Build a Better World: the 2017 Summer Reading Program Is Here!
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MAY 2017 Build a Better World: The 2017 Summer Reading Program is Here! ummertime fun-time! Your East Baton Rouge Parish May 24. Teens can submit their reading logs though Monday, Library has planned a Summer Reading Program for July 31. To complete the program, read any six teen books and Severy age group, so the whole family can participate. you’ll receive six Library Bucks, a drawstring backpack and a This summer is sure to be packed with color-changing LED watch! Plus, if you keep reading, you’ll be great books, exciting programs and entered into the weekly prize drawing. Every three books you fabulous prizes for adults, teens and read gets you an entry into the drawing children! Build a Better World is this for cool prizes like autographed books, year’s theme for both the children and virtual reality headsets, LEGO® kits teen categories. Parents / guardians and more! Read as much as you can can pick up registration materials because the top reader across for kids ages 0-11 in the Children’s East Baton Rouge Parish will Room at any Library location starting receive a Fired HD 8 Tablet Tuesday, May 30, through Monday, bundle! July 31. Children who reach their Why should kids and reading goals by Tuesday, August 15 teens have all the fun this will receive a reading certificate, a FREE book and other cool summer? We’ve got a Summer prizes, plus have their name entered into a drawing for a $50 Reading Program designed just gift certificate. Each child must read a minimum of five books for adults that will get your pages to complete the Summer Reading Program. turning! This is Baton Rouge’s 200th Teens did you know that participating in the Summer year as a city, and in keeping with the Reading Program can help you develop high levels of literacy celebration, this year’s theme for adults ages 18 and older is that are needed for higher education and future employment? Red Stick Reads! You’ll enjoy programming on a variety of It also helps you prepare for the reading comprehension topics that will enrich your Library experience. Adults are portions included in most standardized tests. Teens going asked to read three books to receive a summer prize pack. For into grades 6-12 are invited to join the Teen Summer Reading more information about the 2017 Summer Reading Program Program by signing up in the Teen Section at any Library for all ages, contact your Library location directly, or visit us location and picking up their reading log starting Wednesday, online at www.ebrpl.com. Authors After Hours Presents Morgan Molthrop Award-winning author Morgan Molthrop about Alexander the Great. His books on South will be at the Main Library at Goodwood at 7 Louisiana culture include Artist Spaces New p.m. Friday, May 5, to talk pirates and more! Orleans, Fleur de Lis: Histories and Mysteries Molthrop has written regional best-selling, and LOVE: New Orleans. Molthrop wrote cross-genre business and history books about and narrates Creole, of Course, New Orleans’ Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans tricentennial dinner and jazz show. Considered and Jean Lafitte’s buccaneering enterprise. one of Louisiana’s top storytellers, Molthrop In late-spring he will publish his first novel, a also will provide insight into his process and work of historical fiction based on new research provide case studies from his works. Inside: RELIC Louisiana Characters • Summer Reading Performers ∙ Refreshing Mocktails ∙ and more! The Human Library™ Louisiana Characters: The Human Library™ is a Biographies of the Bayou State program in which “readers” can The East Baton Rouge Parish Library along with check out Living Books — that is, the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities is people who share the story of their sponsoring a FREE six-part Readings in Literature lives in a fascinating and thought- and Culture (RELIC) program at the Central Branch provoking one-on-one conversation. from 5:45 until 7:45 p.m. on consecutive Thursdays The event for adults aims to help in May through early June. Charles N. Elliott from expand understanding, present the Department of History and Political Science at different perspectives and challenge Southeastern Louisiana University will introduce stereotypes through dialogue. readings and direct discussions reconsidering Baton Rouge’s Human Library™ Louisiana’s rich and diverse cultural heritage is having its second opening at as seen through the biographical spectacles of the Main Library at Goodwood at significant historical characters. In a relaxed setting 1 p.m. Saturday, May 6. The four- and engaging format, adults will explore the best hour event is FREE and open to the of Louisiana’s classic and contemporary political, public. social, literary and regional biographies, including Lafitte the Pirateby Lyle Saxon, Intimate Enemies: The Two Worlds