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Feed Your Dreams Now until August 1, 2011 July - September | 2011
Summer Edition of the link Welcome to the summer edition of the link, where you can find the latest news about the exciting things that are happening at HPL. Here are a few highlights. The 2011 John P. McGovern Summer Reading Program, Feed Your Dreams, continues at a location near you! The program runs through August 1st, so there is still plenty of time to sign up and enjoy a variety of fun and exciting books, games and educational programs. For more information, see page 4, or visit www.houstonlibrary.org/summer. On August 27th we are joining with our friends at Harris County Public Library, Fort Bend County Public Libraries, and the Montgomery County Memorial Library System to introduce Gulf Coast Reads: On the Same Page. Join us for a series of events, discussions and programs related to the novel One Amazing Thing, written by local author and University of Houston professor Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. For more information about this very exciting series, please see page 4. September is Houston’s 175th birthday! HPL is your link to the celebration! If you are interested in Houston’s history, you will want to read page 5, which tells about the city’s beginning and of the many wonderful historical resources available through HPL’s Houston Metropolitan Research Center and our other Special Collections Libraries. Additionally, the Central Library will host From Draft Horse to NASA: 175 Years of Transportation in Houston, one of ten exhibits throughout the city focusing on different aspects of Houston’s history. Please see page 11 for information.
Hispanic Heritage Month September 15 - October 15, 2011
Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 - October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.* Houston Public Library will join this year’s celebration with several exciting events and programs. Please visit our web site at: www.houstonlibrary.org/events or www.houstonlibrary.org/hhm, for the most up to date list of National Hispanic Heritage Month events. To learn more about National Hispanic Heritage Month please visit the Library of Congress http://hispanicheritagemonth.gov/
Finally, thanks to the Houston Public Library Foundation and to all of you who supported the 4th annual Party in the Stacks, held at the African American Library at the Gregory School! HPL NEWS page 2/3
Dr. Rhea Brown Lawson, Director
Thank you from Foundation Donation to Gregory School Focus On...
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Gulf Coast Reads Summer Reading Continues Happy Birthday Houston
TECH IT page 6/7 Ebooks & Audiobooks WeCan Computer Classes
KIDS TEENS pages 8/9 Gaming for Teens Book and Movie Picks Homework Help
ADULTS page 10 Book Club Selections Public Poetry An Evening With
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page 11 Immigration Stories - El Paso 175 Years of Transportation Whole World Was Watching
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FOCUS ON…Jeff Novaez, 2011 Reel Teen Film Festival Winner Jeff Novaez, a talented fifteen year-old filmmaker, won first place at the Houston Public Library’s 2010 and 2011 Reel Teen Film Festival with his animated character, Joe the Clay Guy. This home schooled teen says he wants to become a great filmmaker like his idol Steven Spielberg. His favorite Spielberg films are ET and Back to the Future. Jeff learned about creating animated films from his Dad, who told him how they were done, and from free film making tutorials online. The inspiration for his character Joe came from watching Gumby, a green-clay animated humanoid figure that was the character in a television series for more than 35 years, and also from old 80’s and 90’s video games. The results of his effort became his short award-winning animated films Joe the Clay Guy and Joe the Clay Guy and the Crystal Sword. These films and other award-winning teen films can be viewed at www.houstonlibrary.org/teens. Jeff isn’t sure when he first went into a library, but thinks he was about three years old. His neighborhood library is the Hillendahl Neighborhood Library, but he really likes going to the Central Library. Right now, he is reading Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis, but his favorite books are The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels also by C.S. Lewis. He likes these novels because of the characters, adventures, fantasy settings, and the Christian theme of good against evil. His favorite character in the series is Peter because of his values, and leadership.
Houston Public Library Foundation’s 4th annual Party in the Stacks was held on May 1, 2011 at the African American Library at the Gregory School. With Event Chair and Board member, Alison Leland McKinney, from left, Board Chair Cathryn Selman and Event Chair and Board member, Anne Shen Chao, 175 people explored the newly renovated specialty library while enjoying Texas Johnny Brown’s cool blues and wonderful food from A Fare Extraordinaire.
