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Events
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Each month, the Friends of the Library
introduce our patrons to a different regional author at our Book
Talk Cafe program. Readers, writers and book lovers are
welcome to join us each month in the FOL Community room for
coffee, refreshments and conversation with the featured author.
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Each day we’re bombarded by news that affects
our pocketbook, our health and our mental well-being. The
Friends of the Ponte Vedra Library wants to do its part to help
explain the story behind the headlines with a new series called
the FOL PONTE VEDRA FORUM. The Forum will bring a different
speaker to the library each month to discuss subjects both
provocative and entertaining.
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Programs and excursions in cooperation with
FOCUS Cummer.
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An impressive series of artists grace the
Friends of the Library Music Series.
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Third Annual Antique Appraisal Showcase
Saturday, February 4, 11:00 a.m. -
2:00 p.m.
FOL Community Room - Doors open at 10:45
The Ponte Vedra Friends of the Library
invites you to bring your family heirlooms or garage sale
treasures to be appraised and learn their true value. Experts in
various fields will be on hand providing oral appraisals on
individual items including books, coins, jewelry, toys, and
more. (Sorry, no fine art items this year.)
A donation to the FOL of $5 (cash or check) for each item is
requested. Each visitor may get three (3) items appraised at a
time. All items should be small enough to be carried by hand.
Weapons of any type will not be allowed within for appraisal.
All proceeds benefit the Friends of the Library to support and
enhance your community library.
This event is open to the public; patrons should enter through
the front door of the library. For more information, you may
call the library at 904-827-6950.
Please note the following disclaimer:
“Although our Appraisals are based on the most current sales
results available, they should not be used for insurance, estate
or tax purposes. Our Appraisals will be provided for their
educational value only. To prepare an Appraisal for insurance
coverage, estate or tax purposes, you may be referred to a
Personal Property Appraiser in Your Area.”
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The Popular "Sisterhood of the Traveling
Plants" Workshops Return in March with Spring Flowers
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Book Talk Café is an
ongoing program sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
It is free and open to the public.
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Monday, February 13, 6:30 p.m.
John Dufresne
Readers can look forward to the noted South
Florida author, John Dufresne, on Monday, February 13 at
6:30 p.m. Dufresne is the author of the novels Louisiana
Power & Light, Love Warps the Mind a Little, Deep in the
Shade of Paradise, and most recently, Requiem, Mass.
He's written two collections of stories, The Way That
Water Enters Stone and Johnny Too Bad and two guides to
writing fiction, The Lie That Tells a Truth and Is Life
Like This?, as well as editing the anthology Blue
Christmas. He teaches creative writing at Florida
International University in Miami. His website is
www.johndufresne.com. |
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Monday, March 19, 6:30 p.m.
Dr. Rachel Wentz |
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Dr. Wentz graduated from Florida State University with a
PhD in Anthropology and specializes in the analysis of
human remains with foci on ancient disease and
population health. Her master’s thesis was an analysis
of fracture frequencies among the Windover skeletal
population; a 7,000-year-old site in Titusville, FL. Her
doctoral dissertation was a bioarchaeological assessment
of the same population. Dr. Wentz has also analyzed
remains from Little Salt Spring and Calico Hill, both
prehistoric sites in Florida. She has done skeletal work
in St. Croix, England, and Ukraine and obtained
experience in forensics at the C.A. Pound Human
Identification Laboratory at the University of Florida,
Gainesville. She has taught courses in physical
anthropology, human osteology and forensic anthropology
at Florida State University and serves on the Brevard
County Historical Commission. |
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April 23 brings another bestselling
author, James W. Hall. Called “the
master of suspense,” by the New York Times Book Review,
Hall recently released his 17th Thorn novel, Dead Heat.
In his newest book, Hit Lit: Cracking the Code of the
Twentieth Century’s Biggest Bestsellers, to be released
in April prior to his April 23 appearance, he reveals
the secrets of what makes a bestseller. |
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As always, Book Talk Café is free and open to the
public. Refreshments will be served and the author's books
will be available for purchase.
