Denver Public Library - Central Library

"WISE - Wales, Ireland, Scotland, England Family History Society presents Lou-Jean Rehn. Experience the weeks-long journey on a sailing ship that brought many of our ancestors to the United States: the accommodations, the food, the arrival in a foreign land. Gates Conference Room - 5th level 1:00-3:30 ... (more)pm."

"Join Bill Anderson on a trip to the circus using books and magic. Presented in the Children’s Pavilion."

"Lloyd Bockstruck, MA, MLS, FNGS Bockstruck has been with the Dallas Public Library since 1972. A 1983 Award of Merit Winner and Fellow of the National Genealogical Society, he is the first recipient of the Filby Prize for Genealogical Librarianship. He has taught at Southern Methodist University and ... (more)is an Outstanding Alumnus and faculty member Samford University, Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research. Detailed flyer and registration form available through Western History/Genealogy 720-865-1821 or Colorado Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~cocgs/ Saturday, 19 April Four lectures - B2 Conference Center - lower level $30.00 materials fee - Box lunches available from Udi's 8.75 - pre-ordered three days prior to event Arriving to Missouri 10:00 am - 11:15 am Rivers brought many settlers; some came by land. The Catholic French and Spanish prohibited "Yankee Protestants" until the possibility of war with the British changed their minds. What was the migration pattern? How did settlers travel? What motivated them? Where we Lived 11:30 am - 12:30 pm The year of arrival, origin, ethnicity, religion, transportation, and topical features of land all influenced where we lived. Different groups settled north and south of the Missouri River. Who were they? What We Did 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm Your ancestors' skills played a part in their settlement. Varying climates and soils influenced crop choices. Rivers, timber, and mines abounded. Did they settle on a farm and move to the city or vice-versa? Who Stayed, Who Left, Why? 3:00 pm- 4:00 pm Weather, earthquakes, Indian treaties, available employment, slavery, and Civil War sympathies and Order No. 11 dispersed many. Some moved to another area in the state; some chose to leave. Learn where they might have gone and strategies for finding them."

"Join us for some side-splitting clownin' around with Rosy Rosebud the Clown. Presented in the Children’s Pavilion."

"For pre-walkers (lap babies at least six months old). One-on-one sharing of books, songs, and rhymes for babies with their parent or caregiver. No groups please. Playtime and socialization immediately follow the program. Central Children's Library, Berger Children's Pavilion."

"Stories, songs, and fun for your two-year-old (24 to 35 months) and you! No groups, please. Craft supplies are limited. Located in the Berger Children's Pavilion."

"For children ages 3 to 5 who can sit and listen to short stories and participate in simple songs and rhymes. We can accommodate groups in the Preschool Storytime but not in the craft activity afterward. Craft supplies are limited. Presented in the Children's Pavilion."

"(Recommended for walkers up to 23 months) Stories, songs, and games for babies and their parents or caregivers. Adult participation required, one baby per adult (multiples okay) and no groups, please. Playtime and socialization immediately follows the program in the Children's Pavilion."

"Colonial Homes - Fact or Fiction featuring Daniel O. Parker The speaker will explore one Historic District in Massachusetts, four homes built prior to 1725. How are the dates of these homes determined? How long did one of the homes remain in the family. What is fact and what is fiction among the stories ... (more)we remember? Dan Parker grew up in Massachusetts, his grandmother lived in one of the homes and his mother grew up in that same house."

"Come celebrate children and books with stories, songs, and play rhymes in Spanish and English. Presented in the Children’s Pavilion."

"On the heels of our very successful series Jane Austen: Literature's Posthumous It Girl, Fresh City Life invites you to continue exploring the lives of those extraordinary women who tranformed the meaning of modern womenhood by the very ordinary circumstances of their everyday lives. Join sociologist ... (more)Audrey Sprenger Ph.D. for a cinematic exploration of Western folk heroines Calamity Jane and Brandon Teena. B2 Conference Center, Central Library"

"Join Colorado history professor, Tom "Dr. Colorado" Noel for this showing of the Rocky Mountain PBS documentary "Scoundrels & Scalliwags". The Rocky Mountains have always been a haven for those looking for riches, some by hard work others by trickery. Con men like Soapy Smith, Orth Stein, Solid Muldoon, ... (more)James Monroe Pattee and Brick Pomeroy hoodwinked hundreds, even thousands. This documentary features re-enactments, artifacts and historical photographs. B2 Conference Center, Central Library."

"This beautifully drawn collection of short stories by Colorado author Gary Schanbacher features characters living in or touched by the American West. Schanbacher will discuss his own 'migrations' and how this has influenced him as a writer. Gates Conference Room, Level 5, Central Library."

"For pre-walkers (lap babies at least six months old). One-on-one sharing of books, songs, and rhymes for babies with their parent or caregiver. No groups please. Playtime and socialization immediately follow the program. Central Children's Library, Berger Children's Pavilion."

"Directed by William Wellman. Starring Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews and Anthony Quinn. Henry Fonda deferred his entry into the navy in 1940 so that he could participate in the filming of "The Ox-bow Incidident"; ironically, because the studio was so nervous about the storyline, the film was shelved for ... (more)three years (and almost never made it to the big screen). Fortunately, it did and was nominated for Best Picture. It remains one of the best (and first) Westerns to foreshadow changing American social values that turned manifest destiny into a myth. B2 Conference Center, Central Library"

"Stories, songs, and fun for your two-year-old (24 to 35 months) and you! No groups, please. Craft supplies are limited. Located in the Berger Children's Pavilion."

"Enjoy a recreation of Oscar Wilde's 1882 lecture on the London Asthetic Movement in the beautiful and historic Byers-Evans House. This special event will utilize the original manuscript of the speech Wilde delivered to a packed house at the Tabor Grand Opera House on Thursday, April 13, 1882. Registration ... (more)for this event will open after April 10. Byers-Evans House, 1310 Bannock Street."

"When Rosalie Tallbull was a little girl growing up on the Northern Cheyene Reservation in Lame Deer, Montana, she like most little girls in this rural part of western America learned to make Wojapi. Wojapi is a pudding made of dried blueberries and Frybread is a crispy sweet pancake sometimes covered ... (more)in powdered sugar. Recipes and samples included. B2 Conference Center, Central Library."

"Learn how to recycle your old T-shirts and pajama bottoms into a gorgeous braided rug. Polly Nordstrand, Associate Curator of Native Arts at the Denver Art Museum and Lecturer in Art History and Museum Studies at the University of Colorado at Denver, will be your guide to both the art and craft of this ... (more)very green and very stylish project. All materials provided. Registration will open after April 10. B2 Conference Center"

"Fairy tale friends search for answers in an enchanted library. Musical...Entertaining...Educational...and FUN! Presented in the Children’s Pavilion."