RSVP on the sign in sheet at the Post Office, then join the town for participatory Soup Dinners on the first Friday of each month at 5:30pm. Bring a side dish or contribute an ingredient to Cashion's fabulous soups and salads when you can. The meals are funded, in part, by Healthy Communities Coalition (http://www.healthycomm.org/), and made possible by the volunteer labor of fabulous head chef Cashion Callaway, with help from Bonnie Brown, Sarah L, Kelly K, etc. and with dozens pitching in with set up, clean up, side dishes, etc.
When you're at the soup dinners, town meetings, or Ron's new T'ai Chi classes, feel free to borrow up to 10 books, periodicals, and films, and give it your best shot to get them back within 3 months.
We've gotten some terrific additions to the library collection this month, including:
Bad Sports: How Owners ARe Ruining the Games We Love, Dave Zirin, 2010
Boomsday by Christopher Buckley
The Well-Adjusted Dog by Dr. Nicholas H. Dodman
100 Amazing Science Fair Projects You Can Make Yourself
The 39 Clues: Maze of Bones by RIck Riordan (youth fiction)
Mother Nature: A History of Mothers, Infants and Natural Selection by Sarah Hrdy
The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality by the Dalai Lama
Charlie Wilson's WAr by George Crile
Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of A New China by Philip Pan
The library has a large collection of films, including Room with a View, Laurel Canyon, Husbands and Wives, Willy Wonka, etc.
The library also has current issues of Bon Appetit, Natural History, Ms, etc.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Friday, October 22, 2010
Silver City Library: Wild Books
Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.
- Virginia Woolf
- Virginia Woolf
Monday, September 20, 2010
There are Always New Titles at the Library
New At The
Silver City Volunteer Library
Thanks to Lyon County Libraries for renewing our subscriptions for: Archaeology, Mother Jones, and Ms. magazines again this year.
Thanks to Louise for the beautiful new set of animal encyclopedias for young readers.
There are so many new books at the library, including:
Burned by Ellen Hopkins; Raising Worldly Wise But Innocent Kids by David Wyrtzen; How to Behave so Your Children Will Too! By Sal Severe, Ph.D.
Art: Large new collection on art history and artists (Picasso, Escher, Goya, Gaughin, Klimt, van Gogh, O’Keeffe, Judy Chicago, Aubrey Beardsley, etc.) Thank you, Karen Kreyeski!
Poetry: Rumi, M.S. Merwin, Yeats, Rossetti, Joan Delongchamps, Robert Pinsky, etc.
Fiction: including recent best sellers of all sorts, science fiction, mysteries, and classic literature
Adult Nonfiction: cook books, gardening, science, Nevada history, archaeology, and authors such as Bob Elston, Jr. and Karen Wright, etc.
Youth Fiction: Dozens of new titles, including Twilight, Prince Caspian, Burned by Ellen Hopkins, etc.
Children’s fiction: Dozens of “I Can Read” beginning books and beautiful new picture books
Three new youth encyclopedia sets (thank you Lyon County Libraries, Louise Crawford and Washoe Libraries)
New science DVD’s
Current periodicals including: Ms, Archaeology, HHMI, Mother Jones
Borrow up to 15 books anytime you’re at an event at the Silver City School House. Please try to return them within 3 months. Thank you!
Silver City Volunteer Library
Thanks to Lyon County Libraries for renewing our subscriptions for: Archaeology, Mother Jones, and Ms. magazines again this year.
Thanks to Louise for the beautiful new set of animal encyclopedias for young readers.
There are so many new books at the library, including:
Burned by Ellen Hopkins; Raising Worldly Wise But Innocent Kids by David Wyrtzen; How to Behave so Your Children Will Too! By Sal Severe, Ph.D.
Art: Large new collection on art history and artists (Picasso, Escher, Goya, Gaughin, Klimt, van Gogh, O’Keeffe, Judy Chicago, Aubrey Beardsley, etc.) Thank you, Karen Kreyeski!
Poetry: Rumi, M.S. Merwin, Yeats, Rossetti, Joan Delongchamps, Robert Pinsky, etc.
Fiction: including recent best sellers of all sorts, science fiction, mysteries, and classic literature
Adult Nonfiction: cook books, gardening, science, Nevada history, archaeology, and authors such as Bob Elston, Jr. and Karen Wright, etc.
