July 2000 Events - Community Library



July 2000 - EVENTS All events are free and at the Library unless otherwise noted.

*Sunday*	*Monday*	*Tuesday*	*Wednesday*	*Thursday*	*Friday*	*Saturday*
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2	3 10:00 am Arts & Crafts (Preschool) 11:00 am Arts & Crafts (K-3)	4 4th of July Library Closed	5 10:00 am Story Hour (All ages)	6 11:00 am Shining Star Volunteers - Children's Room 4:00 pm Book Club - Children's Room (All ages)	7 Trickster Tales of the World Will Hornyak 7:00 pm	8 10:00 am Story Hour (Preschool)
9	10 10:00 am Arts & Crafts (Preschool) 11:00 am Arts & Crafts (K-3)	11 10:00 am Story Hour (Preschool) 11:00 am Book Club - Children's Room (All ages)	12 10:00 am Story Hour (All ages) Smokey Bear 4:00 pm (elementary ages)	13 11:00 am Shining Star Volunteers - Children's Room 4:00 pm Book Club - Children's Room (All ages)	14	15 10:00 am Story Hour (Preschool)
16	17 10:00 am Arts & Crafts (Preschool) 11:00 am Arts & Crafts (K-3)	18 Smokey Bear 10:00 am Story Hour (Preschool) 11:00 am Book Club - Children's Room (All ages)	19 10:00 am Story Hour (All ages) Puppet Show 4:00 pm Children's Room (All ages)	20 11:00 am Shining Star Volunteers - Children's Room 4:00 pm Book Club - Children's Room (All ages) Hemingway Birthday Lecture: The Short Story Ted Dyer 7:00 pm	21	22 10:00 am Story Hour (Preschool)
23	24 10:00 am Arts & Crafts (Preschool) 11:00 am Arts & Crafts (K-3)	25 10:00 am Story Hour (Preschool) 11:00 am Book Club - Children's Room (All ages)	26 10:00 am Story Hour (All ages)	27 11:00 am Shining Star Volunteers - Children's Room 4:00 pm Book Club - Children's Room (All ages)	28	29 10:00 am Story Hour (Preschool)
30	31 10:00 am Arts & Crafts (Preschool) 11:00 am Arts & Crafts (K-3)

Will Hornyak, Storyteller Trickster Tales of the World
Will Hornyak
Friday, July 7, 7:00 PM

Master storyteller Will Hornyak brings to life trickster tales from oral traditions throughout the world--Celtic, African, Native American, Chinese, and Mexican to name a few. A fun and thoughtful look at how characters like Coyote, Raven, Anansi, and others bridge the ridiculous to the sacred, disaster to triumph, and the playful to the profound. A teacher of oral tradition at Portland State University, Will performs throughout the United States.

Related Links:

Will Hornyak's Home Page Stories and storytelling links as well as more information about Will Hornyak and his schedule.

Trickster Transformer A brief explanation of the trickster character used by virtually all Native American peoples. By Encyclopedia Mythica.

Stories, Fables, and Legends Stories of trickster animals and other tales from the Indigenous Peoples Literature web site.

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Smokey Bear Visits The Children's Room
Wednesday, July 12 - 4:00 PM (elementary age children)
Tuesday, July 18 - 10:00 AM (preschool age children's story hour)

Smokey Bear, will be visiting from the Sawtooth National Forest. Smokey is always fun, and he loves kids. Come have fun with Smokey and remember, "Only you can prevent forest fires."

Related Links:

Smokey Bear Splash Page Come visit Smokey Bear at his web site--lots of fun things to learn!

True Story of Smokey Bear Smokey Bear's story with coloring book pages you can download.

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I'm happy! Puppet Show for Children of All Ages
Wednesday, July 19 - 4:00 PM

Come join the fun with a puppet show for kids of all ages in the Children's Room. Lots of fun for kids and parents alike!

Related Links:

Summer 2000 in the Children's Room This summer's events and activities for children and parents at The Community Library

Every Day in the Children's Room Learn more about what's available for children all year 'round.

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Ernest Hemingway Birthday Lecture:
The Short Story
Ted Dyer
Thursday, July 20, 7:00 PM

Noted Hemingway scholar Ted Dyer presents the Library's annual Ernest Hemingway Birthday Lecture in honor of the Nobel and Pulitzer prize winning author.

Related Links:

The American Short Story: A Selective Chronology From the Romantic Period to today's period of Postmodernism, a concise list by James Plath, Professor of English at Illinois Wesleyan University.

The Nick Adams Short Story Contest Named for the central character in many of Ernest Hemingway's early short stories, this contest sponsored by the Associated Colleges of the Midwest showcases aspiring short story writers.

Hemingway's Short Stories A list of the short stories by Ernest Hemingway compiled by David Gagne, a Hemingway aficionado and creator of a web site devoted to the works of Hemingway.

Bibliography of Hemingway Titles at The Community Library

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