extraordinary opportunity.
Event Location: Augusta Library
Date: Sat & Sun, Feb 23-24, 2013
Time: 10:00am-4:00pm
Film Festival: Terms of Endearment
Terms of Endearment covers three decades in the lives of widow Aurora Greenway and her daughter Emma.
Event Location: Lewis & Clark Library
Date: Sun, Feb 24, 2013
Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Lecture Series: Montana Historical Society:
Historic Treasures Show-n-Tell
Join archivists and curators from the Montana Historical Society as they discuss some of the more notable items from the MHS collections related to the Chinese experience in Montana in this informal—but informative—presentation.
Event Location: 225 N Roberts
Date: Thu, Feb 28, 2013
Time: 6:30pm – 7:30pm
The Big Read Book Discussions:
Explore The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan with old and new friends at a variety of locations.
St Paul's Methodist Church Fireside Room
Lawrence and Cruse, Helena
Mon, Feb 4, 2:00pm
HUB Coffee Shop
501 S. Last Chance Gulch, Helena
Mon, Feb 11, 11:00am
Helena College with Joyce Walborn
The University of Montana-Helena College
1115 N Roberts, Helena
Tue, Feb 12, 7:00pm
Documentary Viewing & Book Discussion:
Lewis & Clark Library
Watch "From the Far East to the Old West: Chinese & Japanese Settlers in Montana." Compare to The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan.
120 S. Last Chance Gulch, Helena
Wed, Feb 13, 4:00pm
Lincoln Library
102 9th Street, Lincoln
Thu, Feb 14, 7:00pm
East Helena Branch Library
16 E Main Street, East Helena
Fri, Feb 15, 2:00pm
Old Governor's Mansion
6th and Ewing Ave, Helena,
Tue, Feb 19, 10:00am
Sweet & Savory Café
Placer Building, Helena,
Wed, Feb 20, 2:30 PM
Daytimers Book Group
Delve into the themes and style of The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan with the Daytimers Book Group, hosted by Joan Bishop.
Open to the public.
Lewis & Clark Library
Thu, Feb 21, 3:00pm
Lewis & Clark Library
120 S. Last Chance Gulch, Helena,
Wed, Feb 27, 11:00am
Augusta Library
205 Main Street, Augusta,
Wed, Feb 27, 1:30pm
Big Read Exhibits
at the Lewis & Clark Library
February 1-28
Photographing China
Experience China through the eyes of a first time traveler. A slide show of Jesse Franzen's trip to China in 2010 will run on the lobby monitor throughout the Big Read.
Capital High Artists: Chinese Motifs
Artists from Capital High School will exhibit their interpretations of traditional Chinese art styles.
Historic Chinese in Montana Artifacts
The Lewis & Clark County Historical Society and the Mai Wah Society display some 19th and 20th century artifacts from around Montana.
Historic Photographs of Chinese in Montana
Historic photos of Chinese residents of Montana will be on display in the Large Meeting Room at the Lewis & Clark Library. Photos from the Montana Historical Society Photo Archive.
