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mylibrary FEBRUARY 2021 A monthly guide to events, services and resources TCCL Remembers Commemorating Tulsa’s Race Massacre Join TCCL for a live interview with author Hannibal B. Johnson via Zoom on Feb. 16 as he talks about his newest book, Black Wall Street 100.
LEARN! READ! African-American Resource Center Honoring our past as we embrace our future Celebrate Black History Month in February with the African-American Resource Center, located at the Rudisill Regional Library! The African- American Resource Center collects, preserves and provides access to resources honoring and documenting the experiences of people of African descent. The center is devoted to providing the community with current and comprehensive resource materials and professional reference materials on the culture and history of African Americans. Visit www.tulsalibrary.org/aarc for events, digital resources and more details. Highlights of the center include: • Exhibitions to promote and interpret • Sankofa Freedom Award, given biennially to a the collection nationally prominent author whose life's work • Comprehensive reference materials positively addresses the range and complexity of • Educational resources for teachers, cultural, economic and political issues affecting • Jukebox listening station paying homage including educational kits to promote the greater African American community to the musical ancestry of African Americans multicultural education (including the • Viewing stations with oral histories of North 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Educator Curriculum • All-Black Town Tour, offered annually in Tulsans and African American history kits), historic games and cultural posters June to commemorate Juneteenth for displays LEARN | Tulsa City-County Library Virtual Event Guide • February 2021 • www.tulsalibrary.org 1
Tulsa City-County Library commemorates TCCL REMEMBERS EVENTS: the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Travels With Tulsans: with events and resources to promote Tulsa and Mobile – Past and Present education, empathy and healing. We Wednesday, Feb. 3 12:10-12:50 p.m. • Zoom will explore the history and impact of Email Friends@TulsaLibrary.org to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre on our receive a Zoom invite for this event. community; build empathy through fiction and nonfiction works; and engage in meaningful conversation about challenges past and present, including racial and cultural divisions. While we celebrate the growth and healing in our community, TCCL also recognizes there is much work yet to be done. COMMUNITY READ EVENT Black Wall Street 100: Live Interview With Author Visit www.tulsalibrary.org for event Hannibal B. Johnson descriptions and more details. Tuesday, Feb. 16 • 6 p.m. • Zoom Register online at www.tulsalibrary.org/ events or email register@tulsalibrary.org to receive a Zoom invite for this event. E VE N TS C O N T IN UE D O N N E XT PAG E >> LEARN | Tulsa City-County Library Virtual Event Guide • February 2021 • www.tulsalibrary.org 2
Commemorating Tulsa's Race Massacre With Education, Empathy and Healing Common Ground: A Courageous Panel Discussion: Community Conversation on Who Watches the Watchmen? Tulsa’s Past, Present and Future Thursday, April 29 Tuesday, March 30 7 p.m. • Zoom 6:30 p.m. • Zoom Email register@tulsalibrary.org to Register online at www.tulsalibrary.org/ receive a Zoom invite for this event. events or email outreach.services@ tulsalibrary.org to receive a Zoom invite 1921 Historical Trauma: for this event. Business Goes on as Usual Thursday, Feb. 18 • 6 p.m. Exhibit: TCCL Remembers – Zoom/YouTube Commemorating Tulsa’s Race Visit www.youtube.com/tulsalibrary or Massacre with Education, email Alicia.latimer@tulsalibrary.org to Empathy and Healing receive a Zoom invite for this event. Opening in April Meet Author Jason Reynolds: Rudisill Regional Library Winner of Tulsa Library Trust’s African American Heritage Bowl 1520 N. Hartford 2021 Anne V. Zarrow Award for Thursday, Feb. 25 • 6 p.m. TCCL is a proud recipient of the 1921 Young Readers’ Literature Zoom/Kahoot! Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Thursday, May 6 • 7 p.m. To participate in the bowl, register Commission Grant Program. All grants location to be announced online at www.tulsalibrary.org/aarc. have been made possible from the Visit www.tulsalibrary.org/zarrowaward To watch the bowl, register online at generosity of WPX Energy. for more details. www.tulsalibrary.org/events to receive a Zoom invite for this event. Unite Tulsa: Empathy, Education and Healing Books Sandwiched In: Thursday, April 8 The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett 7 p.m. • Zoom Monday, March 8 Register online at www.tulsalibrary.org/ 12:10-12:50 p.m. • Zoom events or email register@tulsalibrary.org Email Friends@TulsaLibrary.org to to receive a Zoom invite for this event. receive a Zoom invite for this event. COMMUNITY READ EVENT Friendship Mattered Then! Friendship Matters Now! Presented by Clifton L. Taulbert, Author of Eight Habits of the Heart Tuesday, May 11 6 p.m. • Zoom Register online at www.tulsalibrary.org/ COMMUNITY READ EVENT events or email register@tulsalibrary.org COMMUNITY READ EVENT Fireside Chat With Robin DiAngelo, to receive a Zoom invite for this event. An Evening With Mira Jacob, Author of White Fragility Author of Good Talk Thursday, April 22 Thursday, March 18 6 p.m. • Zoom 7 p.m. • Zoom Register online at www.tulsalibrary.org/ Register online at www.tulsalibrary.org/ events or email register@tulsalibrary.org events or email register@tulsalibrary.org to receive a Zoom invite for this event. to receive a Zoom invite for this event. LEARN | Tulsa City-County Library Virtual Event Guide • February 2021 • www.tulsalibrary.org 3
CONNECT! Virtual Events for Adults & All Ages * TCCL Remembers: Commemorating Tulsa's Race Massacre To-Go Kit: Bath Bomb Feb. 1-27 Yoga for Every Body Tuesdays, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23 • 6-7 p.m. *Tulsa Travels With Tulsans: and Mobile – Past and Present Pamper yourself or someone you love Join us at www.facebook.com/ Wednesday, Feb. 3 • 12:10-12:50 p.m. with a handmade bath bomb. Adding a tulsalibrary for a free beginner-friendly Phil Armstrong and the 1921 Tulsa bath bomb to your bath water transforms yoga class taught by certified yoga Race Massacre Centennial Commission the experience from an ordinary bath instructor Beth Richmond. For all ages. visited Mobile, Ala., in May 2019 to get into a luxurious, pleasantly scented, inspiration for the upcoming Greenwood moisturizing oasis. Pick up a kit to make Kiowa Language Class Rising project and other initiatives. your own bath bomb at home. Kits are Tuesdays, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23 • 6:30-8:30 p.m. Email Friends@TulsaLibrary.org for the available at the Zarrow Regional Library Learn the beautiful language of the Zoom link to join us for this travelogue. on a first-come-first-serve basis (one kit Kiowa people. This class is taught by the Sponsored by Friends of the Tulsa City- per customer; two kits per household). Kiowa Tribe's Language Department via County Libraries. For adults. For adults and teens. Zoom. Register 24 hours ahead at www.tulsalibrary.org/events to receive What to Read Next ELL Conversation Circles Zoom link. For ages 10 to adult. Wednesdays, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24 • 2-3 p.m. Mondays, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22 • 1-2:30 p.m. Join us at www.facebook.com/ Tuesdays, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23 • 3-4:30 p.m. Cover to Cover Book Club tulsalibrary. Write a comment telling us Wednesdays, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24 • 10-11:30 a.m. Presented by Broken Arrow Library what you last read and liked, a favorite Practice your English speaking and Tuesday, Feb. 2 • 6:30-7:15 p.m. author or three words describing what listening skills in this fun and friendly Read "March: Book One" by John Lewis you'd like to read, and then let us know Zoom class. To register, call 918-549- and then join us for a lively discussion if you prefer an e-book or e-audio. 7400 or email literacy@tulsalibrary.org. on Zoom. Email ba@tulsalibrary.org for a We’ll respond with two personalized For adults. Zoom invite. For adults. suggestions! For all ages. CONNECT | Tulsa City-County Library Virtual Event Guide • February 2021 • www.tulsalibrary.org 4