Youth Fiction: Dozens of new titles, including Twilight, Prince Caspian, Burned by Ellen Hopkins, etc.
Children’s fiction: Dozens of “I Can Read” beginning books and beautiful new picture books
Three new youth encyclopedia sets (thank you Lyon County Libraries, Louise Crawford and Washoe Libraries)
New science DVD’s
Current periodicals including: Ms, Archaeology, HHMI, Mother Jones
Borrow up to 15 books anytime you’re at an event at the Silver City School House. Please try to return them within 3 months. Thank you!
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Lots of New Selections at Silver City Volunteer Library
Lyon County Libraries has again donated a collection of new pot boilers and best sellers for the Silver City Volunteer Library collection, including the following titles:
Women and Money by Suze Orman
The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End by Ken Follet
The Conquest Journey by Betty McInnes
Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich
Sante Fe Dead and Loitering with Intent by Stuart Woods
The Gate House by Nelson DeMille
Stalemate by Iris Johansen
The Ever-Running Man by Marcia Muller
Beyond the Great Snow Mountains by Louis L’Amour
Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey, in addition to many other new Fantasy and Science Fiction titles
The library also received donations of reference volumes on Van Gogh and other artists from Karen Wright this week.
The library has a large collection of fantasy and science fiction, and an interesting collection of books on artists and cooking, in addition to periodicals, fiction and nonfiction for every age group.
The volunteer library is housed within the Silver City School House. Residents are invited to borrow books during town advisory board meetings and other community events. For more information about library programs, see www.silvercityreads.blogspot.com
Women and Money by Suze Orman
The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End by Ken Follet
The Conquest Journey by Betty McInnes
Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich
Sante Fe Dead and Loitering with Intent by Stuart Woods
The Gate House by Nelson DeMille
Stalemate by Iris Johansen
The Ever-Running Man by Marcia Muller
Beyond the Great Snow Mountains by Louis L’Amour
Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey, in addition to many other new Fantasy and Science Fiction titles
The library also received donations of reference volumes on Van Gogh and other artists from Karen Wright this week.
The library has a large collection of fantasy and science fiction, and an interesting collection of books on artists and cooking, in addition to periodicals, fiction and nonfiction for every age group.
The volunteer library is housed within the Silver City School House. Residents are invited to borrow books during town advisory board meetings and other community events. For more information about library programs, see www.silvercityreads.blogspot.com
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Summer Events in Silver City
Silver City Summer Events
Thank you for staying with your child during events to help chaperone
Silver City Community Garden: Renate Victor is the point of contact for participating in this community project to increase local, fresh produce and to learn more about gardening.
Photo Display of Volunteers on Silver City School House Archaeology Site: Very young children to older adults worked cheerfully side by side on this long project, many of them from Silver City, but many were also good Samaritans from the region who just wanted to help and be involved in an archaeology project.
A photo display highlighting the volunteers will be displayed at the School House through the June town advisory board meeting. Special thanks to display organizer Dr. Ron Reno and Mona Reno. The display was funded, in part, by Silver City Task Force and Healthy Communities Coalition
Chautauqua Performance of Photographer Margaret Bourke-White by Dr. Doris Dwyer: Friday, May 28 at 6:30pm, Silver City School House: Scholar Doris Dwyer will portray the famous photographer, Margaret Bourke-White. Bourke-White married novelist Erskine Caldwell in Silver City in 1939 when the couple toured Nevada. The event is free and includes light refreshments. The recommended audience is teens and adults. This program is made possible by Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and NV Energy. This program is organized and sponsored by Silver City Task Force and Volunteer Library, and funded, in party, by local used book sales and Healthy Communities Coalition. Call Quest Lakes for more information: 847-0742
Plein Air Painting Demonstration, June 25: Artist Jean Legassick has volunteered to demonstrate plein air painting in the Silver City on Friday, June 25 at 9am. En plein air is a French expression used to describe the act of painting outdoors. This event is recommended for children age 10 and up and their parents (please stay with your child during this event to help chaperone). Call Quest Lakes for more information: 847-0742.
