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OCTOBER 2017 H H Come Feed Your Brain H H at the Baton Rouge Mini Maker Faire® he Baton Rouge Mini Maker Faire® is a FREE family friendly celebration of creative Thobbies and projects from hi- to low-tech with a special 2017 focus on Louisiana Food Culture! It is scheduled 10 a.m.‑ 5 p.m. Saturday, October 21, at the Main Library at Goodwood. Also, you won’t want to miss a special presentation by local chef Jay Ducote! Spending most of his time as a food and beverage writer and speaker, blogger, radio host, video producer and culinary personality, Ducote finished runner-up on Season 11 of the hit reality competition show Food Network Star. Ducote’s 45-minute presentation will start at 10:45 a.m. Come visit and learn how to “make” all kinds of things. For more information, call the Main Library Reference Department at (225) 231‑3750 or visit www.batonrouge.makerfaire.com. 10 A.M. – 5 P.M. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 H H H The 17th Annual Attic Treasures & Collectibles Event Bring your collectibles, antiques and other treasures for expert review at the FREE 17th Annual Attic Treasures & Collectibles Event at the Main Library at Goodwood! It’s very similar to what you see on Antiques Roadshow, which runs on LPB TV. Hundreds of people lined up with their treasures at last year’s event, and everyone in the community is welcome. This is the time to raid your attic, closets and garages for that interesting or antique art, old toys, pottery, jewelry, rifles, war artifacts, small furniture or other item of interest and see what the story is behind it and possibly more. The free event will run 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturday, October 7, at the Main Library at Goodwood. There is a limit of three items per person at the event, and experts will be on hand to look at your collectibles and antiques. Come for the antiques viewings but bring your Library card to stay and visit our facilities and checkout some of our resources. Inside: Author-Illustrator Rosemary Wells • Mike Anderson • Read for the Record • and more! It’s Time for the 40th Annual Author- SATURDAY, OCT. 28 Illustrator Program 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Capitol Park • Free Admission with Rosemary Wells! The Author-Illustrator Program is back, and features award-winning LouisianaBookFestival.org author of the beloved Max & Ruby series, Rosemary Wells! Everyone is invited to the Main Library at Goodwood at 7 p.m. Thursday, October 5, for a FREE program suitable for families Mid City Redevelopment Alliance and anyone who is interested in Wells’ to Host Legacy of Lights at Main Library writings. Stick around after the program The Mid City Redevelopment Alliance (MCRA) will honor Gwen for a reception and an opportunity to Hamilton, interim CEO of the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority have your book autographed. There with the Reverend Mary E. Moody Medal of Lifetime Achievement at its will be a book signing period following annual Legacy by Lights event at the the presentation. Only books that are Main Library at Goodwood from 5:30 purchased at each program are eligible until 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October for signing, so please do not bring other 26. Other honorees include Steve books. There will be pre-autographed Carville and Rev. Robin McCullough-Bade. The Community of Caring book plates given away while supplies Award will be presented to Capital One Bank, Providence Engineering last. and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge. Tickets are $75, and Teachers, librarians, writers, artists sponsorships are available. For ticket or sponsorship information, call the and children’s literature enthusiasts are Mid City Redevelopment Alliance at (225) 346-1000, or send an e-mail invited to come back to the Library at to [email protected]. Visit the MCRA website at www. 8:30 a.m. Friday, October 6, for a special midcityredevelopment.org. workshop presented by Wells. In this workshop, participants will enjoy a Celebrate the Baton Rouge Bicentennial, more in-depth look into Wells’ writing style and process. Registration and a Send a Postcard! fee of $25 for non-students and $10 for Visit Baton Rouge in collaboration with the students with a valid school I.D. are Louisiana Office of Tourism and 225 Magazine are required for this portion of the program. releasing the Baton Rouge Bicentennial Postcards. Pick up a registration form at any The postcards will be available Sunday, October Library location. Doors open at 8 a.m. 1, and include the required postage. with a continental breakfast, and other Check out the latest edition of 225 to get light refreshments will be served. yours! Baton Rouge residents are encouraged For more information about author to send the postcards to out-of-town family and Rosemary Wells, visit her website at friends inviting them to come experience the Red www.rosemarywells.com. To register Stick this fall or winter. for the October 6 workshop, call the Additional postcards are available at area Main Library Children’s Room at (225) locations, including East Baton Rouge Parish 231-3760 to request a registration form Libraries, the Baton Rouge Area Chamber and or visit the Library’s website at www. Visit Baton Rouge. For a full list of additional The Bicentennial ebrpl.com. You also may register the day postcard locations, go online to www. Postcards are available in of the program, from 8 until 8:30 a.m. BatonRouge200.com. four attractive styles. 