Adults
Georgia O’Keeffe Lecture – Champion Public Library
Art lovers unite at Champion Public Library! Join us for an online lecture at 1:00 PM on Monday, January 26th to learn about the iconic career of Georgia O’Keeffe. Attendees, ages 18 and up, will learn about O’Keeffe’s paintings of landscapes, flowers, and desert forms, and explore why her beloved works remain so powerful today with Art Historian Matthew Palczynski. This event is free and open to the public; however, registration is encouraged. This Zoom lecture event is sponsored by Roads Scholars.
Matthew Palczynski is an art history lecturer, consultant, curator, and educator. With a Ph.D. in art history and a focus on vanguard art after around 1850, Palczynski leads programs for academic, corporate, and nonprofit organizations around the world. Palczynski talks include those for Renaissance Weekend, Stanford University, The Wharton School, Cunard, and United Airlines. Palczynski is an adjunct senior instructor at The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia and has taught at the Tyler School of Art since 2004.
For more information, call the Champion Public Library at (580) 223-3164. You can visit the library at 601 Railway Express in Ardmore. The Champion Public Library is a branch of the Southern Oklahoma Library System.
Get to Know Your Sewing Machine – Healdton Community Library
Have a sewing machine but don’t know how to use it? Is there a jam that you don’t know how to fix? Join us at the Healdton Community Library at 10:00 AM on Monday, January 26th to get to know your sewing machine. Led by Jovita Black, OSU Master Volunteer in Sewing, participants will learn how to clean, maintain, operate, and repair small problems with sewing machines. This program is designed for ages 18 and up. Signing up is encouraged.
For more information, call the Healdton Community Library at (580) 229-0590. You can visit us at 554 South 4th Street in Healdton. The Healdton Community Library is a branch of the Southern Oklahoma Library System (SOLS).
Book Club – Love County Library
Join others at the Love County Library’s book club at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, January 20th. Conversation, fellowship, and refreshments will be centered on popular book titles for adults to discuss. This month’s book, “Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” by James McBride will be featured.
In 1972, workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, unexpectedly discovered a skeleton at the bottom of a well while digging foundations for a new development. This find raised questions about the identity of the skeleton and its origins, secrets long kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, a neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side. Moshe and Chona Ludlow were residents there; Moshe integrated his theater while Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. When the state sought to institutionalize a deaf boy, it was Chona and Nate Timblin, the Black janitor at the theater and community leader, who joined forces to protect him.
For more information, contact the Love County Library at (580) 276-3783 or visit the library at 500 South Hwy. 77 in Marietta. The Love County Library is a branch of the Southern Oklahoma Library System.
Book Club – Healdton Community Library
Join friends at the Healdton Community Library for their book club at 5:30 PM on Monday, January 19th. Conversation, fellowship, and refreshments will be centered on popular book titles for adults to discuss. This month’s book, “The Nightingale” by Kristin Hannah will be discussed.
France, 1939 – In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he leaves for the war. She does not think the Nazis will come to France, but they do, arriving with marching soldiers, trucks, tanks, and planes that fill the sky and drop bombs on innocent people. When a German captain takes over Vianne’s home, she and her daughter must live with the enemy or lose everything. With no food, money, or hope, and as danger grows around them, she must make one hard choice after another to keep her family safe. Vianne’s sister, Isabelle, is a rebellious eighteen-year-old, looking for meaning with all the wild energy of youth. While thousands of people in Paris face the unknown dangers of war, she meets Gäetan, a fighter who believes the French can fight the Nazis from inside France, and she falls in love as only young people can, fully and deeply. But when he lets her down, Isabelle joins the Resistance and never turns back, risking her life again to help others.
Participants are encouraged to check out the book by visiting the Healdton Community Library at 554 South 4th Street in Healdton or call (580) 229-0590. The Healdton Community Library is a branch of the Southern Oklahoma Library System.
History of Popcorn – Johnston County Library
Things are popping at Johnston County Library! Join us at 6:00 PM on Thursday, January 15th for an engaging program on the history of popcorn led by Amanda Lewis with the OSU Extension Office. In this presentation, Lewis will trace back to the origins of popcorn from ancient indigenous cultures of the Americas to its place as a modern snack staple. Attendees for all ages will explore how corn suitable for popping was cultivated thousands of years ago, how it later became popular at fairs, movie theaters, and homes across the United States. Plus, learn about how advances in agriculture and food science helped shape today’s popcorn varieties, connecting history, culture, and nutrition in a fun and accessible way. Sign up now to secure your spot!
For more information, you can contact the Johnston County Library at (580) 371-3006 or visit the library at 116 West Main in Tishomingo. The Johnston County Library is a branch of the Southern Oklahoma Library System.