Craft Club: Homemade Valentine Kits Thursday, Feb. 4 • 6:30-8 p.m. 44 Annual th Stop by Central Library to pick up a free valentine crafting kit (one per household) while supplies last, and then Adult Creative join us on Zoom for a night of chatting and crafting. Each kit contains supplies to make homemade valentine cards, Writing Contest including paper, pens, stickers, stamps and more, plus an upcycled library book for an additional Valentine's Day craft. 2021 Register online at www.tulsalibrary.org/ events or email cas@tulsalibrary.org to sign up for the Zoom crafting hangout. For adults. Introduction to Finding Grants For Ages 18 and Up Friday, Feb. 5 • 2-3:30 p.m. Are you new to the field of grant Enter by March 31 seeking? Discover what funders are looking for in nonprofits seeking grants and how to find potential funders in this Children’s Fiction | Informal Essay introductory course. This class covers Poetry | Short Story the 10 most important things you need to know about finding grants, including: Who funds nonprofits and what are their Cash Prizes! motivations; what do funders really want to know about the organizations they are interested in funding; and how to Entry forms are available at all Tulsa City-County Library identify potential funders and make the locations and online at www.TulsaLibrary.org/Friends. first approach. Registration is required. Register online at www.tulsalibrary.org/ events or call 918-549-7323 to receive the Zoom link. For adults. Brookside Book Discussion Monday, Feb. 8 • 1:30-2:30 p.m. Read "News of the World" by Paulette Jiles and then join us for a lively discussion on Zoom. Email Book Talk Thursday If you need colored pencils, please br@tulsalibrary.org for Zoom invite. Thursdays, Feb. 4, 18 • noon-12:15 p.m. ask when you come to pick up your In the aftermath of the Civil War, an Join us at www.facebook.com/ coloring sheet and we will provide aging itinerant news reader agrees to tulsalibrary to hear about five themed them, while supplies last. Register at transport a young captive of the Kiowa books to add to your TBR list! For adults. www.tulsalibrary.org/events 24 hours back to her people in this exquisitely in advance to receive a Zoom invite to rendered, morally complex, multilayered participate in the Color Along. During Color Along the last week of the month, everyone novel of historical fiction that explores Thursdays, Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25 • 4-5 p.m. the boundaries of family, responsibility, who has posted a picture of their honor and trust. For adults. Pick up a different coloring sheet each finished or in-progress pictures will be week at the Zarrow Regional Library and entered into a drawing for a coloring then join us on Zoom to color together. prize. The winner will be announced on Or contact us at ZR@tulsalibrary.org Facebook the day after the drawing and and we will email the coloring sheet during the following Zoom Color Along. to you. Post photos of your finished or For ages 10 to adult. in-progress pictures on our weekly Color Along Facebook posts here: www.facebook.com/zarrowlibrary. CONNECT | Tulsa City-County Library Virtual Event Guide • February 2021 • www.tulsalibrary.org 5
Collinsville Book Discussion Jennifer Latham. Email kelli.mcdowell@ tulsalibrary.org for details to join the Tuesday, Feb. 16 • 12:30-1:30 p.m. event. For adults. Read "Cherokee America" by Margaret Verble and then join us on Zoom for a lively discussion. Email cv@tulsalibrary. Between the Covers org to receive a Zoom invite. Copies Thursday, Feb. 18 • 6-7 p.m. of the book are available at https:// Calling all romance lovers! Join us as tccl.bibliocommons.com/item/ we discuss a delightful romance novel. show/4314240063. From the author of Register online at www.tulsalibrary.org/ the Pulitzer Prize finalist "Maud's Line," events with your email address to receive this epic novel follows a web of complex a Zoom invite. For adults. family alliances and culture clashes in the Cherokee Nation during the aftermath Full Cup Book Club of the Civil War, and the unforgettable woman at its center. For adults. Wednesday, Feb. 10 • 10-11 a.m. Read "An American Marriage" by Tayari Jones and then join us for a lively *With "Black Wall Street 100": Live Interview