On March 17, 2008 at Java City in Helm Library, Shadowdancer entertained the faculty and students with songs from their latest CD “Tradition with a Twist.” The band consists one of our own, Jack Montgomery and WKU faculty members.
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Band Celebrated St. Patrick’s Day at Java City
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Kentucky Live! “Derby Legends and Other ‘Truths'”
Ronnie Dreistadt, Outreach Educator at the Kentucky Derby Museum, presented “Derby Legends and Other ‘Truths'” at Barnes & Noble on Thursday March 6th. He covered 134 years of Derby history through stories and legends.
Some of the horses and people he mentioned include Aristides, winner of the first Derby; Outlaw Frank James, one of the first “celebrities” to attend the race; Sir Barton, the first Triple Crown winner; and Secretariat, which still holds the record for the fastest running horse in the history of Derby.
This program is part of the “Kentucky Live!†series organized by the WKU Libraries.
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Author Marcia Thornton Jones Visited Bowling Green Schools
Author Marcia Thornton Jones visited schools in Bowling Green March 6 and 7. Her Champ is selected for this year’s “On the Same Page.” Champ is a book about a boy and a dog who set out to prove to the boy’s father and the whole town that there is more than one way to be a winner. In the story, Riley is awful at sports and wants to quit. Champ is the three-legged dog that learns to perform as a show dog. Both learn that giving up is not an option.
Marcia Thornton Jones is the author of more than 120 books including the well-known Bailey School Kids series. She is a former elementary school teacher and lives in Lexington, Kentucky with her husband and two cats.
On the Same Page is the community wide reading project for younger children. It’s a partnership project of WKU Libraries, Bowling Green Public Library, and Barnes and Noble Booksellers.
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US Bank “Celebration of the Arts” Exhibition
Five hundred art lovers turned out on Saturday, March 1 for the opening of the 2008 US Bank “Celebration of the Arts†Open Art Exhibition. The show featured nearly 400 works submitted by two hundred area artists. Juror Joseph H. Molinaro, Ceramics chair at Eastern Kentucky University, awarded prizes in seven categories – painting, watercolor works on paper, ceramics, photography, fiber arts and sculpture – to entrants in the professional and amateur divisions.
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One Book Author Man Martin in Bowling Green
On February 28, 2008, Man Martin, author of Days of Endless Corvette, came to Bowling Green to discuss his book, which is the 2008 “One Book” selection. He spoke and signed his book at the Corvette Museum, WKU’s Helm Library, and Bowling Green Public Library.
This is the fifth annual One Campus- One Community- One Book event sponsored by the Southern Kentucky Book Fest partners. The project is designed to cultivate reading and discussion by bringing the entire WKU campus and the Bowling Green community together around one book.
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Tommy Womack Performed at Java City in Helm Library
Tommy Womack, a WKU alumni and a songwriter, author, and “creator of taut sensual tension,” came to WKU and performed at the Java City in Helm Library at noon on February 19, 2008. Tommy was awarded Best of 2007 honor for “There I Said It!”
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Evelyn Thurman Award to Author Albert A. Bell, Jr.
The Evelyn Thurman Young Readers Book Award was given to Albert A. Bell, Jr., author of “The Secret of the Lonely Grave,” on February 16 in Kentucky Building.
Apart from the award committee members Sean Kinder, Deana Groves, and Tracy Harkins, the Dean of the Libraries and the department heads were also present at the luncheon. Professor Julia Roberts, Director of the Center for Gifted Studies and Everlyn Thurman’s relatives and friends were among the attendees.
The Award is given to honor the memory of former WKU librarian, Evelyn Thurman, who made significant contributions to children’s librarianship and literacy during her 25 years of service. The biography will help you learn more about Evelyn and her contributions.
Photo album of the event on Flickr.
Audio of the event on UL Podcast.
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Kentucky Live!: Healing Kentucky
In support of her recent book, Nancy Baird, Kentucky History Specialist at the Kentucky Library and Museum, presented “Healing Kentucky†on February 14 at Barnes & Noble. This program is part of the “Kentucky Live!†series of programs organized by the WKU Libraries.
Healing Kentucky looked at 200 years of progress in medicine and health care in the Commonwealth–from Ephraim McDowell, who performed abdominal surgery on his kitchen table, to a couple of University of Louisville surgeons, who transplanted an artificial heart into the chest of a Logan County man.
Photo album on Flickr.
Podcast of the presentation..
Video clip on YouTube.
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The Writer-in-Residence Series
Presented by Diana McQuady, the 2007-2008 Western Kentucky University Libraries’ Writer-in-Residence, this workshop was designed to set potential writers on the journey of finding their writing voice, getting words on paper, and moving forward from there. This session was presented on WKU’s Glasgow Campus on Thursday, February 7 and at Bowling Green Community College (WKU’s South Campus) on Thursday, February 14.
Diana has been co-chair of the Southern Kentucky Book Fest’s annual Kentucky Writers Conference for the past five years. Her writing has appeared in various newspapers, newsletters, and anthologies and has been recognized with awards from such sources as the Writer’s Digest Annual Competition and the Tennessee Writers Alliance Short Fiction Award. She recently received artist grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women and the Kentucky Arts Council. When not at a WKU basketball game, Diana is at work on her third novel. A native Kentuckian, she divides her time between Bowling Green and Nashville.
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Nashville Folk Duet Performed at Java City
At noon on February 12, Nashville Folk Duet Amber Rose and Dana Hester performed at Java City in Helm Library, WKU. Their style of music is influenced by Martina McBride, Carrie Underwood, Christina Aguilera, and LeAnn Rimes. Learn more about Amber and Dana at: www.myspace.com/ambercountryrose
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