[OPLINLIST] National Library Week activities at Bossard Library, Gallipolis

[Deborah L. Saunders]

Please join us at Bossard Library in Gallipolis as we celebrate National 
Library Week with the following activities during April:

_April 15, 2010_
Lecture on the life of Mark Twain: In honor of the 175th anniversary of 
the birth of Mark Twain, the Library is pleased to host a lecture event 
on the life of this prolific American author.

Two lectures will be shown from the Great Courses series at 6:00 P.M.

 
_April 17, 2010_
Mark Twain (a.k.a. Alan Kitty) will visit the library at 1:00 P.M. to 
present "Mark Twain's Last Stand." This family event will feature Alan 
Kitty's impersonation of a posthumous Twain as he explores the nearly 
inexhaustible parallels between his century and ours.

Following the presentation, there will be an event for youth centered 
around the Mark Twain work _The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavaras 
County._

 
_April 24, 2010_
The Library is pleased to announce a program featuring /9/11 survivor/ 
Joseph Dittmar at 1:00 P.M.

Joe Dittmar's eyewitness account of the sights, sounds and scenes from 
inside and outside the World Trade Center complex on 9/11/01 presents an 
intriguing and gripping perspective on what really happened before, 
during and after the terrorist attacks. While steeped with facts and 
observations of historic proportions, his presentation also presents 
concepts and ideas on what was learned that day and what lessons we can 
continue to teach. These lessons are historical, but also personal, 
philosophical, ethical and social.

The recitation of his journey from the 105th floor of the World Trade 
Center all the way back to Aurora, IL in a 36 hour period provides a 
wealth of insight on an event that not only changed the world, but 
changed the way we proceed with our daily lives as Americans and 
residents of an ever-compacting world community. Joe's perspective deals 
with not only our political and militaristic vulnerability, but also 
with the re-awaking of patriotic spirit and human determination. His 
offering stresses the point of "always remember and never forget", 
allowing all of us to help him continue to "tell the story" so that 
perhaps history doesn't have to repeat itself.


-- 
Deborah L. Saunders
Library Director
Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library
Gallia County District Library
740-446-7323
saundede at oplin.org



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