Collier County Public Library Calendar of Events for Adults
Udut, Kenneth -- on Jul. 24 2008, from Golden Gate Estates, Naples, FLFounder of this Naples site of NeighborHelp Referrals.
Adult activities at the Collier County Libraries through December 31st, 2009
For an up to date list, go to: http://host.evanced.info/collier/evanced/eventcalendar.asp
5| Wet and Wild Waterbirds |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Thursday, January 08, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: East Naples |
| Description: Randy McCormick, Education Coordinator, Rookery Bay Estuarine Research Reserve, discusses Florida's coastal estuaries, mudflats, mangroves and beaches that offer critical habitat for a wide variety of... |
| Anime Club |
| Event Type: Young Adult Date: Saturday, January 10, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: Monthly Anime Club meeting. This month we will be showing the film Howl's Moving Castle. Ages 12-17. Please sign up if you plan to attend. Note the time change for the movie. |
| English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 |
| Start Time: 9:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: For English as a Second Language patrons (ESOL), join Silvia Casabianca to practice your English conversational skills in a relaxed environment |
| Une heure du conversation an anglais, tous les Lundis... |
| Other: English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversation an Anglais avec Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversacion en Ingles con Silvia Casabianca |
| Book Discussion: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski |
| Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: A tale reminiscent of ?Hamlet? that also celebrates the alliance between humans and dogs follows speech-disabled Wisconsin youth Edgar, who bonds with three yearling canines and struggles to prove tha... |
| Bling! |
| Event Type: Musical Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:30 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: Take a journey through some of the great and uniquely American musical art forms including Jazz, Swing and Doo Wop presented through discussion and a live a cappella performance! The award winning qu... |
| Re-Discovering the World's First Arctic Submarine: Nautilus of 1931 |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:30 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Dr. Stewart Nelson, former Deputy Scientific & Technical Director at the Naval Oceanographic Office and President of the American Oceanographic Organization, discusses the Australian adventurer Sir Hu... |
| Joint Pain and You: You Don't Have to Live With It! |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: H. Kurtis Biggs, M.D., Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon, completed his fellowship at the world renowned Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He was instrumental in developing a tertiary referral center as ... |
| Writing a Gift |
| Event Type: Class Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:30 AM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Joan Call presents a series of 3 workshops that will help you organize your memories to create a gift for your relatives and friends, whether it is a scrapbook, letter, story or memoir. |
| Endangered Species in the Everglades |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: East Naples |
| Description: Plants and animals are disappearing around the world at an alarming rate and South Florida is no exception. Everglades National Park is home to fourteen endangered species including sea turtles, mana... |
| Wellness, Part of your Everyday Life |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: Wellness is a lifestyle, not a short term work-out program. The NCH Wellness team provides program information that fits people?s lifestyle and can be maintained for life. |
| An NCH educational progra... |
| Loving Frank by Nancy Horan-- Book Discussion |
| Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Thursday, January 15, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: In the early 1900?s, Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney engaged in a love affair that shocked Chicago Society. This historical novel blends fact and fiction to chronicle their relationship and the s... |
| Book Discussion: Buckingham Palace Garden |
| Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Thursday, January 15, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: East Naples |
| Description: Anne Perry's latest delves into subterranean aspects of the aristocracy, probing emotions as well as morality and politics. Navigating an alluring world of Victorian crime and intrigue, Inspector Thom... |
| Marco's Natural Magic |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Thursday, January 15, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Naturalist Charlette Roman explores the areas around Marco Island with photographs of the ABC Islands, Kice Island, Jolley Bridge, Caxambas Sand Bar, Cape Romano and more. See glimpses of nature and h... |
| LIBRARY CLOSED: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
| Event Type: Holiday Date: Monday, January 19, 2009 |
| Start Time: All Day |
| Library: All Libraries |
| Description: LIBRARY CLOSED: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
| English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 |
| Start Time: 9:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: For English as a Second Language patrons (ESOL), join Silvia Casabianca to practice your English conversational skills in a relaxed environment |
| Une heure du conversation an anglais, tous les Lundis... |
| Other: English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversation an Anglais avec Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversacion en Ingles con Silvia Casabianca |
| Mary Todd Lincoln |
| Event Type: Character Enactment Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: Janina Birtolo's newest one-woman show, In the Shadow of Glory, tells the story of Mary Todd Lincoln from her girlhood in Lexington, Kentucky, through her time in the White House and on to her life as... |
| Opera @ the Library: Lecture & Selections from La Traviata |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi with libretto in Italian by Francesco Maria Piave based on a play by the younger Alexandre Dumas entitled La Dame Aux Camelias (usually called Camille in English)... |
| Writing a Gift |
| Event Type: Class Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:30 AM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Joan Call presents a series of 3 workshops that will help you organize your memories to create a gift for your relatives and friends, whether it is a scrapbook, letter, story or memoir. |
| Wound Healing Center: Hyperbaric Treatment |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: East Naples |
| Description: Hyperbaric is a wound healing treatment in which the patient breathes 100% oxygen at increased atmospheric pressures. This treatment increases the oxygen levels in body tissues for the promotion of h... |
| Mary Todd Lincoln |
| Event Type: Character Enactment Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: Janina Birtolo's newest one-woman show, In the Shadow of Glory, tells the story of Mary Todd Lincoln from her girlhood in Lexington, Kentucky, through her time in the White House and on to her life as... |
| PC Basics |
| Event Type: Class Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: River Park |
| Description: This hands-on class covers the basic operation of a personal computer. Topics covered include operating a mouse, using the Windows operating system, and producing simple documents. |
| Ancient Art of Sound |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: South Regional Library |
| Description: Feel more vitality, joy and carity as sound saluterist, Cathy Blair, bathes listeners in the unique sounds of singing quartz crystal bowls. Played in sequence, the harmonious tones are said to excite... |
| Book Discussion: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks |
| Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Hanna Heath, a rare book conservator, gets a phone call that the Sarajevo Haggadah, which disappeared in 1992, has been found. Brooks tells the story in 2 directions: in the present we follow Hanna th... |
