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Upcoming Events at Danville Public Library

June 20:  Danville Public Library’s "Monday Matinee" series will feature the film "Invictus," starring Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as the captain of the South Africa rugby team, at 2 p.m. in the first floor Meeting Room.  The program is free.  A portion of the refreshments are made possible by a generous donation from the Wolford Apartments, and the public performance rights are made possible by a grant from the Danville Library Foundation.
 
June 24:  From 3 to 5 p.m., Dixon, Illinois, native and Ward Hill Lamon historian Bob O’Connor will talk about Lamon’s manuscript, “The Life of Abraham Lincoln as President,” which O’Connor edited and recently published.  Lamon had published his first biography about Lincoln, but died before completing his manuscript about President Lincoln.  O’Connor will have copies of his books available for purchase and autographing.  He will appear at Lincoln Park during Arts in the Park that weekend.
 
June 25:  The Danville Public Library and Jacqueline Woodard-Smith will hold the second “Pardon Me, Brother” African-American Family History Day on Saturday, June 25, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the second floor Conference Room.  Families from Danville’s Black community are encouraged to bring family photos, histories, and memories to the event.  Library staff will photocopy the treasures while the families wait.  The copies will be added to the library’s collection of local history information about Danville’s Black community.  Families who want to share their oral histories will be interviewed by Woodard-Smith.  The interviews will be recorded for inclusion in the library’s collection, and a copy will be given to the family.  For more information or to sign up, call Leslie Boedicker, Outreach Assistant, at 217-477-5227.

Author to Speak About Editing lincoln Biography by Ward Hill Lamon

Ward Hill Lamon was a Danville lawyer; Abraham Lincoln's friend and law partner; a U. S. Marshal and personal bodyguard to the new President Lincoln.  In 1872, he wrote The Life of President Lincoln; From His Birth to His Inauguration as President.   At his death in 1893, he left an unpublished manuscript, The Life of Abraham Lincoln as President.  This past year, author and historian Bob O’Connor edited and published Lamon’s manuscript.           

On Friday, June 24, at 3 p.m., in the library’s first floor Meeting Room, Bob O’Connor will talk about Lamon’s book and his experiences in editing and publishing the manuscript.  O’Connor, a native of Dixon, Illinois, and graduate of Northern Illinois University, spent two and a half years researching the life of Lamon, in preparation for his book The Virginian Who Might Have Saved Lincoln.  Now living in Charles Town, West Virginia, O’Connor calls Lamon “one of Danville’s least known famous celebrities.”           

O’Connor also will appear as Ward Hill Lamon at the historic Lamon House in Lincoln Park during “Arts in the Park” on Saturday, June 25 and Sunday, June 26 (10 a.m.—5 p.m.)  For more information, visit www.boboconnorbooks.com.

Danville Library to Host African-American Family History Day June 25

The Danville Public Library will hold its second "Pardon Me, Brother" African-American Family History Day on Saturday, June 25, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the second floor Conference Room.  Families from Danville's Black community are encouraged to bring family photos, histories, and memories to the event.  Library staff will photocopy the treasures while the families wait.  The copies will be added to the library’s collection of local history information about Danville’s Black community.

The project was developed by Jacqueline Woodard-Smith in 2008, when she was a library assistant in the Reference and Archives Department.  Her goal:  to expand the library’s small collection of Black local history.  She held the first “Pardon Me, Brother” African-American Family History Day in August, 2008.  The title of the project is taken from a song by Curtis Mayfield, “We the people who are darker than blue”, released by Rhino Records in 1970.

Families who want to share their oral histories will be interviewed by Woodard-Smith.  The interviews will be recorded for  inclusion in the library’s collection, and a copy will be given to the family.
For more information or to sign up, call Leslie Boedicker, Outreach Assistant, at 217-477-5227.

Learn about E-Readers at the Library

You need not worry if you are confused about all the different kinds of e-Readers and how to use them, because Head Librarian Alissa Tipton will present a program at Marshall Public Library on Thursday, June 16th, at 6:30 PM, at which she will explain all of this and more.  If you are trying to decide which devise is right for you, come and learn the differences and which ones are compatible with libraries, plus how to download books for free from the library.  There will be a few different models on display as well.  She will discuss Digital Rights Management and why some books are not available on e-readers. We encourage you to drop by the library or call to reserve a seat at this program.

Learn about E-Readers at the Library

You need not worry if you are confused about all the different kinds of e-Readers and how to use them, because Head Librarian Alissa Tipton will present a program at Marshall Public Library on Thursday, June 16th, at 6:30 PM, at which she will explain all of this and more.  If you are trying to decide which devise is right for you, come and learn the differences and which ones are compatible with libraries, plus how to download books for free from the library.  There will be a few different models on display as well.  She will discuss Digital Rights Management and why some books are not available on e-readers. We encourage you to drop by the library or call to reserve a seat at this program.

 
Marshall Public Library is located at 612 Archer Avenue and online at www.marshallilibrary.com.  Reservations can be made by calling 217-826-2535 or emailing [email protected].  The library is handicapped accessible.