Thanks to the generous support of our Event Chairs, underwriters, ticket purchasers, volunteers and partners at the Houston Public Library, especially the team at the African American Library at the Gregory School. For more photos from Blues & Blue Jeans, please see www.houstonlibrary.org/hplfoundation.
EVENT CHAIRS
Anne Shen Chao Alison Leland McKinney
UNDERWRITERS
Anne & Albert Chao The Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation John P. McGovern Foundation Lillie Robertson
For these books and more, please visit our web site www.houstonlibrary.org/catalog For more about the Houston Public Library Teens, visit www.houstonlibrary.org/teens
Susan Bischoff & Jim Barlow Linnet Deily Fiesta Mart, Inc. | Juanita Elizondo Greenberg Traurig, LLP|Demetra & Franklin D.R. Jones, Jr. H-E-B Harriet & Truett Latimer Tina & Mitja Peterman Cathryn & Doug Selman Cyvia & Melvyn Wolff
Have YOU Got the
POWER?
Stanford and Joan Alexander Foundation Cindi & Bob Blakely Ann & J. Kent Friedman Goodman Financial & Barbara Carroll Jackson Walker | Jennifer Bryant Billy & Alison Leland McKinney
Borrow or download your favorite book for up to six weeks FREE with your library card. Visit www.houstonlibrary.org and sign-up!
Sherry & Gerald Merfish Annette & Eric Mullins Diana Strassmann & Jeff Smisek Phoebe & Bobby Tudor Lisa & Barron Wallace Andrea & Bill White Baldwin Sanders Moore Family Fund Leslie & Jack Blanton Dr. & Mrs. Meherwan P. Boyce Susan K. Brochstein Janet Clark Lora Clemmons Susie & Joe Dilg Nancy & Pete Etheridge Marcia & Tom Faschingbauer Rebecca Fieler Harriet & Joe Foster Gensler Susie & Mel Glasscock Melanie Gray Jill & Dunham Jewett Jesse H. Jones Ann Jones Marianne & Rob Jones Joan & Marvin Kaplan Ann & Tom Kelsey Ann Kennedy & Geoffrey Walker Samantha & Saul Martinez Wendy & Mavis Kelsey Mary McIntire & Jim Pomerantz Anne & John Mendelsohn Linda & Mark Quick Regina Rogers Yava & Milton Scott Ann & Don Short Anita & Gerald Smith C. Richard Stasney, M.D. Dr. & Mrs. J.S. Stone Y. Ping Sun Lenaine Westney & Todd Rule
For more information, please contact Maya Houston, director of development, Houston Public Library Foundation, mhouston@houstonlibraryfoundation.org or 832.393.1524.
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A Story of Love and Faith
600+ Courtship Letters Donated to the African American Library at the Gregory School The Reverend William A. Lawson, founding minister of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, has long been a well-known and respected leader in Houston. A noted pastor, minister and Civil Rights leader in Houston, he was also a confidant of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s.
rural Kansas. “I suppose you are wondering why I am writing to you,” her first letter admitted. “Well, truthfully, I don’t know. But it is something that I wanted to do for a long time, so I decided to carry through with the idea. I have often wanted to meet someone like you.” That was the beginning of an unexpected and unconventional courtship.
Now, after 57 years of marriage, Reverend Lawson and his wife Audrey, now 82 and 79, respectively, are sharing their story of everlasting love and devotion with the community.
Their exchange of more than 600 letters led to a friendship, then a romance, and resulted in a long-lasting marriage. When the Lawsons’ married in St. Louis on January 30, 1954, they had met in person only eight times.
On May 25, 2011, they donated their exchange of more than 600 courtship letters, written between 1952 and 1954, to the Houston Public Library’s African American Library at the Gregory School.
The Houston Public Library invites the community to share in this wonderful story. The letters are available on the Library’s digital archives, through the library’s website: www.houstonlibrary.org. For more details call 832-393-1440 or visit the African American Library at the Gregory School at 1300 Victor Street, Freedman’s Town, 77019.