| Book Discussion: Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev |
| Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Vanderbilt Beach |
| Description: Shalev?s novel is a masterpiece of two woven stories. The love story between two pigeon handlers in the period prior to Israel?s War of Independence framed and intersected by that of a tour guide spec... |
| Joint Pain & You: You don't have to live with it! |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: H. Kurtis Biggs, M.D., Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon, completed his fellowship at the world renowned Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He was instrumental in developing a tertiary referral center as ... |
| Great Decisions 2009 Discussion Series |
| Event Type: Discussion Date: Friday, January 23, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: A current events discussion series on national and international news moderated by Paula Beiser. Participants will need to purchase a workbook. (Limit 50) |
| English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 |
| Start Time: 9:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: For English as a Second Language patrons (ESOL), join Silvia Casabianca to practice your English conversational skills in a relaxed environment |
| Une heure du conversation an anglais, tous les Lundis... |
| Other: English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversation an Anglais avec Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversacion en Ingles con Silvia Casabianca |
| Internet Basics |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: Estates |
| Description: Learn about the basics of Web navigation, useful websites including the Library's homepage, Internet vocabulary, and popular search engines in this hands-on class utilizing a live Internet feed. Prer... |
| Songs & Stories from the Jewell Ridge Coal Camp |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: Jeni and Billy are an acoustic duo who draws from Traditional Country, Appalachian and Old-time Folk music to create original songs. Their concert includes stories of how the songs were written and gl... |
| Fatal Forecast: An Incredible, True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:30 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: In his latest book, author Michael Tougias describes the story of the dramatic fight for survival of the eight crewmembers aboard 2 fishing boats caught in the path of the devastating November 1980 st... |
| Writing a Gift |
| Event Type: Class Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:30 AM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Joan Call presents a series of 3 workshops that will help you organize your memories to create a gift for your relatives and friends, whether it is a scrapbook, letter, story or memoir. |
| Fatal Forecast: An Incredible, True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: East Naples |
| Description: In his latest book, author Michael Tougias describes the story of the dramatic fight for survival of the eight crewmembers aboard two fishing boats caught in the path of the devastating November 1980 ... |
| Songs and Stories from the Jewell Ridge Coal Camp |
| Event Type: Musical Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: Jeni and Billy are an acoustic duo who draws from Traditional Country, Appalachian and Old-time Folk music to create original songs. Their concert includes stories of how the songs were written and gl... |
| Wound Healing Center |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: About five million Americans suffer from chronic wounds that won't heal due to a variety of factors. These wounds become infected and in extreme cases require amputation if not treated. The Wound Heal... |
| Naples JazzMasters |
| Event Type: Musical Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: Enjoy great Dixieland music as performed by the acclaimed Naples JazzMasters |
| Using OverDrive Downloadable Audio Books |
| Event Type: Class Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: Learn how to download digital audio books 24/7 to your PC, PDA and many MP3 players. Now your library never closes! |
| Famous Outlaws and Villains |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: East Naples |
| Description: Florida has had its share of outlaws and villains with both a good and bad affect on the course of history. David Southall, Collier County Museum Curator of Education, presents of some of the legenda... |
| An Evening of Klezmer Music |
| Event Type: Musical Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: Enjoy traditional Jewish folk music from Eastern Europe as performed by the Naples Klezmer Revival Band. Registration is not required. |
| Courtyard Amphitheater |
| In the event of rain, performance will... |
| Great Decisions 2009 Discussion Series |
| Event Type: Discussion Date: Friday, January 30, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: A current events discussion series on national and international news moderated by Paula Beiser. Participants will need to purchase a workbook. (Limit 50) |
| Richard and Pat Nixon |
| Event Type: Character Enactment Date: Monday, February 02, 2009 |
| Start Time: 11:00 AM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: William & Sue Wills present a costumed program of dramatically read dialogue. |
| Richard Nixon chased Pat Ryan for over two years before she would say yes to marriage, a marriage that would last over 50... |
| The ?Major? Presidents: Monroe and McKinley |
| Event Type: Character Enactment Date: Monday, February 02, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: William and Sue Wills present a costumed dramatic presentation. Over the years, there have been numerous Generals who have served as President of the United States, but only two Presidents with the ra... |
| English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 |
| Start Time: 9:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: For English as a Second Language patrons (ESOL), join Silvia Casabianca to practice your English conversational skills in a relaxed environment |
| Une heure du conversation an anglais, tous les Lundis... |
| Other: English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversation an Anglais avec Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversacion en Ingles con Silvia Casabianca |
| Anything You Want to Know About Total Joint Replacement |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: An overview of the basic anatomy of the hip and knee joint plus joint health, including how to protect the joints and keep them healthy and moving, is discussed by Sue Graziano RN, MSN, ONC, NE-BC Nur... |
| Lost & Found, A New Novel by Tom Williams |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Tom Williams, Master Merchant Marine Officer licensed by the US Coast Guard and Marco Island Eagle columnist, talks about his new novel and how it came to be. The story is about 2 men who reconfigure ... |
| CANCELLED: Mark Twain's Last Stand: Twain in the 21st Century |
| Event Type: Character Enactment Date: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:30 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN CANCELLED. |
| Mark Twain is known as the godfather of the American Literary... |
| Other: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Please note alternate performances: February 4 at Naples Regional and February 5 at South Regional. Registration is required. |
| Mark Twain's Last Stand: Twain in the 21st Century |
| Event Type: Character Enactment Date: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: Mark Twain is known as the godfather of the American Literary soul. Even today, his works remain hotly debated, denounced, banned and widely-read. Twain?s travel books revolutionized the genre and hi... |
| Thomas and Mina Edison |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: East Naples |
| Description: Tom Smoot, author of The Edisons of Fort Myers: Discoveries of the Heart, presents Thomas and Mina Edison?s love of Fort Myers; its people, plants, and activities through historic photos dating back ... |
| Music of the 50s and 60s |
| Event Type: Musical Date: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: Enjoy great music of the 50's and 60's performed by David Kilbride. Courtesy of the Friends of the Library |
