Posted in Books, Cody Library on Jun 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
Wyoming native Jamie Lisa Forbes will talk about her debut novel, Unbroken, in which she portrays the struggles and extremes of ranch life. The free program begins at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 29 in Grizzly Hall at Park County Library, Cody. Forbes grew up on a high plains ranch on the Little Laramie River in [...]
Posted in Cody Library, Meeteetse Library, Powell Library on Jun 12th, 2010 No Comments »
Magician Cody Landstrom will offer performances and magic workshops at all three Park County Libraries next week! The shows are free and open to the public. The workshops are for children ages 9 and up, and advance registration is required in Cody and Powell. Powell Magic Workshop: Monday, June 14 at 10:00 a.m. (sign up [...]
Posted in Cody Library on Jun 11th, 2010 No Comments »
Woodcarver Bill Hurr will talk and demonstrate his art at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, June 13 in Grizzly Hall at the Cody Library. Several of his caricature carvings of cowboys, realistic carvings of birds and fish, and whimsical images of houses cut into thick cottonwood bark are on display at the library this month. After teaching [...]
Posted in Cody Library, Meeteetse Library, Powell Library, Teens on May 28th, 2010 No Comments »
Summer reading programs for children and teens start Tuesday, June 1 at all three Park County libraries! All young people in Park County through age 18 are eligible to sign up for their library’s summer reading program. Kids complete reading challenges in order to earn tickets for prizes, which are given away at the end [...]
Posted in Cody Library, General News, Meeteetse Library, Powell Library on May 28th, 2010 No Comments »
Mango is the fast, easy, and most effective way to learn to speak a foreign language, and thanks to Wyoming’s statewide WYLD library consortium, it’s now available for free online through the library! Mango is an online language learning system that teaches real conversation skills for practical communication. Through fun and engaging interactive lessons, Mango [...]
Posted in Cody Library, Meeteetse Library, Powell Library on May 27th, 2010 No Comments »
Services at all three Park County Libraries (and libraries across the state) are back up and running at full speed. You should now be able to place holds, pay bills, check your account, and do everything else you are accustomed to. Thank you for your patience with us during the statewide library system’s server upgrade!
Posted in Cody Library, General News, Meeteetse Library, Powell Library on May 20th, 2010 No Comments »
Park County Library System patrons are advised that some services will be scaled back beginning Monday, May 24 while the online Wyoming libraries shared catalog, or WYLDCAT, shuts down for equipment upgrade. The libraries at Meeteetse, Powell and Cody will remain open May 24-28 for normal hours to provide most of the regular services. Catalog [...]
Posted in Cody Library, Meeteetse Library on May 15th, 2010 No Comments »
Wyoming author Kenneth Thomasma, whose historical novels for children about Shoshoni, Kootenai, Lakota, Nez Perce, and other Native American children have long been popular in the Park County Library System, will be paying a visit to the Meeteetse and Cody libraries on May 17 and 18. He will conduct workshops with students in the Meeteetse [...]
Posted in Cody Library, Teens on Apr 25th, 2010 No Comments »
Park County, Wyoming middle and high school students are invited to participate in a poetry slam Thursday, April 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the Park County Library in Cody. A slam is the competitive art of performance poetry which places dual emphasis on writing and performance. Poets will be judged on their original compositions, with [...]
Posted in Cody Library on Apr 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
Guitarist composer-teacher-performer Jeff Troxel and Billings Symphony violinist Trevor Krieger bring their dynamic renditions of traditional folk and fiddle music to the Park County Public Library in Cody for a Sunday, April 25 free concert. The program begins at 1:30 p.m. and will be a mix of original compositions and arrangements of classic tunes. Krieger [...]