Now part of the Library’s electronic archival collection, the letters provide a rare insight into the courtship of one of Houston’s outstanding leaders. The first letter, written by Nashville college student Audrey Hoffman, was sent as the result of a dare from a fellow college student; William was then a seminarian and novice preacher in
BOOKSALIVE! FEED YOUR DREAMS Laura Numeroff, New York Times best-selling children’s book author, was a smash hit with the 500+ children and parents that attended Houston Public Library’s second annual BooksAlive! Children’s Book Celebration at the Central Library. Numeroff read from her book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and signed books for parents and children. This event was generously funded by the Houston Public Library Foundation and the Woman’s Club of Houston. The children also enjoyed a full day of hand-on arts and crafts activities and fun, interactive, whimsical performances. They participated in hoop dancing with Hoop Dancer Macy Ulricht, twirled ribbons with Rhythmic Attitudes of Houston Gymnast and learned about different ways of jumping rope from the Alief Hot Shots Jump Rope Team. Circus Chicken Dog also amused the kids with fun tricks performed by several of his beautiful trained dogs. The Books Alive! Children’s Book Celebration is one of HPL’s signature annual events, bringing families and children together to celebrate literacy and the joy of reading. -3-
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Gulf Coast Reads: On the Same Page Saturday, August 27 – Friday, September 30
The annual Fall “one city, one book” reading series, Books on the Bayou: Houston Reads Together, has been replaced by the exciting new initiative, Gulf Coast Reads: On the Same Page. This new series is presented by Houston Public Library in collaboration with Fort Bend County Libraries, Harris County Public Library, and Montgomery County Memorial Library System. As with Books on the Bayou, the primary focus of Gulf Coast Reads is to encourage the citizens of Houston and its surrounding areas to read and discuss the same book. This year’s selection is One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. ABOUT THE BOOK: Late afternoon sun sneaks through the windows of a passport and visa office in an unnamed American city. Most customers and even most office workers have come and gone, but nine people remain. When an earthquake rips through the afternoon lull, trapping these nine characters together, their focus first jolts to their collective struggle to survive. Then, at a moment when emotional stress seems nearly too much for them to bear, one of the nine suggests that each tell a personal tale, “one amazing thing” from their lives, which they have never told anyone before. The novel proves the transcendent power of stories and the meaningfulness of human expression itself.
Save the Date! - Gulf Coast Reads Kickoff Celebration Saturday August 27, 2011
2011 John P. McGovern Summer Reading Program This summer feed your dreams by reading your favorite books during the 2011 John P. McGovern Summer Reading Program (SRP). The program is a free incentive program to encourage kids and teens to read. The program ends August 1. To participate, read or listen to books, enter book titles or time read on your online reading log either at home or with the help of your librarian, and come to your local Houston Public Library location to pick up your prize at the 10 and 20 book level. For more details on the program and prizes, visit: www.houstonlibrary.org/summer
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Happy Birthday Houston! By Elizabeth Sargent, Acting Director, Houston Metropolitan Research Center This year marks the 175th birthday for the city of Houston. On August 26, 1836, Augustus C. and John K. Allen purchased the site above the ruins of Harrisburg, burned by Santa Anna, which would become known as Houston. Four days later, on August 30, 1836, the Allens placed an advertisement entitled “Town of Houston” in the Telegraph and Texas Register and in newspapers throughout the United States. The descriptions of Houston were grandiose and images showing Houston’s supposed rolling hills appeared in many publications.
The African American Library at the Gregory School is where you can learn about the experiences of African American residents, businesses, institutions, and neighborhoods throughout Houston and the surrounding region. Materials include books, pamphlets, periodicals, photographs, oral history recordings, manuscripts, newspapers and clippings, personal family archives, and other items. You can connect with your ancestors and learn more about your family’s history at the Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research, one of the top genealogical libraries in the country. Materials include books, family histories, microform, maps, newspaper clippings, and periodicals.
Celebrate Houston’s Birthday September 15 November 15, 2011
Courtesy of the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library, HMRC Print Collection
Houston’s first lot was sold by the Houston Town Company on January 1, 1837 when Houston had one log cabin and twelve residents. Four months later there were 100 houses and 1,500 people. Houston was incorporated on June 5, 1837 and James S. Holman became the first mayor.
