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Join us for these October events!
October 13 - The Crimes & Clues Book Club discusses The Monster of Florence at 9:30am
October 20 - Afterschool Workshop: Pumpkin Decorating for K-5th graders at 4pm
October 29 - Halloween Storytime is more silly than scary! (costumes encouraged!) 10:30am
October 29 - Teen Author Event with Dusty Higgins (Pinnochio Vampire Slayer) at 2:30pm |
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For Adults
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An Evening of Student Documentary Premieres
Monday, October 3 at 5 pm
Walker Community Room
Student documentary filmmakers from the University of Arkansas will premiere three films: Boy Scouts with Guns by Nathan Rowe, Meg Little and Pam DeRossitte, Home at Last: Hmong People in the Ozarks by Judy Luna and Steve Sevic, and Mountain Man by Jose Lopez, Yen Nguyen and Nazli Ozkan.
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 BookTalk Book Club
Monday, October 10 at 1pm
Ann Henry Board Room BookTalk @ Night Book Club
Monday, October 10 at 6:30pm
Leverenz Room
No Impact Man: the Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process by Colin Beavan
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 Crimes and Clues Book Club
Thursday, October 13
9:30-11:30am
Ann Henry Board Room
The Monster of Florence
by Douglas Preston
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 Climate Change Book Forum
World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse by Lester Brown
Sunday, October 16
2:00-4:00pm
Walker Community Room
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New Short Plays from the Arkansas Playwright's Workshop Inspired by No Impact Man
Monday, October 24
6:30pm
Walker Community Room
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 10 X 10 Countdown Conversations: The Importance of Being Earnest
Sunday, October 23
2:00pm
Walker Community Room
FPL hosts the 10x10 Countdown Conversation Series in collaboration with the Walton Arts Center. October's event: Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest gets the 10x10 treatment with WAC's Jodi Beznoska and TheatreSquared's Morgan Hicks. The Aquila Theatre will present the play at the WAC on November 5th.
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8th Annual Gathering of the Groups with guest speaker Colin Beavan, author of No Impact Man
Friday, October 28
11:30am
Walker Community Room
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For Children |
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Regular Storytimes
Baby Bookworms for Birth-to-24 month-olds
Mondays and Thursdays at 9:45am
Walker Community Room
Preschool Story Time for 3-to-5-year-olds
Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays at 10:30am
Wal-Mart Storytime Room
Toddler Time for 2-to-3-year-olds
Thursdays and Fridays at 10:30am
Wal-Mart Storytime Room
What's New Family Storytime
Saturdays at 10:30am
Walmart Storytime Room
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 Author Darci PattisonSaturday, October 1
10:30am
Walker Community Room
Arkansas author Darcy Pattison will talk about her ninth children's book, Prairie Storms.
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Afterschool Workshops for Grades K-5
 Thursdays in October at 4pm-5pmWal-Mart Storytime Room
Workshops are free but registration is required. Call 856-7170 to sign up.
Oct. 6 - Get Your Game On
Oct. 13 - Chemistry
Oct. 20 - Pumpkin Decorating
Oct. 27 - International Kids
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Dramatic Book Club with Trike Theatre
Wednesday, October 12 & Monday, October 24
10:30am
Wal-Mart Storytime Room
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 Saturday Morning Anime
Saturdays, October 1 and 15
11:00am
Wal-Mart Storytime Room
Snack on breakfast munchies while you enjoy two hours of your favorite anime series. The SMA series will take place every 1st and 3rd Saturday morning of the month.
Teen Anime Club
Monday, October 10
5:00pm Walker Community Room
Teen Gamers Club
Monday, October 25
4:00pm
Walker Community Room
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 Free Flix Before Six Double Feature!Walker Community Room
4:30pm: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
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 Teen Author Event: Dusty Higgins
Saturday, October 29
2:30pm
Walker Community Room
Dusty Higgins, contributing artist to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and illustrator of the graphic novel series Pinocchio: Vampire Slayer, will discuss his work on the series as well as his experiences working in the independent comics publishing world. Q&A session and book signing to follow the presentation.
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Save the date!
October 15
Friends of the FPL Book Sale!
October 28
Gathering of the Groups with author Colin Beavan
November 13
Author Geraldine Brooks
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Thanks so much to the following businesses and individuals for making recent donations to the Fayetteville Public Library Foundation. We appreciate your generosity.
- Greenwood Gearhart, Inc.
- James and Regina Mitchell
- Brad and Lindsay Vester
- Bill and Kim McComas
- Hershel and Barbara Sandefur
- Susan Graham
- Ken and Nancy May
- John and Nancy Kehn
- Ed and Karlee Bradberry
- Mary Kwas
- Hayden McIlroy
- Karla Bradley
- Jeff and Sara Koenig
- Kay Trumbo
- Duane and Judy Woltjen
- Roger and Jessie Koeppe
- Jessie Broadfoot
- Steve and Lindsley Smith
- Don and Jeanne Bosseau
- Virginia Ann Coogan
- Barbara Taylor
- The Willard and Pat Walker Foundation
- Janet Woodland
- Judson Hanson
- Bob and Melinda Nickle
- Dottie Wood
- Dan Griffin and Fran Pearson
- Fred and Doreen Vorsanger
- Pam Skipper
- David Joliffe
- Rebecca Summerlin
- Jim and Jane Scroggs
- Lloyd Warren
- David and Kathryn Jong
- Al Witte
- Ethel Simpson
- Jerome and Harriet Jansma
- Libby Wheeler
- Eleanor Frank
- Michael and Debbi Mohler
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