Children’s Art Classes Using Recycled and Found Objects, Summer: Artist Heather Patterson will teach a series of free children’s art classes for ages 6 to 12 this summer in Silver City on:
Tuesday, July 6: 11am-1pm
Monday, July 12: 11am-1pm
Tuesday, July 20: 11am-1pm
Monday, July 26: 11am-1pm
Call Quest Lakes for more information: 847-0742. The classes are limited to 15 children at each class, so call soon!
Classes for Preschool and Kindergarten Teachers, Parents, Grandparents, etc.: classes will be offered during the evening this summer on early childhood education and child development. Classes will be taught by experts from Cooperative Extension, Children’s Cabinet, etc. These classes are open to any adult. Contact Quest Lakes at 847-0742 for more information.
Class One: Fun with Science is a hands on class approved by the Nevada Registry for child care providers, preschool and elementary teachers, parents and grandparents. It will be held at the Silver City School House Community Center on Thursday, June 17 at 6:30pm. Participants will take part in about 10 activities, learning how to lead science experiments that result in Baggie Ice Cream, Kool-Aid Playdough, and “flubber.” This class by Children’s Cabinet professionals is being hosted by the Silver City Task Force at the Silver City School House Community Center. If you would like to register for the class, please contact: Kayelynn Savage at The Children's Cabinet at (775) 856-0134. The class includes a $7 fee for materials. If you have questions about the location, please call Quest Lakes at 847-0742.
Class Two: Creative Arts and NV Pre-K Standards for teachers, parents, babysitters, (age 16 and up) July 15: Tina Springmeyer, Pre-K Standards Coordinator for Nevada, will teach a fun class on Creative Arts and Nevada Pre-K Standards, including 2 early childhood hours credits, on Thurs July 15 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at the Silver City School House Community Center. The class will include hands-on projects to teach preschool, kindergarten, early childhood and afterschool program teachers ideas for enhancing art, dance and music in their classrooms. Parents, grandparents and guardians are also welcome. Projects will include painting, woodworking, etc, so please dress comfortably and casually. Call Quest Lakes to register: 847-0742.
Shakespeare at Sand Harbor Followed by Picnic and Swimming: July 22 at 10amThe D.G. Menchetti Young Shakespeare Program is a collaboration between the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival and Nevada Shakespeare Company. It is presented FREE for kids and their chaperones. In 2010, we will offer one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, The Tempest. The sorcerer and one-time Duke of Milan, Prospero, and his daughter, Miranda, have been trapped on a tropical island for 12 years. Their only companions are a Monster called Caliban, son of the Witch, who used to rule the Island and Ariel, a spirit loyal and known only to Prospero. As fate would have it, those who betrayed Prospero are brought within the reaches of his powers. His enemies find themselves at the mercy of a great storm and are cast upon the Island. With Magical Spirits, Monsters and Pirates, the Young Shakespeare production of The Tempest promises to be a fun, interactive show for the entire family
Other Silver City events: first Friday soup and salad dinners funded in part by Silver City Task Force and recycling by Jack Richmond (contact chef Cashion Callaway or see post office bulletin board); Silver City Community Garden (contact Renate Victor); cooking classes (TBA); volunteer library (contact Quest Lakes); long distance learning opportunities through Lyon School District (more news coming soon).
Thank you for staying with your child during events to help chaperone
Silver City Community Garden: Renate Victor is the point of contact for participating in this community project to increase local, fresh produce and to learn more about gardening.
Photo Display of Volunteers on Silver City School House Archaeology Site: Very young children to older adults worked cheerfully side by side on this long project, many of them from Silver City, but many were also good Samaritans from the region who just wanted to help and be involved in an archaeology project.
A photo display highlighting the volunteers will be displayed at the School House through the June town advisory board meeting. Special thanks to display organizer Dr. Ron Reno and Mona Reno. The display was funded, in part, by Silver City Task Force and Healthy Communities Coalition
Chautauqua Performance of Photographer Margaret Bourke-White by Dr. Doris Dwyer: Friday, May 28 at 6:30pm, Silver City School House: Scholar Doris Dwyer will portray the famous photographer, Margaret Bourke-White. Bourke-White married novelist Erskine Caldwell in Silver City in 1939 when the couple toured Nevada. The event is free and includes light refreshments. The recommended audience is teens and adults. This program is made possible by Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and NV Energy. This program is organized and sponsored by Silver City Task Force and Volunteer Library, and funded, in party, by local used book sales and Healthy Communities Coalition. Call Quest Lakes for more information: 847-0742
Plein Air Painting Demonstration, June 25: Artist Jean Legassick has volunteered to demonstrate plein air painting in the Silver City on Friday, June 25 at 9am. En plein air is a French expression used to describe the act of painting outdoors. This event is recommended for children age 10 and up and their parents (please stay with your child during this event to help chaperone). Call Quest Lakes for more information: 847-0742.
