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Congrats, Intern William Brogdon

Valdosta State University offers Georgia’s only Library Science degree program.  The Friends of Smyrna library fund Georgia’s only Library Science internship. 

We celebrated our 2013 intern, William Brogdon, recently completing his semester long program at the Smyrna Public Library earlier this week.

Congrats, William, and continued success with your Master’s Degree studies!

New Chapter Books! Come Check Them Out - Literally!

Wheelie Good Books

Come check out this month's display of nonfiction books about transportation!

Teen Time Crafting Workshop: Catching Fire

 

Quarter-Peeled Oranges: A Poet and Illustrator Collaboration

AUTHOR APPEARANCE

Quarter-Peeled Oranges: A Poet and Illustrator Collaboration

Speakers:
Dr. Bruce Gillett, author of Quarter-Peeled Oranges
Bill Needs, illustrator of Quarter-Peeled Oranges

Smyrna Public Library, Meeting Room
Tuesday November 12, 2013
10:30 AM

Mr. Needs will discuss how life events for the author and artist led to the creation of a book by a couple strangers with no practical experience to the process they would undertake. Dr. Gillett will also read a few poems from the collection. Some illustrations from the book will be on display in the Library's Second Floor Gallery.

Questions and Answers will be encouraged throughout the presentation. Books will be available for sale and signing. All proceeds will be donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure – Atlanta Affiliate.  Six books will pay for one mammogram for a woman who cannot afford to pay for the test; it also funds other services for breast cancer prevention, detection, treatment and research.

Refreshments will be served.

About Quarter-Peeled Oranges by Sally Litchfield (Marietta Daily Journal)

In Quarter-Peeled Oranges, a compilation of love poems, Dr. Bruce Gillett remembers his lovely wife, Dale, who died of breast cancer in 2010. Local artist Bill Needs illustrated the book. Quarter-Peeled Oranges a tribute to wife, a cause for the cure, started as grief writing and eventually took on another purpose. Gillett brings awareness of the need for cancer research and donates all proceeds from the book to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

First Sunday Lecture Series: Wilbur Kurtz, Artist and Illustrator

Wilbur Kurtz III (Bill) spoke on the life and career of his grandfather and namesake, noted Atlanta area artist, illustrator and historian Wilbur Kurtz.  The artist moved to Atlanta from the Midwest in 1912. His adventures with pen, paintbrush, and sketchbook spanned 55 years and his works are now on display in major American art museums.

Mr. Kurtz became technical adviser for three notable Hollywood films that treated of Georgia themes: “Gone With the Wind” (1938); “Song of the South” (1946); and Walt Disney’s “The Great Locomotive Chase” (1957).  The speaker displayed various items of his grandfather's paintings, sketch books, and memorabilia in this fascinating talk.

The "First Sunday" lecture series is held in the Smyrna Public Library Meeting Room and is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library.