Author Hannibal B. Johnson discussion on Zoom. Register online at www.tulsalibrary.org/events to receive Tuesday, Feb. 16 • 6-7 p.m. a Zoom invite. Copies of the book are An expert and scholar on the history of available for pickup at Martin Regional the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, author Library or download at Hannibal B. Johnson will speak via Zoom www.tulsalibrary.org. For adults. about his newest book, "Black Wall Street 100: An American City Grapples With Its Travels With Tulsans: Historical Racial Trauma," followed by A Whirlwind Tour of Northern Europe Wednesday, Feb. 10 • 12:10-12:50 p.m. a Q&A. Nearly 100 years later, Johnson addresses the psychological and *Business 1921 Historical Trauma: Goes on as Usual historical trauma left by the devastation Dr. David Ruskoski visited 10 countries in of the massacre and the resilience of Thursday, Feb. 18 • 6-8 p.m. three weeks — Ireland, Northern Ireland, Join the African-American Resource the extraordinary entrepreneurs of the Scotland, Denmark, Sweden, France, Center for this presentation ‘20s and those who carry on the legacy Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium and commemorating the 1921 Tulsa Race today. "Black Wall Street 100" is endorsed England. Email Friends@TulsaLibrary.org Massacre through the arts as it showcases by the Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial for the Zoom link to join us for this an array of talented local performers, Commission and the 400 Years of African travelogue. Sponsored by Friends of the including singers, poets, dancers, actors American History Commission. Register Tulsa City-County Libraries. For adults. and spoken word artists. In honor of online at www.tulsalibrary.org/events or the Greenwood District of Tulsa, the email register@tulsalibrary.org to receive Jenks Library Book Club a Zoom invite for this event. For adults. performance addresses the issue of Thursday, Feb. 11 • 6-7 p.m. historical trauma and its lasting impact Join us on Zoom as we discuss the on the African American community, Travels With Tulsans: while focusing on the 1921 Tulsa Race nonfiction book "Dear Mrs. Bird" by A.J. Pearce. Email carissa.kellerby@ Travels Through the Indochina Peninsula Massacre as an introspective centerpiece. tulsalibrary.org for Zoom link. For adults. Wednesday, Feb. 17 • 12:10-12:50 p.m. Cast includes Anthony "Tony B" Brinkley, In 2019, Richard George explored April Gahagan, Sterling Matthews, Obum the ancient and recent history of Okubum, Jerica Wortham and Mia Wright. Introduction to Proposal Writing Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, Visit www.youtube.com/tulsalibrary or Friday, Feb. 12 • 2-3:30 p.m. experiencing awe at the beauty and email Alicia.latimer@tulsalibrary.org to This class will provide an overview of resilience of the people and the places. receive a Zoom invite for this event. For how to write a standard grant proposal Email Friends@TulsaLibrary.org for adults and teens. to a foundation. Topics include the the Zoom link to join this travelogue. basic elements of a proposal, dos and Sponsored by Friends of the Tulsa City- don'ts of writing and submitting a County Libraries. For adults. proposal, and how to follow up whether the answer is yes or no. Registration is required. Register online at Beyond the Book www.tulsalibrary.org/events or call 918- Thursday, Feb. 18 • 10:30-11:30 a.m. 549-7323 for the Zoom link. For adults. Join us for a lively discussion on Zoom about "Dreamland Burning" by CONNECT | Tulsa City-County Library Virtual Event Guide • February 2021 • www.tulsalibrary.org 6
Tech Talk: 3D Modeling for Beginners Friday, Feb. 19 • noon-1 p.m. Join us for this Zoom webinar and learn the basics of 3D modeling for 3D printing with free web and downloadable tools. We will briefly cover how to use tools like Tinkercad and Thingiverse, and how to download files, 2021 American Indian change settings and preview files using Cura. Register at www.tulsalibrary.org/ events for Zoom invite. Registrants will need to provide an email address. The Festival of Words Writers Award Zoom login information will be emailed Virtual Presentation honoring Tommy Orange out an hour prior to the program. A recording of the talk will be