An evening with Gaylene Preson
Community Reads 2008
You are invited to
An Evening with...Gaylene Preston
A screening of her movie "Lovely Rita : a painter's life"
Followed by a discussion of her work
Date: Friday 12
September
Hours: 7:00 pm
Location:
Sound & Vision Zone, Ground Floor, Central Library
Other upcoming Community Reads events
Screening of "Scarfies" the movie
Date: Wednesday October 8, 2008
Hours:
to be confirmed
Location: Cinema
Gold
Cost: $10 per ticket. Book at the Central
Library.
Duncan Sarkies visits
Writer Duncan visits to talk to us about "Two little boys"
Date: Friday October 17, 2008
Hours:
7:00pm
Location: Central Library
Two Little Boys : book discussion
Sean Monaghan chairs this discussion on "Two Little Boys"
Date: Wednesday October 22, 2008
Hours:
7:00pm
Location: Central Library
Celebrating 80 years - the C.M. Ross building
C.M. Ross 80th Birthday morning tea with silver service - 2 sittings
Enjoy an old style morning tea held in the recreated tea rooms in the NZ & Pacific Islands Zone on the Second Floor.
Morning/afternoon tea tickets are available from the New Zealand and Pacific Islands zone or City Archives for $12 each.
You can also ring (06) 351 4100 during library opening hours asking for NZPI or Archives.
Including china, rosewood panelling and other store memorabilia kindly loaned from Te Manawa Museums Trust and the Ian Matheson City Archives.
Date: Saturday 27th September
2008
Hours: 10:30am and
2:30pm
Location: NZ & Pacific Islands Zone, Second
Floor, Central Library
Unveiling of quilt by Rangitikei artist Anna Williams
Date: Saturday 27th September
2008
Hours: 12:00 noon
Location:
Central Library
Going up, going down
Helen Laurenson author of Going up, going down : the rise and fall of the department store takes a look at the history of Department Stores in New Zealand
Date: Saturday 27th September
2008
Hours: 12:30 pm
Location:
Central Library
Coming up soon
For Kids
It's not long till the School Holidays!
Keep your eye on the Kids at the Library website for details of our exciting holiday programme.
Go to the Kids at the Library website
Jumping Jellybeans
Jumping Jellybeans is run in the Central Library, Awapuni Library, Ashhurst Library and Roslyn Library.
Check out the Jumping Jellybeans dates and times
For Everyone
Writers Read
Friday 22 August
7:00pm
James George
James was the 2007 Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellow.
A morning with...
Janet Wright - Operation Cover-Up
Janet is a member of this organisation which sends blankets and other woollen goods to orphans in Moldova, Romania and Ukraine.
She will speak about her experiences visiting Moldova.
Thursday 25 September
Morning tea - 10.30am
Talk
- 11.00am
An evening with Mark Gimenez
Tuesday 16 September 2008
Palmerston North City Library and Hachette Livre invite you to to hear bestselling American author Mark Gimenez talk about his latest legal thriller, The Perk.
Hear him on the 1st Floor, Central Library
5:30pm
Delgirl
Wednesday 17 September 2008
Delgirl are a three
piece acoustic group from Dunedin - Deirdre Newmall, Erin Morton and Lynn
Vare.
Performing in Sound & Vision, Ground Floor, Central
Library
4:00pm - 4:45pm
Standup Poetry
Wednesday 17 September
Poets: Bring 5 minutes of your best writing to share.
Poetry lovers: Come and enjoy the words.
Refreshments provided.
With Helen Lehndorf & guest poet Margaret Mitcalfe
Sound & Vision Zone, Ground Floor, Central Library
Join us at
7:00pm
An evening with Daniel Belton
Wednesday 24 September
Film maker, dancer and choreographer.
Screening and discussion of Daniel's film, featuring dance.
Sound & Vision Zone, Ground Floor, Central Library
7:00pm
For more information on these and other library events please check our Events Calendar: