Martin County Library System Press Releases

February 4, 2010

Enjoy Old-fashioned Family Fun in Indiantown Feb. 13

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE               

DATE:  February 4, 2010

 CONTACT: Lynn Warner 772-219-4975, lwarner@martin.fl.us      

WHO:                    Martin County Library System and event sponsors The Friends of the Library of Indiantown, Florida, Inc. and Martin County Parks and Recreation Department 

 WHAT:                 The Big Read: Family Fun Day

Enjoy old-fashioned community fun 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Saturday, February 13 at Post Family Park, adjacent to the Elisabeth Lahti Library in Indiantown.

Activities for young families include:

  • Bean bag toss
  • Leapfrog
  • Sack races
  • Face painting
  • Creating homemade Valentine cards
  • Photo opportunities with costumed characters Dora and Diego 

 

Free copies of classic and children’s versions of the Big Read book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, will be available while supplies last.

The Big Read is an initiative of the NEA designed to restore reading to the center of American culture.  For more information about The Big Read please visit www.neabigread.org.  To learn about Big Read events planned in Martin County during 2010 visit www.bigreadmartin.org

WHEN:                 Saturday, February 13, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

WHERE:              Post Family Park, adjacent to Elisabeth Lahti Library, 15200 SW Adams Avenue, Indiantown

HOW:                    Free and open to the public                            

For more information, contact Lynn Warner 772-219-4975,  lwarner@martin.fl.us.

February 3, 2010

Original Tuskegee Airman to Join Filmmaker Feb. 15

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 CHAUTAUQUA SOUTH

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                                           

 DATE:  FEBRUARY 3, 2010

 CONTACT:  PUBLIC RELATIONS 772/221-1403            

WHO:                    Funded by the Friends of the Blake Library in Stuart, Inc., in support of the Martin County Library System

WHAT:                 Chautauqua South: Lifelong Learning

Silver Wings & Civil Rights: The Fight to Fly

Jon Timothy Anderson

Writer and director Jon Timothy Anderson will speak and show excerpts of his first feature documentary, Silver Wings & Civil Rights: The Fight to Fly, 2:00 p.m. Monday, February 15 in the John F. Armstrong Wing of the Blake Library, 2351 SE Monterey Road., Stuart, as part of Martin County Library System’s Chautauqua South arts and education series. Joining Mr. Anderson during the question and answer session that follows his presentation will be special guest and original Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col. Leo Gray, USAF.  DVD copies of the documentary will be available for sale following the presentation.  This event is free and open to the public.

In World War II, the first group of African-Americans to fly for the U.S. military proved themselves equal among their fellow flyers. Overseas they had defeated one enemy.  At home, the fight for equality was to be their greatest victory as they blazed the way for Civil Rights. Anderson’s 90-minute feature documentary tells the story of the first all-Black fighter squadron that escorted bombers into the European theater during World War II.  Named for the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama where they trained, the Tuskegee Airmen were instrumental in bringing about the 1948 Presidential Order that desegregated the armed forces. Silver Wings & Civil Rights includes vintage footage, photographs, reenactments and first-hand accounts from surviving members of the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bomber Group. 

 

Miami native Jon Timothy Anderson currently teaches in Orlando at Valencia Community College in its award-winning Film Production Technology Program. Anderson is also a product of

of Valencia’s film program, having graduated in 1992 with fellow classmates and noted filmmakers Gregg Hale (Blair Witch Project), Ben Rock (Meeting Mr. Subian), Chad Sahley (When Stand Up Stood Out) and Silver Wings producer/editor David Brame.  In addition to teaching, Anderson works in Central and South Florida as a freelance filmmaker and photographer.

Lt. Col. Leo Gray, USAF (Ret.) Lt. Col. Leo R. Gray had made significant contributions to the warfare of this country throughout his military and civilian careers. Soon after high school graduation, Lieutenant Colonel Gray joined the Army Air Corps and began his aviation cadet training in 1943. Little more than a year later he graduated from the Tuskegee Army Air field as a Second Lieutenant, single engine pilot. While stationed in Italy as a fighter pilot, Gray flew 15 combat missions in P-51s for a total of 750 hours flying time.  He left active duty in 1946, but remained in the USAF Reserves until 1984. During his 41 years of military service, Lieutenant Colonel Gray earned a Coveted Air Medal with one Oak Leaf cluster and a Presidential Unit Citation.