| Advanced Google |
| Event Type: Class Date: Thursday, February 05, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: This two-part lecture class offers strategies for optimal searching, tips and tricks, and basic information about the wide array of applications available from free email to word processing. |
| Mark Twain's Last Stand: Twain in the 21st Century |
| Event Type: Character Enactment Date: Thursday, February 05, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: South Regional Library |
| Description: Mark Twain is known as the godfather of the American Literary soul. Even today, his works remain hotly debated, denounced, banned and widely-read. Twain's travel books revolutionezed the genre and h... |
| Songs and Stories from Jewell Ridge Coal Camp |
| Event Type: Musical Date: Thursday, February 05, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Jeni and Billy are an acoustic duo that draws from Traditional Country, Appalachian and Old-time Folk music to create original songs. Their concert includes stories of how the songs were written and g... |
| Great Decisions 2009 Discussion Series |
| Event Type: Discussion Date: Friday, February 06, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: A current events discussion series on national and international news moderated by Paula Beiser. Participants will need to purchase a workbook. (Limit 50) |
| English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 |
| Start Time: 9:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: For English as a Second Language patrons (ESOL), join Silvia Casabianca to practice your English conversational skills in a relaxed environment |
| Une heure du conversation an anglais, tous les Lundis... |
| Other: English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversation an Anglais avec Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversacion en Ingles con Silvia Casabianca |
| Gertrude Lawrence: A Star Danced |
| Event Type: Character Enactment Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: Damaris Peters Pike launched ?Women of Note? in 1988 when she decided to take her knowledge of music history to the general public by dramatizing women in music. In this program, Damaris traces the c... |
| Night Train Band in Concert |
| Event Type: Musical Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: An evening of music from the 1930's to the 1960's. Registration is not required. Courtyard Amphitheater |
| Gertrude Lawrence: A Star Danced |
| Event Type: Character Enactment Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:30 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Damaris Peters Pike launched "Women of Note" in 1988 when she decided to take her knowledge of music history to the general public by dramatizing women in music. In this program Damaris traces the car... |
| Gertrude Lawrence: A Star Danced |
| Event Type: Character Enactment Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: Damaris Peters Pike launched "Women of Note" in 1988 when she decided to take her knowledge to the general public by dramatizing women in music. In this program Damaris traces the career of the Briti... |
| Songs and Stories from the Jewell Ridge Coal Camp |
| Event Type: Musical Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: South Regional Library |
| Description: Jeni and Billy are an acoustic duo that draws from Traditional Country, Appalachian and Old-time Folk music to create original songs. Their concert includes stories of how the songs were written and ... |
| Ruth Bryan Owen |
| Event Type: Character Enactment Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:30 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: A woman of ?firsts,? the only daughter of William Jennings Bryan, Ruth Bryan Leavitt Owen Rohde (1885-1954) after a rather flighty youth, followed in her mother (a lawyer) and father?s footsteps. She... |
| Advanced Google |
| Event Type: Class Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: This two-part lecture class offers strategies for optimal searching, tips and tricks, and basic information about the wide array of applications available from free email to word processing. |
| The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry-- Book Discussion |
| Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: In Barry's captivating debut, Towner Whitney, a dazed young woman descended from a long line of mind readers and fortune tellers, has survived numerous traumas and returned to her hometown of Salem, M... |
| Mighty 489 - Walking Dredge |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: East Naples |
| Description: The Bay City Dredge, now residing at Collier Seminole Park, is the last of a large number of machines that changed the landscape across America and the world. Its last and most famous task was to bui... |
| Real Estate on Marco Island |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Natalie Kirstein, MBA, Realtor and Marco Island Eagle columnist, reports on the trends and current market conditions of the real estate on Marco Island. |
| Great Decisions 2009 Discussion Series |
| Event Type: Discussion Date: Friday, February 13, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: A current events discussion series on national and international news moderated by Paula Beiser. Participants will need to purchase a workbook. (Limit 50) |
| Anime Club |
| Event Type: Young Adult Date: Saturday, February 14, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:45 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: Monthly Anime Club meeting for ages 12 -17. Film to be announced. Please sign up if you plan to attend. |
| Other: Attendee must be between the ages of 12 Years and 17 Years old. |
| LIBRARY CLOSED: President's Day |
| Event Type: Holiday Date: Monday, February 16, 2009 |
| Start Time: All Day |
| Library: All Libraries |
| Description: LIBRARY CLOSED: President's Day |
| English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 |
| Start Time: 9:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: For English as a Second Language patrons (ESOL), join Silvia Casabianca to practice your English conversational skills in a relaxed environment |
| Une heure du conversation an anglais, tous les Lundis... |
| Other: English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversation an Anglais avec Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversacion en Ingles con Silvia Casabianca |
| Book Discussion: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout |
| Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: The world of Olive Kitteridge, a retired school teacher in a small coastal town in Maine, is revealed in stories that explore her diverse roles in many lives, including a lounge singer haunted by a pa... |
| Caring for Your Orchids the Easy Way |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Vanderbilt Beach |
| Description: Come meet Judy White, owner of Naples? best known orchid greenhouse ?Jade Orchids?. Learn how to care for your Florida orchids the fun and easy way from an orchid authority. |
| This Old Hat, Leading Ladies |
| Event Type: Character Enactment Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: ?This Old Hat, Leading Ladies? is one of Connecticut Family Theatre?s ?Famous Women of American History? programs. Conceived of and written by Patty Carver, Leading Ladies is an original tour de force... |
| Indira Ghandi |
| Event Type: Character Enactment Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:30 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: Indira Nehru Ghandi (1917-1984) was born into the politically influential Nehru dynasty, becoming the first woman prime minister of India. This presentation by Elizabeth ?Bonnie? Bozzo follows her chi... |
| Book Discussion: Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein |
| Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: East Naples |
| Description: Ever wonder what your dog is thinking? In Garth Stein?s third novel he answers that question. Stein creates a patient, wise, and doggish narrator that is more than just fluff and collar. Enzo is a ... |
| Anything You Want to Know About Total Joint Replacement |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: East Naples |
