Upcoming Events at Danville Public Library

June 13 – August 20:  King Arthur has issued a Reading Challenge this summer to kids from preschool through age 12 to read 5 books or 200 pages during the Danville Public Library’s "Midsummer Knight's Read" program.  Each time they reach a milestone, prizes will be awarded.  In addition, the Children’s staff has planned regular programs Monday through Friday about knights, ladies, dragons, and other things Medieval.  For details on individual programs, call the Children’s Department at 477-5225 or visit www.danville.lib.il.us.
 
June 29:  Danville Public Library’s “Wednesdays at One” film series for teens age 12 – 18 will show “Remember the Titans”, starring Denzel Washington as a football coach hired to work in a recently-desegregated Virginia high school, Will Patton, and Wood Harris.  The film will begin at 1 pm, in the 1st floor Meeting Room.  The film is based upon real events that occurred in 1971.  No registration is required.  More information is available at www.danville.lib.il.us/teenspace.htm, or on Facebook under “Danville Public Library Teen Space.”  The film series is made possible by a grant from the Danville Library Foundation.
 
July 5:  “Elester Wilkerson presents”--Local performer and radio personality Elester Wilkerson will appear at the Danville Public Library on Tuesday, July 5, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the first floor Meeting Room.  Well-known for his literary interpretations, he will perform some of his favorites:  James Weldon Johnson’s Creation; Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven:; Alfred Noyes’ “The Highwayman”; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “Wreck of the Hesperus” and selected speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  This event is sponsored by the library’s African/Black American Advisory Committee.  Mr. Wilkerson appears weekly on “Sunday Morning Ministry” on 105.7 FM.