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August Genealogy Club Meeting
 Where will our future genealogy investigations lead us? Join us for a planning session - help choose speakers, field trips and events.
Tuesday, August 31
9:30 - 11:00AM
Conference Room
Bud Werner Memorial Library
FREE!
Learn about new materials and share research successes.
Readers Theater Workshop
 Intensive vocal training workshops with Storytime for Grownups Artistic Director Stuart Handloff.
Four non-consecutive workshops...attend what you can.
Thursdays, September 2, 9, 16, 23
6-8 p.m.
Library Hall
Free!
These workshops provide an exceptional opportunity to hone vocal skills and learn more about the art of reading to an audience. Join the official Storytime for Grownups readers and other members of the community interested in learning more about public speaking.
Bud Werner Memorial Library is launching Storytime for Grownups this fall. This will be an opportunity to spend an hour in Library Hall listening to compelling contemporary and classic short stories read aloud by some of the Yampa Valley’s finest voices. Storytime for Grownups is a noon “brown bag lunch” program that will be scheduled every three to four weeks from October through May. Expect suspense and humor, big characters and intriguing twists of plot.
Questions about the vocal workshops? Contact Storytime for Grownups Artistic Director Stuart Handloff at shandloff@hotmail.com or (970) 355-9403.
Literary Sojourn Author Study
 The Literary Sojourn Author Study is a sequence of seminars designed to enhance the experience of reading for Literary Sojourn. Facilitated by Michelle Dover, participants read and discuss works from each of the five guest authors prior to the event. Space is limited so call Michelle at (970) 879-0240, ext. 307, or send an email to mdover@steamboatlibrary.org.
All programs start at 5:30 pm and meet in the Conference Room.
Then & Now - A History of Steamboat Springs, Colorado
DECADE BY DECADE
 A series of DECADE BY DECADE discussions with author Harriet Freiberger & photographer Ken Proper.
How did Steamboat get where it is today?
Harriet Freiberger and Ken Proper’s book "Then & Now – A History of Steamboat Springs, Colorado" traced the physical essence of a small Western town’s birth and development — connecting people and events in Steamboat Springs with America’s progress toward maturity. These discussions will bring together some of the central sources from the book to share stories and perspectives from their defining eras. Join the conversation!
All programs meet in Library Hall
- Wednesday, Sept. 8, Noon: 1950s
- Wednesday, Sept. 29, Noon: 1960s
- Wednesday, Oct. 27, 6:30 p.m.: 1970s & 1980s
Interested in helping spearhead the discussion about one of these eras? Contact Adult Programs Coordinator Jennie Lay at (970) 367-4017 or jlay@steamboatlibrary.org.
Family Yoga with Sherry Hakanson-Moore
 One in an occasional community class for mind body awareness.
Saturday, September 11
OUTSIDE, on the lawn at the historic downtown courthouse*
During the Steamboat Springs Farmers' Market
10-11 a.m.
For ages 3-93!
These Community classes are designed for all levels of experience. Wear comfortable clothes, and please bring a mat and a blanket if you have one, and water.
Classes are by donation.
About Sherry
Sherry Hakanson-Moore is a Yoga Kids facilitator certified by Yoga Kids International. She is also trained for yoga for depression and anxiety by the Life Force Yoga Healing Institute.
About Sherry's Mind Body Awareness Class
Sherry invites children and parents to awaken their inner child. Come and imagine, stretch, breathe and enjoy moving your body while tapping into nature during the outdoor family yoga class. There will be music, chant, movement and a quiet relaxation.
Donations for Sherry's class will go to the Steamboat Springs School District's Nurses' Office to provide snacks for hungry students.
*Rain, snow or other extreme weather will move the class to Library Hall.
Third Friday's Free Foreign Film Series at The Depot: BOMBER
 Bud Werner Memorial Library and the Steamboat Springs Arts Council present an award-winning 2009 British comedy directed by Paul Cotter.
Friday, September 17
7 p.m.
The Depot, across the river from the Library on 13th Street.
BOMBER Synopsis:
Alistar and Valerie have been planning a special trip to Germany for a very long time. When their son Ross stops by the house to send them off, happenstance turns into an impromptu family road trip of the most tortuous kind. Alistar berates Ross for all that he is not in life, while Valerie tries to keep the peace. It is soon discovered that Alistar's reason for the often comic, sometimes painful trip is to shed a guilt he's been carrying for years. Ultimately, the family learns they need each other more then they imagined.
