I want to highlight the news about a fun and important benefit concert to be held at the Decatur Library on Tuesday, July 29th at 7:15 pm sponsored by Mingei World Arts. From the Mingei World Arts web site:
Carmen Deedy and John McCutcheon will perform an evening of Latin Story and Song at the Decatur Library on July 29, 2008. The performance, sponsored by Mingei World Arts and the Georgia Center for the Book, will benefit Libros Para Pueblos, an organzation buidling libraries in the rural state of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Mingei World Arts is partnering with Libros Para Pueblos to create a library for the people of La Union Tejalapan in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. For more information on the Georgia Center for the Book, please vist their website at http://georgiacenterforthebook.org/.
This event is free and open to the public, but we ask that you please consider making a donation to help the Mexican Library.
Thank you, Ann, for sharing this information with us.
Hi,
Love the site! Just wanted to let you know of something I saw on the Decatur Library website. Recess Monkey, a musical group for children, will be at the Decatur library Thursday, July 31 from 7 to 8:30 pm. We went to the Puppet show there a few weeks ago – the kids loved it.
Kristin
Hi– I wanted to thanks everyone who came out last night. Despite that banger of a thunderstorm, we had a packed house– 250+ people, standing room only. The storm knocked out the AC in the library, but not a single soul left. Carmen and John were fantastic, El Tesoro brought a fabulous feast and we raised enough to easily open the doors of the library in La Union! We still have a number of the reading figures in the store(20% of those sales will continue to go to support the library) , and books and CD’s from Carmen and John (who plan to sneak in and sign soon). We will have these carvings featured during the book festival too. If you missed them last night, come on over to Church Street and have a look!
Thanks again!
Ann