Under the Cupola

ChocoLOT for teens!

ChocoLOT  

for grades 7-12

Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate! Play games, do a taste-test, eat lots of chocolate, dip fruit in the chocolate fondue, and more in this chocolate madness! Free! No sign-up needed.

Wed Feb 10 at 3:30-4:30pm

Download 2010 ChocoLOT flyer

Who wrote the best of the National Book Awards Fiction?

 
Who wrote The Best of the National Book Awards Fiction?

You decide! Six Finalists for The Best of the National Book Awards Fiction were selected by 140 writers from across the country.  Click here for information on submitting your vote.

If you choose to participate, your  email address will then be entered for a drawing to win two tickets to the 60th National Book Awards on November 18, 2009 and two nights in the Marriott Hotel Downtown, compliments of Marriott!

Free Museum Day

Saturday, September 26 is the 5th annual Free Museum Day sponsored by Smithsonian Magazine.

With a free pass, two people per household can have admission to both Pearson Air Museum and Clark County Historical Museum (CCHM) in Vancouver for the day. It is also Harvest Fun Day at the CCHM from 10 am to 4 pm, so enjoy the festivities while you are there.

In Portland, you will have free access to the Oregon Historical Museum, Pittock Mansion, World Forestry Center Discovery Museum, and more.

The Maryhill Museum of Art in Goldendale is free on Saturday.

In Tacoma you can visit the Washington State History Museum and the Museum of Glass to name just two open for free.

And further up the road in Seattle, you can get into the Experience Music Project| Science Fiction Museum, the Wing Luke Asian Museum and many others.

This is a great opportunity to see s great museum or two or three and not strain your budget.  Check out the list for something of interest.

Go to the Smithsonian's website for details, to download your free admission pass and find participating museums to visit for free!

Andrew Carnegie Live!

 

19th Century industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie did more than any other individual to advance the cause of literacy and self-improvement by helping communities build quality libraries.

Please join us on Friday, October 9th at 7p.m. for a delightful connection with libraries past and present when George Dauler presents Andrew Carnegie.  

Mr.  Dauler is an Ohio-based, retired Presbyterian pastor and counselor. He has performed historical re-enactments for more than 30 years, and has appeared as Andrew Carnegie since 2002.

Free and open to the public

thanks to support from the Friends and Foundation of the Camas Library as well as the Clark County Historical Museum, other FVRL Friends groups and Humanities Washington

 

What's Camas Reading

You may have heard of "one book, one community" reading programs in other communities like Seattle, Spokane or Chicago.  A title is selected and in a short span of time citizens are encouraged to read the book, invite their friends over for a discussion, or attend one planned by an organization like their library.

The Camas Public Library is sponsoring such a program this spring.  Ours is called "What's Camas Reading?" and this year we are reading The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason.  This historical novel is about an English piano tuner who accepts a commission to travel to Burma to repair a general's Erard grand piano.

We've organized four book discussions.  Three will take place at the library:

• March 31 at 7 p.m.
• April 1 at 1 p.m.
• April 2 at 10:30 a.m.
• and one at Twilight Pizza April 2 at 7 p.m.

Besides these you are encouraged to host your own discussion group.  Thanks to a grant of Institute of Museum and Library Services funds through the Washington Office of the Secretary of State, State Library Division, we have lots of free copies of the book for readers available at the library.  Sample discussion questions are included.

The grant also funds three programs to enrich your reading experience:

• April 3 at 7 p.m. at the library, Dr. Pavithra Narayanan, a WSU professor will speak.  Her program is titled, "From Burma to Myanmar: The East India Company and Beyond."
• April 7 at 7 p.m. at the library, selections from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier will be performed by Linda Barker.  Don Mitchell from the Vancouver Piano Hospital will talk about "The History and tuning of Grand Pianos."
• April 10 at 7 p.m. at the library meet the author, Daniel Mason.

Stop by the library and pick up your copy of The Piano Tuner soon and attend as many of the programs as possible.

Enter the Scarecrow Contest

 

Pick up your entry form at the library or Print it  from this link.

Bring your completed entry form and scarecrow to the library during the first week of October. 

Voting will begin on Monday, October 8 and continue through Wednesday, October 24. 

Categories include: Scariest, Funniest, most Creative and People’s Choice (highest vote getter totaling all categories).

Pick up your scarecrow for home decorating and display for Halloween any time after Thursday, October 25 at noon.

Participation directions for Teen Summer Readers

The Summer Reading for Teens flyer includes directions for registering for "You Never Know at your Library," and lists the special events for the summer.  Print out the flyer or email it to your friends from this link: You Never Know!

Summer Pastel Workshop with Eve Kenyon

Summer Pastel Workshop

Friday and Saturday, July 13 & 14

The Second Story Gallery at Camas Public Library offers a pastel landscape workshop July 13 & 14 with Eve Kenyon.  The workshop is arranged in conjunction with her exhibit “Pastels and Pencils” which opens July 6th. Participants will paint a pastel from the ground up; use written notes, thumbnail sketches and tonal studies; stretch their skills to produce a dynamic composition with lively strokes & marks, strong value & fresh color. Demonstrations and individual instruction will stimulate new ways of seeing and personal expression, according to the instructor.

Workshop fee is $150.  All ages are welcome.  Stop by the library for the registration form and list of suggested materials.

You're Invited

You’re invited to the Youth Advisory Council meeting Tuesday evening, May 1, at 7 p.m. to meet and get to know the new Youth Librarian, Ellen Good.

Greet Ellen, find out about her hobbies and favorite past times, sample some treats and visit with your friends. The event will last about an hour.

We’ll meet upstairs in the library in Meeting Room B. See you there!

ChocoLot at the Library

Join the Youth Advisory Council on Tuesday, February 6th at 7 p.m. for their annual ChocoLot extravaganza.  Pick up a Youth Advisory Council Membership Application at the Camas Library Reference Desk.