DESCHUTES PUBLIC LIBRARY eNEWSLETTER
December 18 - January 8, 2019
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A Novel Idea 2020:
When All Is Said
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Michael Pollan Tickets Almost Sold Out
At the time of this sending, we have only 100 tickets left to Michael Pollan’s Author! Author! presentation. Ensure that you get to hear Pollan
—
and two more amazing authors
—
by purchasing your series tickets today on the
Deschutes Public Library Foundation’s website
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A ticket to the full series—featuring authors Barry Lopez, Susan Orlean, and Michael Pollan—is just $75, a great value for three bestselling authors. A ticket to this remarkable series would also make a thoughtful holiday gift for the book-lover in your life.
Visit the website
for dates and more information about the authors, and to purchase your tickets.
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Alllllll Aboard! The Train Man Returns for Year 20
It was 20 years ago this month that
Michael “The Train Man” Lavrich
started sharing his model trains with delighted children—and adults—at the Downtown Bend Library. Now, two decades later, his annual display of model trains is a highly anticipated holiday tradition for countless families in Central Oregon. We're grateful for his return this year! All ages are invited to watch and listen as the trains run.
Visit our website here
for dates and times.
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Staff Picks: The Best of 2019
2019 was a great year for reading! Library customers read or listened to 1,604,921 books during our last fiscal year, and our staff read right along with you. We asked staff about some of
their favorites of the year
and are excited to share their picks with you. From fiction to non-fiction, cookbooks to history books, and sci-fi to essay collections, there's
something here for everyone
and for every
way
you read, whether you're listening on the go or cozied up by a warm fire.
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Thank You Oregon Cultural Trust
All of the A Novel Idea programs and events are free thanks to
generous donations
from individuals and organizations to the Deschutes Public Library Foundation. The Oregon Cultural Trust granted more than $11,000 to the Foundation for A Novel Idea 2020, and now, if you donate before December 31 to the Foundation
and
make a matching gift to the Oregon Cultural Trust, you can qualify for a state tax credit of up to $500 for individuals, $1,000 for a couple filing jointly, or $2,500 for a class-C corporation.
Learn more here
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We're Hiring: Public Services Specialists
Deschutes Public Library has openings for three Public Services Specialists, two at the Redmond Library and one at the Downtown Bend Library. Our wonderful Public Services Specialists provide a high level of direct customer service to all customers who use the Library and its buildings, services, resources, and programs. To learn more about these jobs and their requirements, and to apply online, visit
the Employment page
on our website.
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We've had another great year with you, our amazing customers. Our libraries were visited by more than 800,000 people and you checked out, downloaded, or streamed more than 2,000,000 items. Here's to more great reading, watching, listening, and learning in 2020!
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Deschutes Public Library extends a huge THANK YOU to the Friends of the Bend Libraries. During our A Novel Idea Unveiling event they presented the Deschutes Public Library Foundation with an incredibly generous $100,000 gift! Their donation will go toward future library spaces and services needed to meet the evolving demands of our growing communities. And as a wonderful bonus, they are donating another $15,000. Thank you so much, Friends, for your support.
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LEGO Block Party
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12/18
(E.Bend);
1/11
(Redmond)
Winter Wonderland
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1/2
(D.Bend)
Sneaky Snow Catcher: Family Breakout Room
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1/11
(Redmond)
Storytime at Buckingham Elementary
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1/14
Gingerbread Construction
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12/18
(Redmond)
Paper Lanterns
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1/4
(E.Bend)
Kerbal Space Program
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1/8
(Redmond)
Abogado en la Biblioteca
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miercoles
(D.Bend)
Diviértete con Libros
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1/6
, (Redmond);
1/7
(E.Bend);
1/8
(Sisters);
1/9
(D.Bend)
Cultura y Lectura
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1/9
(D.Bend)
Downtown Bend
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Of Wolves and Men
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1/9
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East Bend
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Arctic Dreams
(
1/21
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La Pine
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Winter Count
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1/16
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Redmond
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Arctic Dreams
(
1/9
);
Then She Was Gone
(
1/27
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Sisters
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Arctic Dreams
(
1/9
);
Arctic Dreams
(
1/22
)
Sunriver
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Of Wolves and Men
(
1/8
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Bend Cello Collective
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12/18
(Sunriver)
Downtown Bend Sewing Study
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12/18
(D.Bend)
Intro to Craigslist
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12/20
(Redmond)
Open Hub Singing Club
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12/21
(Redmond);
1/11
(La Pine)
Bend Senior High Dynamics
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12/21
(E.Bend);
12/22
(D.Bend)
Sisters Bell Choir & Renaissance Sisters Consort
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12/21
(Sisters)
Adult Coloring Fun
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12/21
(E.Bend);
12/28
(Redmond)
Ringing in the New Year Escape Room
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1/2
(E.Bend);
1/8
(Redmond)
'20s: The Pivotal Decades
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1/5
(D.Bend);
1/6
(Redmond)
SCORE Small Business Counseling
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1/7
(D.Bend)
Cosmic Conversations: Meteorites
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1/8
(D.Bend)
eBook Downloads at Fika Sisters Coffee House
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1/8
(Sisters)
How to Hack a Budget
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1/9
(E.Bend)
Introduction to Finding Grants
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1/9
(D.Bend)
Discovery Lab: Weaving
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1/11
(La Pine)
Android Basics
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1/11
(Sunriver)
Wordsmith Wednesdays
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1/8
(The Commons)
Karen Thompson Walker Fiction Workshop
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1/12
(D.Bend)
Karen Thompson Walker Reading
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1/12
(D.Bend)
Writer in Residence: Office Hours with Karen Thompson Walker
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1/13
(D.Bend)
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Library Locations & Hours
You'll find us at six locations in Deschutes County;
click here
for locations and hours.
Please note all libraries are closed on December 24 and 25.
All digital resources
(such as eBooks, downloadable audio books, streaming movies and music, etc.) are available anytime, from anywhere you happen to be with an internet connection.
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