uploaded to YouTube. For adults and teens. Introduction to Fundraising Planning Saturday, March 6 • 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 19 • 2-3 p.m. www.youtube.com/tulsalibrary Three-time U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo will conduct the interview with Tommy Orange. Planning focuses your organization by setting fundraising priorities and helps give staff and board members a roadmap to success. This introductory class ph oto c re di t : e l e na se i b e rt provides the basic steps for developing a fundraising plan, including tips on making your case for support, diversifying your organization's fundraising base and creating a plan of action. Registration is required. Register at www.tulsalibrary.org/ events or call 918-549-7323 to receive Zoom invite. For adults. Fandom Friday Trivia: Rom-Com Edition Sponsored by The Maxine and Jack Zarrow Family Foundation, Tulsa Library Trust and Tulsa City-County Library’s American Indian Resource Center. Friday, Feb. 19 • 6:30-8 p.m. Looking for a fun night of trivia about your favorite romantic comedies? Look no further! Join us as we test your knowledge on everything from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" to "The www.TulsaLibrary.org/AIRC • 918.549.READ Happiest Season." Register at www.tulsalibrary.org/events to receive a Zoom invite. Questions? Contact Rebecca. Harrison@tulsalibrary.org. For adults. Follow Sam Stackhouse, an old man Friends of the Tulsa City-County Libraries. remembering, as he discovers truth For adults. Book Discussion: and wisdom. Email sonya.wallace@ "Holocaust in the Homeland" tulsalibrary.org for Zoom link. For Another Chapter: Monday, Feb. 22 • 6-7 p.m. adults. "Citizen" by Claudia Rankine Join Rudisill Regional Library on Zoom Thursday, Feb. 25 • 2-3 p.m. for a discussion of "Holocaust in Travels With Tulsans: On Safari Read or listen to "Citizen" by Claudia the Homeland" by Dr. Corinda Pitts. Wednesday, Feb. 24 • 12:10-12:50 p.m. Rankine and then join the conversation. "Holocaust in the Homeland" tells the Elephants, rhinos, leopards, lions, Email cas@tulsalibrary.org to receive a story of one of the darkest days in U.S. baboons, giraffes, oh my! So many Zoom link to join the discussion. For adults history. Envious locals in Tulsa dubbed creatures await you as Ed Lindsey the Greenwood section "Black Wall shares his South African safari in Street" because of its economic success. Kruger National Park. Email Friends@ That success was obliterated by a tulsalibrary.org to receive Zoom link massacre of Tulsa black residents in 1921. to join this travelogue. Sponsored by CONNECT | Tulsa City-County Library Virtual Event Guide • February 2021 • www.tulsalibrary.org 7
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Edwardian Era" by Gareth Russell. to provide an email address. The HK@tulsalibrary.org for the Zoom link. Zoom to be American. The first step toward login For information will be emailed out an adults. change, writes Ramos, is for us to Mistakes to Masterpieces: Paint-Along hour prior to the program. A recording recognize who we are. For all ages. Friday, Feb. 26 • 5-6 p.m. of the talk will be uploaded to YouTube. Join us on Zoom as we paint a new, For adults. original acrylic painting together, step CONNECT | Tulsa City-County Library Virtual Event Guide • Januar CONNECT | Tulsa City-County Library Virtual Event Guide • February 2021 • www.tulsalibrary.org 8
CONNECT! Virtual Events for Teens & Tweens * TCCL Remembers: Commemorating Tulsa's Race Massacre To-Go Kit: DIY Magnetic Poetry To-Go Kit: Cardboard Loom Coasters Library and then join us on Zoom to color together. Or contact us at ZR@ Feb. 1-27 Tuesday, Feb. 2 tulsalibrary.org and we will email the Get your creativity flowing! Comes with Weave your own coaster with this fun coloring sheet to you. Post photos of magnetic strips, a marker and writing grab-n-go kit. Multiple colors of yarn your finished or in-progress pictures on prompts. Stop by the Brookside Library are available to choose from. Stop by our weekly Color Along Facebook posts to pick up a kit, while supplies last. For the Collinsville Library to pick up your here: www.facebook.com/zarrowlibrary. ages 10-18. kit, while supplies last. For ages 10-18. If