Library

Learn how to use our robots, Dot and Dash, in this four-part workshop. We'll have new challenges each session that will help you level up your skills, whether you're brand-new to robots or a coding pro. Ages 7-12. Space is limited and registration is required. Please call the Library beginning on January 2nd at 503-397-4544 to sign up for one of the 12 available spots.

3:30-5:00pm

YOU can be an author. Before there were ebooks or blogs, there were zines! Put together a mini-book/magazine with whatever you want to tell the world, whether it's through visual art or words. We'll have different binding options available, too. Ages 7-14. Space is limited and registration is required. Please call the Library beginning on December 1st at 503-397-4544 to sign up for one of the 16 available spots.

3:30-5:00pm

Marnita Bahmer, of the Columbia Arts Guild, will lead a two-evening workshop in repurposing a book into a beautifully embellished journal. She will discuss various paper and fabric dying techniques. Participants will learn how to age with ink, incorporate ephemera, use stamping and stenciling as well as book binding.

A kit will be provided, but participants will need to bring their own scissors, a metal edge ruler, fast drying glue (for paper or fabric), and any ephemera that you would like to use in your finished journal – maps, printed tissue, postcards, pictures, etc.

Marnita Bahmer, of the Columbia Arts Guild, will lead a two-evening workshop in repurposing a book into a beautifully embellished journal. She will discuss various paper and fabric dying techniques. Participants will learn how to age with ink, incorporate ephemera, use stamping and stenciling as well as book binding.

A kit will be provided, but participants will need to bring their own scissors, a metal edge ruler, fast drying glue (for paper or fabric), and any ephemera that you would like to use in your finished journal – maps, printed tissue, postcards, pictures, etc.

Carol Adelman will speak on planting, disease and care of peonies with photos of outstanding varieties.

We will each read a book of our choosing that follows a theme which, for this gathering, is HUMOR! We'll all have a chance to share our thoughts and book/author recommendations during informal conversation. This is a great theme for both fiction and nonfiction. Light snacks and beverages will be available.

To make it easier to select a relevant book, the library will have a collection set aside. You simply need to ask for the book club collection at the circulation desk. However, you are not limited to these selections, so get creative!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 25, 2018

Free Oregon Humanities Conversation Project on Thursday, November 8, on the purpose of higher education

December 1st

6:30-8:30pm in the Auditorium

5pm--Midnight in the Armstrong Room at the Columbia Center.

Writers can work when the Library is closed to everyone else.  Pizza, coffee, tea, and cookies will be provided. 

Young Writers Program participants encouraged to attend.

Open to all ages.