StoryCorps Sneak Preview

Wednesday, August 27th 7 pm at the Library
Find out what StoryCorps is all about and how it works.
Storycorps staff will provide background information, audio clips of interviews, and tours of the Airstream Trailer. (the mobile recording studio) They start doing interviews on August 29th. Check out KAXE’s web site at www.kaxe.org for more information, or call StoryCorps to set up an interview. 800-850-4406

Note: The Library will be closed Saturday, Sunday and Monday, August 30, 31 and September 1st for the Labor Day Holiday.

Events the week of August 17

Tuesday August 19th
10:30 am Storytime for kids and their families

2-4 pm. Traveling Pants Creativity: (for teens)
Teens: Celebrate the opening of the movie: “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2” by creating something fun out of an old pair of jeans. Bring your own jeans, we’ll supply ideas and decorations.

7:30 Film Series: Independent film at the Reif Performing Arts Center is “Oslo, Hawaii.”

Wednesday, August 20th 7 pm How can we make our community more bicycle and walker friendly?
Bob Chauncy from the National Coalition for Biking and Walking will be in Grand Rapids on to work with community members on finding answers to that question. He will lead a workshop in the morning, sponsored by Get Fit Itasca, and do a much shorter presentation in the evening at the Library. Call the YMCA at 327-8801 for more information about the morning workshop.

Thursday Aug. 21
1 pm Let’s Go Fishing with MinnAqua:
Program for kids on fishing, water safety and aquatic ecology. (preregistration required)
6 pm Family Movie night: Swiss Family Robinson A shipwrecked family turns a desert island into a paradise, complete with a 3 story tree house and a menagerie of wild animals.

Teen Back to School Drawing

Teen Drawing
Win a back to school prize pack filled with pens, pencils, CD-Rs, combination lock, paper, folders, and CHOCOLATE!
All you have to do is stop in Teen Universe (teen room in the library), answer the question about your summer reading, and put your entry in the box. You can enter more than once!
2 winners will be drawn from the entries on Tuesday, August 26 at 4pm.

Bike Locks Available

We have added bicycle locks to our collection! They are available for check out and use while you are in the library. Ask at the circulation desk.

Two bicycles have been stolen this summer, so locking your bike to the bike rack is a good idea.

Library Events This Week

Tuesday, August 12,
10:30 am Storytime for kids and families at the Library

7:30 pm Forest for the Trees at the Reif Center
Independent film from Germany

Thursday, August 14,
7:00 pm Cyrus King and the Good Roads Movement
Brian Vroman talks about Cyrus King and the "Good Roads" movement. King was a pioneer living in Deer river around the turn of the last century and was a strong advocate for improvements in Itasca County.

Steve Keillor on Shaping Minnesota's History

Thursday August 7th at 7 pm: Steve Keillor will be presenting humorous anecdotes from his new history of Minnesota, Shaping Minnesota's Identity: 150 Years of State history, published in 2008 by Pogo Press. This book features a Greater-Minnesota perspective, as portrayed in the lives of ordinary Minnesotans, as told by themselves in their own memoirs and reminiscences.

Independant Film on Tuesday

This week's film is Aaltra from Belgium. (in French with English subtitles) Go to the Reif Center's old website to find the listings for the remaining independant Film series cosponsored by the library. 7:30 on Tuesdays.

There's Magic at the Library!

Aug 5th 2:30 pm The Amazing Fabulous Magician Star will perform extraordinary feats of Magic for your entertainment and amusement. Bring the entire family and be prepared to be awed and astounded by this daring performer!