Gray earned a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts in 1950, a Masters degree from the University of Nebraska in 1952, and did post graduate work at the University of Maryland from 1962-1964.  He began his 30-year career with USDA in 1953 as a Technical Assistant at the University of Massachusetts, Agricultural Extension Service. Gray wore many hats in the USDA career. He served as an agricultural economist with the Economic Research Service, an economist with APHIS in California, and as Director, Program Planning Office of the Food Safety & Inspection Service to mention a few. In addition, he was an economic consultant to United States Department of Agriculture in West Africa.  He is a member of the Tuskegee Airmen Inc., and in 1991 became founder and president of the Miami Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. He is the past president, vice president and treasurer of the East Coast Chapter of  Tuskegee Airmen.

WHEN:                  Monday, February 15, 2:00 p.m.

WHERE:               Blake Library, John F. Armstrong Wing, 2351 SE Monterey Rd., Stuart

HOW:                    Free and open to the public.  No tickets or reservations required.

Chautauqua South brochures are available at all Martin County libraries.  For more information or to learn more about the Martin County Library System call 772/221-1403, pick up a Library Connection, or visit the library Web site, www.library.martin.fl.us.

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February 2, 2010

To Know Your Library Is to Love It! Come See Cummings Feb. 9!

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE               

DATE:  FEBRUARY 2, 2010

CONTACT: PUBLIC RELATIONS772/221-1403

WHO:              Sponsored by The Friends of the Palm City Library in support of the Martin County Library System

WHAT:           LOVE YOUR LIBRARY

                        Grand Reopening Open House

Did you miss our grand opening? Rediscover the recently expanded Cummings Library at this fun-filled valentine-themed event. Enjoy wine from Wine Styles, chocolate, cheese and other delicacies. All are welcome. Free. No tickets required.

WHEN:           Tuesday, February 9, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

WHERE:        Cummings Library, 2551 SW Matheson Avenue, Palm City

HOW:              Free and open to the public.  No tickets or reservations required.                            

For more information or to learn about the Martin County Library System call 772/221-1403, pick up a Library Connection at any branch library or visit the library Web site at www.library.martin.fl.us

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January 29, 2010

Tickets Available Feb. 9 for Feb. 13 Dixieland/Jazz Concert

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Celebrating the Harvest of the Mind, Body & Spirit

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

DATE:  JANUARY 29, 2010

CONTACT:  PUBLIC RELATIONS 772/221-1403

WHO:                    Martin County Library System       

WHAT:                  Elisabeth Lahti Concert Series – The Southern Gents

Les Mack and his Southern Gents will present a concert of foot-tapping riverboat Dixieland/jazz music 2:00 p.m. Saturday February 13 at the Cummings Library in Palm City. 

Band members will play trumpet, clarinet, bass, keyboard, drums and banjo. 

WHEN:                  Saturday, February 13, 2:00 p.m.

 

WHERE:               Cummings Library, Donahue Room, 2551 SW Matheson Ave., Palm City

WHY:                    Sponsored by the Library Foundation of Martin County

HOW:                    Free tickets are required and may be obtained at the Cummings Library beginning Tuesday, February 9.

Complete Chautauqua schedules are available at all Martin County libraries.  For details or to learn more about the Martin County Library System call 772/221-1403, pick up a Library Connection at any branch library or visit the library Web site, www.library.martin.fl.us.   

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Wyoming Author Puts Local Florida Spin on Her Novels

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE               

DATE:  JANUARY 29, 2010

CONTACT: PUBLIC RELATIONS772/221-1403

WHO:                    Martin County Library System

WHAT:                 Meet Author Tina Welling

Wyoming author Tina Welling will speak and sign copies of her books at two Martin County libraries: the Cummings Library February 9 and the Hoke Library February 10.

Tina Welling has put a local Florida spin on “Crybaby Ranch” as well as her new book, “Fairy Tale Blues,” both set mainly in Stuart. 

The award-winning writer is on the Jackson Hole Writers Conference faculty and has spent 15 years conducting workshops, giving talks and critiquing manuscripts.

Copies of her books will be available for sale at each location.

WHEN AND WHERE:

Tuesday, February 9, 2:00 p.m.

Cummings Library, Donahue Room, 2551 SW Matheson Avenue, Palm City

Wednesday, February, 10 2:00 p.m.

Hoke Library, Community Room, 1150 NW Jack Williams Way, Jensen Beach

HOW:                    Free and open to the public.  No tickets or reservations required.                            

For more information or to learn about the Martin County Library System call 772/221-1403, pick up a Library Connection at any branch library or visit the library Web site at www.library.martin.fl.us

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Dr. Ruth Kalish to Give Multimedia Presentation on Voyage of the Damned

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CHAUTAUQUA SOUTH

 Celebrating the Harvest of the Mind, Body & Spirit

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                                           

DATE:  JANUARY 28, 2010

CONTACT:  PUBLIC RELATIONS 772/221-1403                                                                 

WHO:                    Funded by the Friends of the Blake Library in Stuart, Inc., in support of the Martin County Library System

WHAT:             Chautauqua South: Lifelong Learning

Voyage of the Damned: The Steamship St. Louis

Presented by Ruth Kalish, Ph.D.

