Posts by Callie C
The Elsenpeter Marionettes present Tom Sawyer
A marionette is a puppet that is moved by pulling wires or strings. It is a small-scale, usually wooden, figure with jointed limbs. Marionettes are operated with the puppeteer hidden or revealed to an audience by using a vertical or horizontal control bar in different forms of theatres or entertainment venues. They have also been used in films and…
Read MoreMan Booker Prize 2017
The Man Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over four decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in…
Read MoreImpact Survey
If you have used the Miami Public Library’s computers, our wifi, our website, or any of the electronic resources that we offer such as OverDrive, RBDigital, Lynda.com, etc., take our survey and register for prizes! Beginning Sept. 18th and running through Oct. 13th, the library will be conducting the Impact Survey, a survey to better…
Read MoreHealth Literacy Grant
Miami Public Library receives Health Literacy Grant The library recently received a $9,000 Health Literacy grant. The funds, provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Oklahoma Department of Libraries (ODL), will be used to provide health education through such events as diabetes classes, yoga classes, and some healthy cooking demonstrations. It…
Read MoreNew Books 10/16/17
Political books seem to be published in groups as this week’s list demonstrates. If you don’t like the opinions expressed in the group on this list, be assured there will be other groups of political books expressing a wide variety of opinions – something for which anyone can find disagreement. You may prefer not to…
Read MoreNew Books 10/9/17
Libraries transform lives in many ways. Several of this week’s new books can make your life better! Whether you need to overcome perfectionism, better understand your personality type, strengthen your spiritual life, or find a new job, it’s only a book away (if you apply what you read!) The Blind by A. F. Brady As…
Read MoreClassical Guitarist to Perform at the Library
Classical guitarist, Peter Fletcher, will be performing at the Miami Public Library on Thursday, October 12, at 6:30 p.m. Fletcher, who plays to packed houses at Carnegie Hall, has performed at the library several times and has always provided a stellar program. This is an exciting addition to the 66 Cultural District programming for 2017.…
Read MoreNew Books 10/2/17
If you are a fan of sci-fi, this list is for you! A post-apocalyptic thriller, a war on the moon, waking up in a cloning vat with no idea how it happened, and a scientist-turned-drug pirate whose plans to bring cheap medicine to the poor backfires are all a part of the line up of…
Read MoreLiteracy Grant Award
Literacy Grant Supports the Miami Public Library Adult Literacy Program The Oklahoma Department of Libraries announced that a $7,880 grant was awarded to the Miami Public Library Adult Literacy Program to support local adult literacy efforts. The check was officially presented to the program by Representative Ben Loring, who commended the literacy program for its…
Read MoreNew Books 9/25/17
Truth can be stranger than fiction, or at least as fascinating, as two of this week’s selections prove. Love and other consolation prizes is inspired by a true story of a baby who was raffled off at Seattle’s epic 1909 World’s Fair. The Unquiet Grave is based on the bizzare 1897 case of the Greenbrier…
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