Book Events for June 17, 2012

Library presenting cheesy program

Chuck Boeneke from the LSU Diary Science Department will present a movie about cheese-making at two branch libraries this week. Children ages 5-11 are invited to the Library to see his live demonstration and hear the book The Stinky Cheese Man by Jon Scieska. This program is sure to be cheesy, but in this case that’s a good thing. Boeneke will be at the Jones Creek Regional branch, 6222 Jones Creek Road, at 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, for more information or to register, call [phone]; he will be at the River Center branch, 120 St. Louis St., at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 21, for more information or to register, call [phone].

The volunteers of the Pride Volunteer Fire Department will present a program on fire safety at 10 a.m. Monday, June 18, at the Pride-Chaneyville Branch, 13600 Pride-Port Hudson Road. Children ages 5-11 will view a fire truck used to put out fires and learn about the role firemen play. For more information or to register, call [phone].

Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life Book Discussion Group will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 26, at the Main Library, 7711 Goodwood Blvd. The group meets monthly to discussion Karen Armstrong’s Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life, which focuses on instilling the Golden Rule in a secular way in everyday life. This month’s meeting will cover steps 4 and 5. For more information, call [phone].

Children ages 5-11 are invited to the Baker branch, 3501 Groom Road, at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 16, to hear Why Do Dogs Bark? by Joan Holub and to visit with the LSU Tiger Hats and therapy dogs. Children will be able to read a story to these specially trained dogs. Children under the age of 9 must be accompanied by an adult or responsible teen. For more information or to register, call [phone].

Patrons are invited to the Pride-Chaneyville branch, 13600 Pride-Port Hudson Road, at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 20, to learn about two genealogy-related library online databases. For more information or to register, call [phone].

Book clubs:

•  Reading Garden Club will meet at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, at Carver branch, 720 Terrace St. Children ages 5-11 will share a book together, plant vegetable and flower seeds, and care for the plants.
•  Carver Book Club will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, at Carver branch, 720 Terrace St. Members will discuss Last Car to Elysian Fields by James Lee Burke.
•  JCR Book Club will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, at Jones Creek Regional branch, 6222 Jones Creek Road. Members will discuss The Greater Journey-Americans in Paris by David G. McCullough.
•  Bluebonnet Book Club will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 20, at Bluebonnet Regional branch, 9200 Bluebonnet Blvd. Members will discuss Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson.
•  Greenwell Springs Children’s Book Club will meet at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, June 21, at Greenwell Springs Road Regional branch, 11300 Greenwell Springs Road. Members will discuss books they have recently read.
•  Scotlandville Children’s Reading Club will meet at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 21, at Scotlandville branch, 7373 Scenic Highway. Children ages 7-11 are invited to join.
•  Delmont Book Club will meet at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 23, at Delmont Gardens branch, 3351 Lorraine St. Members will discuss My Love, My Love, or, the Peasant Girl by Rosa Guy.

Livingston Parish Library

Members of the audience can join in with homemade instruments as Ms. Dorothy and her Shaky Egg Band perform classics, popular rock songs, and some original music. Kids can make an instrument to take home after the show. For all ages.

Ms. Dorothy and her Shaky Egg Band will be at South branch, 23477 La. 444 in Livingston, at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 21; at Albany-Springfield branch, 26941 La. 43, Hammond, at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 21; at Denham Springs-Walker branch, 8101 U.S. 190 in Denham Springs at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 21; at the Main branch, 20390 Iowa St. in Livingston at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 23; and at Watson branch, 36581 Outback Road, Denham Springs at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 23.

Calling all young writers! The Denham Springs-Walker Branch of the Livingston Parish Library’s Young Writers Club meets at 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, at Denham Springs-Walker branch, 8101 U.S. 190 in Denham Springs. Open to anyone between the ages of 10 and 17, the goal of the club is to write for both publication and performance. Young writers are encouraged to explore their writing interests and develop their voice and style through exciting collaborative activities. The program also offers free workshops in poetry, short stories, and creative nonfiction. For more information about the Young Writers Club, call [phone].

