We can’t reveal all the elements of our escape room before the program starts, but here’s a sneak peek at our “Escape from Frankenstein’s Lab!” on Tuesday, October 9. There are six half-hour sessions to choose from between 1-4 PM that day. Tweens and teens in grades 4-12 are welcome to register for the session [...]
Although it's only loosely tied to our Frankenstein-related programs, we hope you'll join us for our Spooky Puppet Show on Tuesday, October 2 at 2 PM! It’s the perfect amount of slightly scary without being too overwhelming for preschoolers. We’re going to kick things off with an adaptation of I Will Surprise My Friend! by [...]
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Indiana Humanities group has created the One State/One Story: Frankenstein initiative to encourage Hoosiers to celebrate the birthday of one of our favorite monsters by reading the book and attending many Frankenstein-related events. The Floyd County Library will be hosting [...]
The Carnegie Center for Art and History recently accessioned—or added to the permanent collection—A Steamboat Race on the Mississippi, a painting by well-known New Albany artist Ferdinand Graham Walker. (Fig. 1) The gift came from Bruce Webster of Columbia, Maryland. How, and why, does a painting in Columbia, Maryland find its way to the Carnegie [...]
Photo courtesy of growinglittleleaves.com. Join us on Monday, September 24, 2018 for What Is Genealogy?, an introductory family history program for kids! It is geared towards children in second to fourth grades. Registration is required. Click here to register! This program is located in the Strassweg Auditorium from 5:00 to 5:45 pm. Participants will [...]
This year, I was the juror for the 2018 Bluegrass Biennial which was held at the Golding-Yang Gallery at Morehead State University. The Biennial serves an important need that allows artists from across Kentucky an opportunity to share their work alongside their peers from across the state. It also provides a great opportunity for audiences [...]
A Gathering of Secrets by Linda Castillo (2018; 308 pages). Also available on audiobook CD. Series: Kate Burkholder #10 I read this series and have loved it from the beginning. The setting is in a fictional town called Painters Mill, which is in Ohio, but it is definitely based on real towns in this area. [...]
Did you know these Pooh facts? Pooh's First Appearance: Winnie the Pooh’s first appearance was not in A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh (1926; 161 pages), he actually appeared in a poem collection by Milne two years earlier entitled When We Were Very Young (1924; 100 pages), which featured many poems about Milne’s son Christopher Robin [...]
Join us in September for Beginning Genealogy! We will have classes every Wednesday in September from 4:30-6:30 pm in the Indiana History Room. Due to limited seating, registration is required. Click here to register! Courses will cover the following: Wednesday, September 5th - Getting Started – You will learn what forms are used for genealogy [...]
Quilting has come a long way from its origin culcita, Latin for “a stuffed sack.” In early American colonization, the use of fabric was strictly functional and efficient – the female heads-of-houses stitched a variety of materials due to money problems or limited textile options. Fabrics became more accessible and feasible during the late 1700S [...]