| Description: An overview of the basic anatomy of the hip and knee joint plus joint health, including how to protect the joints and keep them healthy and moving, is discussed. Learn when a joint needs to be replac... |
| Book Discussion: Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian |
| Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: The author's latest novel re-creates the harrowing westward flight of a Prussian family, their Scottish POW and a young Jewish man surviving by impersonating a German Army officer in the waning days o... |
| This Old Hat, Leading Ladies |
| Event Type: Character Enactment Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: ?This Old Hat, Leading Ladies? is one of Connecticut Family Theatre?s ?Famous Women of American History? programs. Conceived of and written by Patty Carver, Leading Ladies is an original tour de force... |
| Internet Basics, Part I and II |
| Event Type: Class Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: In this hands-on computer class, the instructor will discuss the basics of Web navigation, useful Websites, Internet vocabulary, and popular search engines, such as Google and Yahoo. This is a two-pa... |
| PC Basics |
| Event Type: Class Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: River Park |
| Description: This hands-on class covers the basic operation of a personal computer. Topics covered include operating a mouse, using the Windows operating system, and producing simple documents. |
| Book Discussion: Astrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson |
| Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Vanderbilt Beach |
| Description: Astrid and Veronika meet as neighbors in a small Swedish village. Astrid is a hermit, (the ?town witch?) and Veronika is a writer attempting to finish a novel. As their friendship deepens, the women f... |
| Book Discussion: Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian |
| Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: The author?s latest novel re-creates the harrowing westward flight of a Prussian family, their Scottish POW and a young Jewish man surviving by impersonating a German Army officer in the waning days o... |
| This Old Hat, The Crusaders |
| Event Type: Character Enactment Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: South Regional Library |
| Description: "This Old Hat, The Crusaders" is one of Connecticut Family Theatre's "Famous Women of American History" programs. Conceived of and written by Patty Carver, The Crusaders is an original musical that f... |
| Great Decisions 2009 Discussion Series |
| Event Type: Discussion Date: Friday, February 20, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: A current events discussion series on national and international news moderated by Paula Beiser. Participants will need to purchase a workbook. (Limit 50) |
| English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 |
| Start Time: 9:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: For English as a Second Language patrons (ESOL), join Silvia Casabianca to practice your English conversational skills in a relaxed environment |
| Une heure du conversation an anglais, tous les Lundis... |
| Other: English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversation an Anglais avec Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversacion en Ingles con Silvia Casabianca |
| E-Mail Basics |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: Estates |
| Description: Attend this hands-on introduction to free, we-based e-mail. This calss is for beginning users with basic computer skills. Registration requested. |
| Marco Island Healthcare Center |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: The Marco Island Healthcare Center for over 20 years has provided prompt, convenient care to patients with minor emergencies. Presenter Cindi Lucacs, Executive Director of the Center, discusses curren... |
| Opera @ the Library: Lecture & Selections from Rigoletto |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi with Libretto in Italian by Francesco Maria Piave based on a French Play ?Le Roi S?Amuse by Victor Hugo. |
| Presented by the Southwest Florida Italian Opera Societ... |
| Bling! |
| Event Type: Musical Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:30 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Take a journey through some of the great and uniquely American musical art forms including Jazz, Swing and DooWop, presented through discussion and a live a capella performance! The award winning quar... |
| Your Hit Parade |
| Event Type: Musical Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: South Regional Library |
| Description: "Your Hit Parade" was a popular American television program broadcast from 1950 to 1959. The seven top-rated songs of the week were presented in elaborate TV production numbers. Vocalists Dorothy Co... |
| Anything You Want to Know About Total Joint Replacement |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: An overview of the basic anatomy of the hip and knee joint plus joint health, including how to protect the joints and keep them healthy and moving, is discussed by Sue Graziano RN, MSN, ONC, NE-BC Nur... |
| Naples JazzMasters |
| Event Type: Musical Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: Enjoy great Dixieland music as performed by the acclaimed Naples JazzMasters. |
| Internet Basics, Part I and II |
| Event Type: Class Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: In this hands-on computer class, the instructor will discuss the basics of Web navigation, useful Websites, Internet vocabulary, and popular search engines, such as Google and Yahoo. This is a two-pa... |
| Other: Register for Part I in order to attend Part II |
| Using OverDrie Downloadable Audio Books |
| Event Type: Class Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: Learn how to check out and download digital audio books 24/7 to your PC, PDA and many MP3 players. Now your library never closes! |
| Frankie Gershwin: We Let George Do It |
| Event Type: Character Enactment Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: South Regional Library |
| Description: "Women of Note" founder, Damaris Peters Pike transports the audience to one of George Gershwin's 1930 parties by his sister, Frankie, who sings several of his best known songs and reminisces about her... |
| Pilgrim in the Land of Alligators: Modern Floridians in the Age of Dinosaurs |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Award-winning columnist and author Jeff Klinkenberg talks about the fascinating encounters between people and alligators from the 16th century to the present. We've worshipped them, feared them, hunte... |
| Using Overdrive Downloadable Audio Books |
| Event Type: Class Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: Learn how to check out and download digital audio books 24/7 to your PC, PDA and many MP3 players. Now your library never closes! |
| Great Decisions 2009 Discussion Series |
| Event Type: Discussion Date: Friday, February 27, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: A current events discussion series on national and international news moderated by Paula Beiser. Participants will need to purchase a workbook. (Limit 50) |
| English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 |
| Start Time: 9:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: For English as a Second Language patrons (ESOL), join Silvia Casabianca to practice your English conversational skills in a relaxed environment |
| Une heure du conversation an anglais, tous les Lundis... |
| Other: English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversation an Anglais avec Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversacion en Ingles con Silvia Casabianca |
| Circulatory Diseases and the Latest Treatment |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: Veins carry blood from the capillaries to the heart. In the leg, this means the blood has to flow upward, against gravity. Consequently, these veins have one-way valves to prevent the blood from back... |
| Traveling Through Africa by Motorcycle |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Linda Blaise, retired teacher and USCG captain, presents with colorful photos the adventures of a local motorcycle group as they traveled through Lesotho, Swazililand and South Africa. |
