Staycationing in Portland and Oregon
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Monday, July 6
7-8:30 p.m.
Community Room
Learn about free and cheap vacation options for all
ages around the Portland Metro area and around the state.
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Hiking Oregon's Most Beautiful Trips and Trails
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Tuesday, July 7
7-8:30 p.m.
Community Room
Oregon author and hiking expert William Sullivan will take us on a virtual tour of
Oregon's outdoor beauty. Discover the joys of hiking and to learn
about some of Oregon's best natural areas.
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Feng Shui Design: Transform Your Home & Life
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Thursday, July 9
7-8:30 p.m.
Community Room
Learn how to arrange your living space to harness the life energy all around you.
Feng Shui consultant Linda King will explain how this ancient Chinese art can help
create not only beautiful spaces, but also ones that are healing and empowering.
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World Music Concert Series @ the Library:
Innisfree
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Sunday, July 12
5-6 p.m.
Gazebo Behind Library (Community Room in the case of rain)
The World Music Concert Series begins with Celtic music by Innisfree.
The World Music Concert Series is made possible through the generous
support of the Friends of the Tigard Library.
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Morning Book Discussion Group
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Tuesday, July 14 10:30 a.m.-Noon
Gazebo Behind Library
The Morning Book Group will discuss But Enough About Me: A Jersey Girls Unlikely Adventures
Among the Absurdly Famous by Jancee Dunn.
This group meets the second Tuesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. in the Grace Tigard Houghton Room on
the second floor of the Library. New members are always welcome.
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Rope-Splicing & Knot-Tying Workshop
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Wednesday, July 15 7-8 p.m.
Community Room
Learn to splice rope and tie a variety of useful knots in this hands-on workshop with
expert Jeff Frisch. Rope and splicing tools will be provided.
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Hogwarts Summer School
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Thursday, July 16 6-8 p.m.
Community Room
Are you a Harry Potter fan? Brush up on your HP knowledge with crafts, trivia and
games. Costumes encouraged. This is an all-ages event, so bring the whole family,
even Muggles, if you dare!
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Mystery Book Discussion Group
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Thursday, July 16
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Houghton Room
The Mystery Book Group will discuss The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard.
To check the availability of this book as well as other library resources, please
visit http://www.wccls.org/polaris/view.aspx?title=the+virgin+small+plains&author=pickard
The group meets on the third Thursday
of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the Grace Tigard Houghton Room on the second floor of
the Library. New members are always welcome.
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World Music Documentary Film Series
Gypsy Caravan: When the Road Bends
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Wednesday, July 22
7-8:30 p.m.
Community Room
This film presents five bands from four countries in an explosion of song and dance
that celebrates the best of Gypsy music and the diversity of the Romani people.
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Evening Book Discussion Group
"Read the Classics" Series
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Wednesday, July 22
7-8:30 p.m.
Houghton Room
The three-part "Read the Classics" book group series continues this month with
Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart. First published in 1958, the
novel centers on Okonkwo, a "strong man" of an Ibo village in Nigeria and
his tribal world. Cultures clash when European missionaries arrive near the
end of the 18th century. Things Fall Apart illustrates the ensuing
consequences for a culture, a nation and for Okonkwo. This was the
first African novel written in English to receive worldwide praise.
To check the availability of this book as well as other library resources,
please visit
http://catalog.wccls.org/polaris/view.aspx?title=things+fall+apart&author=achebe
The group meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Grace Tigard
Houghton Room on the second floor of the Library. New members are always welcome.
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Meet Author Jim Lynch—Border Songs
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Friday, July 24
7 p.m.
Community Room
Award winning author Jim Lynch will speak about his latest novel, Border Songs, at the Library.
Set in Washington State on the Canadian border, the novel features a cast of quirky
characters, centering on 23-year-old Brandon Vanderkool. Six foot eight and severely dyslexic,
Brandon has always had an unusual perspective, which comes in handy when his father pushes
him off their dairy farm and into the Border Patrol. Uncomfortable in this uniformed role,
he indulges his passion for bird-watching and often finds not only an astonishing variety
of species but also a great many smugglers hauling pot into Washington State, as well as
potentially more dangerous illegal activity.
The novel has earned the Washington writer favorable reviews in Publishers
Weekly, Kirkus Review, and Library Journal, which says of
Lynch's book: "playing on our current fears, he shows us that the divides
among people aren't good, then offers a tenderly convincing ending that's
not sentimental." Jim Lynch lives in Olympia and is the critically acclaimed
author of The Highest Tide, which won the Pacific Northwest Booksellers
Award in 2006. Lynch will also sign copies of Border Songs during this
free event.
To check the availability of this book in the catalog, please visit
http://catalog.wccls.org/polaris/view.aspx?title=border+songs&author=lynch
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World Music Concert Series @ the Library:
Jan Michael Looking Wolf
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Sunday, July 26
5-6 p.m.
Gazebo Behind Library (Community Room in the case of rain)
The World Music Concert Series continues with award-winning Native American flutist
Jan Michael Looking Wolf.
The World Music Concert Series is made possible through the generous
support of the Friends of the Tigard Library.
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World Music Documentary Film Series
Buena Vista Social Club
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Wednesday, August 5
7-8:30 p.m.
Community Room
Director Wim Wenders reveals the astonishing life stories and unforgettable music of
this brilliantly talented Cuban group.
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Meet the Author:
Derek Kirk Kim
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Thursday, August 6
6-7 p.m.
Community Room
Graphic novel artist and author Derek Kirk Kim (The Eternal
Smile and Same Difference and Other Stories) will give both
a reading and a presentation. Teens and adults are invited to
get graphic at this interactive event.
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World Music Concert Series @ the Library:
Son Cubano
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Sunday, August 9
5-6 p.m.
Gazebo Behind Library (Community Room in the case of rain)
Son Cubano, a duo of Cuban-born musicians Virginia Lopez and Ivan Alamo,
will perform traditional songs of Cuba as
the World Music Summer Concert Series continues. The Cuban Son is
one of the most important forms of Caribbean music of the 20th
century and represents a fusion of African and Hispanic cultural
influences. Its most characteristic instruments are the Cuban guitar,
known as the tres, and the double-headed bongo drum. Also typical
are the claves and the Spanish guitar. Son is to Cuba what the tango
is to Argentina, or the samba to Brazil.
The World Music Concert Series is made possible through the generous
support of the Friends of the Tigard Library.
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Morning Book Discussion Group
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Tuesday, August 11 10:30 a.m.-Noon
Gazebo Behind Library
The Morning Book Group will discuss
The Color of Water: A Black Mans Tribute to His White Mother
by James McBride.
This group meets the second Tuesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. in the Grace Tigard Houghton Room on
the second floor of the Library. New members are always welcome.
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World Music Documentary Film Series
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - On Tip Toe
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Wednesday, August 19
7-8:30 p.m.
Community Room
Academy-Award nominated documentary on the South African band and its leader
Joseph Shabalala.
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World Music Concert Series @ the Library:
Njuzu Mbira
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Sunday, August 23
5-6 p.m.
Gazebo Behind Library (Community Room in the case of rain)
The World Music Concert Series concludes with African music by Njuzu Mbira.
The World Music Concert Series is made possible through the generous
support of the Friends of the Tigard Library.
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