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| Date: |
1/28/2010 |
| Contact Name: |
Betsy Thompson |
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712.255.2933 ext. 255 |
One Book One Siouxland: Conversation, Coffee & More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 28, 2010
Contact(s): Betsy Thompson, Sioux City Public Library Director 712.255.2933 ext. 255
David Mixdorf, South Sioux City Public Library Director 402.494.7545
One Book One Siouxland: Conversation, Coffee & More
The 2010 One Book One Siouxland selection, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, is a fascinating story about a foster child in 1939 Germany, who values words and stories enough to steal them. As one avid Sioux City reader exclaimed, “Once you’ve read The Book Thief you can’t stop talking about it!” The Book Thief offers much to discuss, whether in coffee shops, libraries, or wherever friends gather.
Join the conversation! The following book discussions, led by community volunteers, are free and open to all:
• 1 p.m., Sunday, January 31 @ Pierce Street Coffee Works, 1920 Pierce St
• Noon, Wednesday, February 3 @ The Daily Grind, 511 4th St
• 6:30 p.m., Monday, February 8 @ South Sioux City Public Library, 2121 Dakota Ave, South Sioux City, NE
• 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 9 @ Sioux City Public Library–Morningside Branch, 4005 Morningside Ave
• 7 p.m., Wednesday, February 10 @ Caribou Coffee, 2939 Hamilton Blvd
• 1 p.m., Tuesday, February 16 @ North Sioux City Senior Center, 114 N Main St, North Sioux City, SD
In The Book Thief, the girl’s foster family hides a Jewish man in their basement. In Nebraska, on Saturday, January 30 at the South Sioux City Public Library, Dr. Louis Leviticus shares his experience as a Jewish boy hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. His 2 p.m. program, WWII—Through the Eyes of a Holocaust Survivor, is sponsored by the Nebraska Humanities Council.
Continuing the Holocaust theme, the public is invited to view a photography exhibit at the WITCC Library, Robert H. Kiser Building, 4647 Stone Ave. The Angel of Ahlem: Photos from the Vernon L. Tott Collection will be displayed through February. By way of explanation, on April 10, 1945, 20-year-old Vernon Tott from Sioux City, Iowa, stumbled upon a compound outside Hanover, Germany. He and his buddies in the 84th Infantry Division had just routed the few remaining Germans. Not quite sure why—perhaps as proof of what his eyes refused to believe—he pulled out a second-hand camera and recorded the horror of what he saw but also the hope in the faces of those who had survived. Years later, he and the survivors he photographed reconnected and their story was made into a documentary film entitled, The Angel of Ahlem.
One Book One Siouxland is sponsored by the Sioux City Public Library, the South Sioux City Public Library, and the North Sioux City Community Library. Visit these libraries or go to www.onebookonesiouxland.org for additional February program details.
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