of Baroness Pontalba by Christina Vella, Unveiling Kate Chopin by Emily Toth, The Kingfish and His Realm: The Life and Times of Huey Long by William Ivy Hair, Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans by Louis Armstrong and The Last Madam by Christine Wiltz. Registration is required. To register, call (225) 262-2680. Check out the session schedule below. • May 4 No Johnny Depp: Jean Lafitte of Old Louisiana General introduction of the content and context of Louisiana Characters: Bicentennial Art Biographies of the Bayou State and the nature of suggested and directed readings Exhibit Features with a discussion of Lafitte the Pirateby Lyle Saxon. André Moreau’s • May 11 Poor Little Rich Girl: Baroness Micaela Almonester de Pontalba Images of Baton Rouge Discussion of Intimate Enemies: The Two Worlds of Baroness Pontalba Everyone is invited to enjoy by Christina Vella the FREE opening reception of Baton Rouge: A Bicentennial View, • May 18 an exhibit of photographs by Creole Feminist: Kate Chopin of Natchitoches Emmy-winning TV journalist and Book talk on Unveiling Kate Chopin by Emily Toth, plus selected Chopin short photographer and Bicentennial stories. Committee Co-Chair André Moreau. The exhibit will take place from • May 25 6 until 8 p.m. Thursday, May 18, Rising Above Principle: Louisiana’s Huey Long in the Lamar Atrium located on Lively chat about The Kingfish and His Realm: The Life and Times of Huey Long the first floor of the Shaw Center by William Ivy Hair. for the Arts. Unique large-scale photographs transformed into • June 1 stunning masterpieces using paper, All Music is Folk Music: Louis Armstrong acrylic and metal will be on display. A talk on My Life in New Orleans by Louis Armstrong, plus a musical interlude. These images are memorable museum-quality wall art. The • June 8 Rich Little Bad Girl: Norma Wallace exhibit will remain on display at the The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld Shaw Center for the Arts through Discussion of July 21. To learn more about André by Christine Wiltz. Moreau’s work, visit his website at http://andremoreauphotography. LIBRARY CLOSURE com/. For a complete Bicentennial All locations of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library will be closed celebration schedule of events, go Monday, May 29, in observance of Memorial Day. online to www.batonrouge200.com. 2 The Source, May 2017 East Baton Rouge Parish Library Free Supplemental Nutrition Assistance The Library Road Program (SNAP) Outreach at the Library Show is on Metro 21! The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank in partnership with the Louisiana Food The Library Road Show is a Bank Association and the Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS) is 30-minute, once-a-month television hosting a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits outreach show that features news, events, event at libraries in May. SNAP Outreach Coordinator KiEtha Gage will be services and programs available stationed in the SNAP mobile unit from 10 a.m. until noon each day to assist through the East Baton Rouge adult clients with applying for SNAP benefits (commonly known as food stamps), Parish Library. Watch this program complete redeterminations, simplify reports, print SNAP budget summaries and on TV Cox Cable Channel 21 more. All information will be kept confidential, and the service is FREE of charge. (Metro 21) every Tuesday at For more information, call KiEtha Gage at (225) 287-8857, or send her an email to 8:30 p.m., Saturday at 8 a.m. [email protected]. Check out the outreach schedule below. and Sunday at 8 a.m. to find out what’s going on at your East Baton • Thursday, May 4, Scotlandville Branch Rouge Parish Library! Missed an • Friday, May 5, Central Branch episode? Just visit our YouTube • Saturday, May 6, Eden Park Branch page at www.youtube.com/ user/ EBRPLibraryTV to check out the • Friday, May 12, Bluebonnet Regional Branch archives and catch up on the latest • Friday, May 26, Jones Creek Regional Branch show. • Saturday, May 27, Carver Branch Red Stick Farmers Market at the Library The Red Stick Farmers Market will host a seasonal mobile market at the Main Library at Goodwood at 8 a.m. – noon every Tuesday in May. Red Stick Farmers is an open air, producer-only market, which ensures that all produce sold at the Market is grown locally by each farmer. With more than 50 member farmers, it offers a variety of locally grown products, including fresh fruits, local plants, herbs and vegetables, plus meats, seafood, artisan breads, homemade pies, honey, milk and cheese and specialty food items. Cash, credit, debit and Louisiana Purchase EBT/SNAP benefits cards all are accepted for payment at every location of the Red Stick Farmers Market. *FREE Parenting FREE Seminar: Shopping at the Farmers Market Wisely Five-Part Has buying healthy foods become too Series expensive for your family’s budget? Are you Stephanie Kellar, CAC, M.