Category: Library Events

October is National Reading Group Month, and the Central City Public Library is going to feature a special reading event for people who love mysteries.  The library is borrowing 16 copies of the book “The Number One Ladies Detective Agency” by Alexander McCall Smith.  These copies will be available for people to check out and read  after September 12.   There will be a book discussion/mystery event on Thursday, October 11, at 7 PM in the meeting room. This series is about a lady detective in Botswana, Africa, today, although it could be happening right around the corner as well.  She and her secretary/assistant are the main characters and they are a fun study in character.  The discussion will center around the way the author depicts the characters and setting, and how this kind of mystery differs from the “hard-core” detective stories.  Join us for some refreshments as we take a look at a different kind of mystery series.  Stop in and reserve a  book today.  We’ll give you a call as soon as they arrive.

Tuesday, July 17th at 9:30 p.m., the library is having a “Family Star-Gazing Night” event at the Central City High School Stadium.  Be sure to come and look at the skies through a large telescope and sky binoculars!  Ross Dinwiddie will also be guiding everyone’s view of the stars.  Everyone is invited.  Should be very interesting! 🙂

Diane Bartels will present a program “Sharpie:  Nebraska’s Queen of the Air” on Tuesday, July 3^rd at 10:00 a.m. at the Central City Public Library.  This presentation is made possible by the Nebraska Humanities Council, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment and the Central City Public Library as part of the NHC Speakers Bureau.

Come and hear all about Evelyn Sharp, a pioneering, teenaged aviatrix who became a war hero.  Sharp taught men to fly and was one of the first women to ferry US Army Air Force fighters during WWII, freeing men for combat.

“Sharpie:  Nebraska’s Queen of the Air” is one of approximately 300 programs offered through the Nebraska Humanities Council Speakers Bureau.  The more than 165 available speakers include acclaimed scholars, writers, musicians, storytellers, and folklorists on topics ranging from pioneer heritage to ethics and law to international and multicultural issues, making it the largest humanities speaker’s bureau in the nation.  Speakers are available to any non-profit organization in Nebraska.  Each program lasts 30 minutes to an hour, plus a question-and-answer period.  For more information detailing available speakers and guidelines for booking them, please access the following website:  www.nebraskahumanities.org

Lone Tree Days events begin at the library on Saturday, June 30th!  The annual book sale begins that morning at 8:00 a.m. and goes through July 7th.  Award winning NE author, Dr. Jean Lukesh will be doing a book talk/signing later that day at 11:00 a.m.  The book she will be focusing on, is entitled “Wolves in Blue:  The North Brothers and Their Pawnee Scouts”.    The Kidz activities at the North Park begin at 1:00 p.m. and  go through 3:00 p.m.  (activities include a book walk, BINGO, and rockets fun).  A helicopter will be landing at the ballfield by the North Park sometime Sat. afternoon, for people to look at.  It should be fun for all! 🙂

Watch this YouTube video to find out more.  Over 500,000 books were distributed!  Our library participated this year, and we plan on doing it again next year! 🙂

Rosalie Lippincott was the special guest speaker at the April Lone Tree Readers Book Discussion Group meeting.  The book that was discussed was Bob Green’s book entitled “Once Upon a Town:  the Miracle of the North Platte Canteen”.   Mrs. Lippincott spoke about her experiences as a volunteer at the canteen.