One date to remember is October 29, 2011! A Houston History Conference will be held in addition to an all-day exhibit crawl. Ten venues throughout the city are each creating an exhibit exploring Houston’s history and development through one of the following broad areas: architecture, arts, commerce, education, government, medicine, people, public spaces, sports, and transportation. All ten venues will be open for the October 29, 2011 exhibit crawl.
The Houston Metropolitan Research Center, located in the historic Julia Ideson building, is your resource to learn about the corporations, businesses, religious institutions, cultural and civic organizations, labor groups, and educational institutions that have played a role in the development of Houston as well as individuals whose personal records shed light on important historical events or trends in the history of the area. Materials include books, periodicals, oral history recordings, maps, pamphlets, manuscripts, 4.5 million photographs, 150,000 architectural drawings, and over 800 circus posters.
This celebration is a collaborative effort between Houston Public Library, AIA Houston, the ArCH Foundation, City of Houston, DiverseWorks, FotoFest, Harris County Heritage Society, Harris County-Houston Sports Authority, Houston Arts Alliance, Houston Center for Photography, Houston History Association, Museum of Printing History, Texas Medical Center, and the University of Houston-Downtown.
The Collection includes the original Book of Sales kept by the Houston Town Company. It is available online for viewing through the Houston Public Library’s Digital Archives at http://digital.houstonlibrary.org. In addition to the Book of Sales, the Special Collections Division of the Houston Public Library has a plethora of primary source materials available about the development and growth of Houston.
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TECH IT
Ebooks and Audiobooks Ebooks
HPL has added 1,700 e-books since the beginning of the year, bringing the total number available to you to over 2,700! Recent titles include the New York Times bestsellers 44 Charles Street by Danielle Steel and Blood, Bones & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton. E-books can be read on a PC or Mac or transferred to a number of e-readers including Nook, Sony Digital Reader, Kobo and other devices. To see the compatible device list go to http:// www.overdrive.com/resources/drc/ and click the box to show eBook Readers. Or, if you are ready to search our available titles, go to http://www.houstonlibrary.org/downloads.
By Chitra Divakaruni
Audiobooks
HPL now has over 3,400 audiobooks in our collection for your use! Recently added downloadable audiobooks include titles by some of the bestselling romance authors such as It Happened One Season by Stephanie Laurens, Mary Balogh, et. al. and an Author’s Cut Special Edition of Dark Prince, the first in the Dark Series by Christine Feehan. Downloadable audiobooks can be played on a PC (only MP3 formats can be played on a Mac) or many portable media devices such as the iPod as well as many smart phones. To see the compatible device list go to http://www.overdrive.com/resources/drc/ and click the box to show Portable Devices, or to check our collection, visit http://www.houstonlibrary.org/downloads.
By Gretchen Rubin
Ebook News
Amazon and OverDrive (Houston Public Library’s main e-book provider) announced the Kindle Library Lending program, which will enable Kindle customers to borrow and enjoy e-books from their local library. Our existing collection of downloadable e-books and any new e-books we add to our collection will be compatible on Kindles and Kindle reading apps. This program will launch later this year – please visit www.houstonlibrary.org to check on availability. Find a wide variety of other resources for reading online or on portable devices on our Readers Link page: http://www.houstonlibrary.org/reading-online-or-for-portable-reading-devices.
By Michael Connelly
Top Downloads Houston Public Library and its partners NetLibrary and Overdrive are excited to offer downloadable ebooks, audiobooks, and video to our customers. Here is a short list of the top downloads from Overdrive. The library’s downloadable collection is also accessible from the Houston Public Library catalog.
TOP DOWNLOADS - ADULTS
By Kathryn Stockett
1.The Help, by Kathryn Stockett 2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson 3. Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen
Did you
TOP DOWNLOADS - TEENS
Visit our catalog to download these and other audio books and ebooks
1. I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore 2. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak 3. Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer
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KNOW?
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WeCAN Works Classes and Workshops
To get started, visit: www.houstonlibrary.org/nextreads
WeCAN Works is a digital literacy and workforce readiness public/ private partnership that provides the means to the underserved, unskilled, and underemployed for sustainable career paths and jobs. As the expanded and targeted effort of the Wireless Empowered Community Access Network (WeCAN), WeCAN Works concentrates on providing digital literacy and other job readiness support services and training to prepare Houstonians for work.
