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Lobby Display Case

The Library display case holds items provided by the Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures at Aurora University. The Center serves as both a museum of Native American culture and as a setting for research and teaching related to the study of cultural artifacts and related texts.

 St. Charles Writer's Group
Saturday, May 10, 9:15 am
Designed for both fledgling and experienced writers. Each workshop begins with a short presentation or a group discussion and follows with critiques of each other’s work.

 Book Discussion Groups
May 13, 10 to 11:15 am
The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare
May 13, 7 to 8:15 pm
The Florist's Daughter, by Patricia Hampl

 Books & Bites
Wed., May 14, 7 pm
at Caribou Coffee
3689 East Main Street

Join us for an informal discussion of Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (your choice to read the book or see the movie). Please RSVP.

 Let's Talk Books!
May 15, 4:15 – 5 pm
The Egypt Game
by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Grades 4–8. Read the book and then have fun talking about it.

 Ekwabet 20th Birthday Party
 Gayle Ross, Storyteller
Thursday, May 15, 7-8 p.m. for grades 3-12 & adults
Friday, May 16, 4:15-5 p.m. for grades K-8 & adults.
Master Storyteller Gayle Ross will share contemporary and traditional Native American stories.
 Native Peoples of Illinois by Meg Bero
Sunday, May 18 at 2 p.m.
This presentation focuses on the history of Native Americans in our state.
 Sculptor of Ēkwabet, Guy Bellaver
Thursday, May 22 at 7 p.m.
Guy Bellaver will be speaking about sculpting and the project “A Potawatomi Returns to St. Charles”.

 Program Pages
Through May 2008

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