The steamship St. Louis left Europe with 936 Jewish refugees.  Denied entrance into Cuba, the United States and the Dominican Republic, the Jews returned to the German hell of 1939.  How and why did this refusal to admit immigrants in crisis occur?  Learn the astonishing truth about this courageous and tumultuous journey of this ill-dated ship.  Experience a multimedia presentation of the voyage of this ship, its passengers, and worldwide response!

Ruth Ann Kalish, Ph.D., was educated at Boston University, Emory University, Georgia State University and Harvard University.  She has been a psychologist, university and hospital administrator, negotiator, facilitator of change and business woman for over 40 years.  Her career has included experience in conflict management, organizational and leadership development, strategic planning and change management.  She is currently both a film and play producer.  Dr. Kalish journeys through Third World countries by trekking and visiting with local villagers.

WHEN:                  Monday, February 8, 6:30 p.m.

WHERE:               Blake Library, John F. Armstrong Wing, 2351 SE Monterey Rd., Stuart

HOW:                    Free and open to the public.  No tickets or reservations required.

Chautauqua South brochures are available at all Martin County libraries.  For more information or to learn more about the Martin County Library System call 772/221-1403, pick up a Library Connection, or visit the library Web site, www.library.martin.fl.us.

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January 28, 2010

Veteran Chautauqua Scholar to Portray Mark Twain Feb. 10-12

CHAUTAUQUA SOUTH

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

DATE:  JANUARY 28, 2010                                                                            

CONTACT:  PUBLIC RELATIONS 772/221-1403

WHO:                    Sponsored by The Friends of the Elisabeth Lahti Library of Indiantown, Florida, and the Library Foundation of Martin County, in support of the Martin County Library System            

WHAT:                  Chautauqua South: Lifelong Learning and The Big Read

 

Mark Twain: A Literary Autobiography

Presented by George Frein, Ph.D.

Veteran Chautauqua performer and scholar George Frein, Ph.D., will portray author Mark Twain at three Martin County libraries February 10, 11 and 12 as part of the library system’s Chautauqua South arts and education series and The Big Read.  Copies of the Big Read book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, will be given away at each program while supplies last. 

Appearing in costume and in character as Mark Twain, Dr. Frein will present a 40-minute monologue in which he will help audience members see The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in the context of the rest of Twain’s major works.  Following the monologue, which is faithful to Twain’s published and unpublished works, will be two 15-minute Q&A sessions based on the best available Twain scholarship: an in-character question period in which “Mark Twain” entertains questions from the audience, giving answers based on what Twain has said and written; and an out-of-character discussion about Twain’s life and work.  Sometimes the audience learns about the lies Twain may have told earlier in the program. 

George Frein is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Dakota and Adjunct Professor of Religion at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina.  Dr. Frein portrayed Mark Twain for the Great Plains Chautauqua Society from 1994-1997, performing every summer in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas.  He has also presented Mark Twain around the country from the state of Washington to Florida for humanities councils, colleges, schools and libraries.  He is currently the director of the

National Chautauqua Tour, a group of humanities scholars making Chautauqua available nationwide. 

He is also the Greenville Chautauqua Society’s Artistic Director.  In addition to Mark Twain Dr. Frein has portrayed Herman Melville, Henry Adams, John James Audubon, Abraham Lincoln and Dr. Seuss.  George lives in Greenville with his wife Shelly Matthews, a professor at Furman University, and their two children.

WHEN and WHERE:

Wednesday, February 10, 4:00 p.m., Elisabeth Lahti Library, Community Room, 15200 SW Adams Avenue, Indiantown (funding by The Friends of the Elisabeth Lahti Library of Indiantown, Florida)  

Thursday, February 11, 2:00 p.m., Hobe Sound Public Library, Community Room, 10595 SE Federal Highway, Hobe Sound (funding by the Library Foundation of Martin County)     

 

Friday, February 12, 4:00 p.m., Cummings Library, Donahue Room, 2551 SW Matheson Ave., Palm City (funding by the Library Foundation of Martin County)     

HOW:                    Free and open to the public.  No tickets or reservations required.

The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to restore reading to the center of

American culture.  For more information about The Big Read please visit www.neabigread.org.  To learn about

other Big Read events planned in Martin County visit www.bigreadmartin.org.

Complete Chautauqua schedules are available at all Martin County libraries.  For details or to learn more about the Martin County Library System call 772/221-1403, pick up a Library Connection at any branch library or visit the library Web site, www.library.martin.fl.us.  

