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LIBRARY MUSEUM NEWS
<br />SEPT —OCT
<br />2011
<br />On The Same Page
<br />What if everybody in your community read the same book
<br />at the same time?
<br />Since early June, we've been getting
<br />out the word about this one -book
<br />event that is taking place in the
<br />communities of Louisville, Lafayette,
<br />and Superior. Dozens of copies of the
<br />selected book, The Worst Hard Time,
<br />and the children's book selection,
<br />Moon Over Manifest, have been
<br />checking out for several weeks, and now we're ready to launch
<br />the series of programs, events, and book discussions that have
<br />been in the works for several months. We are excited to bring
<br />such a wide variety of events including two prominent
<br />authors —to our community. We encourage you to share in as
<br />many programs as possible, and let us know what you think
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<br />September 7. 7pm Louisville Public Library
<br />"A Storyteller's Tour of the 1930s," a Chautauqua performance
<br />by Susan Marie Frontczak.
<br />September 8. 7pm Lafayette Public Library
<br />"Dust Bowl Autobiography" presented by Prof. Herbert
<br />Schumacher (UNC), sponsored by the Lafayette Historical
<br />Society.
<br />September 10. fpm Lafayette Public Library
<br />"Family Game Day" (outdoors)
<br />Play jacks, marbles, hopscotch, jump rope, relay races, and lots
<br />more!
<br />September 14. 7pm Monarch High School Auditorium
<br />AUTHOR EVENT: Dust Bowl Descent presented by Bill Ganzel.
<br />Bill Ganzel, a photographer and journalist from Lincoln,
<br />Nebraska, went on the road in 1974 to photograph the
<br />aftermath of the Dust Bowl. Dust Bowl Descent contains
<br />Depression -era photos from the Farm Security
<br />Administration (FSA) along with Bill's contemporary
<br />photographs of many of the same places and people.
<br />September 22. 7pm Superior Town Hall
<br />Book Discussion, "The Worst Hard Time"
<br />September 23. 7pm Mary Miller Theater. Lafayette
<br />Poems of the Dust Bowl
<br />September 24. 10am -6pm Louisville Public Library
<br />Mad for Movies: A 1930's Film Festival
<br />September 30. 7:30pm Louisville Center for the Arts
<br />Stories on Stage: Excerpts from The Worst Hard Time,
<br />sponsored by the Louisville Cultural Council.
<br />"Climate" a Children's Program presented by
<br />WOW Children's Museum
<br />October 1, 10:30am Lafayette Public Library
<br />October 1, 2:30pm Louisville Public Library
<br />October 15, 2:OOpm Horizons Community Center, Superior
<br />Children in grades 2 -5 will learn about climate change by
<br />working with hands -on experiments. Space is limited and
<br />pre registration is required for this program.
<br />"Moon Over Manifest" Book Discussions
<br />October 4, 7 -Spm October 9, 3 -4pm
<br />Share the adventures of 12- year -old Abilene Tucker.
<br />Daughter of a drifter caught up in the troubles of 1930's,
<br />Abilene is sent to live with the folks of Manifest Kansas.
<br />October 5. 7pm Louisville Public Library
<br />Book Discussion, "The Worst Hard Time"
<br />October 6. 7pm Superior Town Hall
<br />"Soft Covers for Hard Times: Quilts of the '30s,"
<br />provided by the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO.
<br />The country saw a resurgence of interest in quilting during
<br />the Depression. Learn how this trend developed out of these
<br />hard times and view some quilts made during the 1930s.
<br />October 11. 7pm Lafayette Public Library
<br />"Music of the Dust Bowl Years," presented by Blues on the
<br />Lamb.
<br />John Lamb and friends will perform the work of Woody
<br />Guthrie and other favorites from this milestone era in
<br />American history.
<br />October 17. 7pm Lafayette Public Library
<br />Book Discussion, "The Worst Hard Time"
<br />October 20, 7pm Monarch High School Auditorium
<br />AUTHOR EVENT: "Bringing Back the Prairie After the Dust
<br />Bowl by Stephen Jones.
<br />During the 1930s, there were expanses of southeastern
<br />Colorado's Baca County, the heart of the Dust Bowl, where a
<br />single blade of grass might have been hard to find. With help
<br />from Federal National Grassland and Conservation Reserve
<br />programs, local ranchers have brought the prairie back to
<br />life. Stephen Jones, naturalist and author of The Last Prairie,
<br />will take us on a sight and sound exploration of this
<br />recovering landscape.
<br />This community celebration is being funded by Colorado
<br />Humanities, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the
<br />Louisville Public Library Foundation, the Town of Superior,
<br />and the Friends of the Lafayette Library Foundation. 'On the
<br />Same Page' program support provided by local business
<br />sponsors lndiegraphic and D.A.M. Cool Graphics, as well as
<br />Georgetown Frame Shoppe, Washington, D.C.
<br />Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in
<br />this publication do not necessarily represent those of the National
<br />Endowment for the Humanities or Colorado Humanities.
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