| Bach and Beethoven: Rock and Roll |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:30 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: The music of Bach is the musical rock that forms the foundation of harmony and structure on which all later composers, especially Beethoven, expanded. This presentation will be an exploration of the m... |
| Personal Memoirs Workshop |
| Event Type: Class Date: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Join author Wade Keller for this hands-on series of three workshops designed to help you get started in writing your own personal memoirs. |
| Agatha Christie's Georgian Estate with Discussion of Whodunit Crime Scenes |
| Event Type: Discussion Date: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: Greenway, a classic Georgian mansion (1791) set amid 32 acres of gardens on the Dart River in Devon, was Agatha Christie's holiday home. The slide tour includes pictures of the house and its period fu... |
| Katharine Hepburn |
| Event Type: Character Enactment Date: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: South Regional Library |
| Description: Born in 1907, Katharine a fiercely independent and private person; red-headed, hot tempered, and self-confident controlled her own destiny for nearly a century, passing away in 2003. Between 1928 and... |
| Great Chorale Music |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:30 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: Much of the finest choral music has been written for the church. Prior to 1600 composers regularly chose ribald street songs as the foundation for a Mass setting. Gabrieli?s setting of Vespers for d... |
| People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks-- Book Discussion |
| Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Thursday, March 05, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: Hanna Heath, a rare book conservator, is called authenticate the recently discovered copy of the Sarajevo Haggadah which was thought to have been lost in the Bosnian conflict in 1992. The story moves ... |
| Book Discussion: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society |
| Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Thursday, March 05, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: East Naples |
| Description: A marvelous debut novel, this is a warm, funny, tender and thoroughly entertaining celebration of the power of the written word. Single, 30-something author Juliet Ashton writes to her publisher to s... |
| The Calusa: Mound Builders of Pre-Columbian Florida |
| Event Type: Library Advisory Board Date: Thursday, March 05, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Contemporary to the Aztec and Inca cultures, the Calusa developed a stratified society without the benefit of agriculture. In the early 1500's Spanish explorers arrived in Florida to discover a Calusa... |
| Great Decisions 2009 Discussion Series |
| Event Type: Discussion Date: Friday, March 06, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: A current events discussion series on national and international news moderated by Paula Beiser. Participants will need to purchase a workbook. (Limit 50) |
| English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 |
| Start Time: 9:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: For English as a Second Language patrons (ESOL), join Silvia Casabianca to practice your English conversational skills in a relaxed environment |
| Une heure du conversation an anglais, tous les Lundis... |
| Other: English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversation an Anglais avec Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversacion en Ingles con Silvia Casabianca |
| Internet Basics |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: Estates |
| Description: Learn about the basics of Web navigation, useful websites including the Library's homepage, Internet vocabulary, and popular search engines in this hands-on class utilizing a live Internet feed. Prer... |
| Brylcream: A Little Dab of Doo-Wop |
| Event Type: Musical Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: Enjoy the a capella harmony of Brylcream and the great doo-wop sounds of the 50?s and 60?s. Registration is not required. |
| Courtyard Amphitheater |
| Dollar-A-Day Boys! A Musical Tribute to the Civilian Conservation Corps |
| Event Type: Musical Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:30 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: The Civilian Conservation Corps (1933-1942)was a federal works program created by President Franklin Roosevelt during the Great Depression. In Florida, CCC enrolees reforested wastelands, developed ne... |
| Personal Memoirs Workshop |
| Event Type: Class Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Join author Wade Keller for this hands-on series of three workshops designed to help you get started in writing your own personal memoirs. |
| Dollar-A-Day Boys! A Musical Tribute to the Civilian Conservation Corps |
| Event Type: Musical Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: South Regional Library |
| Description: The Civilian Conservation Corps (1933-1941) was a federal works program created by President Franklin Roosevelt during the heart of the Great Depression. In Florida, CCC enrolee's reforested wastelan... |
| Slide Lecture and Discussion of Sites in Agatha Christie's Dead Man's Folly |
| Event Type: Discussion Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: The whodunit whose action can be most closely traced at Greenway is Dead Man's Folly, in which a murder takes place during a garden fete while a treasure hunt devised by the detective novelist Ariadne... |
| Dollar-A-Day Boys! A Musical Tribute to the Civilian Conservation Corps |
| Event Type: Musical Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:30 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: The Civilian Conservation Corps (1933-1942) was a federal works program created by President Franklin Roosevelt during the heart of the Great Depression. In Florida, CCC enrollee?s reforested wastela... |
| Investment Information on the Internet |
| Event Type: Class Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: Learn how to find free and simple online information about the stock market and how to create a free portfolio using http://yahoo.finance.com are covered. |
| PC Basics Part I and II |
| Event Type: Class Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: This two-part, hands-on class will cover the basic operation of a personal computer, including operating a mouse, using the Windows operating system, and producing simple documents. No previous comput... |
| George Gershwin |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: East Naples |
| Description: Beginning as a "song plugger" for music publishers in New York, Gershwin rapidly made his way to Broadway. The concert hall and the opera theatre were enriched with his classical works and he contribu... |
| Home Staging: Stage That House to Sell! |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Nancy Garrison and Darlene Schulze of One Day Interiors demonstrate how to show your house or condo through curb appeal, emotional detachment, Virtual Tour photos and open house tips. |
| Anime Club |
| Event Type: Young Adult Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:15 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: Anime Club for ages 12 -17. |
| Other: Attendee must be between the ages of 12 Years and 17 Years old. |
| English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 |
| Start Time: 9:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: For English as a Second Language patrons (ESOL), join Silvia Casabianca to practice your English conversational skills in a relaxed environment |
| Une heure du conversation an anglais, tous les Lundis... |
| Other: English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversation an Anglais avec Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversacion en Ingles con Silvia Casabianca |
| Book Discussion: Matters of Faith by Kristy Kiernan |
| Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: Kiernan?s novel explores how one family reacts to tragedy. Cal and Chloe Tobias have two children, Marshall and Meghan. When Marshall and his girlfriend, Ada, try to help cure Meghan of her serious ... |
