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The Capstans
liven winter with sea chanteys & seasonal music at local libraries - Belfair
- December 3 & Shelton - December 10
Olympia library hosts
“Sweet Wishes Fairies” art workshop with Ruby Re-Usable - December 3
NY Times bestselling
author J. A. Jance to talk & sign hot-off-the-press thriller, “Trial by Fire” at
Lacey library - December 2
New Director Joins
Library Foundation
Learn about Hispanic history in Washington
State - Olympia - November 16
Forest scientist Nalini
Nadkarni presents Between Earth and Sky: Our Intimate Connections with Trees -
Lacey - November 14
Washington’s Chief UFO
Investigator to speak - Westport - November 14
Modern pilgrim describes” Walking the
Camino in an Age of Anxiety” - Olympia - November 9
Your
handwriting: Find out what it says about you - Lacey - October 31
You have 1
(one) month to write that novel — Find out how at library’s “Nanowrimo 101”
- Centralia - October 28
Stranger, Guest,
Family: Travels in Bosnia - Lacey - October 22;
Tumwater - October 24; Raymond - October 27
Library organizes
Olympia’s first SciFiFest - October 24
Genealogy open
house unveils family history resources - Olympia - October 23
Investigator shares the story of June Crain
& UFOs - Ilwaco - October 17
Wolf educators to
talk at libraries for Wolf-Awareness Week, October 18-24 - Olympia, Tumwater and
Lacey
Meet Brandon Mull,
author of “Fablehaven” …a successor to Harry Potter? - Olympia - October 14
Meet Eleanor
Roosevelt: “No Ordinary Woman” at Randle library performance - October 14
Tumwater library to
throw release parties for… “Diary of a Wimpy Kid, IV” - October 12-17
Shelton library closed Oct. 12 for
carpet cleaning
Retiring library director Jodi Reng
to be honored at public open house - Administrative Service Center - Tumwater -
October 18
NDP Comics artists to teach free manga
drawing class to teens - McCleary - October 10
Lacey Timberland Library’s new “Bibliotopia”
- a kind of paradise for book lovers - October 10
A dog, a town and “Sally’s” help
bring homeless man new life - "Breakfast at Sally's" author Richard LeMieux to
talk at North Mason Timberland Library - October 7
Selden Edwards, Author of “The Little
Book” to talk at Olympia library - October 2
Author chronicles rediscovery of the
Olympia oyster in talk at Olympia library - September 28
Hispanic Heritage Month
celebration Saturday, Shelton’s library to host - September 26
Visit with author and “working girl”
Karen Burns - Olympia - September 25
Visit with author Jim Lynch at Shelton
library on Saturday, September 19
Inspiring book is choice for libraries’
5th annual program - Read Greg Mortenson’s “Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission
to Promote Peace... One School at a Time”
Children’s book author and poet Janice
Clark to speak at Oakville library - September 17
“John Quincy Adams: An American
Citizen”
Historian gives first-person performance at Mt. View library - September 16
Shelton Timberland Library announces new series of “Doing More with Less”
- September 15, October 13 & October 20
After-hours at the Olympia Timberland
Library:
Visit with author & poet Lucia Perillo - September 11
Storyteller, Rebecca Hom, captivates withTales of Peace, justice and humor from the Islamic World - Aberdeen - September
11
Stranger, Guest, Family: Bosnian travels & tales:
Storyteller, Rebecca Hom, captivates with tales of
peace, justice and humor from the Islamic world
- Montesano - September 12
WW II Royal Air Force member to speak at Westport library -
September 3
Tenino library launches “Computer Comfort” classes Sept. 2 for
adult beginners
Teen Sleepover @ the library! -
Tuwmater - August 20
Music
is life to Oakville singer and songwriter, Lydia Anderson - Oakville - August 18
Twin
cities libraries’ pet show is Tuesday - Centralia - August 4
TRL’s Executive Director Jodi Reng Announces Retirement
Shelton Timberland Library hosts
free outdoor concerts in August
All action, no talk:
Vaudevillian mime Mikael Rudolph to perform at Olympia library - July 31
“Mystery Night
at the Library” launches weeklong celebration of Raymond library’s 80th year -
July 25
Create a zine at
Olympia library’s “24 Hour Zine Thing” - July 23
Author
talk and book discussion at Elma library: Marina Kuran’s “Under the 'Ulu Tree” -
July 21
Updated - 7/14/09 - NAKeD PUPPeTS
