Jennifer Lauck: Found: A Memoir

Carson City Library
at the
Business Resource Innovation Center
108 E Proctor Street
Carson City

postponed to 2012

Due to the Reno fire, Jennifer Lauck's reading with the Carson City Library has been postponed to 2012. Watch the Library's website and the CCAI blog for the rescheduled date.

In recognition of National Adoption Month, Carson City Library will host author Jennifer Lauck on Friday, November 18, 6pm, at the Business Resource Innovation Center [BRIC], 108 East Proctor Street, Carson City.

Jennifer Lauck is the New York Times bestselling author of Blackbird, now translated into 22 languages and published in 29 countries. Lauck has also written Still Waters, Show Me the Way, and Found, released earlier this year and considered the true sequel to Blackbird. Her personal journey began in Carson City and is about perseverance, courage, and the remarkable capacity of humans to transcend the worst of losses with grace. In Found, Lauck reunites with her birthmother, who lived in Reno. Lauck writes of the complex journey home to her original family and the impact her adoption has had on her life.

Lauck is an award winning investigative reporter and earned her MFA in creative writing from Pacific Lutheran University. She lives in Portland, Oregon, is the mother of two children, and runs a writing program for burgeoning memoir writers. For more information, visit www.jenniferlauck.com

The Carson City Library, “Your Knowledge and Discovery Place,” is open Monday - Thursday from 10am - 8pm, Friday and Saturday from 10am - 6pm. The Library is located at the corner of Roop and Washington Streets. For additional information, call 775.887.2244 or visit the Library online at www.carsoncitylibrary.org.

[image and text from the Library's press release]

Tracy McQuay at the Carson City Library

Capital City Arts Initiative
Books & Writers
at the
Carson City Library
900 N. Roop Street
Carson City

Tracy McQuay:
reading Friday, November 4, 7 - 8pm
writing workshop, Saturday, November 5, noon - 1pm


As part of its Books & Writers series, CCAI will present a literary reading by writer Tracy McQuay on Friday, November 4, 7pm at the Carson City Library. Tracy will also conduct a writing workshop at the Library on Saturday, November 5 from 11am – noon. Both events are free and open to the public.

Tracy McQuay teaches first grade at Mark Twain Elementary School in Carson City where, for the past seven years, she developed and facilitated an after-school poetry program for the school's students. Her current work received a 2011 Artists Fellowship Honorable Mention from the Nevada Arts Council. She is a recent graduate of Lesley University where she earned a MA in Integrating Arts into Education. Her writing has appeared in several literary journals and she published a story in "Chicken Soup for the Christmas Soul" in 2008. She is a member of Ash Canyon Poets, GCW (a women's critique group), and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.

The Carson City Library co-sponsors the Books & Writers series with CCAI.

Art in the BRIC II

Capital City Arts Initiative
Art in the BRIC II
at the
Business Resource Innovation Center
108 E Proctor Street
Carson City

Wednesday, November 2, 4:30 - 6pm

The Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI] and the Carson City Library are delighted to present Art in the BRIC II, a group exhibition of art work by northern Nevada artists and architects. A reception for the artists will be held at the Carson City’s Business Resource Innovation Center [BRIC] Wednesday, November 2, 4:30 - 6pm, 108 E Proctor Street, Carson City. The reception is free and the public is cordially invited.

Gallery visitors will find the artworks throughout the BRIC's first floor offices and conference rooms. To enable to public ample opportunity to view the artists' work, the exhibition will run through August 2012.

The artists and architects in this group show include photography by Mike Bates, ceramics by Jill Brugler, prints by Susan Kotler, all from Carson City; sculpture by Bryan Christiansen from Reno; drawings by H+K Architects of Reno; painting by Jean LeGassick and Jeff Nicholson, both from Silver City; and a printmaking/photography installation by Nancy Raven from Minden.

As part of Art in the BRIC II, the Carson City Library presents the architectural renderings for the new Carson City Knowledge + Discovery Center created by H+K Architects of Reno. Among its recent major accomplishments, the firm has created the designs for UNR's Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center and WNC's Joe Dini, Jr. Library and Student Center.

