Happenings at the Lewistown Public Library – July 27

August Book Station Big Event

August 1 will be a big event at the Book Station.  Three different new publications will be honored. 

Elise Dubois’ life and book, “The Missing Stories” will be featured with a complimentary breakfast served beneath tents with tables outside the Book Station from 9:00 am to noon.  Elise Dubois, the little Dutch girl who survived the 5-year Nazi occupation of her beloved Holland, lived the final years of her life in Lewistown, where she was surrounded by friends.  Elise died in January of 2006, with her manuscript nearly complete but still unfinished.  Before her parting, Elise asked her brother to complete her book, which he did.  This event is co-hosted by the Lewistown Writer’s Group, the Lewistown Art Center, and the Friends of the Lewistown Public Library.

Inside the Book Station, during the monthly used book sale from 9:00 to 2:00, you may meet three authors who will be sharing their recent publications.  Joyce Litz will be available to autograph her book “The Montana Frontier: One Woman’s West.”  Taken from the journals of a Victorian-era woman who followed her husband from New York to a small town in Montana, these reflections include birth control and child rearing, gambling and prostitution, education and health care in the Mountain West.

Christina and Kirby Salisbury will share their co-authored book “Treehouse Perspectives: Living High on Little.”  Raised on a farm northeast of Great Falls, Kirby did not predict an unusual life.  However, this story is the result of a life spent in Central America and is about snakes, storm and survival, as well as about success and the serenity achieved by finding the equilibrium sought by Kirby and his wife Christina.

Be Creative @ the Library

The Family Summer Reading Program is full of action.  Join us for the following Program activities in July: and August:

Fridays, July 31, and August 7 @ 10:15, Stories, music and playtime or craft for babies – age 5.

Wednesdays @ 1:30 for ages 6 and up:

July 29 – Photo Op with Don Miller (cameras welcome)

August 5 – Creativity of Invention

Saturdays @ 12:30 for ages 6 and up:

August 1 – It’s All About Film

August 8 – Creative Sculpture

To enter the August 4 weekly prize drawing, turn in reading time this week and receive your tickets. Individuals of all ages may participate in this year’s program “Be Creative @ Your Library.”  Aspects of creativity in art, drama, and music will be featured in our weekly programs.  Open to all ages (child to adult), the program rewards time spent reading with weekly and grand prizes.  View the winning numbers here or check the Youth Services bulletin board at the library.

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