Category: Library Events

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)!

 

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. 🙂

The Wright Morris Walking/Driving Tour is one of 80 attractions included in the 2013 Nebraska Passport.  Stop by the Central City Public Library or the Merrick County Historical Museum to begin your adventure!

The program, created by the Nebraska Tourism Commission, encourages travelers to explore Nebraska. Participants collect stamps from participating attractions and then redeem them for prizes.

Attractions selected for the 2013 program are organized into 10 special-interest tours: Hit the Hot Spots, Meet the Locals, Picture the Scene, Play Outside, Savor the Flavor, Seeing Is Believing, Sleep Tight, Tap Into It, Turn the Page and Wrangle the West.  Wright Morris Walking/Driving Tour is part of Turn the Page.

Travelers have until Sept. 30 to visit attractions and redeem their stamps for prizes. For each completed tour, participants receive a Nebraska Passport T-shirt. In addition, travelers can win 20 $1 Nebraska Lottery Scratch coupons (for 20 stamps) and a digital camera (for 40 stamps).

Participants also have the chance to be entered into a grand-prize drawing (held in October) for an Apple® iPad® mini valued at approximately $600. An additional drawing for 300 $1 Nebraska Lottery Scratch tickets will be held for all participants 19 years of age or older who turn in passports with at least one stamp.

To learn more about this year’s Nebraska Passport, visit NebraskaPassport.com.

Congratulations to Sandi Kennec! She is the winner of the gift basket in our National Library Week drawing. Thank-you to everyone who registered! 🙂 — at Central City Public Library.

The library is hosting FREE computer classes in May (coordinated by Central Community College-Columbus)! Class sizes are limited! Call now to pre-register! (946-2512)

Congratulations to our “Trash to Treasure Challenge” winners! Judge’s Choice Awards go to: Jamie Wright (Rock Box), Becky Freeland (Flower Plaque), and Linda Schulze (Candle Holder). People’s Choice Awards go to: Julie Smithson (Windchime) and Kelly Smithson (Lamp/Book).
Thank-you to everyone that participated! 🙂 — at Central City Public Library.

In celebration of National Library Week (April 15-April 20), the library will be having a drawing for a gift basket! Items included in the gift basket are: the best selling book “Safe Haven” by Nicholas Sparks, and the 2 winner Academy Awards “Lincoln” DVD (a Steven Spielberg film)! Be sure to stop in all during this week and get registered!

You still have time to participate in our “Trash to Treasure” challenge! Stop by the library and pick up one of our “trash” bags (containing various mystery items). You must use at least a piece of every item in the bag. You can make anything you want (finding inspiration anywhere). Completed items must be returned to the library by April 1! Prizes will be awarded to People’s Choice and Judges’ Choice winners!

Be sure to mark your calendars, for our Open House, coming up on Saturday, April 6 (10:00 am – 1:00 pm)!  Featured at the Open House:  new technology items received through the “Library Broadband Builds Nebraska Communities Project”.  Special Remarks will begin at 10:45 am.  Program at 11:00~ Poetry Readings by Kwame Dawes & Marianne Kunkel (University of NE, Lincoln’s International Literary Journal:  Prairie Schooner Library Tour). —

Kwame Dawes, Guggenheim Fellow and winner of the 2011 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award, embarked on a driving tour in December 2012 to promote Prairie Schooner in public libraries across the state of Nebraska. Dawes is Editor-in-Chief of the international literary journal based out of the University of Nebraska. He will be joined by poet and managing editor, Marianne Kunkel.