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Patriotic Movie in Honor of Veteran's Day - Friday, November 11

Submitted by Val S. on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 4:20pm

In honor of Veteran's Day, Friday, November 11, the Barbara Bush Branch Library will show a patriotic movie for Senior Classic Movie Morning. The movie from 1943 stars Claudette Colbert and Paulette Goddard. It is the true story of Army nurses who are assigned to Hawaii in 1941. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, they are then sent to Bataan in the Philippines.

The movie will be shown in the Earl Elliott Room at 10:00 am. Come and enjoy the movie and some treats, and help us honor the Vets.

 

 

Lalique and Art Glass of the 19th and 20th Centuries presented by Tim Novak

Submitted by Val S. on Mon, 10/31/2011 - 3:18pm

 René Lalique, Coupe Anvers [Anvers Bowl], designed March 21, 1930, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Rienzi Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III, 97.1560

 

Tuesday, November 8 at 6:30 Tim Novak, director of the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, will present a lecture on Lalique and Art Glass  of the 19th and 20th Centuries at the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts.

Tim Novak did his graduate work in art glass. He has organized over 70 exhibitions to date on glass and American art.

Native American Artist Exhibit at the Library

Submitted by Val S. on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 2:39pm

The Barbara Bush Branch library is honored to have an exhibit from the Garden of the Dragonfly Gallery in Old Town Spring. The exhibit features three artists, Dani Palmierie-Shafer, Yvonne Denbina, and Mary Chimarusti.Mary Chimarusti - Painted Native American Drum

Here I am featuring Mary Chimarusti.

"Inspired by her life's experiences, world travels, music, photography, and spiritual studies, Mary has taken her visions and placed them on canvas. She is a self-taught artist who depends on her visions and inner-most emotions to create her art. A master storyteller, her canvas is her voice."

Harris County Public Library: A Guided Tour of the Homepage

Submitted by Val S. on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 2:51pm

Do more than search the catalog and request books!

Start at http://www.hcpl.net  Scroll down and look in the column on the left.

Under Menu:

Click on My Account/Renew.  Look at the books you have out or renew books.

Career and Job Skills Database Demo at the Library

Submitted by Val S. on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 11:13am

                                                                                       Career and Job Skills Database Demo at the library

Friday, August 12 @ 11:00 AM

 

 

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