| Dollar-A-Day Boys! A Musical Tribute to the Civilian Conservation Corps |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: The Civilian Conservation Corps (1933-1942) was a federal works program created by President Franklin Roosevelt during the heart of the Great Depression. In Florida, CCC enrollee?s reforested wastela... |
| Your Hit Parade A Musical Performance by Take Four |
| Event Type: Musical Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:30 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: "Your Hit Parade" was a popular American television program broadcast from 1950-1959. The 7 top-rated songs of the week were presented in elaborate production numbers. Join Take Four with lead guitari... |
| Personal Memoirs Workshop |
| Event Type: Class Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Join author Wade Keller for this hands-on series of three workshops designed to help you get started in writing your own personal memoirs. |
| Bling! |
| Event Type: Musical Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: South Regional Library |
| Description: Take a journey through some of the great and iniquely American musical art forms including Jazz, Swing and Doo Wop presented through discussion and a live a cappella performance! The award winning qua... |
| Slide Lecture and Discussion of Sites in Agatha Christie's A Shadow on the Glass |
| Event Type: Discussion Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: The Privy Garden at Greenway, a small formal garden enclosed by high holly hedges with only one entrance, is the scene of a double slaying in this vintage country house murder mystery. Action occurs b... |
| Bling! |
| Event Type: Musical Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:30 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: Take a journey through some of the great and uniquely American musical art forms including Jazz, Swing and Doo Wop presented through discussion and a live a cappella performance! The award winning qu... |
| Library Databases |
| Event Type: Class Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: Review several of the library?s subscription databases available free to all Collier County Public Library cardholders in this useful and informative class. Topics include online magazines, phone dir... |
| PC Basics Part I and II |
| Event Type: Class Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: This two-part, hands-on class will cover the basic operation of a personal computer, including operating a mouse, using the Windows operating system, and producing simple documents. No previous comput... |
| Other: Register for Part I to attend Part II. |
| Book Discussion: Plague of Doves by Louise Erdich |
| Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: The unsolved murder of a farm family haunts the small, white, off-reservation town of Pluto, North Dakota. The vengeance exacted for this crime and the subsequent distortions of the truth transform th... |
| Book Discussion: American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld |
| Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: On what might become one of the most significant days in her husband's presidency, Alice Blackwell considers the strange and unlikely path that has led her to the White House -- and the repercussions ... |
| Book Discussion: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down |
| Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Vanderbilt Beach |
| Description: Book Discussion: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman |
| This book offers an alternative perspective of epil... |
| Circulatory Diseases and the Latest Treatment |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: East Naples |
| Description: Veins carry blood from the capillaries to the heart. In the leg, this means the blood has to flow upward, against gravity. Consequently, these veins have one-way valves to prevent the blood from bac... |
| English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 |
| Start Time: 9:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: For English as a Second Language patrons (ESOL), join Silvia Casabianca to practice your English conversational skills in a relaxed environment |
| Une heure du conversation an anglais, tous les Lundis... |
| Other: English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversation an Anglais avec Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversacion en Ingles con Silvia Casabianca |
| NASA's Final Countdown |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: National Public Radio?s ?space expert? Pat Duggins talks about Florida?s impact on NASA and NASA?s impact on Florida. As a youngster, Duggins watched the Apollo moon launches firsthand from his backy... |
| Opera @ the Library: Lecture & Selections from Il Barbiere Di Siviglia |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: Opera in two acts by Gioacchino Rossini with libretto in Italian by Cesare Sterbini based on the comedy of the same name by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. |
| Presented by the Southwest Florida... |
| Special Moments: Inspirational Messages from Nature |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:30 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Noted photographer Len Messineo presents an updated multimedia show, with music and poetry, highlighting his fabulous photographs of the natural beauty of South Florida. |
| Da Vinci Robotic Hysterectomy |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: Dr. Edward Grendys MD Gynecologic Oncologist presents the newest Da Vinci Surgical System, Robotic Hysterectomy. This new, less invasive surgical procedure uses a robotic surgical system designed to h... |
| NASA's Final Countdown |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: South Regional Library |
| Description: National Public Radio's "space expert" Pat Duggins talks about Florida's impact on NASA and NASA's impact on Florida. As a youngster, Duggins watched the Apollo moon launches firsthand from his backy... |
| Your Hit Parade a musical presentation by Take Four |
| Event Type: Musical Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:30 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: Your Hit Parade was a popular American television program broadcast from 1950 to 1959. The seven top-rated songs of the week were presented in elaborate TV production numbers. Vocalists Dorothy Collin... |
| eBay Made Easy |
| Event Type: Class Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: Provides an overview of the online auction service, the basics of selling, how to search for items and successful auction tips. Students will learn how to set up and eBay buyer account, how to bid on ... |
| Email Basics |
| Event Type: Class Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: Learn about free, web-based email, account sign-up and management, how to read, compose, and send email messages. Basic mouse and typing skills are required. |
| Introduction to Decorative Painting |
| Event Type: Class Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: Experience the joy of creating wonderful gifts to keep or give away. Facilitator Barbara Englund and instructors lead the group in a hands-on class on the basics of Decorative Tole Painting. Registr... |
| The Pantanal of Brazil: The World's Largest Wetlands Ecosystem |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: East Naples |
| Description: Located on the western border of Brazil next to Paraguay and Bolivia, the Pantanal has an incredible concentration of rare and unusual wildlife during its seasonal dry period. Join David Southall, Co... |
| Great Decisions 2009 Discussion Series |
| Event Type: Discussion Date: Friday, March 27, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: A current events discussion series on national and international news moderated by Paula Beiser. Participants will need to purchase a workbook. (Limit 50) |
| English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 |
| Start Time: 9:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: For English as a Second Language patrons (ESOL), join Silvia Casabianca to practice your English conversational skills in a relaxed environment |
| Une heure du conversation an anglais, tous les Lundis... |