Artworks above: on left - Lost Soles by Nancy Raven; on right - Alexis by Mike Bates

Mark Chavez: Emerging Animation

Capital City Arts Initiative
Nevada Neighbors
at the
Carson City Library
900 N. Roop Street
Carson City

Wednesday, September 28, 7pm

Emerging Animation is another in CCAI's Nevada Neighbors series of stimulating public talks on contemporary art practice. Mark Chavez, an early adopter in computer animation and a leading animation industry expert, will present an overview of emerging animation technology and its artistic and cultural impact. The talk will take place at the Carson City Library Wednesday, September 28 at 7pm; a reception for the artist will precede the talk at 6:15pm. Nevada Neighbors events are free and the public is cordially invited.

Mark Chavez, a MFA graduate from UCLA in the 1980’s, has worked for more than 25 years creating cutting-edge animation techniques and live-action visual effects for many major feature films, console games, television commercials, experimental digital film making and interactive media. He is a leader in the digital animation industry, both as an artist animator and a modeler, creating photo-realistic props, sets, characters for live-action feature films and character animation fantasies for major film production studios such as DreamWorks Feature Animation and Rhythm, Hues Studios Los Angeles, Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Brothers Pictures. He has contributed to the development of large-scale projected laser animation for concert venues and pioneered emergent interactive media, motion picture graphics and motion capture for the Tokyo Broadcast System and Acclaim, Inc. In 2004, Mark was recruited to be a founding faculty member in the newly established Nanyang Technology University’s (NTU) School of Art, Design and Media (ADM) in Singapore.

For additional information, please call CCAI at 775.720.0331 or the Library at 775.887.2244.

Friends of the Library: Harvest Book Sale

Carson City Library
900 N Roop Street
Carson City

Support your Library and community: Visit the book sale!
Friday, September 23, 10am - 5pm
Saturday, September 24, 10am - 4pm

The Harvest Book Sale, one of six sales annually by Friends of the Library, provides funds for Library purchase of books, periodicals, art reproductions, technological equipment, furnishings and other equipment requested by the Library when the purchases would not be available through the budgeting process. The Friends also provide seed money for Library programs and services. The Friends services benefit all Library users and members of the community.

The Library is open to the public Monday - Thursday 10am - 8pm, Friday and Saturday 10am - 6pm. For additional information about the book sale or the Library, please call 775.887-2244.

[poster and information from the Carson City Library's website]

Max Grinnell, Travel Writer

Carson City Library
900 N. Roop Street
Carson City

Monday, August 29, 6pm

If you are interested in traveling, writing about traveling, or just learning more about the United States, come to the Carson City Library to hear Max Grinnell. He will talk about his own recent travels through the United States and give an informative and entertaining look into the history of American travel writing.

Mr. Grinnell will also sponsor a writing contest. Submit prose or poetry, 350 words or less. Prizes include Mr. Grinnell's travel books and other travel-related material.

For additional information, please call Andi Moore at 775.887.2244.

[image and text from the Library's website]

Heidi Ayarbe Reading for the Carson City Library Foundation

Carson City Library

900 N Roop

Carson City

775.887.2244

at

B’Sghetti’s

318 N Carson St, #100

Carson City

775.887.8879

A benefit produced by and for the Carson City Library Foundation

Heidi Ayarbe, Carson City native and author of Freeze Frame and Compromised, recently published Compulsion, her new young adult novel. Award-winning author Francisco X Stork of Marcelo in the Real World) stated: “Compulsion is a starkly honest, compelling read. It will grab you and plunge you into the unusual, yet strangely familiar mind of Jake Martin and you will come out different.”

The Carson City Library Foundation is hosting a reading by Carson City native Heidi Ayarbe on Wednesday, May 18, 5:30 pm B'Sghetti's. Ms. Ayarbe will read from Compulsion.

The funds raised will support the Carson City Library Foundation's Capital Campaign Fund for the new Library’s Teen Area.

Tickets: $20 each, $5 for children 10 and younger. Tickets may be purchased at the Browser's Corner bookstore at the Carson City Library or call Amber Sady, Youth Librarian at 887-2244 ext. 1012 to reserve your ticket and pick it up at will-call at B’Sghetti’s.

