Current Events
Upcoming and On-Going Programs
May 02, 2008
Gunter Branch Teen Volunteer Party
Friday May 02, 2008 at 7:00 PM the Gunter Branch will host a party to recognize teens who have volunteered time to the library over the past year.
April 19, 2008
Beginning Genealogy Workshop
April 19, 2008 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM the Martin Branch of the Rapides Parish Library will host the "Beginning Genealogy Workshop." This workshop is a basic introduction to family history research. David Manning, and experienced family researcher and librarian at the Alexandria Genealogical and Historical Library, will conduct the worskhop. Space is limited so please register in advance by calling Kelly Kingrey-Edwards at Rapides Parish Library, 445-2411, extension 241.
April 10, 2008
Kimberly Willis Holt at Glenmora
April 10, 2008 The Glenmora Branch of the Rapides Parish Library is bringing in children's author Kimberly Willis Holt to speak at Glenmora Elementary School and Glenmora Jr. High School. For more information call Gail Goldberg at 318-748-4848. Click here for Flyer
April 07 , 2008
Gunter "Tweens" Book Club
The first monthy meeting of the Gunter Branch Tweens Book Club will be April 07, 2008 at 5:30 P.M. For more information contact the Gunter Branch at (318) 443-7259 or gncirc@rpl.org.
April 01 - May 06, 2008
Library to host Literature Program on Louyisiana in the Civil War
The Rapides Parish Library in Alexandria will host a six-week series of readings and discussions about the Civil War as it was experienced within Louisiana. The program is entitled “Battleground Louisiana: Civil War Events and Experiences.” It is funded by the State of Louisiana and sponsored by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and the Louisiana Library Association.
The program is free and open to the public and will be held on Tuesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 PM., beginning on April 1st and concluding on May 6th for a total of six sessions. The program will be held at the Huie-Dellmon House, 430 St. James Street. Those interested in attending are encouraged to register in advance at the library. The phone number is 445-2411, ext. 241.
"Battleground Louisiana” will be conducted by Henry Robertson, Associate Professor of History, and Scott Culpepper, Assistant Professor of History at Louisiana College. The six sessions are entitled:
1. Secession and Mobilization
2. 1862: Year of Challenge, the Fall of New Orleans and the Battle of Baton Rouge
3. To Capture the Mississippi River, 1862-1863
4. Struggling home Front and the African-American Experience
5. The Red River Campaign of 1864
6. Consequences of War: The Political and Social Upheavals.
Texts include:
The Louisiana Native Guards: The Black Military Experience During the Civil War, by John Hollandsworth
When the Devil Came down to Dixie: Ben Butler in New Orleans, by Chester Hearn
One Damn Blunder from Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign of 1864, by Gary Joiner Brokenburn: The Journal of Kate Stone, 1861-1868, ed. by John Anderson
The Civil War in Louisiana, by John Winters.
“While thousands of Louisianans died serving the Confederate cause in the campaigns in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, equally significant events occurred within Louisiana,” observed James Segreto, Director of RELIC Library Programs for the LEH. He further added, “Its many rivers were settings of complex and costly campaigns with direct bearing on the duration and outcome of the war. A state with a mosaic of racial and economic interests became a battleground and a testing ground for racial solutions foreshadowing a postwar South and a modern America.”
“Battleground Louisiana” will offer the reading public an opportunity to examine several significant campaigns and their outcomes, as well as the experiences of some of the important segments in Louisiana society. Texts will guide readers through the battlegrounds and the settings of conflicts and controversies.
Pre-registration is strongly encouraged because of the limited number of books and expected public response.
Storytime
at the Main Library Just Got BETTER!!!!
Storytime
every Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. at the Main Library is geared toward older children, ages
three to five.
Toddler Time every
Thursday at
10:00 a.m. at the Main Library is geared toward younger children, toddlers through three
years.
During
Storytime on Tuesdays,
we will read stories and have the following:
1st Tuesday - Make a craft
2nd Tuesday - Flannel board stories
3rd Tuesday - Watch a movie
4th Tuesday - Puppets
During
Toddler Time on Thursdays, we will listen to fun
stories, sing, do finger plays and color
Large groups and Daycare Centers, please call and make a reservation!
This helps us in preparing for our activities. For more information, contact
the Youth Programs Manager at (318) 445-2411 x213.