Featured Computer Classes Free computer classes are
UPCOMING CLASSES
The Morris Frank Library
10103 Fondren – Houston, Texas 77096 Monday & Thursday, 11 am – 2 pm Tuesday & Wednesday, 10 am – 1 pm Registration/Orientation Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - Thursday, July 7, 2011 During scheduled class time
offered for adults and teens throughout the Library system. Classes are taught in English and Spanish and include Word, Power Point, and Introduction to Excel courses. We also offer technology and social media classes. Building Blogs Introduction to blogs and blogging.
Carnegie Neighborhood Library
Twitter/ LinkedIn for Business Share what’s happening in your business and discover what’s happening around the world.
1050 Quitman – Houston, Texas 77009 Monday – Tuesday, 10 am – 1 pm Wednesday, 11 am – 2 pm Registration/Orientation Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - Wednesday, July 6, 2011 During scheduled class time
Computer Basics 1 & 2 This course explains: the main parts of a computer, the keyboard, the role of memory, and how to use the mouse. It describes different types of productivity, communications, educational, and entertainment programs. It also defines common computer terminology such as program, data, network, etc. Prerequisites: None
HPL Express Southwest
Southwest Multi-Service Center 6400 High Star – Houston, Texas 77074 Tuesday - Thursday, 6 pm – 8 pm Registration/Orientation Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - Thursday, July 7, 2011 During scheduled class time
Digital Music Learn all about downloading music, audio streaming databases, iTunes and podcasts.
Smith Neighborhood Library
Beyond the Basics Technology Help Do you have questions about Facebook? Trouble with your blog? Not sure how to download an ebook? In this session, students can ask questions about these and other topics and get answers from our librarians.
3624 Scott – Houston, Texas 77004 Monday & Wednesday, 11 am – 3 pm Tuesday, 10 am – 2 pm Registration/Orientation Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - Wednesday, July 6, 2011 During scheduled class time
Registration for this class is recommended. Customers who register will be seated first as long as they arrive prior to the beginning of the class. Walk-in customers will be seated if seats are available at the time of the start of class.
For more information, please see www.wecanhouston.org or www.houstonlibrary.org/wecan. You can also call our partners at Houston Community College at 713-718-5400.
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KIDS
KID BOOK PICKS
The Relic Hunters by Derek Benz & J.S. Lewis
Ten by Lauren Myracle
The Visconti House by Elsbeth Edgar
Hothead by Cal Ripken, Jr.
eBook Pick
Homework Help to the Rescue
Connect to an online tutor and get your homework done with Live Homework Help!, an online tutoring service powered by Tutor.com. This free service connects students from Kindergarten through adult learners to expert tutors in Math, Science, Social Studies and English. To connect go to: www.houstonlibrary.com/askatutor. Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
KID MOVIE PICKS
For a list of more books that might interest you, visit our catalog www.houstonlibrary.org/catalog
Check out these movies online or at your favorite HPL location. www.houstonlibrary.org/catalog
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TEENS
Gaming @ HPL
Teen Book Picks
This summer, take advantage of several video game programs and tournaments that are happening at several of our locations. To find an event near you, visit www.houstonlibrary.org/teens.
Wither by Lauren DeStefano
Nobel Genes by Rune Michaels
Shine by Lauren Myracle
Check out this Graphic Novel
We have several graphic novel series for you to enjoy. All you need is YOUR library card. Borrow your favorite graphic novel for up to six weeks FREE with your library card. Visit www.houstonlibrary.org and sign-up!
Recovery Road by Blake Nelson
The Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow
eBook Pick
TEEN MOVIE PICKS Check out these movies online or at your favorite HPL location. www.houstonlibrary.org/catalog
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Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
For a list of more books that might interest you, visit our catalog www.houstonlibrary.org/catalog
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ADULTS
Book Club Selections The following books are being discussed by book clubs held at HPL locations across the city. For the date and location of these clubs, please visit our website at www.houstonlibrary.org/bookclubs. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson Crossroads by Belva Plain Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon Skull Duggery by Aaron Elkins Careless in Red by Elizabeth George The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by C. Alan Bradley The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Public Poetry! Public Poetry is an innovative month-
ly reading series bringing the public and poetry community together, and creating a buzz about poetry. Public Poetry events feature outstanding local and visiting poets, as well as a local guest celebrities or public figures and a short student reading, with a book signing at the end of each program. This series is a partnership between Public Poetry and Houston Public Library. Join us for these free programs, filled with gorgeous language, held on the first Saturday of each month at 2 PM.