[text from the Foundation’s press release; images from Ayarbe website and CCAI blog]

CCAI Nevada Neighbors April 6 Cancelled

CCAI Nevada Neighbors at the Carson City Library Cancelled

Due to a family emergency, Nevada Neighbors speaker Lynne Sowder will not be able to present her talk in Carson City tomorrow, April 6. We send our very best wishes to Lynne and her family.

Nevada Neighbors will return to the Carson City Library in the fall. Please watch this space for dates and speaker information.

Artists as Change Agents: Cultural Animation in the 21st Century

Save the date: Wednesday, April 6, 7pm

Carson City Library
900 N. Roop Street
Carson City
ph. 775-887-2244

CCAI Nevada Neighbors Lecture Series at the Carson City Library
with Lynne Sowder


Nevada Neighbors, the Capital City Arts Initiative's ongoing series of illustrated public talks, will host Lynne Sowder from Atlanta Georgia. Her talk, "Artists as Change Agents: Cultural Animation in the 21st Century" will take place on Wednesday, April 6 at 7 p.m. at the Carson City Library, 900 N Roop Street, Carson City. There will be an informal reception for Ms. Sowder at 6:15 p.m. preceding her talk. The presentation and reception are free, and the public is cordially invited.

Lynne Sowder is a leading visual arts curator and national trailblazer in strategic philanthropy and cause-related marketing. Join us to hear Ms. Sowder discuss how artists can be powerful agents for change our local communities, in progressive businesses, and for social change initiatives. Her firm, Burns Sowder, creates projects that bridge art and culture, strategic philanthropy, community action, and marketing communications to reach new audiences, stimulate dialogues and innovation, and affect positive social change.

Teen Book Club: Secret of the Sirens

Carson City Library
900 N. Roop Street
Carson City

Teen Book Club and Teen Advisory Board
Friday March 25 | 3 – 5pm

Join us in a lively discussion of “Secret of the Sirens” by Julia Golding. Ask at the Youth Desk for a copy of the book. This month's discussion will be combined with the Teen Advisory Board meeting. Pizza and drinks are provided!

[Information from library website, image from Julia Golding website]

Western Folklife Center: Community Building in the West

Carson City Library
900 N Roop St
Carson City
phone: 775.887.2244

CCAI Nevada Neighbors Lecture Series
"Western Folklife Center: Community Building in the West"

Nevada Neighbors, the Capital City Arts Initiative's ongoing series of public talks, hosts Charlie Seemann, Executive Director the Western Folklife Center in Elko Nevada. His talk will take place on Thursday, March 3 at 7 p.m. at the Carson City Library, 900 North Roop Street, Carson City. There will be an informal reception for Mr. Seemann at 6:15 p.m. preceding his talk. The presentation and reception are free, and the public is cordially invited.

Join us to hear Charlie – you’re in for a treat. With pictures and music, he will describe how the Western Folklife Center works to expand our understanding of our neighbors and ourselves by celebrating the everyday traditions of people who live and work in the American West.

Preschool Storytime at the Library!

Carson City Library
900 N. Roop Street
Carson City

Preschool Storytime

Wednesday February 16
10:15am & 10:45am

Thursday, February 17
10:15 & 10:45 am

"All ages are invited to this program which is great for parents and Caregivers (no daycares, please). Stories, songs and rhymes are selected to appeal to a broad age range. This story time is approximately 20 minutes long.

Free admission: tickets are distributed at the Youth Desk on the morning of the program.

Program limit: 30 children and parents."

[Information from Library Calendar. Graphic from Google image search for 'storytime'. From the Marion, NY Public Library website.]

Preschool Storytime!

Carson City Library
900 N. Roop Street
Carson City

Wednesday January 26 | 10:15am – 10:35am: Preschool Storytime

"All ages are invited to this program which is great for parents and Caregivers (no daycares, please). Stories, songs and rhymes are selected to appeal to a broad age range. This story time is approximately 20 minutes long.

Free admission: tickets are distributed at the Youth Desk on the morning of the program.
Program limit: 30 children and parents."

[Information from Library website. Graphic from Google image search for 'preschool storytime'.]

Love on a Leash

Carson City Library
900 N. Roop Street
Carson City

Saturday January 8 | 1 – 2pm: Love on a Leash

"The specially trained Carson City Therapy Dogs will visit the Carson City Library twice a month, starting in January! The dogs are available for children of all ages to read to, pet, and visit with from 1-2 p.m. in the children's book room. After the children read to the dogs, they will receive a free book to take home!

