At the library
The final Brown Bag concert of the summer will be “Bongo Barry,” a favorite with children and all ages, who will entertain at noon Wednesday at the Emporia Public Library. Lunch and snacks are sold by Dog Gone Brothers and Sweet Granada. Seating is limited, so participants are advised to bring chairs. In case of rain or heat, the event will be held inside.
The Emporia Public Library’s summer reading program, “Get a Clue at Your Library”, will be ending Tuesday. All Reading Time Booklet sheets and overtime reader sheets must be turned in by 6:00 p.m. on that date to Children’s Services in order to be counted for grand prizes. Children may continue turning in Reading Time Booklet sheets until Tuesday, July 31st for weekly prizes only.
The final event for the summer reading program will be “Case Closed.” All Summer Reading Program participants are invited to attend this final party from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the library courtyard. The party will feature crafts, refreshments, and games. Grand prizes will also be awarded to the children who read the most minutes during the 2007 Summer Reading Program.
For more information, call Children’s Services at 340-6466 or visit the Emporia Public Library’s Web site at www.emporia library.org.
All programs are free and open to the public.
Arts classes
The Emporia Arts Council Summer Theatre Camp will be held from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the arts center and Lee Beran Recreation Center. Campers will learn to be part of a theatre team and learn basic fundamentals of theatre and acting. There will be a final performance of “The Great Kapok Tree” at the end of the week. Lunch and transportation will be provided each day for the campers. The fee is $90. Information: 343-6473.
The EAC Stained Glass Workshop for middle school, high school and adults, led by Harry Hart (last stained glass class to be taught by Hart) will be held Oct. 1 through Nov. 9. the fee is $40. For more information and to register, call 343-6473.
Live in the Lot
Wednesday’s “Live in the Lot” concert will be performed by the DeWayn Brothers, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Seventh Avenue and Merchant Street parking lot. The performance will be the final concert for this summer’s downtown series.
Following the concert, “Live in the Lot” organizers will show the film “An Inconvenient Truth,” Al Gore’s documentary on global warming. The movie will begin around 9 p.m.
The film and concert are free.
Kansas art collection
“Making Kansas Home: Selections from the Marjorie Swann and Bill Tsutsui Collection” will be on display at Beach Museum of Art on the southeast corner of the Kansas State University campus in Manhattan through Aug. 26. Admission is free.
The exhibit includes approximately 40 paintings, prints and ceramic works. The couple moved to Kansas in 1993 as KU professors; she is from Ontario, Canada, and he, from Texas. They said they felt like outsiders, or “sojourners,” until they started collecting Kansas artwork in 1999.
According to Tsutsui in the news release, “Discovering Kansas artistic heritage was a real revelation for us. It turned us on to the Kansas landscape, it ignited a desire to learn more about Kansas history and art and it made us feel more rooted here in Kansas to the extent that we frankly can’t imagine living anywhere else.”
Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. For more information, call (785) 532-7718.