you need colored pencils, please ask when you come to pick up your To-Go Kit: Bath Bomb Kiowa Language Class coloring sheet and we will provide Feb. 1-27 Tuesdays, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23 • 6:30-8:30 p.m. them, while supplies last. Register at Pamper yourself or someone you love Learn the beautiful language of the www.tulsalibrary.org/events 24 hours with a handmade bath bomb. Adding Kiowa people. This class is taught in advance to receive a Zoom invite to a bath bomb to your bath water by the Kiowa Tribe's Language participate in the Color Along. During transforms the experience from an Department via Zoom. Register 24 the last week of the month, everyone ordinary bath into a luxurious, pleasantly hours ahead at www.tulsalibrary.org/ who has posted a picture of their scented, moisturizing oasis. Pick up a kit events to receive Zoom link. For ages finished or in-progress pictures will be to make your own bath bomb at home. 10 to adult. entered into a drawing for a coloring Kits are available at the Zarrow Regional prize. The winner will be announced Library on a first-come-first-serve basis Color Along on Facebook the day after the drawing (one kit per customer; two kits per Thursdays, Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25 • 4-5 p.m. and during the following Zoom Color household). For adults and teens. Pick up a different coloring sheet Along. For ages 10 to adult. each week at the Zarrow Regional CONNECT | Tulsa City-County Library Virtual Event Guide • February 2021 • www.tulsalibrary.org 9
Teen Hangout Presented by South Broken Arrow Library Friday, Feb. 5 • 5-6 p.m. Visit each other virtually on Zoom as we play games and master trivia questions. Contact heather.lozano@tulsalibrary.org for the Zoom link. For ages 12-18. BeTween the Pages Tuesday, Feb. 9 • 6-7 p.m. Join us as we talk about your favorite friendship stories and play some games. Don't forget to bring your own snacks! Register online at www.tulsalibrary.org/events with your email address to receive the Zoom link. For ages 10-12. Teens: Virtual Gaming Wednesday, Feb. 10 • 3-4 p.m. Join us on Zoom as we play party w w w. t u l s a l i b r a r y. o r g / y n g r games, trivia and more! Registration is required. Register online at Simply fill out a survey www.tulsalibrary.org/events to receive a Looking to help us understand Zoom link to join the fun. For ages 10-18. for your reading preferences, FO R interests and history, Sci-Fi & Fantasy Book Club and we will develop a TE Wednesday, Feb. 10 • 6-7 p.m. ENS custom reading guide with Join fellow sci-fi and fantasy enthusiasts suggested authors and on Zoom to discuss "Legendborn" titles you might enjoy. This by Tracy Deonn. Contact rebecca. service is free to Tulsa City- mcwilliams@tulsalibrary.org for the Let us help! County Library cardholders. Zoom link. To discover the truth behind her mother's mysterious death, a teen girl infiltrates a magical secret society claiming to be the descendants of King Arthur and his knights. For ages 16 and up. Collinsville Teen Book Challenge Tuesday, Feb. 16 • 5-6 p.m. to receive the Zoom link. Visit https:// Race Massacre through the arts as it Join us for our monthly book club tccl.bibliocommons.com/item/ showcases an array of talented local where we challenge you to read show/4388073063 for a copy of the performers, including singers, poets, something from a random category. book. Synopsis: Isabelle is one of dancers, actors and spoken word artists. This is a teen-only event hosted by Cinderella's ugly stepsisters, who cut In honor of the Greenwood District Collinsville Library. Register online at off their toes in an attempt to fit into of Tulsa, the performance addresses www.tulsalibrary.org/events to receive a the glass slipper; but there is more to the issue of historical trauma and its Zoom invite. her story than a maimed foot, for the lasting impact on the African American Marquis de la Chance is about to offer community, while focusing on the 1921 Teen Book Chat her a choice and the opportunity to Tulsa Race Massacre as an introspective change her fate. centerpiece. Cast includes Anthony Tuesday, Feb. 16 • 6-7 p.m. "Tony B" Brinkley, April Gahagan, Join us on Zoom as we chat about the Sequoyah Book Award nominee *Business 1921 Historical Trauma: Goes on as Usual Sterling Matthews, Obum Okubum, Jerica Wortham and Mia Wright. Visit "Stepsister" by Jennifer Donnelly. www.youtube.com/tulsalibrary or Register online at www.tulsalibrary. Thursday, Feb. 18 • 6-8 p.m. email Alicia.latimer@tulsalibrary.org to org/events with your email address Join the African-American Resource receive a Zoom invite for this event. For Center for this presentation adults and teens. commemorating the 1921 Tulsa CONNECT | Tulsa City-County Library Virtual Event Guide • February 2021 • www.tulsalibrary.org 10