No charge or registration required.

If you have questions, call the youth desk at (775) 887-2244 ext. 1006."

[Text from library website. Photograph of mr. dog courtesy of the CCAI Blog! Click on image to enlarge.]

The Last Dragon at the Book Club!

Carson City Library
900 N. Roop Street
Carson City

Wednesday December 22 | 10am – noon
Teen Book Club Meeting

This month's book is "The Last Dragon" by Silvana DeMari. Ask at the Youth Desk for a copy of the book. Sub sandwiches and soda provided. We are having a White Elephant Christmas Party today!

[Information from library website. Graphic from Google image search for 'Last Dragon DeMari.' Click on image to enlarge.]

CCAI AIE Artists On Display!

Carson City Library
900 N. Roop Street
Carson City

Fall 2010 AIE on Display!

CCAI's Artists In Education project is spotlighted this month in the Carson City Library entry hall display case. Featured are works by lead artists and their Carson City School District middle school students, along with action shots of students engaged in creative process, and general information on arts eduction.

Lead artists:
Dolores Archuletea-Henderson [Papel Picado]
Bryan Christiansen [Sculpture]
Ken Heitzenrader [Watercolor]

CCAI extends congratulations to the participating artists, with thanks to the Carson City Library!

The display, organized by CCAI AIE Coordinator Christel Passink, continues throughout the month of November.

[Photograph by CCAI AIE Coordinator Christel Passink. Click on image to enlarge.]

Peanutcracker at Carson City Library

Peanutcracker at Carson City Library

Saturday, November 20 | 4-5pm

Carson City Library
Auditorium
900 N. Roop Street
Carson City




"The young dancers of the Sierra Nevada Ballet will be performing excerpts from the Peanutcracker." Come sample a small morsel of this season's magical upcoming performances at the Community Center. Based on Tchaikovsky's original ballet "The Nutcracker," the shorter version-Peanutcraker-should appeal to younger audiences, and features narration.

All ages welcome to this free library event.

[Text and information from Carson City Library website and Nevada Appeal. Graphic from Google search for 'Ballet.' Click on image to enlarge.]

Vamos a Platicar/Let's Talk at the Carson City Library

Vamos a Platicar/Let's Talk
at the Carson City Library

Wednesday, November 17 | 6-7pm





Carson City Library
900 N. Roop Street
Carson City

Everyone is welcome to come meet people and practice speaking in English or Spanish. This is a great way to learn verbal skills and gain confidence in a second language.
Free.

Todo el mundo es bienvenido a conocer gente y hablar la práctica en Inglés o Español. Este ia una gran manera de aprender las habilidades verbales y ganar confianza en un segundo idioma.
Gratis.

[Information from Carson City Library website. Graphic from Google search for 'fall.' Click on image to enlarge.]

Bi-Lingual Story Time at the Carson City Library

Bi-Lingual Story Time at the Carson City Library

Thursday, November 18 | 6 pm






Carson City Library
900 N. Roop Street
Carson City

"Listen to a story both in English and in Spanish.
Crafts and refreshments are provided after the story."
All ages welcome.
Free.

Escuchar un cuento, tanto en Inglés como en español.
Artesanía y refrescos se proporcionan después de la historia.
Todas las edades son bienvenidos.
Gratis.

[Information from Carson City Library website. Graphic from Google search for 'story time.' Click on image to enlarge.]

Library Holiday Book Sale!

[Below is the first of four posts this week highlighting the Carson City Library, one of the city's premier cultural and community resources. Congratulations and best wishes to the Library on their terrific programs!]

Carson City Library
900 N. Roop Street
Carson City

Friday, November 12 | 10 am - 5 pm
Saturday, November 13 | 10 am - 4 pm

Friends of the Library Holiday Book Sale!

Funds from the sale of books are solely for the purchase of new books, periodicals, art reproductions, technology equipment, furnishings and other equipment requested by the Library when the purchases are possible through the budgeting process.

What a great way to find some inexpensive treasures and support your local library!

[Information from Friends website. Graphic from Google image search for 'pile of books.' Click to enlarge.]