performs “SUDDeN ORPHeUS” after hours - Olympia - July 17
Renowned artist Simon
Kogan presents public program - Olympia - July 10
TRL
provides promising 2010 budget forecast, approves plan to reduce materials
budget
Naselle Timberland
Library to host annual community potluck - June 23
Elma Timberland
Library celebrates 15 years in current building - June 27
Doing More with
Less: Shelton library to offer second series of budget-wise programs - June 25 &
July 14
“The Eternal
Smile”—Meet the graphic novelists - Olympia Timberland Library - June 12
TRL Board
of Trustees actions result in balanced 2009 budget - Overdue fines and charges
for printing to be introduced
Be Creative and Express
Yourself @ your library this summer
“Seattle Noir”—an evening with the editor and authors - Olympia - June 5
The Olympia
Living Library: Don’t judge a book by its cover - Olympia - May 30
Artist and Author Isa Kitty Mady to speak at
Aberdeen Timberland Library - May 23
Explorer overcomes adversity to cross Gobi
Desert - Lacey - May 16
Hundred Mile Vacations: Budget
Travel for the Thrifty Consumer - Tumwater - May 16
Scams targeted at seniors—protect
yourself! - Belfair - May 19
TRL Board of Trustees
acts on plan to reduce budget shortfall
Saddle up for an
evening of Cowboy Poetry and Songs - Shelton - May 14
Public Grand
Opening to celebrate - Ilwaco Community Building renovation - Ilwaco - May 2
Know what’s in Your
Food — Grow it Yourself! - Elma - May 5
Musica
Tradicional Apasionante: Mexican Music Live! - Westport - May 2
Winlock
Library helps locals during tough economic times
Gregg Olsen talks
about his book "Starvation Heights" - Shelton - April 30
Annual Silver Tea
at Tenino Library - April 21
First Annual
Olympia Book & Author Fair at Olympia Library - April 17-18
UFO
investigator lectures & shows visuals at Shelton Library - April 16
Harvest Moon brings
Coastal Salish “Wisdom, Weaving, Songs, and Legends” to Yelm Timberland Library
- April 16
Auer & McKennon discuss
their children’s books at library event - Aberdeen - April 11
Native
bees & pollination: What's the buzz? - Shelton - April 7
Scams and ID theft: Protect yourself
- McCleary Library hosts AG’s office lectures - March 26 and April 2
Visit with Molly Wizenberg, food
writer and author of “A Homemade Life” - Olympia - March 27
Matt Harding, occupation: bad
dancer and world traveler, to speak at Tumwater library March 21
Lacey library to host concert “Dances
from the Americas for Flute and Guitar” - March 21
Ilwaco Timberland Library moving
back to community building - April 6
Join Washington’s first Poet
Laureate, Sam Green, for evening of poetry at Raymond library - March 19
Take tea with “uppity Washington
women” at Shelton library for Women’s History Month - March 19
Tenino Timberland Library
celebrates Pi Day (and pie) - March 14
Stretch your dollars: Learn ways
at Shelton library series - March 10, March 24 & April 21
TRL to seek public
input on budget cuts - Town Meetings - March 9 - March 26
Visit with Local
artist Nikki McClure - McClure to read and sign new book, “All in a Day,” at
Olympia library - March 21
Helen Thayer, first
woman to walk solo to the magnetic North Pole, to speak at Belfair library
event, March 12
Visit with Mountain
Gorilla researcher & author Dr. Thor Hanson at Olympia library - March 4
Loud at the Library:
BloodHag plays Aberdeen - February 21
Loud at the Library:
BloodHag plays Tumwater - February 20
Hoquiam library to begin “Conversation
Cafés” February 9
Saturday: Local
authors discuss romance genre at Tumwater library - February 7
TRL to begin
determining next steps after failed levy measure
“The Curt Show” offers laughs and
amazement to Raymond library visitors - February 5
World Religion Day talk to be held
at Winlock Timberland Library - January 29
Author Garth Stein to speak at Olympia
Timberland Library - January 13
About Your Money - Timberland Regional Library announces grant-funded, free self-paced investment course
Libraries’ annual adult winter
reading program chases chills - January 2 - March 14
Judaic scholar Danny Kadden
to lead Olympia library’s series of book discussions: “Modern Marvels: Jewish
Adventures in the Graphic Novel” - January 10 - March 7
Rainy winter Fridays herald
warm library programs at the Aberdeen Library - January 9 - February 27
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