|
Author! Author! Full Line-up Announced
|
The Deschutes Public Library Foundation is pleased to announce the full line-up for Author! Author! 2020.
This season the popular literary series makes the move to focus on three bestselling authors, with all three presenting at the Bend High School Auditorium in the first three months of 2020:
- Barry Lopez | January 23
- Susan Orlean | February 19
- Michael Pollan | March 4
Learn more about the authors and the full series here. Season tickets are on sale starting October 1 on the Foundation's website. Individual tickets are on sale October 22. The Author! Author! literary series is a fundraiser for the Public Library Foundation, which supports library programs and services that are not paid for with tax dollars.
|
|
Telling Your Story though the Taiko Drum
|
Taiko (Japanese drumming) is an energetic fusion of sound, movement, and spirit, and has been a loud and proud voice used to help express stories of identity and cultural heritage. Join a workshop that intersperses history with taiko demonstrations and dynamic hands-on participation. Through a rhythmic journey, we will also share stories through body and rhythm exercises to discover your unique identity story through the empowering beats of taiko. These sessions are free, but space is limited and registration is required. Learn more and register using the links included below:
- Redmond Library | October 3 | noon-2:00pm
- Downtown Bend Library | October 3 | 6:00-8:30pm
|
|
Select Programs Now Streaming Live
|
Our largest room space holds 80 people, which means there are times when programs fill up before everyone can get in. This month we ran some successful live-streaming tests and are happy to expand our live-streaming offerings this fall, making many of our library programs accessible to customers who can't get in due to space issues or who couldn't make it to the library. Look for the Facebook Live icon in our Events guide and online calendar to see which programs and lectures will be live-streamed via Facebook. The videos are archived after the event is over, so if you miss the live-stream you can always find the video later by clicking on Video in the left-hand column of our Facebook page.
|
|
New After-school Labs for Teens & Tweens
|
Teens and tweens, join us every week this fall for Teen Lab at the Downtown Bend Library.
Games, DIY projects, writing--there's something different each week! These hour-long labs are open to all middle and high school students. Our Tinker Cart with assorted supplies will always be available in addition to the week's planned activity. Coming up in October:
- May the Best Apple Win (10/9)
- Build with Strawbees & Keva Planks (10/23)
|
|
This October is Full of Shivers!
|
Thrills and chills are headed this way as we delve into everything horror in October at Deschutes Public Library. Hear tales of gruesome murders and ghostly hauntings right here in Oregon. Get goosebumps with free sneak-peek performances of The Evil Dead and The Canterville Ghost by local thespians. This month-long dive into all things horror wraps up with a professional storyteller spinning spooky tales and an exploration of Edgar Allan Poe's last days. All programs are free and open to the public. Find the full listing of programs, dates, and locations
online here.
|
|
Hear from Award-winning Author Kim Fu
|
Join us in October to hear and learn from award-winning author Kim Fu, who the New York Times calls a "
propulsive storyteller, [who uses] clear and cutting prose to move seamlessly through time."
Fu leads a workshop on the character-first model of writing on October 5 at the Downtown Bend Library, and follows that up later in the afternoon with a reading and discussion of her book The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore. Both programs are free, but space is limited for the workshop and registration is required; register online here. No registration is required for the reading and discussion. Fu's writing has appeared in Granta, the Atlantic, Hazlitt, and the Times Literary Supplement.
|
|
Work with Us! We Have Two Open Positions
|
Deschutes Public Library is hiring a Youth Services Manager as well as a Human Resources Generalist to serve the library district. The Youth Services Manager plans, coordinates, and manages library services and creative programming for Deschutes Public Library and its youth communities age 0-17 as well as all ages of our Latinx communities. The Human Resources Generalist Provides professional support in a broad range of human resources issues and detailed administrative processes including HRIS development and administration, data analysis and reporting, position maintenance and administration, and PERS administration. Find more info about both positions and apply online here.
|
|
Library Locations & Hours
|
You'll find us at six locations in Deschutes County;
click here
for locations and hours. All digital resources (such as eBooks, downloadable audio books, streaming movies and music, databases, etc.) are available anytime, from anywhere you happen to be with an internet connection.
|
|
|
Pick up your copy of the new October/November Events guide at your library, or
download here beginning October 1.
|
 |
A History of Anarchy
-
9/25
(D.Bend)
History Pub Encore: Robert Sawyer, Conservation & the Making of Central Oregon -
9/25 (E.Bend)
See Vaux's Swifts: Bend's Best Aerial Acrobats -
9/26 (D.Bend)
Beyond Block-Based Coding with Pencil Code -
9/26 (Redmond)
Foraging in the Fall: Central OR Mushrooms -
9/27 (La Pine)
What Democracy Is (and Isn't ) -
9/27 (D.Bend)
Adult Coloring Club -
9/28 (Redmond)
Music in Public Places: Central Oregon Symphony Musicians
-
9/28
(Redmond)
Aviation Day -
9/29 (County Fairgrounds)
China's Happy Ice-Snow Dream -
9/30 (D.Bend)
Intro to Windows 10 -
10/1 (D.Bend)
Cosmic Conversations: Jupiter Explorations -
10/2 (D.Bend)
Foraging in the Fall: C.O. Mushrooms -
10/2 (E.Bend)
Haunted High Escape Room -
10/3 (E.Bend)
Intro to Facebook -
10/4 (Redmond)
Star Party -
10/7 (Wild Ride)
Intro to File Management -
10/8 (D.Bend)
Oregon Ghost Stories -
10/10 (D.Bend);
10/11 (Sisters)
Android Basics -
10/11 (Redmond)
Origins & Cultural Significance of Vampires -
10/12 (E.Bend)
Oregon Hub Singing Club -
10/12 (La Pine)
Evil Dead: The Musical Sneak Peek -
10/12 (Redmond);
10/13 (D.Bend)
Murder as History -
10/14 (D.Bend and Redmond)
Intro to the Cloud -
10/15 (D.Bend)
SCORE Workshop: Choosing a Business Structure -
10/16 (D.Bend)
Downtown Bend Sewing Study -
10/16 (D.Bend)
The Allure of Terror -
10/16 (E.Bend)
|
The Autobiographical Eye w/ Beth Alvarado
-
9/28
(E.Bend)
Workshop: From Character to Story
-
10/5
(D.Bend)
Author Kim Fu Reads - 10/5 (D.Bend0
How to Get Paid for Writing From Home - 10/8 (D.Bend)
Wordsmith Wednesdays - 10/9 (The Commons)
|
DIY Squishies
-
9/25
(La Pine), 10/5 (E.Bend)
Taco Earbud Holders - 9/25 (Redmond)
Kerbal Space Program Lab - 10/9 (Redmond)
Pumpkin Palooza - 10/16 (La Pine)
|
Science Storytime - 10/4 (Redmond)
LEGO Block Party - 10/12 (Redmond)
Autumn Palooza - 10/12 (Redmond)
|
Abogado en la Biblioteca
- miércoles
(D.Bend)
Leer Crear Jugar - 10/8 (Redmond); 10/9 (D.Bend)
|
Downtown Bend: "When the English Fall" (10/10)
East Bend: "She Would Be King" (10/15)
La Pine: "The Lost Girls of Paris" (10/17)
Redmond: Read What You Want Book Club (10/8); "French Exit" (10/10); "Transcription" (10/28)
Sisters: "This House of Sky" (10/10); "The Wife" (10/23)
Sunriver: "Washington Black" (10/9)
|
|
|
|