Tech Talk: 3D Modeling for Beginners be available for pickup at any TCCL Friday, Feb. 19 • noon-1 p.m. regional library for registered school Join us for this Zoom webinar and and community team groups. To learn the basics of 3D modeling watch the bowl, register online at for 3D printing with free web and www.tulsalibrary.org/events to receive downloadable tools. We will briefly a Zoom invite. cover how to use tools like Tinkercad and Thingiverse, and how to download Out-Lit: YA Book Club files, change settings and preview files Friday, Feb. 26 • 4:30-6 p.m. using Cura. Register at Join us as we do fun activities and chat www.tulsalibrary.org/events for Zoom about "You Should See Me in a Crown" login info. Registrants will need to by Leah Johnson. Register at provide an email address. The Zoom www.tulsalibrary.org/events to receive login information will be emailed out an Zoom link. E-book and e-audio are Available for Checkout! hour prior to the program. A recording available at www.tulsalibrary.org. Or of the talk will be uploaded to YouTube. you can request a hard copy of the For adults and teens. book from the Brookside or South Don't have Wi-Fi access? Broken Arrow libraries. In this book, Hotspots are available *2021: African American Heritage Bowl Commemorating the 1921 Liz Lighty has always done her best to avoid the spotlight in her small, wealthy for a 14-day checkout for and prom-obsessed Midwestern high Tulsa Race Massacre school, after all, her family is black and students in kindergarten Thursday, Feb. 25 • 6-8 p.m. rather poor, especially since her mother Hosted by the African-American died. Instead she has concentrated through college! Resource Center, this year’s bowl will on her grades and her musical ability take place via Zoom and Kahoot! It is in the hopes that it will win her a open to all junior high and high school www.tulsalibrary.org/hotspot scholarship to elite Pennington College students and community groups and their famous orchestra where she interested in learning about the 1921 plans to study medicine. But when that Tulsa Race Massacre. Each team can scholarship falls through, she is forced have four members. Each high school to turn to her school's scholarship for and junior high school may register only prom king and queen, which plunges one team per school. To participate in her into the gauntlet of social media the bowl, register online at which she hates and leads her to www.tulsalibrary.org/aarc. A maximum discoveries about her own identity and of six copies of the quiz book will the value of true friendships. For ages CONNECT | Tulsa City-County Library Virtual Event Guide • February 2021 • www.tulsalibrary.org 11
Bestsellers Coming Soon for Adults Visit www.tulsalibrary.org to check out these titles and find more. What the Cat Dragged In #SayHerName Dance With Death By Miranda James Edited by Kimberle Crenshaw By Will Thomas Charlie and Diesel have another Since the movement's founding London, 1893: Private enquiry mystery to solve in this new in 2014, #SayHerName has gained agents Cyrus Barker and Thomas installment in the New York Times international attention and has served Llewelyn are called in to protect bestselling Cat in the Stacks Mysteries, as both a rallying cry and organizing Tsesarevich Nicholas from nefarious which features a cat who likes walks principle in the aftermath of police forces as he travels to England for a and a librarian who knows how to killings of black women, including, royal wedding in Dance With Death, search for clues. most recently, the police killing of the next mystery in Will Thomas' Breonna Taylor. beloved Barker & Llewelyn series. READ | Tulsa City-County Library Virtual Event Guide • February 2021 • www.tulsalibrary.org 12