Children’s Art Classes Using Recycled and Found Objects, Summer: Artist Heather Patterson will teach a series of free children’s art classes for ages 6 to 12 this summer in Silver City on:
Tuesday, July 6: 11am-1pm
Monday, July 12: 11am-1pm
Tuesday, July 20: 11am-1pm
Monday, July 26: 11am-1pm
Call Quest Lakes for more information: 847-0742. The classes are limited to 15 children at each class, so call soon!
Classes for Preschool and Kindergarten Teachers, Parents, Grandparents, etc.: classes will be offered during the evening this summer on early childhood education and child development. Classes will be taught by experts from Cooperative Extension, Children’s Cabinet, etc. These classes are open to any adult. Contact Quest Lakes at 847-0742 for more information.
Class One: Fun with Science is a hands on class approved by the Nevada Registry for child care providers, preschool and elementary teachers, parents and grandparents. It will be held at the Silver City School House Community Center on Thursday, June 17 at 6:30pm. Participants will take part in about 10 activities, learning how to lead science experiments that result in Baggie Ice Cream, Kool-Aid Playdough, and “flubber.” This class by Children’s Cabinet professionals is being hosted by the Silver City Task Force at the Silver City School House Community Center. If you would like to register for the class, please contact: Kayelynn Savage at The Children's Cabinet at (775) 856-0134. The class includes a $7 fee for materials. If you have questions about the location, please call Quest Lakes at 847-0742.
Class Two: Creative Arts and NV Pre-K Standards for teachers, parents, babysitters, (age 16 and up) July 15: Tina Springmeyer, Pre-K Standards Coordinator for Nevada, will teach a fun class on Creative Arts and Nevada Pre-K Standards, including 2 early childhood hours credits, on Thurs July 15 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at the Silver City School House Community Center. The class will include hands-on projects to teach preschool, kindergarten, early childhood and afterschool program teachers ideas for enhancing art, dance and music in their classrooms. Parents, grandparents and guardians are also welcome. Projects will include painting, woodworking, etc, so please dress comfortably and casually. Call Quest Lakes to register: 847-0742.
Shakespeare at Sand Harbor Followed by Picnic and Swimming: July 22 at 10amThe D.G. Menchetti Young Shakespeare Program is a collaboration between the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival and Nevada Shakespeare Company. It is presented FREE for kids and their chaperones. In 2010, we will offer one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, The Tempest. The sorcerer and one-time Duke of Milan, Prospero, and his daughter, Miranda, have been trapped on a tropical island for 12 years. Their only companions are a Monster called Caliban, son of the Witch, who used to rule the Island and Ariel, a spirit loyal and known only to Prospero. As fate would have it, those who betrayed Prospero are brought within the reaches of his powers. His enemies find themselves at the mercy of a great storm and are cast upon the Island. With Magical Spirits, Monsters and Pirates, the Young Shakespeare production of The Tempest promises to be a fun, interactive show for the entire family
Other Silver City events: first Friday soup and salad dinners funded in part by Silver City Task Force and recycling by Jack Richmond (contact chef Cashion Callaway or see post office bulletin board); Silver City Community Garden (contact Renate Victor); cooking classes (TBA); volunteer library (contact Quest Lakes); long distance learning opportunities through Lyon School District (more news coming soon).
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
May 2010 Events in Silver City, Nevada
Photo Display of Volunteers on Silver City School House Archaeology Site: Friday, May 7 at 5:30pm. Very young children to older adults worked cheerfully side by side on this long project, many of them from Silver City, but many were also good Samaritans from the region who just wanted to help and be involved in an archaeology project.