Come Travel with Us at Marshall Public Library

On Thursday, June 9th, beginning at 6:30 PM in Marshall Public Library’s Dale McConchie Meeting Room, Damian Macey will present a fascinating travelogue presentation that will take you into the ancient countries of both Turkey and Egypt.  Macey will share photographs and commentary from a visit to the Middle East in 2006 that will bring the history and architecture from 2000 years ago into the present.  Learn about how some of our modern conveniences existed in the first century.  Visit St. Sophia, an orthodox church built in 500 AD, and the Blue Mosque built in the 1500’s.  Learn about the ancient history of Ephesus and Istanbul in Turkey.  Travel through Egypt past the pyramids still standing after 5000 years and ride into Giza where the past and present co-exist amongst the goat herds, Mercedes, camels, BMWs, and ox drawn vegetable carts. 

 
Please call the library at 217-826-2535 or email us at [email protected] for more information or to register for this free program. The library is located at 612 Archer Avenue in downtown Marshall, Illinois.  Kindly allow 48 hours notice if special arrangements are needed.

3 upcoming events at the Danville Public Library

June 13:   At 6:30 p.m. in the first floor Meeting Room, the Danville Public Library will show “Field of Dreams”, starring Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Ray Liotta, Timothy Busfield, James Earl Jones, and Burt Lancaster in his last major film appearance.  The film is based on the book, ”Shoeless Joe” by W. P. Kinsella.  The program is free and is the second in the Library’s film and discussion series, “The New Classics: Great Books to Great films from the Past 50 Years.”  Public performance rights are made possible by a grant from the Danville Library Foundation.
 
June 13:  From 4:30 to 6 p.m., Gessie, Indiana native Thomas Hollowell will return to the Danville Public Library to talk about and autograph his new book, “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Barefoot Running.”  The book signing is part of his “Dare to Go Bare” book tour to encourage people to try this new approach to running.  He’ll offer some remarks at the beginning of the program, and will have copies of his book available for purchase and autographing.
 
June 20:  Danville Public Library’s “Monday Matinee” series will feature the film “Invictus,” starring Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as the captain of the South Africa rugby team, at 2 p.m. in the first floor Meeting Room.  The program is free.  A portion of the refreshments are made possible by a generous donation from the Wolford Apartments, and the public performance rights are made possible by a grant from the Danville Library Foundation.

Come Travel with Us at Marshall Public Library

On Thursday, June 9th, beginning at 6:30 PM in Marshall Public Library’s Dale McConchie Meeting Room, Damian Macey will present a fascinating travelogue presentation that will take you into the ancient countries of both Turkey and Egypt.  Macey will share photographs and commentary from a visit to the Middle East in 2006 that will bring the history and architecture from 2000 years ago into the present.  Learn about how some of our modern conveniences existed in the first century.  Visit St. Sophia, an orthodox church built in 500 AD, and the Blue Mosque built in the 1500’s.  Learn about the ancient history of Ephesus and Istanbul in Turkey.  Travel through Egypt past the pyramids still standing after 5000 years and ride into Giza where the past and present co-exist amongst the goat herds, Mercedes, camels, BMWs, and ox drawn vegetable carts. 

 
Please call the library at 217-826-2535 or email us at [email protected] for more information or to register for this free program. The library is located at 612 Archer Avenue in downtown Marshall, Illinois.  Kindly allow 48 hours notice if special arrangements are needed.

"Midsummer Knight's Read" at St. Joseph Township - Swearingen Memorial Library

St. Joseph Township - Swearingen Memorial Library invites you to join us for a "Midsummer Knight's Read" summer reading program.  Registration for all 3 programs (children, teens and adult) begins Monday June 6th at 3 p.m. when the library opens.  The reading program is for everyone ages 3 to 103.  Participants will keep track of the number of minutes they read in 10-minute increments.  Children ages 3 through graduated 4th grade will receive prizes as they move through the map towards the dragon.  There will be a grand prize for each of the 3 programs award to one participant at the end of the respective programs.
 
Tuesday, June 7th there will be a drop-in craft time 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.  Children can drop in anytime before 11 a.m. to work on the week's craft.
 
Friday, June 10th, there will be a special program at 1:30 p.m. presented by Living historian Deane Geiken.  He presents the life and times of a English Longbowman, circa 1350.  Mr. Geiken will show the training methods, daily life experiences, and a closer look at the weapons and equipment used by soldiers of the Hundred Years War, 1337-1453.
 
Saturday, June 11th at 1 p.m., local author of "Licking the Bowl", Diane Rigdon, will host a book talk.  She wrote this cookbook based on recipes developed by her parents.  Mrs. Rigdon is donating all proceeds from the sale of the cookbooks to the Mills Breast Cancer Institute in Urbana.  The library staff was fortunate enough to get to taste-test some of Mrs. Rigdon's recipes when she was working on the cookbook.

"What A Girl Dreams" to be presented at Danville Library May 28

Local author and poet Suzanne Hunter Brown invites girls age 10 through 16 to "What A Girl Dreams" at the Danville Public Library on Saturday, May 28, from 1 to 3 p.m.  Mothers are encouraged to attend the program designed to showcase successful women in the community who will talk about how they achieved their dreams.  The program is free and will be held in the first floor Meeting Room.  There will be door prizes and refreshments.
           
Featured speakers are:  Kathy Caston, educator and cheerleader coach; Rachel Miller, public speaker; Dr. Lynette Smith-Caillouet, Director of Adult Medicine at Carle; singer Denise (Collier) Trinaya who recently produced a new music CD; Bunmi Aziaka, Mary Kay consultant; and Suzanne Hunter Brown, who will talk about her own work and will share her interview with a Danville model, Ms. Briggs.  Artwork created by area teens for the “I Sing The Body Electric” program will be on display.