Tuesday, May 01, 2007

May Programs

Check out these exciting upcoming book discussions.






For more information, just scroll over the book cover, or scroll down to find the branch holding the book discussion




May 31, 2007
Kingsburg Branch
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Kari Johnson will lead a book discussion on the fascinating book, "Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared Diamond.
(559) 897-3710





May 31, 2007
Sanger Branch
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Library Walk
Stay healthy and fit! Come to the Sanger Branch Library to enjoy a 20-minute walk with other community members. A brief presentation on nutrition will follow the walk and fresh fruit will be provided.
(559) 875-2435





May 29, 2007
6:30-8:30PM
A musical evening with the Kevin Hill Jazz Quartet will take place at the Auberry Library.Sponsered by the Friends of the Auberry Library. Refreshments will be served.




May 22, 2007
3:30 to 6PM
Chess Club
Auberry Branch Library holds a chess club once a week on Tuesdsays
Auberry Library
(559) 855-8523




May 20, 2007
Woodward Park Regional Library
3:00 pm
Spring Musical Concert presented by the West Coast Clarinet Congress Ensemble and is open to all ages.
(559) 488-3856



May 19, 2007
Central Library
11:00 am - 2:30 pm
Writing Your Family History
This program will share information on how to write your first book on your family history. Co-sponsored by the African-American Historical and Genealogical Society of Central California.
(559) 488-3856






May 17, 2007
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Sanger Branch
Library Walk
Stay healthy and fit! Come to the Sanger Branch Library to enjoy a 20-minute walk with other community members. A brief presentation on nutrition will follow the walk and fresh fruit will be provided.
(559) 875-2435



May 15 2007
3:30 to 6PM
Chess Club
Auberry Branch Chess Club, meets once a week on Tuesdsays
Auberry Library
(559) 855-8523




May 15, 2007 IMPORTANT! ! ! POSTPONED UNTIL JULY
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
John Fremont: Western Explorer
Local writer Marvin Kientz will present slide show on John Fremont, a great American explorer.
Auberry Library
(559) 855-8523






May 14, 2007
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Cedar Clinton Library
Antique Appraisal Clinic
Kathryn Osterberg Sobelman will appraise our family heirloom or estate sale treasure. Appraisals are verbal estimates only and are not guaranteed.
(559) 442-1770


May 12, 2007
6:00PM
Dragons in the Library program.
Clovis Library
(559)299-9531


May 11, 2007
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Consumer Health Resources At Your Library
Learn to find and evaluate health information, compare hospital quality, prescription drugs side effects and many more.
Gillis Library
(559) 225-0140







May 10, 2007
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Library Walk
Stay healthy and fit! Come to the Sanger Branch Library to enjoy a 20-minute walk with other community members. A brief presentation on nutrition will follow the walk and fresh fruit will be provided.
Sanger Branch
(559) 875-2435




May 09, 2007
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Friends of the Politi Library Informational Meeting
The public is invited to discuss the possiblity of forming a Friends of the Library group for the Politi Branch Library. Topics will include membership, activities, and the potential benefits of a branch Friends group. The umbrella group, Friends of the Fresno County Library, fosters interest in the library system, promoting its welfare and addressing needs not being met through government funding.
Politi Branch
(559) 431-6450



May 8 2007
3:30 to 6PM
Chess Club
Auberry Branch Library holds a chess club once a week on Tuesdsays
Auberry Library
(559) 855-8523





May 6, 2007
Clovis Branch Library
Billings Non-Fiction Book Club will be discussiong Peace not Apartheid, by Jimmy Carter.
(559)499-9531



May 03, 2007
Sanger Branch
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Library Walk
Stay healthy and fit! Come to the Sanger Branch Library to enjoy a 20-minute walk with other community members. A brief presentation on nutrition will follow the walk and fresh fruit will be provided.
(559) 875-2435




May 03, 2007
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Margit Liesche will discuss her new book, Lipstick and Lies, a mystery set in World War II featuring a woman airforce service pilot. For more information, visit margitliesche.com.
Woodward Park Regional Library
(559) 488-3856




May 03, 2007
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
This novel by Dai Sijie describes life in a re-education camp during Mao's Cultural Revolution.
Fig Garden Regional
559) 438-4071




May 1 2007
3:30 to 6PM
Chess Club
Auberry Branch Chess Club once a week on Tuesdsays
Auberry Library
(559) 855-8523




May 01, 2007
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Branching Out: Poet Hettie Jones
Second program with Hettie Jones reading from her works of poetry, influenced by the Beat Poets who evolved during the 1940s from a group of writers interested in changing consciousness and defying conventional writing.
Woodward Park Regional Library
(559) 488-3856



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