"With endearing performances and a witty script, BOMBER is one of my favorite Films [from the] SXSW Film Festival!" - Tim Basham, Paste Magazine
In English/85 min.
The screening includes an award-wining short, fresh popcorn & a cash bar. Special thanks to KPA Productions.
Speaking In Tongues
 4 kids, 4 languages, 1 city, 1 world
Monday, September 20
6:30 p.m.
Library Hall
Free film!
As we embark on a new school year, see how four kids become bilingual in a transformative educational experience.
In a time where 31 states have passed English-only initiatives, one urban school district is exploring the provocative notion that speaking a foreign language can be a national asset. This film follow four diverse students and their families as they encounter the
challenges and delights of becoming fluent in two languages. As we witness their journey, we see how speaking more than one language changes them, their families, their communities, and maybe even the world.
Speaking in Tongues begins with an ordinary first day of public school kindergarten—except that the teacher speaks only Chinese. Most of her primarily white and Asian American students look confused but curious; a few nod knowingly. They are all in a language immersion class, where, from day one, they will receive 90% of their instruction in Cantonese. Remarkably, their school will test first in English and math
among their district’s 76 elementary schools.
Thanks to PBS and Community Cinema for making this extra screening possible for Steamboat Springs. The regular PBS Community Cinema season kicks off in October, with one new documentary premiering each month in Library Hall.
RAIN CHECK! A foreign film flick 'n float!
 We had lightning and rain the first time....so we're trying it again: The Bud Werner Memorial Library, Steamboat Springs Arts Council & Old Town Hot Springs present THE GREAT MATCH - a foreign film event in honor of 2010 World Cup Soccer and the start of fall in Steamboat! Soak outdoors in the springs while watching this entertaining multi-national comedy directed by Gerardo Olivares.
Saturday, September 25
9 p.m.
Old Town Hot Springs, 136 Lincoln Ave.
Film is free
*After hours Springs entry is $7
Variety calls the film, "A visually breathtaking, gently comic homage to the indigenous communities that are its subject and to soccer's power to penetrate lives."
About THE GREAT MATCH
This film tells the adventurous story of three heroes, none of whom have ever met, but who nevertheless have two things in common: firstly, they all live in the farthest-flung corners of the planet and, secondly, they are all three determined to see on TV the final in Japan of the 2002 World Cup between Germany and Brazil. The protagonists in this 'global' comedy are: a family of Mongolian nomads, a camel caravan of Tuareg in the Sahara, and a group of Indios in the Amazon. They all live about 500k from the next town – and the next television – making their task a particularly daunting one. Nevertheless, these inventive people possess the resourcefulness and the willpower to achieve their goal.
In Kazajo, Tamashek & Tupi with English subtitles / 88 minutes
Gutter Bunny
 A free interactive art and bicycling experience
Sunday, September 26
Noon-3 p.m.
Library Hall
Gutter Bunny Project is an urban art installation bringing together themes of video and audio for a unique cycling experience. It allows participants to cycle their way through a virtual landscape created by footage taken by everyday riders around the world. They experience this perspective of slogging through the streets to find peace within the urban surroundings.
A bike will reside in Library Hall, pointed at the screen. Anyone may jump on the bike and start pedaling. This triggers the projection of the video pieced together from head-cam footage from riders around the world. As you ride the bike you will see video of different cities and feel you are experiencing the ride yourself. The video is combined with motion graphics to paint a unique virtual landscape. Accompanied by a live DJ for audio effects to create a complete experience.
Read about Gutter Bunny's debut in other cities and check it out on Facebook. Then come to the Bud Werner Memorial Library and try it out in person while Gutter Bunny resides in Steamboat Springs!
Help set the stage for Storytime for Grownups
 Calling local designers!
Story is why the Library exists – and Bud Werner Memorial Library thinks storytime shouldn’t be an experience that’s limited to kids. That’s why we’re launching Storytime for Grownups this fall. Storytime for Grownups needs an impromptu living room – and we’re looking for designers who want to help make the Library Hall stage something special. Each one-hour session will require the temporary installation of a small table (no larger than 6'), chair and lamp (plus whatever other embellishments you see fit). Basically, we’re looking to create a cozy nook for the official Storytime reader to sit in as he or she shares some of the finest contemporary and classic short stories aloud with a lunchtime audience. Designers will be publicly credited for their work. Interested designers should contact Adult Programs Coordinator Jennie Lay at 970-367-4917 or jlay@steamboatlibrary.org.
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