Celebrate Banned Books Week Sept 22-28!
Sept. 22-28 is Banned Books Week. Celebrate your right to read, by checking out a banned/challenged book. pic.twitter.com/l26gkHBgh7
— Central City Library (@CcplNe) September 23, 2013
Category: Library Events
Free eReader Workshop at Library Monday, October 21 @ 6:30 pm!
Contact our library now, to register for the FREE eReader Workshop taking place on Monday, October 21 @ 6:30 pm. Learn how to download eBooks to a Kindle, Nook, iPad/Tablets and other mobile devices.
You will also learn how to navigate Nebraska OverDrive, to download bestselling digital books!
Attendees must have a working email account before attending the workshop. 
Kindle owners must also know their log-in information.
Instructor: Sarah Warneke.
Please contact the library to register:
946-2512 cc.library.ne@gmail.com
Congratulations to the Prize-Winning Tomato Growers @ CCPL Tomato Tasting!
Tasters enjoyed the TOMATO TASTING at Central City Public Library on Saturday, August 17! Congratulations to the prize-winning tomato growers: Harold Cook & Luddene 
Perry! — at Central City Public Library.
Winner of Harry Potter Film Collection Announced!
Congratulations to Nick Lovejoy! He is the winner in the drawing of the 8 disc DVD set of Harry Potter: the Complete Film Collection! 🙂
North Platte Canteen Remembered
Rosalie Lippincott visited the library last Friday, to speak about her experiences volunteering at the North Platte Canteen during WWII. The Canteen’s volunteers provided welcoming words, friendship, and food to more than 6 million soldiers by the time that the war ended.
Everyone really enjoyed Rosalie’s presentation! 🙂 — at Central City Public Library.
New Imagination Library Program Promotes Early Childhood Literacy
Any parent of a child under age 5 in Hall, Howard, Hamilton or Merrick counties can sign up to receive a book each month for their kids from birth until their fifth birthday. The program is completely free, and the parents’ only obligation is to read to their kids. The Imagination Library Program encourages parents to read to their children, which develops a strong foundation for learning.
Heartland United Way will be @ our library on Wednesday, June 26 1:00-2:15 to accept registrations (during our afternoon Summer Reading Program). What a great program!! 🙂
Humanities Nebraska Program Being Held @ Library June 21!
Be sure to mark your calendars for the special Humanities Nebraska Program being held at the library Friday, June 21 @ 1:00 pm: “THE ANCIENT WORLD IN AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE”!
Professor Leonard Greenspoon (Creighton University) will be presenting an illustrated talk exploring the many ways in which movies, the popular press, museum exhibitions (such as the library’s current “Harry Potter’s World exhibi
tion), TV shows, comic books, the Internet–and other forms of popular culture–entertain and educate us about the ancient world, and what all of this tells about antiquity and about our own world of the 21st century!
This presentation is made possible by Humanities Nebraska, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment and Central City Public Library as part of the HN Speakers Bureau.
HARRY POTTER Being Featured at the Library During June & July!
Come join us at the library during June and July for free Harry Potter movies being shown on the big screen in the meeting room! Adults and kids are all welcome to attend these movies!
Each time you attend one of the movies, be sure to enter the drawing to win: “Harry Potter: the Complete 8-Film Collection (8 Disc DVD set)!
June 3 (Monday) 1:00 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (152 min.)
June 7 (Friday) 1:00 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (161 min.)
June 10 (Monday) 1:00 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (142 min.)
June 14 (Friday) 1:00 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (157 min.)
June 17 (Monday) 1:00 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (139 min.)
June 24 (Monday) 1:00 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (153 min.)
July 1 (Monday) 1:00 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 1 (146 min.)
July 8 (Monday) 1:00 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2 (130 min.)
Harry Potter’s World Exhibition to be at Library June 3-July 13!
Our library will be hosting the traveling exhibition HARRY POTTER’S WORLD: RENAISSANCE SCIENCE, MAGIC, AND MEDICINE, June 3-July 13!
The six-panel exhibition, using materials from the National Library of Medicine, explores Harry Potter’s world, its roots in Renaissance science and the ethical questions that affected not only the wizards of Harry Potter, but also the historical thinkers featured in the series. Although a fantasy story, the magic in Harry Potter books is partially based on Renaissance traditions that played an important role in the development of Western science, including alchemy, astrology, and natural philosophy.
This exhibition is currently traveling to locations in the US, UK and Canada. 🙂
Go to “LibraryKidz Zone” Blog for Summer Reading Program Registration Info!
Go to our “LibraryKidz Zone” blog for registration information for the “Dig Into Reading” Summer Reading Program!
The blog is a great way to find out the latest information & updates about the youth activities at our library. — at Central City Public Library.