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January 27, 2010

Professor Robert Farley to Speak on the Presidents Roosevelt

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CHAUTAUQUA SOUTH

 Celebrating the Harvest of the Mind, Body & Spirit

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

DATE:  JANUARY 27, 2010                                                                            

CONTACT:  PUBLIC RELATIONS 772/221-1403

WHO:                    Martin County Library System       

WHAT:                 Chautauqua South: Lifelong Learning

IRSC Professor Series:  Professor Robert Farley, The Contradictions of the Presidents Roosevelt: Theodore and Franklin

Robert R. Farley, professor of History at Indian River State College, will present “The Contradictions of the Presidents Roosevelt: Theodore and Franklin” 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. Friday, February 5 in the Donahue Room of the Cummings Library in Palm City as part of the Chautauqua South IRSC Professor Series. 

Considered by many Americans to be the best presidents ever, these two populists from New York swept the nation by storm in the first half of the 20th century. However, the differences between them were enormous in party and policy. Stroll down memory lane and hear the best stories of these Dutch-American presidents. Judge for yourself where they rank among the great American presidents.

WHEN:                  Friday, February 5, 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

 

WHERE:               Cummings Library, Donahue Room, 2551 SW Matheson Ave., Palm City

WHY:                    Sponsored by the Friends of the Palm City Library, in support of the Martin County Library System.       

HOW:                    Free and open to the public

Complete Chautauqua schedules are available at all Martin County libraries.  For details or to learn more about the Martin County Library System call 772/221-1403, pick up a Library Connection at any branch library or visit the library Web site, www.library.martin.fl.us.   

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IRSC Professor’s Poetry Series Begins Feb. 1

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                                                                       

 DATE:  JANUARY 27, 2010                                                                                              

 CONTACT:  MARTIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM PUBLIC RELATIONS 772/221-1403                                     

WHO:                    Funded by the Friends of the Blake Library in Stuart, Inc., in support of Martin County libraries

WHAT:                 Chautauqua South: Lifelong Learning @ your library

 IRSC Professor Series: Poetry and Imaginative Structure

 Presented by Roderick Hofer, Ph.D.

Dr. Roderick Hofer, professor of English at Indian River State College, will present a three-part poetry series, “Poetry and Imaginative Structure,” 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Monday, February 1, March 1 and March 29 in the John F. Armstrong Wing of the Blake Library as part of the Chautauqua South IRSC Professor Series.  Following is a schedule. 

February1:  Value and Expression in “Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law” by Adrienne Rich

March 1:  The Offer of Distraction in Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”

 March 29: The Climate of Consciousness in A.R. Ammons’ “Easter Morning”

WHEN:                 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, March 1 and March 29

WHERE:              Blake Library, John F. Armstrong Wing, 2351 SE Monterey Rd., Stuart

HOW:                    Free and open to the public.  For more information call 772/221-1403, pick up a Library Connection or Chautauqua South calendar at any branch library, or visit the library Web site at www.library.martin.fl.us.

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January 25, 2010

Three Facilitators Lead Blake Library’s Women in Literature Book Discussions

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                                          

DATE:  JANUARY 22, 2010                                                                                                                              

CONTACT:  PUBLIC RELATIONS 772/221-1403                                                                                                                                                          

WHO:                     Friends of the Blake Library in Stuart, Inc., in support of the Martin County Library System

WHAT:                  Women in Literature Part XI 2010

Jeri Butler, Kim Carvel and Gail Johnson will share leadership of the six-session book study group Women in Literature Part Xi 2:00 p.m. Wednesdays from February 17 through March 24 in the John F. Armstrong Wing of the Blake Library, 2351 SE Monterey Road, Stuart.  Sets of books are available in limited quantities at the Circulation desk of the library beginning January 26.  The sessions are free and open to the public and signup is not required. 

Among the questions to be addressed during this series are:  What characterizes women characters?  How are they different from male characters?  Are gender differences cultural or biological?  What kinds of plots are associated with women, and how do they see their lives and possibilities?

WHEN:                  Wednesdays, February 17 – March 24, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Book discussion schedule:

February 17 Still Alice by Lisa Genova, Ph.D. (Jeri Butler)

February 24 Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende (Gail Johnson)

                                March 3 The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham (Kim Carvel)

March 10 A Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler  (Gail Johnson)

.                               March 17 The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell (Jeri Butler)

March 24 The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (Kim Carvel)

WHERE:                Blake Library, John F. Armstrong Wing, 2351 SE Monterey Rd., Stuart

HOW:                     Free and open to the public.

For more information call 772/221-1403.  To learn about the Martin County Library System call 772/221-1403, pick up a Library Connection at any branch library or visit the library Web site at www.library.martin.fl.us

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