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September 2015
Ilyasah Shabazz: Author of “Growing Up X”
Ilyasah Shabazz, will be signing books and talking about her work as a community organizer, activist, motivational speaker, and author of the critically acclaimed Growing Up X. She is also the daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz. Shabazz's event will be at the Headquarters Library on Sunday, September 27th at 2:30pm. For more information, please visit: www.aclib.us
Find out more »February 2016
“Wind of Change” Film Screening
Please join us for a special screening from the acclaimed Global Girls Film Festival “Wind of Change” Wednesday, February 17th @ 4:00 p.m. Room 100 Smathers East This screening will be followed by a Q+A with the festival's curator, Nicole Dreiske, Director of the International Children's Media Center. On Wednesday, February 16th the Baldwin Library…
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William Kamkwamba comes to Gainesville!
William Kamkwamba, author of The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind, is coming to the Headquarters Library in downtown Gainesville! Learn more about how this author, engineer, and philanthropist brought electricty to his village through the power of windmills. It's an event not to miss!
Find out more »April 2016
Local Children’s Authors Night
On Tuesday, April 12, at 7:00pm, the Alachua Country Headquarters Library Branch will host a Local Children’s Authors Night. These 12 Alachua County authors will read from their favorites and discuss their illustrations and inspirations. The featured books include the eclectic mix of these titles: Be Brave, Clarissa: A Dolly Head Adventure, Extraordinary Annie, Fraidy Frog Faces Billy Bully Frog, In and Out the Dragon's Mouth, Laurel Finds a Friend, Lickitysplit the Handicapped Horse, Memory Land: A Place Where Love Lives…
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January 2017
Moomins, Moomins, Everywhere!
Tove Jansson, the renowned Finnish artist, wrote the iconic Moomin children's books. Lucky for you there is an exhibition called Moomins at the Theatre at the Teattrimuseo in Helsinki, Finland. The exhibit is temporary so you must catch it between now and summer 2017! Now if you can't make it all the way to Helsinki, try London instead! The Southbank Centre has a new exhibition called Adventures in Moominland which combines "archive materials and immersive storytelling". Sounds interesting, right? This exhibition will only be open until April…
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Lost and Found in The Archives: January 18, 2017
On Wednesday January 18, 2017 in Smathers Library East (Room 100) there will be a talk about archives and a film screening. Our esteemed guests will be film professor Dr. Dan Streible of New York University and archivist Skip Elsheimer of AV Geeks. They will be showing some very interesting short films that discuss children and race as their forefront issues. Below you can see a screenshot of one of the films that will be screened at the event. Ro-Revus Talks about…
Find out more »February 2017
Same Text, New Look: Resurrecting the Classics of Childhood
We have a special treat coming to Smathers Library East (Room 100) on Thursday, February 9, 2017. Frances Gilbert will be coming to give a talk entitled Same Text, New Look: Resurrecting the Classics of Childhood. Check out her bio below. We hope to see you there! Frances Gilbert is the Associate Publishing Director of Random House Books for Young Readers. Prior to moving to Random House in 2012, Frances established and ran the children’s publishing division at Sterling Publishing for twelve years. Frances…
Find out more »September 2017
Jewell Parker Rhodes is coming to Gainesville!
Acclaimed author Jewell Parker Rhodes is coming to Gainesville this fall. She will be gracing us with her presence at Smathers Library East Room 100 on Tuesday, September 26th at 2:00pm. Come one and come all!
Find out more »March 2018
The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A Presentation by Kathryn Aalto
Bestselling author and garden historian Kathryn Aalto explores how the real-life Ashdown Forest, a wildlife haven spanning more than 6,000 acres, moved both A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepherd to create the cherished tales that remain wildly popular today. Aalto discusses the landscape of Ashdown Forest and shares iconic moments for the book in an exciting interplay of landscape and literature. Kathryn Aalto is a landscape designer, historian, lecturer and nonfiction writer. She is a lecturer at Plymouth University,…
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