Great Decisions Discussion Series Addresses Global Challenges

   January 2017   The annual Great Decisions Discussion series explores how remote global challenges are increasingly impacting our communities.   Russell Hanks will open the series with a keynote address Sunday, Jan. 22, 2:30 p.m., in Central Library’s Aaronson Auditorium, Fifth Street and Denver Avenue.  The program is free and open to the public.
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Rudisill Regional Library to Host Film Showing and Panel Discussion on 13th Amendment

   January 2017   In honor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Society and Tulsa City-County Library’s African-American Resource Center invite you to a film showing followed by a panel discussion on the 13th Amendment.   The film showing and panel discussion is scheduled for Jan. 12, 6-8:30 p.m. at Rudisill Regional Library, 1520 N. Hartford.  The event is free and open to the public.
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Owasso Library Features Teddy Bear Clinic

   January 2017   In an effort to encourage healthy habits and alleviate a child’s fear of doctor visits, the Owasso Library, 103 W. Broadway, presents “Teddy Bear Clinic,” Jan. 27, 10:30-11 a.m.  This free family event is hosted by MedExpress.   Children, ages 3-5, can bring their teddy bear, or other stuffed animal friend, to learn about hand washing, X-rays, splinters and more.
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Kindle Ebooks: Resuming Overdrive Service

December 2016
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Author and Storyteller Tim Tingle to Receive 2017 Festival of Words Author Award

December 2016Tim Tingle (Choctaw) will receive the Tulsa Library Trust’s “Festival of Words Writers Award” March 4, 10:30 a.m., at Hardesty Regional Library’s Connor’s Cove, 8316 E. 93rd St.  His award presentation will be followed by a book signing and a day of educational American Indian family events from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
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Celebrate Kwanzaa With Tulsa City-County Library

   December 2016   Since the creation of Kwanzaa in the 1960s, the weeklong event has established itself as an annual celebration of community enrichment.   Families are invited to “A Kwanzaa Community Celebration” Dec. 27, 6:30 p.m. at Rudisill Regional Library, 1520 N. Hartford.  This event is sponsored by the Tulsa City-County Library’s African-American Resource Center.
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Poet Billy Collins to receive 2016 Helmerich award

   November 2016   America’s favorite poet, Billy Collins, is coming to Tulsa Dec. 2 and 3 to receive the Tulsa Library Trust’s 2016 Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award.   The former U.S. Poet Laureate is the first poet to receive the prestigious prize; other past Distinguished Author Award winners, such as Wendell Berry and Joyce Carol Oates, have published poetry but are better known for their novels and nonfiction.
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Hardesty Regional Library Presents Harry Potter Party

November 2016
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Laurie Halse Anderson Selected as Winner of the 2017 Anne V. Zarrow for Young Readers' Literature

   November 2016   New York Times best-selling author Laurie Halse Anderson is the winner of the Tulsa Library Trust’s 2017 Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers’ Literature.  She will accept the award at a public presentation at Hardesty Regional Library’s Connor’s Cove, 8316 E. 93rd St., Friday, May 5, at 7 p.m.  She also will present awards to winners of the 2017 Young People’s Creative Writing Contest at the ceremony.
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Tulsa City-County Library Waives Overdue Fines During November for All Active and Retired Military

   November 2016
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