"Serving Ashland and Growing with the Future!"

LIBRARY EVENTS

(sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library)

Contact us: info@ashlandfriends.org

Storytelling Events for elementary children and their parents

The Ashland Library Children's Department is offering three (yes, three!) Storytimes. They are geared for toddlers and pre-schoolers who spend about 30 minutes each week listening, laughing and learning as they interact with Children's Librarian, Perii Hauschild-Owen, and one another.

The Storytime line-up is as follows:

• Monday evenings from 6:30 - 7:00 PM. (kids are invited to wear pajamas).

  
  

• Tuesday mornings from 11:30 - 12:00 Noon.

  
  

• Wednesday mornings from 10:30 - 11:00 AM.

  
  

Join us for books, songs, finger plays, flannel board activities, and more!

Dates of Summer Reading: Begins June 6, ends August 9.

Special Programs: Here's what we have for special programs this Summer at the Ashland Children's Department

June 17, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. "Lost But Found" program by Jackson County Search and Rescue. Suitable for ages 8 and up.

June 23, 3:00 p.m. Storyteller Dorothy Ormes "Stories from Around the World".

July 17, 1:00 p.m. Storyteller Jeff Defty "Silly Stories and Tall Tales from Around the World".

Look for a special celebration near the end of July, beginning of August with visiting children's author Dashka Slater. We will hold a party celebrating her new book The Sea Serpent and Me.

August 4, 10:30 a.m. Musician Rich Glauber "Music in Action".

For further information, call the Ashland Library Children's Department at 541-774-6995.

Ashland Mystery Readers

• The Mystery Readers program has returned. Check this link to see the schedule of Authors visiting:

(Sponsored by Ashland Mystery Readers’ Group, Friends of the Ashland Public Library, & Bookwagon Books)

Author Night at the Library

• Watch for upcoming events:

 

June 28, at the library 7 - 8:30 p.m. Tim Holt brings his musical program - Voices of the Valley, A History of Folk Songs. Do you like Woody Guthrie? Come hear Tim sing and tell tales.




 

July 7, at the library, Ramona Rubio will share her book The Alchemical Woman: a Handbook for Everyday Soulwork. The underlying assumption being that the exterior life of the woman will reflect the wealth of her internal life - turning poverty to riches on all levels of the integrated Alchemical Woman.




 

August 4, at the library - Carol Leonard SeCoy introduces her book Bag Lady War, a very funny and thought provoking story of how some older woman decide to take care of some of societies problems.

 

Book Discussion Group

• The Friends of the Library are sponsoring The Elastic Mind: an Open Book Discussion group. Everyone is welcome. The group led by Joanna Fenn discuss many different books and subjects. Meetings are held on the first Thursday of the month from 1:00 - 2:30 in the Guanajuato Meeting Room at the library. For the latest topic, call the Ashland Library at 541-774-6996.

   

  Movie Showings on Wednesday afternoons- Check the library for a list of movies to be shown in the air conditioned Gresham Room Wednesday afternoons in July.

   

Summer Reading Programs, 2008:

Dates of Summer Reading: Begins June 6, ends August 9.

 

• Summer Reading - for children and teens - June 6 to Aug 9, prizes include an ipod and a grand prize of a Nintendo Wii!

   

  Tuesdays at the Library from 3 - 5 p.m., check with the teen department for activities on June 24, July 8, 22, Aug 5.