| Other: English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversation an Anglais avec Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversacion en Ingles con Silvia Casabianca |
| George Gerswhin |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: Beginning as a "song plugger" for music publishers in New York, Gershwin rapidly made his way to Broadway. The concert hall and the opera theatre were enriched with his classical works and he contribu... |
| ?Your Hit Parade? a musical presentation by Take Four |
| Event Type: Musical Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: Your Hit Parade was a popular American television program broadcast from 1950 to 1959. The seven top-rated songs of the week were presented in elaborate TV production numbers. Vocalists Dorothy Collin... |
| Other: Performance in courtyard; no registration required. |
| Great Choral Music |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:30 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Much of the finest choral music has been written for the church. Prior to 1600 composers regularly chose ribald street songs as the foundation for a Mass setting. Gordon Greene, a cultural historian w... |
| Genealogy for Beginners |
| Event Type: Class Date: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 |
| Start Time: 9:30 AM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: Genealogy for Beginners |
| Mere Mortals by David Ives |
| Event Type: Play Date: Thursday, April 02, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: South Regional Library |
| Description: This one act play eavesdrops on a lunch hour atop a girder fifty stories over the street, as three construction workers try to outdo each other by sharing increasingly amazing secrets of their past. ... |
| English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 |
| Start Time: 9:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: For English as a Second Language patrons (ESOL), join Silvia Casabianca to practice your English conversational skills in a relaxed environment |
| Une heure du conversation an anglais, tous les Lundis... |
| Other: English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversation an Anglais avec Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversacion en Ingles con Silvia Casabianca |
| Exploring Western and Southern Australia |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Dr. Gary Schmelz gives a photographic exploration through western and southern Australia, highlighting the natural beauties, creatures and plants of that abundant region. |
| Medical Acupuncture |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: The history, methods and usefulness of medical acupuncture is reviewed in depth in this presentation. Practical patient questions and answers commonly asked are discussed by Dr. O?Leary, DO. A questi... |
| Genealogy for Beginners |
| Event Type: Class Date: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 |
| Start Time: 9:30 AM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: Genealogy for Beginners |
| The Latest in Spine Surgery |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: An overview of spine health presented by Sue Graziano RN, MSN, ONC, NE-BC Nursing Director Orthopedics and Neurosciences includes information on how to protect the spine and maintain proper body mecha... |
| Out of Africa by Isaak Dinesen-- Book Discussion |
| Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Thursday, April 09, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: Legendary Danish storyteller Isak Dinesen (a.k.a. Karen Blixen) tells the true story of her years on a coffee farm in the hills of Kenya. If you loved the movie, you?ll enjoy this classic about Afric... |
| Poetry Reading |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Thursday, April 09, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: East Naples |
| Description: The Magic of Light is Len Solo's third volume of poetry. Many of the poems focus on situations and emotions to which we all can relate. One reviewer notes the poems "capture little incidents which v... |
| Holiday: Library Closed |
| Event Type: Holiday Date: Sunday, April 12, 2009 |
| Start Time: All Day |
| Library: All Libraries |
| Description: Holiday: Library Closed |
| English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 |
| Start Time: 9:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: For English as a Second Language patrons (ESOL), join Silvia Casabianca to practice your English conversational skills in a relaxed environment |
| Une heure du conversation an anglais, tous les Lundis... |
| Other: English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversation an Anglais avec Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversacion en Ingles con Silvia Casabianca |
| Slithering Snakes |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Florida provides a wonderful habitat for a prolific number of snakes. Renee Wilson of the Rookery Bay National Extuarine Reserve presents a look at the varieties found in Southwest Florida, their beha... |
| Genealogy for Beginners |
| Event Type: Class Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 |
| Start Time: 9:30 AM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: Genealogy for Beginners |
| Ecological Disaster? Hurricanes and Fire in Big Cypress National Preserve |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: South Regional Library |
| Description: Park Ranger Jocelyn Alton provides an introduction to the ecological importance of fire and hurricanes in Big Cypress National Preserve. Through activities and the air of a power point presentation a... |
| Book Discussion: Home by Marilynne Robinson |
| Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Robinson's new novel, a companion piece to her Pulitzer-Prize winning Gilead, is an elegant variation on the return of the prodigal son. Set in 1950's Iowa, a retired and ill minister's wayward son re... |
| Book Discussion: Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian |
| Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: East Naples |
| Description: The author?s latest novel re-creates the harrowing westward flight of a Prussian family, their Scottish POW and a young Jewish man surviving by impersonating a German Army officer in the waning days o... |
| English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 |
| Start Time: 9:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: For English as a Second Language patrons (ESOL), join Silvia Casabianca to practice your English conversational skills in a relaxed environment |
| Une heure du conversation an anglais, tous les Lundis... |
| Other: English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversation an Anglais avec Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversacion en Ingles con Silvia Casabianca |
| Book Discussion: So Brave, Young and Handsome by Leif Enger |
| Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Naples |
| Description: In 1915 Minnesota, Monte Beckett, a writer trying to follow up a runaway best seller, leaves his incomplete novels, his wife, and his son to go on a quest. Glendon Hale, a boat builder with a checkere... |
| Mabel Burton Ringling |
| Event Type: Character Enactment Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:30 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: Mable Burton Ringling was truly an enigma. Born in 1875, in a small Ohio farming community, she never spoke of her early life and refused all interviews but one. She never consented to be photographe... |
| The Pleasure of Fishing |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:30 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Captain Bill Walsh, Marco Island Eagle fishing columnist, tells exciting, humorous and sometimes touching new stories of fishing in the waters off Marco Island. |
| Word Processing |
| Event Type: Class Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: Learn the basics of Microsoft Word, as librarians demonstrate creating a simple document. This one-hour hands-on class is for those who have basic computer skills. The class is limited to 10 student... |
| Plume Hunters |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: East Naples |
| Description: From 1880 until 1910, Florida was the scene of uncontrolled exploitation of wildlife to satisfy the need of the fashion industry. In eastern millinery markets, the nuptial plumes of Florida?s wading b... |