A photo display highlighting the volunteers will be displayed at the soup dinner on Friday, May 7. Please RSVP by April 30 to Quest Lakes at 847-0742 or to Cashion Callaway. There is no charge for this event. Special thanks to chefs Cashion Callaway and Bonnie Brown and display organizer Dr. Ron Reno. This event is funded, in part, by Silver City Task Force and Healthy Communities Coalition
Chautauqua Performance of Photographer Margaret Bourke-White by Dr. Doris Dwyer: Friday, May 28 at 6:30pm, Silver City School House: Scholar Doris Dwyer will portray the famous photographer, Margaret Bourke-White. Bourke-White married novelist Erskine Caldwell in Silver City in 1939 when the couple toured Nevada. The event is free and includes light refreshments. The recommended audience is teens and adults. This program is made possible by Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and NV Energy. This program is organized and sponsored by Silver City Task Force and Volunteer Library, and funded, in party, by local used book sales and Healthy Communities Coalition. Call Quest Lakes for more information: (775) 847-0742
A photo display highlighting the volunteers will be displayed at the soup dinner on Friday, May 7. Please RSVP by April 30 to Quest Lakes at 847-0742 or to Cashion Callaway. There is no charge for this event. Special thanks to chefs Cashion Callaway and Bonnie Brown and display organizer Dr. Ron Reno. This event is funded, in part, by Silver City Task Force and Healthy Communities Coalition
Chautauqua Performance of Photographer Margaret Bourke-White by Dr. Doris Dwyer: Friday, May 28 at 6:30pm, Silver City School House: Scholar Doris Dwyer will portray the famous photographer, Margaret Bourke-White. Bourke-White married novelist Erskine Caldwell in Silver City in 1939 when the couple toured Nevada. The event is free and includes light refreshments. The recommended audience is teens and adults. This program is made possible by Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and NV Energy. This program is organized and sponsored by Silver City Task Force and Volunteer Library, and funded, in party, by local used book sales and Healthy Communities Coalition. Call Quest Lakes for more information: (775) 847-0742
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Soup and Salad Dinners
Community Soup and Salad Dinners First Friday of Each Month
Don't miss the outstanding food and company once a month at the library at 5:30pm. The meals are funded, in part, by Silver City Task Force, and prepared by chef extraordinaire Cashion Callaway with assistants Bonnie Brown, Sara L. and others.
Please RSVP by signing up on the sheet at the post office. This is a participatory dinner, so everyone contributes ingredients and/or helps set up and clean up.
While you're at the dinner, you're welcome to browse the library collection and borrow books. We've recently updated most of the collection with fresh titles including a collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald and popular recent fiction such as Twilight, The Lovely Bones, Away by Amy Bloom and Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson. In children's fiction, we have Jodi Lynn Anderson's May Bird series (Warrior Princess and Among the Stars).
We also have a large collection of cook books, and reference on gardening, science, Nevada history, archaeology, and authors such as Bob Elston, Jr. and Karen Wright, etc.
We also have two new youth encyclopedia sets thanks to Lyon County Libraries and Louise Crawford and Washoe Libraries. Be sure to have a look at the growing collection of new DVD's on science topics, and the current periodicals incluing Ms, Archaeology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Bulletin, and Mother Jones.
Don't miss the outstanding food and company once a month at the library at 5:30pm. The meals are funded, in part, by Silver City Task Force, and prepared by chef extraordinaire Cashion Callaway with assistants Bonnie Brown, Sara L. and others.
Please RSVP by signing up on the sheet at the post office. This is a participatory dinner, so everyone contributes ingredients and/or helps set up and clean up.
While you're at the dinner, you're welcome to browse the library collection and borrow books. We've recently updated most of the collection with fresh titles including a collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald and popular recent fiction such as Twilight, The Lovely Bones, Away by Amy Bloom and Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson. In children's fiction, we have Jodi Lynn Anderson's May Bird series (Warrior Princess and Among the Stars).
We also have a large collection of cook books, and reference on gardening, science, Nevada history, archaeology, and authors such as Bob Elston, Jr. and Karen Wright, etc.
We also have two new youth encyclopedia sets thanks to Lyon County Libraries and Louise Crawford and Washoe Libraries. Be sure to have a look at the growing collection of new DVD's on science topics, and the current periodicals incluing Ms, Archaeology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Bulletin, and Mother Jones.
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