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Book talks and
signings by acclaimed authors, exhibitions
by local and regional artists, story times and crafts for children and
families, live music, and fascinating programs and workshops about... well just
about everything. Tacoma's libraries are filled with programs and activities
that inform, educate, charm, entertain, amaze, and delight.
NEW!: Check out our new
interactive Events Calendar.
June 2005
Summer
Reading Club Sign Up Starts!
Dragons, Dreams and Daring
Deeds!
Saturday, June 4, 2005
All Tacoma
Public Library locations!
Kids of all ages can sign up today for the Tacoma
Public Library's 2005 Summer Reading Club. The Library is filled with great
books waiting to be read this summer, lots of terrific events and special
surprises (including the incredibly silly J.P. Patches at the Mayor's Award
Summer Celebration at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium). The first day to
report is Saturday, June 18 so check it out today at your neighborhood
library.
Beautiful Angle: The complete
poster collection (so far)
June 13 - July 19, 2005
Handforth Gallery, Main Library
1102 Tacoma Avenue South,
Beautiful Angle (website) combines guerilla
art and timeless craft. For the last three years, the duo's Lance Kagey and Tom
Llewellyn) letterpress posters have adorned the abandoned buildings and
lamposts of Tacoma each month. Using a mixture of hard-carved plates, digital
imagery, and wood and lead type, the resulting posters address themes of faith,
politics, and place, all from a uniquely Tacoma-centric point of view. Gallery
hours are from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Mondays through Thursdays, and from 9
a.m. until 6 p.m. on Friday & Saturday.
July 2005
Booktalk &
Signing
Phillip Jennings, author of NAM A RAMA
Wednesday,
June 29 at 7 p.m.
Moore Library (215 South 56th Street.).
What Joseph Heller did for World War II, what Richard
Hooker did for the Korean War in M*A*S*H, no one has been able to do for
Vietnam, until now. Phillip Jennings (web
site) is a true patriot, a decorated Marine Corps Captain who served three
years in Vietnam and Laos, including flying for Air America, and then worked
for the CIA. Like Heller and Hooker, he did his duty, but he did it with his
eyes open. Now, transformed by his wild imagination, he shows us what he saw.
Never before has the insanity of the Vietnam war been so scathingly and
entertainingly depicted..
2005 Monster Book
Sale
Wilson High School Cafeteria
1202 North Orchard Street,
Tacoma
Over 40,000 hardbound and paperback books, compact discs,
DVDs and videos on sale at prices beginning at fifty cents. Come early Saturday
morning for the best selection or join for the Friday night's Special Benefit
Sale. This year the sale features a nice selection of art and art prints. All
proceeds benefits the Library's annual summer reading club and other programs
for young readers.
NOTE: Wilson High School is undergoing
renovation this summer. Follow the signs for parking and entrance to the book
sale!
Friday, July 15
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Special Benefit Sale
$25 admission this evening only
Saturday, July 16
9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Sunday, July 17
9 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.
Bag of Books for $2 Sale
3 p.m. until 5 p.m.
For more information telephone the Tacoma Public
Library at (253) 591-5666 |
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