2 The Source, October 2017 East Baton Rouge Parish Library To purchase tickets, visit http://brbluesfoundation.org/ and click on the "Blues Gala" tab. The Red Stick Farmers Market will host a seasonal mobile market at the Main Library at Goodwood from 8 a.m. until noon every Tuesday in October. Just Fun th The 9 Annual Community History BR 200 Trivia Festival at Pride Magnolia Cemetery is a four- It’s that time again! The whole family is invited to block cemetery bordered by come enjoy a day of FREE FUN at the Pride-Chaneyville 19th Street, Main Street, 21st Branch from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, October 28, for Street and Florida Boulevard. It the 9th Annual Community History Festival! This year’s was established in 1852 and was theme is ‘50s Flashback, and we’ll celebrate a blast from turned over to the Recreation the past that’s loaded with vintage games, fun crafts, and Park Commission for the music, delicious food, a sock hop and more! Activities Parish of East Baton Rouge also will include a live horseshoeing demonstration, farm (BREC) to maintain in 1947. animals, face painting, pumpkin painting, sack races and It now is a National Historic site of course, the Old-Fashioned Cake Walk. Local vendors listed in the National Register will be available for the purchase of homemade and handcrafted items. For more of Historic Places. Many information, call the Circulation Desk at (225) 658-1540. well-known local people are buried there, including mayors, soldiers and doctors, such as Dr. The Library Road Show is on Metro 21! T.A. Walker (1864-1929), Baton The Library Road Show is a 30-minute, once-a-month television show that Rouge’s first African-American features news, events, services and programs available through the East physician. For more Baton Rouge Baton Rouge Parish Library. Watch this program on TV Cox Cable Channel history, visit the Baton Rouge 21 (Metro 21) every Tuesday at 8:30 p.m., Saturday at 8 a.m. and Sunday at Room at the Main Library. Get 8 a.m. to find out what’s going on at your East Baton Rouge Parish Library! Bicentennial details online at Missed an episode? Just visit our YouTube page at www.youtube.com/ www.BatonRouge200.com. user/EBRPLibraryTV to check out the archives and catch up on the latest show. All programs are free and open to the public. Registration for all programs is encouraged. To register, call the Library branch directly. For more information, visit www.ebrpl.com. * Registration required. East Baton Rouge Parish Library October 2017, The Source 3 THE SAVEDATE! GIS DAY October is Respect Louisiana Our Community GIS stands for geographic information systems. GIS Day is a grassroots Month! educational event created and promoted by the GIS company Esri that enables GIS users and vendors to open their doors to schools, businesses and the Take the Pledge of Respect general public to showcase real-world applications of GIS. with Manners of the Heart! This Join us for a community-based speaker event promoting Louisiana organization has created #BRRespect, a social movement in Baton Rouge, careers in geography! which gives every citizen of our community a weekly good deed to perform for others. The Good Deeds are simple ways to help us connect and become more than people passing on the street. It’s an effort to help us become neighbors and members of a community who care about each other and show it through mutual respect. To take and find out more about the Pledge of Respect and #BRRespect, visit the MOH website at www. mannersoftheheart.org. Here’s this month’s Good Deeds schedule: Week 1: October 2-8 4 – 6 p.m. Wednesday, November 15 • Always meet disrespect with MAIN LIBRARY AT GOODWOOD respect 7711 Goodwood Blvd. Week 2: October 9-15 • Always mind your manners FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Week 3: October 16-22 • Always remember that we all have the same heart needs Week 4: October 23-29 • Always remember your community depends on you to give your very best Business & Legal SCORE: Simple Steps for Starting Your Business Track Your SCORE Baton Rouge will offer a FREE workshop, Simple Steps for Starting Your Business, at the Main Library at Goodwood at 6 p.m.