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| Welcome to the Redwood Falls Public Library Notes from RobinPlease join us for “Hot Reads for Cold Nights” and a chance to win weekly prizes! When next we meet, I will introduce you to our little Maltese, Jazzie. HOT READS FOR COLD NIGHTS ADULT WINTER READING PROGRAM Connecting Minnesota Writers and Minnesota Readers January 1 – March 31, 2012 How to participate . . . • Open to anyone 16 years or older with a current library card • Sign the Registration form at your local library and indicate if you participated in the Winter Reading Program in 2011 or if this is the first year you have participated. • Your Library will give you a punch card to record the number of books read. You will receive one colored punch card to start your reading adventure. Additional punch cards (if needed) will be in black and white and also available at your library. Turn in all cards regardless of whether your card has all 12 punches punched. • You are encouraged to read as many titles as you like. • However, in order for your punch card to be counted toward your library’s chance at the traveling trophy and be considered as “completing the program”, a minimum of 12 books (12 card punches) is required. • Titles may be in any format including audio books. Help your library compete for the “Champion Readers Traveling Trophy” by reading as many titles as you can. Prizes may await you as well . . . check with your friendly Librarians for details. Have a safe, restful and warm winter season. Make YOUR “Hot Reads for Cold Nights” memorable! Sponsored by the Plum Creek Library System and the Redwood Falls Public Library. “This project was funded in part or in whole with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008 which dedicated funding to preserve Minnesota’s arts and cultural heritage.” Robin Osland, Director Redwood Falls Public Library rosland@plumcreeklibrary.net Library Holiday Hours The Library will be CLOSED Monday, January 16, 2012 in Obervance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Upcoming Adult Programs CULTURAL SHARING SERIES: Sacred Ceremonial Herbs : October 27,2011 @ 12pm Through this lecture you will learn the significance and purpose of sacred and ceremonial herbs and plants in the Dakota Culture. Traditional Dakota Foods: November 21, 2011 @ 12pm Ceremonial foods are an important part of Native American culture and celebration. You will be introduced to some of the authentic foods that are an important part of American Indian life, and a cookbook with some recipes will be given out. Dakota Spirituality: December 29, 2011 @ 12pm The Dakota people do not view Spirituality as a religion but rather a way of life. Many of the beautiful and meaningful ceremonies and traditions will be explored and explained at this presentation. Dakota Youth in Present Day Society: January 12, 2012 @ 6pm American Indian youth in today’s society are challenged to maintain integrity for the Dakota way of life. A group of Native American youth from the area will have a panel discussion with time for questions and answers from the audience. Dakota Storytelling: February 23, 2012@ 12pm To the Dakota People storytelling is done as a way of disciplining and used as a tool for learning. Storytelling is the way knowledge and understanding is passed from generation to generation. Dakota Language: March 29, 2012 @ 12pm Why is the Dakota language sacred? According to our ancestors it was given to us from the Creator. Prior to European contact it was never written down. Credit can be given to brothers Samuel and Gideon Pond along with Thomas Williamson and Stephen Return Riggs. Seven Sacred Rites of the Dakota: April 26, 2012 • The Keeping of the Soul • Inipi: The Rite of Purification • Hanblecheyapi: Crying for a Vision • Wiwanyag Wachipi: The Sun Dance • Hunkapi: The Making of Relatives • Ishna Ta Awi Cha Lowan: Preparing a Girl for Womanhood • Tapa Wanka Yap: Throwing of the Ball The Wacipi – A Pow Wow: May 19, 2012 from 9 – 5P Wacipi is (Pow Wow). Waci – to dance. P – pluralizes a word so Wacipi equals they dance. Spiritual gathering, celebration, socialization of a new Spring. Significance of regalia. Difference dance categories between men, women, boys and girls. Wacipi is the Dakota work when translated means to dance. FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY TRAVEL SERIES We all love a trip to a foreign country, don’t we, but traveling in the winter isn’t always easy. The Friends of the Redwood Falls Public Library, with our wonderful community members in mind, have put together a series of trips for you, and all you have to do is come to the Library on the appointed date and time and off you go! All of the travels you will hear about are recent experiences of our travel guides. Every program is on a Monday and every program will begin at 12:00 p.m. noon and last for one hour. Feel free to stop by on your lunch hour and bring a brown bag lunch. Monday, January 9, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. noon INDIA Travel Guide: Robin Stegner Monday, February 6, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. noon JERUSALEM Travel Guide: Gwen Harrington Monday, March 5th, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. noon AFHANISTAN Travel Guide: Stephen Collins Monday, March 19, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. noon VIENNA, SALZBURG, MILAN AND LAKE COMO Travel Guides: The Hollatzs & The Leppers These programs are FREE and open to the public and handicapped accessible. SEE YOU THERE!! View The December/January, 2012 Bookmark - Our Library Newsletter Book Clubs
December 27th – The Girls from Ames by Jeffrey Zaslow with Christmas treats and appetizers. Meet the Ames Girls: eleven childhood friends who form a special bond growing up in Ames, Iowa, and manage to maintain an enduring friendship into adulthood. January 24th – Molaka’I by Alan Brennert with baked potato bar. This richly imagined novel, set in Hawaii more than a century ago, is an extraordinary epic of a little known time and place—and a deeply moving testament to the resiliency of the human spirit. February 28th – One Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury with Oriental Food. Author Karen Kingsbury shows how the September 11th terrorist attacks on New York City’s World Trade Center affect the spiritual journeys of these families, couples, and individuals. March 27th – Now They Call Me Infidel by Nonie Darwish with waffles. Why are so many Muslins embracing jihad and cheering for al-Qaeda and Hamas? Why are even the modern, secularized Arab states such as Egypt producing a generation of angry young extremists? Nonie Darwish knows why. April 24th – The Paris Wife by Paula McLain with French Food. A deeply evocative story of amibition and betrayal, The Paris Wife captures a remarkable period of time and a love affair between two unforgettable people: Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley. May 22nd – Work Song by Ivan Doig with Hotdish and Jello. When Morrie Morgan gets caught up in the mounting clash between the mining company, outside agitators, and the beleaguered miners, he finds a unique way to give a voice to those who truly need one. June 26th – Bloodline by Mark Billingham with Southern Food. The past is coming back to haunt the people of London: a murderer is targeting the children of victims of Raymond Garvey, an infamous serial killer from London’s past. Everyone is welcome! Come when you can. Other Book Club Ideas? - The Library would also encourage other book clubs to get started. Are you interested in an evening group? A men’s group? A mystery group? The Library would help by ordering copies of the title chosen and provide discussion questions. You would be responsible for selecting your own titles and leading the group discussions.Adopt a Book At the Library! If you would like to offer direct support to the library’s collection, the Adopt Program gives you the perfect opportunity. You can choose to adopt an adult or juvenile book for the library. It is a wonderful way to honor or remember someone special in your life. With your donation, the library will buy a book to be placed in the library, with a book label indicating both the donor and honoree. Are you done reading the latest bestseller? Donate it to the library to share with others. You may also choose to adopt any book in the current collection. This program is the perfect opportunity to keep the collection at your library growing. Please contact library staff for more information. New Portal for State Library Services
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