“Excess Baggage: Riding the Orphan Train” Program at Library Saturday, October 19!

Saturday, October 19 @ 1:00 pm, Charlotte Endorf will be at the library to present a very special program!  “Excess Baggage:  Riding the Orphan Train”.   Endorf traveled more than 15,000 miles, seeking the last surviving riders and descendents to document the real-life stories of the children who rode the Orphan Trains between the years 1854 and 1929.  Dressed in period attire, Endorf entertains and educates audiences of all ages about this little know Nebraska history.  She discovered she’s related to an orphan train rider.  Could you be as well? 🙂

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.

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“The Language of Flowers” Book is Lone Tree Reader’s Book Discussion Group Pick for October

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A mesmerizing, moving, and elegantly written debut novel, The Language of Flowers beautifully weaves past and present, creating a vivid portrait of an unforgettable woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others even as she struggles to overcome her own troubled past.

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. kindlefireKindle owners must also know their log-in information.

Instructor:  Sarah Warneke.

Please contact the library to register:

946-2512   cc.library.ne@gmail.com

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 exhibinebraskahumanitiestion), 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.

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