| English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 |
| Start Time: 9:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: For English as a Second Language patrons (ESOL), join Silvia Casabianca to practice your English conversational skills in a relaxed environment |
| Une heure du conversation an anglais, tous les Lundis... |
| Other: English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversation an Anglais avec Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversacion en Ingles con Silvia Casabianca |
| E-Mail Basics |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: Estates |
| Description: Attend this hands-on introduction to free, we-based e-mail. This calss is for beginning users with basic computer skills. Registration requested. |
| Scrapbooking Basics |
| Event Type: Class Date: Thursday, April 30, 2009 |
| Start Time: 3:30 PM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: Learn simple scrapbook techniques that will turn your pictures into stories. Supplies are provided, so all you need to bring are photographs. Ages 10 and up are welcome. Program is limited to 15 pa... |
| English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 |
| Start Time: 9:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: For English as a Second Language patrons (ESOL), join Silvia Casabianca to practice your English conversational skills in a relaxed environment |
| Une heure du conversation an anglais, tous les Lundis... |
| Other: English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversation an Anglais avec Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversacion en Ingles con Silvia Casabianca |
| Plume Hunters |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: From 1880 until 1910, Florida was the scene of uncontrolled exploitation of wildlife to satisfy the needs of the fashion industry. In eastern millinery markets, the nuptial plumes of Florida's wading ... |
| Swamp Stomp ? Where the Snakes Are |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: Park Ranger Jonnie Gove identifies the native snakes found in Big Cypress National Preserve, their niches and importance to the ecology of the Everglades Ecosystem. Non-native species are also identif... |
| Book Discussion: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Relin |
| Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Thursday, May 07, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: East Naples |
| Description: This is a story of one man?s efforts to address poverty, educate girls and overcome cultural divides in the most impoverished and remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. This book reveals the eno... |
| Anime Club |
| Event Type: Young Adult Date: Saturday, May 09, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:45 PM |
| Library: Headquarters |
| Description: Anime Club for ages 12 -17. |
| Other: Attendee must be between the ages of 12 Years and 17 Years old. |
| English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 |
| Start Time: 9:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: For English as a Second Language patrons (ESOL), join Silvia Casabianca to practice your English conversational skills in a relaxed environment |
| Une heure du conversation an anglais, tous les Lundis... |
| Other: English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversation an Anglais avec Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversacion en Ingles con Silvia Casabianca |
| Traveling Through Central America by Motorcycle |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 |
| Start Time: 6:30 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: Linda Blaise, retired teacher and USCG captain, presents the adventures of a local motorcycle group as they travel through Belize, Guatemala and Panama, with many colorful photos of the countries and ... |
| Book Discussion: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski |
| Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: Marco Island |
| Description: A tale reminiscent of "Hamlet" that also celebrates the alliance between humans and dogs follows speech-disabled Wisconsin youth Edgar, who bonds with yearling canines, and struggles to prove that his... |
| Second Spanish Colonial Period |
| Event Type: Lecture Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009 |
| Start Time: 2:00 PM |
| Library: East Naples |
| Description: At the end of the American Revolution, England had to return Florida to Spanish ownership under the terms of the Treaty of Paris 1783. Spain had little interest in colonizing her former possession an... |
| English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 |
| Start Time: 9:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: For English as a Second Language patrons (ESOL), join Silvia Casabianca to practice your English conversational skills in a relaxed environment |
| Une heure du conversation an anglais, tous les Lundis... |
| Other: English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversation an Anglais avec Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversacion en Ingles con Silvia Casabianca |
| Internet Basics |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: Estates |
| Description: Learn about the basics of Web navigation, useful websites including the Library's homepage, Internet vocabulary, and popular search engines in this hands-on class utilizing a live Internet feed. Prer... |
| Internet Basicos, Part I and II |
| Event Type: Class Date: Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: En esta clase pr?ctica, el instructor explicara las bases de navegaci?n en Internet y p?ginas ?tiles. Vocabulario de Internet y p?ginas populares de b?squeda como Google y Yahoo. Esta clase es en do... |
| LIBRARY CLOSED: Memorial Day |
| Event Type: Holiday Date: Monday, May 25, 2009 |
| Start Time: All Day |
| Library: All Libraries |
| Description: LIBRARY CLOSED: Memorial Day |
| English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Event Type: Class Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 |
| Start Time: 9:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: For English as a Second Language patrons (ESOL), join Silvia Casabianca to practice your English conversational skills in a relaxed environment |
| Une heure du conversation an anglais, tous les Lundis... |
| Other: English Conversation with Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversation an Anglais avec Silvia Casabianca |
| Conversacion en Ingles con Silvia Casabianca |
| Internet Basicos, Part I and II |
| Event Type: Class Date: Thursday, May 28, 2009 |
| Start Time: 10:00 AM |
| Library: Golden Gate |
| Description: En esta clase pr?ctica, el instructor explicara las bases de navegaci?n en Internet y p?ginas ?tiles. Vocabulario de Internet y p?ginas populares de b?squeda como Google y Yahoo. Esta clase es en do... |
| Other: Registrarse para la primera parte. |
| LIBRARY CLOSED: Independence Day |
| Event Type: Holiday Date: Friday, July 03, 2009 |
| Start Time: All Day |
| Library: All Libraries |
| Description: LIBRARY CLOSED: Independence Day |
| LIBRARY CLOSED: Labor Day |
| Event Type: Holiday Date: Monday, September 07, 2009 |
| Start Time: All Day |
| Library: All Libraries |
| Description: LIBRARY CLOSED: Labor Day |
| LIBRARY CLOSED: Veteran's Day |
| Event Type: Holiday Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 |
| Start Time: All Day |
| Library: All Libraries |
| Description: LIBRARY CLOSED: Veteran's Day |
| LIBRARY CLOSED: Thanksgiving Day |
| Event Type: Holiday Date: Thursday, November 26, 2009 |
| Start Time: All Day |
| Library: All Libraries |
| Description: LIBRARY CLOSED: Thanksgiving Day |
| LIBRARY CLOSED: Day after Thanksgiving |
| Event Type: Holiday Date: Friday, November 27, 2009 |
| Start Time: All Day |
| Library: All Libraries |
| Description: LIBRARY CLOSED: Day after Thanksgiving |
| LIBRARY CLOSED: Christmas Eve |
| Event Type: Holiday Date: Thursday, December 24, 2009 |
| Start Time: All Day |
| Library: All Libraries |
| Description: LIBRARY CLOSED: Christmas Eve |
| LIBRARY CLOSED: Christmas Day |
| Event Type: Holiday Date: Friday, December 25, 2009 |
| Start Time: All Day |
| Library: All Libraries |
| Description: LIBRARY CLOSED: Christmas Day |
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