Walking up and down the hill, have you ever be curious about the log house next to the Kentucky Library and Museum?
Please join us this Saturday, April 14 9:00-10:00 a.m. for our free monthly Morning at the Museum program and step back into 1815 with open hearth cooking, spinning, candle rolling and much more!
On April 6, 2007, Libraries’ Kentucky Live! program presented Kristin Johannsen, author of Ginseng Dreams: The Secret World of America’s Most Valuable Plant at Barnes & Noble Booksellers. She talked about ginseng’s growth in America, particularly in Kentucky, and its trade with China and Asia in history and at present.
If you missed the presentation, you can listen to her lecture or subscribe to the podcast and listen on the go. At the same time, you may also view photos of the event.
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Singer/songwriter/instrumentalist Andrea Guess performed outside the Java City on March 27. Andrea is a country artist from Brownsville, Kentucky. Here’s an album of the event. Visit Andrea on My Space at www.myspace.com/andreaguess.
This is a part of the Noon-time Concert Series sponsored by University Libraries. For a full list of events visit us online at www.wku.edu/library/events/Helm_JavaCity/.
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WKU Libraries’ Faraway Places program featured Jim Flynn, retired WKU Professor of English, in Barnes & Noble on March 22, 2007. His topic was Ireland. Over seventy people from WKU and the Bowling Green community participated in the event.
If you missed it out, you may view an album of Professor Flynn’s presentation and a podcast.
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Today (March 20) at noon in the Java City, we welcomed country artist Don Thomason to the stage. Here’s a photo album of the event.
Don blends “a love for country icons like Merle Haggard, George Jones, and Buck Owens; genre-breakers like Emmylou Harris, Johnny Cash, and Willie Nelson.” See for yourself at: www.geocities.com/donetho/ or www.myspace.com/donthomasonmusic.
This is a part of the Noon-time Concert Series sponsored by University Libraries. For a full list of events, visit us online at www.wku.edu/library.
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On March 19 – 23 from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m., campers will use art and artifacts to explore various cultures, including Africa,
Japan, Mexico and Central America. The camp is designed for children first through sixth grade. The cost is $100 per week. Friends of Libraries & Museum receive a 10% discount. Activities include fabric-dyeing, mask making, beading, and weaving.
For additional information contact Christy Spurlock or Lynne Ferguson or call 745-2594.
Kentucky Live Double Featured with State Forensic Anthropologist Emily Craig Thursday, March 8, 2007 in Mass Media & Technology Hall Auditorium and Barnes & Noble Book Sellers.
This event is sponsored by University Libraries. For a complete list of upcoming events visit www.wku.edu/library. To learn more about Emily Craig visit www.emilycraig.com.
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We had alternate country singer/songwriter Lee Harvey in our Java City at the Helm Library today. Hear Lee’s music at www.myspace.com/leeharvey.
This event is part of the Noon Time Concert Series sponsored by University Libraries. For a complete list of events visit www.wku.edu/library.
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Kim Edwards visited Bowling Green to discuss and sign her book. Readers had already met her on March 1, 2007 at Western Kentucky University’s Helm Library and Bowling Green Public Library.
You’ll still have a chance to meet her and let her sign your books on March 2, 2007 at Barnes and Noble at 10:00 a.m.
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On the evening of February 22, 2007, Diana McQuay, Assistant Community Outreach Director of Western Kentucky University Libraries, led the One Book discussion at the Bowling Green Public Library. A photo album of the event is available.
This is the fourth One Book event sponsored by the Southern Kentucky Book Fest partners. The book selected for reading is The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kentucky author Kim Edwards.
Kim Edwards will visit Bowling Green to discuss and sign her book in March. Meet her on
March 1, 2007
Western Kentucky University’s Helm Library, Room 100 — 2:00 p.m.
Bowling Green Public Library — 6:00 p.m.
March 2, 2007
Barnes and Noble at 10:00 a.m.
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