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Featured readers will be the winners of the Ninth Annual Flyleaf Books Poetry Contest: Elizabeth Jackson, Michael Gaspeny, Ralph Earle, and Donna Love Wallace. A reception begins at 2:30. An open mic follows the featured readers.
Pam Baggett, Florence Nash, Garrett Sharpe, and Caren Stuart will read work that focuses on the beauty and interconnectedness of the natural world, the tragedy of climate change, humans as a part of and apart from nature. The event is free and open to the public. This project was supported by the North Carolina Arts... Read More →
Puppet Show Incorporated https://www.puppetshowinc.org/ presents the classic folk story Stone Soup. Activities include a story time, puppet show and make and take art activity. Puppetry programs will be held at the following community locations. Recommended ages are 4-8. FREE November 16th at 10:30-11:30 Carrboro Branch Library. FREE November 14th at 4:00-5:00 Hillsborough Main Library FREE... Read More →
Puppet Show Incorporated https://www.puppetshowinc.org/ presents the classic fairy tale The Shoemaker and the Elf. Activities include a story time, puppet show and make and take art activity. Puppetry programs will be held at the following community locations. Recommended ages are 4-8. FREE December 12th at 4:00-5:00 Hillsborough Main Library FREE December 14th at 10:30-11:30 Carrboro... Read More →
Puppet Show Incorporated https://www.puppetshowinc.org/ presents the classic fairy tale The Shoemaker and the Elf. Activities include a story time, puppet show and make and take art activity. Puppetry programs will be held at the following community locations. Recommended ages are 4-8. FREE December 12th at 4:00-5:00 Hillsborough Main Library FREE December 14th at 10:30-11:30 Carrboro... Read More →
Pam Baggett, Janis Harrington, Al Maginnes, and D. M. Spratley will share poems about the people, places, and moments in life that we love and must eventually let go. Pam Baggett is the author of Wild Horses and a recipient of a 2019-20 Artist Fellowship from the North Carolina Arts Council. Janis Harrington is the... Read More →
"An Elizabethan Bestiary: Retold." A Power Ptoint presentation about and reading by Jeffery Beam from his award-winning 1999 book. Real and imagined beasts inspired by two 15th century bestiaries. Ippy Patterson’s illustrations projected during the reading. Patterson will also be on hand to answer questions. The reading from these poems can be quite “wild”. More... Read More →
Puppet Show Incorporated https://www.puppetshowinc.org/ presents the classic Aesop fable The Lion and the Mouse. Activities include a story time, puppet show and make and take art activity. Puppetry programs will... Read More →
Puppet Show Incorporated https://www.puppetshowinc.org/ presents the classic Aesop fable The Lion and the Mouse. Activities include a story time, puppet show and make and take art activity. Puppetry programs will... Read More →
Featured readers at the monthly Second Sunday Poetry Reading will be Debra Kaufman and Katie Bowler Young. An open mic follows, at which poets may read one poem no more... Read More →
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