Adults
Learn to Make Chicken Soup – Champion Public Library
Winter is the perfect time for easy, piping-hot meals that warm the soul. Chicken soup is the ultimate comfort food, requiring just a few ingredients. Join us at Champion Public Library on Wednesday, January 29th at 5:30 PM to learn how to make delicious chicken soup in a crock pot. This class is designed for ages 18 and up, and sign-up is encouraged.
Champion Public Library is offering this program as part of a health literacy grant from the Oklahoma Department of Libraries (ODL). The program is funded in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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. The Southern Oklahoma Library System was named Oklahoma Library of the Year in 2024!
Book Club – Love County Library
Join others at the Love County Library for a monthly book club on Tuesday, January 28th at 6:00 PM. Conversation, fellowship, and refreshments will be centered on popular book titles for adults to discuss. This month’s book selection is “Frozen River” by Ariel Lawhon.
In 1789 Maine, midwife Martha Ballard is called to investigate the frozen body of a man found in the Kennebec River. Her diary chronicles the births and deaths in Hallowell, including an earlier incident of alleged assault involving respected townsmen, one of whom is now dead. When a local physician dismisses her findings and labels the death an accident, Martha takes it upon herself to uncover the truth. As the trial approaches and tensions rise, her diary becomes central to the scandal, forcing her to confront her loyalties and the community’s secrets.
For more information, or to pick up your copy today, contact Love County Library at (580) 276-3783 or visit us at 500 South Hwy. 77 in Marietta. The Love County Library is a branch of the Southern Oklahoma Library System. The Southern Oklahoma Library System was named Oklahoma Library of the Year in 2024!
Ready, Jet, Go! – Parker Memorial Library
*Note: This program has been rescheduled to run from Thursday, January 16 – Thursday, February 6 due to inclement weather on January 9.
Join the Parker Memorial Library and OETA for a special family and community learning event series! This series will feature four engaging programs related to the PBS KIDS TV series Ready Jet Go™. This event will occur every Thursday at 5:30 PM from January 9th through January 30th, January 16th through February 6th. The library will provide meals for each program. Each program will last about 2 hours. Families are encouraged to sign up.
Curiosity about space starts very early. And who better to ask about space than someone who’s actually been there – an alien boy named Jet Propulsion! “Ready Jet Go!” a series for children ages 5 to 8, is a kid’s first introduction to space, earth science, and technology. It’s all presented in an entertaining and engaging way that will inspire a life-long interest. Jet and his Earth friends explore the solar system and how it affects our planet, all while learning about friendship and teamwork.
For more information, you can contact the Parker Memorial Library at (580) 634-2315 or visit the library at 500 West Broadway in Sulphur. The Parker Memorial Library is a branch of the Southern Oklahoma Library System. The Southern Oklahoma Library System was named Oklahoma Library of the Year in 2024!
Let’s Talk About It – Champion Public Library
*Note: This program has been rescheduled for Thursday, January 16 at 5:30 PM due to inclement weather.
The Let’s Talk About It series entitled: “Travel: New Ways of Seeing” will begin Thursday, January 9th (rescheduled for Thursday, January 16th) at 5:30 PM at Champion Public Library with “Blue Highways: A Journey into America” by William Least Heat-Moon. Rex Morrell will serve as the evening’s scholar.
William Least Heat-Moon set out with little more than the need to put home behind him and a sense of curiosity about “those little towns that get on the map — if they get on at all — only because some cartographer has a blank space to fill: Remote, Oregon; Simplicity, Virginia; New Freedom, Pennsylvania; New Hope, Tennessee; Why, Arizona; Whynot, Mississippi.” His adventures, his discoveries, and his recollections of the extraordinary people he encountered along the way amount to a revelation of the true American experience.
This book discussion will be led by scholar Rex Morrell. Morrell majored in history education at Southeastern State College and European History at the University of Oklahoma. Morrell taught history at Murray State College for forty-one years and served as chair of the Liberal Arts Department and as chair of the President’s Scholars Program. Over the last twenty-four years, Morrell has been the presenting scholar for more than 50 different books in the Let’s Talk About It series. Morrell also serves on the Board of Trustees at the Southern Oklahoma Library System.
Books, services, and other materials for this series are provided by Let’s Talk About It, a program of Oklahoma Humanities. Generous funding and support for this series was provided by Kirkpatrick Family Fund, McCasland Foundation, and Oklahoma City University. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in these programs do not necessarily represent those of Oklahoma Humanities.
This program is free and open to the public. Copies of the books are available at the library. For more information, call the Champion Public Library at (580) 223-3164 or visit us at 601 Railway Express in Ardmore. The Champion Public Library is a branch of the Southern Oklahoma Library System.
The Southern Oklahoma Library System was named Oklahoma Library of the Year in 2024!