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In This Issue
Children's Book Festival with Gail Carson Levine
Margaret Stohl and Stephanie Perkins
Hair Trends
60 Minutes to a Better Marriage
Free tickets to A Wrinkle in Time
Upcoming Events

 

May 1: Learn It @ Your Library: Hair Trends, Tips, and Techniques

 

May 2: Microsoft Word classes begin 

 

May 3: Teen Program, Cinco de Mayo Party

 

May 8: Comienzan clases de Excel en Espaņol 

 

May 15: Authorlink - Margaret Stohl and Stephanie Perkins 

 

May 17-18: Children's Book Festival with Gail Carson Levine 

 

May 21: Intermediate Microsoft Excel classes begin 

 

May 28: Learn It @ Your Library: 60 Minutes to a Better Marriage 

 

June 1: Summer Reading Program Kick-off  & Book Sale  

 

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Provo Library Newsletter
May 2013
You're invited to the Children's Book Festival, featuring
Gail Carson Levine,
author of

Ella Enchanted
  

 

Keynote by Gail Carson Levine 

Friday May 17, 7:00 pm; Free

 

Author's Brunch, Saturday, 

May 18, 10:00 am (Brunch tickets are $20, and include a copy of Ella Enchanted.)

 

Children's Book Festival

Saturday, May 18, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm; Free!

 

Join this celebrated author on Friday night for her keynote address or have brunch with her on Saturday morning. There's a very limited number of brunch tickets available, and they'll go on sale 

Saturday morning, May 4 at 9:00 am at the Circulation Desk. 

 

Ms. Levine will sign copies of her books on Friday evening, and again on Saturday from 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm, during the Festival.

 

Come and bring the kids to the Children's Book Festival on Saturday! You'll enjoy 

  • face painting
  • crafts
  • a fortune teller
  • life-sized book characters
  • treats
  • games
  • puppet shows
  • a maypole
  • live owls
  • FREE books to the first 500 children!

Did you love Beautiful Creatures?
Meet author Margaret Stohl

 

Wednesday, May 15
7:00 pm
Library Ballroom

Free

 

Meet Margaret, along with Stephanie Perkins, author of Anna and the French Kiss. They'll be stopping in Provo during the national book launch tour for ICONS, Margaret's new solo book. The two of them will speak, and then sign copies of their books in our ballroom. No tickets are required for this free event, but seating is limited.

Learn It @ Your Library:
Hair Trends, Tips, and Techniques

 

Wednesday, May 1
7:00 pm
Young Special Events Room (#201) 

  • Learn the best hairstyles for your face shape and hair texture
  • Learn some simple updos that you can do yourself
  • Find out about today's trends in hair

Presented by Taylor Andrews Academy of Hair Design.

60 Minutes 
to a Better Marriage: 
It's Not All About Communication! 
 
Part I
Tuesday, May 28
7:00 pm
Young Special Events Room (#201) 
  • Learn the new science of romantic relationships
  • Learn how men and women can make it safer to connect
  • Learn specific skills to enhance your relationship
Presented by Jeremy Boden, a marriage and family therapist who specializes in couples therapy. Boden is a full-time faculity member at UVU in the Family Studies Department and has a PhD in Family Studies.
See BYU's A Wrinkle in Time FREE!

BYU is offering tickets to their spring production of A Wrinkle in Time. Children who read three books can get a voucher for 2 tickets to the 2:00 p.m. matinee in the DeJong Concert Hall, June 1, 6, 8, 14, or 15th.  Patrons can pick up the reading log bookmark at the Children's desk during May.

To learn more about any of these programs or services, visit our website at www.provolibrary.com or call 801-852-6650.
Database of the Month
This archive of historical newspapers is only available on a computer within the Provo Library. With it you have access to an archive of The Daily Herald from 1922 to 1977. Newspapers accessible from this database have been scanned into a searchable pdf format, and can be printed or emailed from within the site.