Okeechobee County Public Library

Friends of the Library Book Sale
The Okeechobee County Public Library Friends of the Library are holding a Book Sale from November 15th-November 17th. Please stop by and check out all the wonderful bargai

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Ian Nairnsley’s Broadway Series
All of these concerts will occur on Tuesday nights at 7:00 p.m.

January 15th, 2008, Rodgers and Hammerstein in a minor key
January 22nd, 2008, John Mercer
January 29th, 2008, Bob Merrill
February 5th, 2008, Lady Lyricists
February 12th, 2008, Jerome Kern I
February 19th, 2008, Jerome Kern

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Upcoming Florida Humanities Council Programs
The Florida Humanities Council will be presenting the following programs at the Okeechobee County Public Library.

Carrie Sue Ayvar will be portraying “Doc Anner: the Petticoat Doctor” on November 30th at 7 p.m. The Historical Society has graciously agreed to provide old-fashioned refreshments for the event.

January 11th: Gary Mormino, historian and author presents Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams, based upon the research for his book of the same name.

January 25th: Grant Livingston, Florida Folksinger,

February 8th: John Moran, “Florida’s Photographer Laureate,” presents “Journal of Light,” This is a Roads Scholar Program which is sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

February 29th: Christopher Still, “Painting Florida’s Legacy.” His artwork currently hangs in the main lobby of the library

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Book Club Selections
The FOL Book Club of the Okeechobee County Public Library has selected the following books to read over the next few months. Meetings will be held in the Library Board Room at 7 p.m. on the dates below.

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway on October 25th, 2007
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls on November 29th, 2007
The Hummingbird’s Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea on December 20th, 2007
Mademoiselle Benoir by Christine Conrad on January 24th, 200

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