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On Wednesday, Feb. 15th at
6:00p.m., the Friends of the Library will present
Bonnie
Barnes, Executive Director of the North Florida Land
Trust, in the FOL Community Room.
The North Florida Land Trust has preserved over 1,000
acres within Jacksonville and the Beaches concentrating
on properties near our critical watersheds.
Bonnie has an M.B.A. from Jacksonville University and
attended Harvard University’s Executive Leadership
Program. She will speak on a project the North Florida
Land Trust is working on here in Ponte Vedra. |
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Adventures In Art is a
monthly lecture series co-sponsored by Friends of the
Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library and FOCUS Cummer.
Over the past few years, the Friends of the Library's Art Series has
presented lectures and demonstrations by many local
artists working in all mediums, including sculpture,
watercolor and oils. The Adventures has even included
the artistic realms of dance and music. The disciplines
of art, dance and music (both vocal and instrumental)
have been brought together into very creative programs.
All programs are on Tuesdays. Please note that program
times vary. All programs at the Ponte Vedra Library are
free and open to the public. The March program at the
Cummer Museum requires a $12 fee. Reservations must be
made for the October and March programs. For further
information, please call Marianne Stein, 280-2976, or
Gerry Bialka, 285-1114. |
Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, 2:00 p.m.
Chef Andrea Rosenblatt
“Renaissance Art to Table—From Canvas to Plate”
With slides and tasting
Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 2:00 p.m.
AT THE CUMMER MUSEUM
Holly Keris, Curator
A guided tour of “Impressionism and Post Impressionism
from the High Museum of Art”
A fee of $12 will be collected at the door
Please call 280-2976 for reservations
Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 6:30 p.m.
Cummer Museum Director Hope McGrath and
Vietnam Veteran Richard Chamberlain
“Art and Healing—the Year of the Sheep”
Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 6:30 p.m.
Debra Murphy, Chair, UNF Dept. of Art & Design
“New Museums in Rome, Italy”
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The Dr. Gerson Yessin Music Series
Since his debut at the age of 17 with Arthur Fiedler and
the Boston Pops Orchestra, Gerson Yessin has appeared on
numerous national television broadcasts. In addition to
more than 35 appearances with the Boston Pops Orchestra,
he has been heard as soloist with other major
orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, the
Boston Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony.
Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees were received from the
Julliard School of Music, and he received his doctorate
from Florida State University. At the University of
North Florida he was voted “Distinguished Professor” by
the faculty, and Dr. Yessin is the Founding Chair of the
Music Department there and Professor Emeritus.
The FOL Music
Series was started in 1993 by Carolee
Bertisch who enlisted the help of Dr. Gerson Yessin,
Professor Emeritus from the University of North Florida.
Each year they have put on an
outstanding music series and concerts have often been
"standing room only", so come early for a seat! All
concerts are on Tuesdays at 6:30 PM and are free. |
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FOL JANUARY
MUSIC PROGRAM POSTPONED
Due to the scheduling of the Florida Primary in the FOL
Community Room in January, the Dr. Gerson Yessin Music
Program featuring Dot Wilder and Peggy Black, jazz and
popular vocalists, is postponed until Tuesday, May 22,
2012.
February 28
A new string quartet headed by violinist Melissa
Barrett, the Jacksonville Symphony's Assistant
Concertmaster, will perform at the next music program.
Joining Ms. Barrett will be Anna Genest, violin, Ellen
Olson, viola, and Betsy Federman, cellist, from the
Jacksonville Symphony. Ms. Barrett has played in the JSO
for over twenty years. Before that she was a member of
the Savannah Symphony and has also performed at the
Aspen Music Festival, the American Institute of Musical
Studies (Austria), and the Hilton Head Chamber Music
Festival.
March 27
The brilliant due Alexei Romananko, cellist,
and Christine Yoshikawa, pianist.
April 23
The JSO Brass Quintet with James Jenkins, tuba,
playing exciting music in a variety of styles.
May 22
Doc Wilder and Peggy Black, jazz and popular
vocalists, will perform standards to delight you.
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