Please visit www.houstonlibrary.org/poetry for the most current list of poetry events.
Adult Summer Reading Club Sign up for the 2011 Adult Summer Reading Club and earn a chance to win fabulous prizes!
PROGRAM DATES: Now – August 1, 2011
The Houston Public Library invites you, your friends and neighbors to an ongoing author series where you will meet well-known authors from several genres. Please join us as these authors discuss and sign copies of their latest books. An Evening with Sarah Bird Thursday, July 14 | 6PM Author of The Gap Year Central Library 500 McKinney, 77002
An Evening with Esmeralda Santiago Monday, July 25 | 5:30PM Author of Conquistadora Collier Regional Library 6200 Pinemont, 77092
An Evening with Karleen Koen Thursday, August 11 | 6PM
Author of Before Versailles: A Novel of Louis XIV Central Library | 500 McKinney, 77002
HOW TO PARTICIPATE: Read books in any format, and enter the book titles read on your online reading log. MONTHLY DRAWING: Barnes and Noble Nook (E-READER) HOW TO REGISTER: Go to www.houstonlibrary.org/asrc - 10 -
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HPL EXHIBITS
Building a City and a Nation Immigration Stories from El Paso, Texas
Building
A City and A Nation
immigration stories from el paso, texas ★
Construyendo una
ciudad y una nación
★ historias de inmigración de el paso, texas
el paso public library ★ main library atrium march 1, 2011 – may 15, 2011 reception: thursday, march 3, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
admission free library hours
monday – thursday: 9:00 am to 8:00 pm friday: 11:00 am to 6:00 pm saturday: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm sunday: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
location
July 15 - September 9, 2011 Central Library | 500 McKinney, Houston, TX
This exhibit highlights the cultural richness and diversity that characterized the U.S Mexico border city of El Paso, Texas during the first half of the twentieth century, and explores key themes in the national story of immigration as seen in the particular stories of El Paso. The exhibit itself consists of pictures taken by Alfonso Casasola, a member of a family of Mexican photographers. He set up his studio in El Paso in the 1920s, in the heart of the city at 511 S. El Paso St., just a short walk from the international bridge between Ciudad Juárez, Mexico and El Paso. Casasola’s career in El Paso spanned the three decades following the Mexican Revolution. He was an active member of the community and participated in numerous civic organizations. The Special Collections department of the UTEP Library now holds a set of over 50,000 negatives from the studio, and they are being identified through a special community outreach program co-sponsored by UTEP and The El Paso Times.
main (downtown) LiBrary 501 north orEGon, EL paso, tExas 79901
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Collections Division, will describe our city’s evolution through transportation from a landing place on the bayou for cargo ferried inland from the Gulf of Mexico to the home of NASA. Stops along the way will include the days of animal-drawn transport, Houston’s stint as a railway nexus where “17 railroads met the sea,” the rise of the automobile and Houston’s famous car culture(s), and much more. The exhibit will open midSeptember in the Central Library Art Gallery.
The Whole World Was Watching
From Draft Horse to NASA: 175 Years of Transportation in Houston
Now until August 20, 2011
The African American Library at the Gregory School 1300 Victor Street | Houston, TX
September 15 - November 15, 2011 Central Library | 500 McKinney, Houston, TX
While Houston may be well-known as an oil town, Houston’s history as a hub for transportation continues to color our local culture and economy. As part of a city-wide celebration of Houston’s 175th Birthday, Houston Public Library will present an exhibit exploring the history of transportation in our city.
The exhibit chronicles a crucial period in American social and political history showing both the struggle and victories of those fighting for Civil Rights in the 1960s. Poignant and deeply profound, the photographs in this exhibition portray historical turning points such as the Freedom Rides to the Montgomery March.
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