The Friends of the Livingston Library System (FOLLS) invite the public to an all-day book sale 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 23, at the Denham Springs-Walker branch, 8101 U.S. 190 in Denham Springs. For more information on the book sale or becoming a member, email FOLLS at [e-mail].

Book clubs:

n Teen Book Club meets at 5:30 p.m. Monday, June 18, at Denham Springs-Walker branch, 8101 U.S. 190 in Denham Springs. Members will discuss a book of their choice. Call [phone].

•  Eclectic Book Club will meet 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, at Denham Springs-Walker branch, 8101 U.S. 190 in Denham Springs. Members will discuss Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne.

W. Feliciana Parish Library

Advanced Readers’ Club will meet 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday June 21, at the library, 11865 Ferdinand St. in St. Francisville.

Lafayette Public Library

Dr. Michael Martin, director of the Center for Louisiana History and managing editor of Louisiana History at UL Lafayette, will present an overview of Louisiana in 1812 that will give a political, social, economic, and demographic snapshot of the state during that time. Martin will also compare Louisiana to other Southern states during that period.

The presentation is at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, at South Regional branch, 6101 Johnston St. in Lafayette, and at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 21, at North Regional Library, 5101 N. University Ave. in Carencro.

The Lafayette Genealogical Society will meet 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, at South Regional branch, 6101 Johnston St. in Lafayette. The group holds monthly meetings on the third Tuesday of each month. Each meeting features a guest speaker. Anyone interested in genealogy may attend.

Book club:

•  SRL Sleuths Mystery Book Club will meet 6:30-7:45 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, at South Regional branch, 6101 Johnston St. in Lafayette.

Members will discuss Death Comes to Pemberly by P.D. James.

Read Across America

Upland Avenue Productions has partnered with Read Across America and Barnes & Noble to get the word out about the importance of children’s literacy and the effectiveness of eReaders.

The National Education Association’s (NEA) Read Across America is a year-round literacy project that encourages readers, both young and old, to celebrate reading.

Bring your children to Barnes & Noble Perkins Rowe, 7707 Bluebonnet Blvd. Ste. 100, 6-8 p.m. Monday, June 18, for two hours of readings and information that promote reading literacy.

HeartLa meeting

HeartLa, the Baton Rouge Chapter of Romance Writers of America, will hold its monthly meeting from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, June 23, at the East Baton Rouge Parish Library Bluebonnet branch, 9200 Bluebonnet Blvd.

Membership is open to writers of all genres. Guests may attend two meetings before joining.

Signings

Natalie Hopkinson, author of Go-Go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City, will sign copies of her book 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, at Maple Street Book Shop Healing Center Location, 2372 St. Claude Ave. in New Orleans.

Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph, author of Redefining Diva, Life Lessons from the Original Dream Girl, will sign copies of her book 5-7 p.m. Thursday, June 21, at Books-A-Million, 10533 S. Mall Drive.

Ruth Salvaggio, author of Hearing Sappho In New Orleans: The Call of Poetry from Congo Square to the Ninth Ward, will sign copies of her book at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 21, at Octavia Book Store, 513 Octavia St. in New Orleans.

Leonard Pitts, author of Freeman, will sign copies of his book 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, June 21, at Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St. in New Orleans.

Rosalyn Story, author of Wading Home: A Novel of New Orleans, will sign copies of her book at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 21, at Maple Street Book Shop, 7523 Maple St. in New Orleans.

Geoff Wyss, author of How, will sign copies of his book 1-3 p.m. Saturday, June 23, at Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St. in New Orleans.

Items for Book Events were provided by East Baton Rouge Parish Library, Livingston Parish Library, West Feliciana Parish Library, Lafayette Public Library, Read Across America and HeartLa.