Register Now for “On the Home Front During WWI & Afternoon Tea” ~ Saturday, August 12th!!
Parents of Toddlers (ages 2-4)… Please Fill Out Our Questionnaire!!
The library would like to offer a “Toddler Time” program quarterly for children 2-4 years old.
It would consist of a theme, stories that are read to the children, games and movement activities, and songs.
We need your input. If you have a toddler, please take a minute or two to respond to our questionnaire (below). Thank-you for your participation!
Behind the Meaning of Names With Karen Gettert Shoemaker on Monday, July 10th at 6:30pm-7:30pm!
Don’t miss out on MONDAY EVENING’S (July 10) “BEHIND THE MEANING OF NAMES” presentation at 6:30pm-7:30pm!
Karen Gettert Shoemaker (the author of the One Book One Nebraska 2016 selection (and Humanities Nebraska speaker): will read from and discuss the role of family stories and historic research in the writing of her historic novel “The Meaning of Names.” This presentation includes discussion of WWI, the Influenza Pandemic of 1918, the experiences of immigrants and first-generation Americans in the early 1900s, and the role of men and women in a changing society, as well as the many subjects readers bring to the conversation.
Refreshments will be served.
Humanities Nebraska provides major funding for this
program. HN receives support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Nebraska State Legislature, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and private donations.
WWI and America Grant Funding Provided by: World War I and America, a two-year national initiative of The Library of America presented in partnership with The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, the National World War I Museum and Memorial, and other organizations, with generous support from National Endowment for the Humanities.
Todd Williams Book Signing at CC Public Library ~ Monday, July 3rd at 12pm-2pm!!!
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July 20th Hockey Scholar Workshop at CC Public Library (for Grades 5-8)!!
Thursday, Jul. 20, 1:00pm-3:00pm
July 20– Hockey Scholar Workshop (limit 20 kids) 1-3 PM
Grades 5-8
The National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) have partnered to create a web-based course that teaches science, technology, engineering and math and how these are part of the game of hockey. Mr. Brandon Wright, science instructor at CCHS, will lead the 2-hour hands-on workshop that concentrates on things like angles, rates and ratios, states of matter, force and energy. You will have a ton of fun with hockey as you realize the science behind the game. The workshop will be limited to 20 children in grades 5-8 this past year.
Those who complete the 2-hour course will receive free tickets to a hockey game in Kearney in September, compliments of the Kearney Storm Hockey Team.
Register online here: Hockey Scholar Registration
READ to WIN $529!
READ TO WIN $529!! 💵💰☀ Another great reason to register kids in our fabulous summer reading program!!👍
NEST will deposit $529 into NEST 529 College Savings Plans accounts for 15 lucky summer readers, five in each of Nebraska’s three congressional districts selected randomly among children registering for and completing the Nebraska “Summer Reading Program.” Each winner’s library also wins $250!!
Official rules may be found here: https://treasurer.nebraska.gov/csp/scholarships/read-to-win/2017/NEST-Summer-Reading-Scholarship-Official-Rules-2017.pdf
Register for Kids’, Adult & Teen Summer Reading Programs here: http://libraries.ne.gov/centralcity/2017/03/21/weve-got-lots-of-activities-being-planned-for-this-summer-at-central-city-public-library/
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