I Heart Soul Food Bicycling With Butterflies Kamala's Way By Rosie Mayes By Sara Dykman By Dan Morain Soul food favorites come to life, Outdoor educator and field researcher A revelatory biography of the first black as Mayes shares the secrets of Sara Dykman made history when she woman to stand for vice president, mouthwatering Southern classics, all became the first person to bicycle charting how the daughter of two using easy-to-find ingredients. alongside monarch butterflies on their immigrants in segregated California storied annual migration... a round- became one of this country's most trip adventure that included three effective power players. countries and more than 10,000 miles. READ | Tulsa City-County Library Virtual Event Guide • February 2021 • www.tulsalibrary.org 13
New and coming soon titles for Teens & Tweens Visit www.tulsalibrary.org to check out these titles and find more. Separate No More American Betiya The Black Friend on Being By Lawrence Goldstone By Anuradha D. Rajurkar a Better White Person An evocative chronicle of the battle Rani Kelkar has never lied to her By Frederick Joseph that led to America's landmark parents, until she meets Oliver. The Frederick Joseph calls up race-related Brown v. Board of Education ruling same qualities that draw her in – his anecdotes from his past, explaining shares insights into the abuses of the tattoos, his charisma, his passion for why they were hurtful and how he "separate but equal" system and how art – make him her mother's worst might handle things now, touching on such courageous activists as Booker nightmare. everything from cultural appropriation T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois to power dynamics, "reverse racism" to helped end legal segregation. white privilege, microaggressions to the tragic results of overt racism. READ | Tulsa City-County Library Virtual Event Guide • February 2021 • www.tulsalibrary.org 14
The Broken Raven Gone to the Woods Delicates, Volume 2 By Joseph Elliott By Gary Paulsen By Brenna Thummler In the heart-pounding second book This memoir from a living literary Marjorie Glatt's life hasn't been the in the Shadow Skye trilogy, unlikely legend gives readers a new same ever since she discovered a heroes Agatha and Jaime must fight perspective on the origins of Gary group of ghosts hiding in her family's for their clan's home when a new Paulsen's famed survival stories. His laundromat. But when Marjorie finally danger comes to the Isle of Skye. name is synonymous with high- gets accepted by the popular kids at stakes wilderness survival stories. school, she begins to worry that if Now, the beloved author portrays a anyone learns about her secret ghost series of life-altering moments from friends, she'll be labeled as a freak his turbulent childhood as his own who sees dead people. original survival story. Jason Meet author Reynolds WINNER OF THE TULSA LIBRARY TRUST’S 2021 ANNE V. ZARROW AWARD FOR YOUNG READERS’ LITERATURE Thursday, May 6, 2021 Jason Reynolds is the New York Times bestselling author of All American Boys; the Track series, Ghost, Patina, Sunny and Lu; Long Way Down; For Every One; and Miles Morales: Spider-Man. He is an American author who writes novels and poetry for young adult and middle-grade audiences, including Ghost, a National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature. Photo credit: James J. Reddington Visit www.tulsalibrary.org/zarrowaward for more information. READ | Tulsa City-County Library Virtual Event Guide • February 2021 • www.tulsalibrary.org 15
READ! New and coming soon titles for Children Visit www.tulsalibrary.org to check out these titles and find more. I Love Cake! Opening the Road Caring By Frances Gilbert By Keila Dawson By Mike Berenstain Cake is simply the best! The star In the late 1930s when segregation This 32-page hardcover Berenstain of I Love Pink! and I Love My Tutu! was legal and black Americans couldn't Bears storybook, created by Mike absolutely loves cake! Together with visit every establishment or travel Berenstain, son of Stan and Jan her grandma, they endeavor to make a everywhere they wanted to safely, Berenstain, includes a soon-to-be cake for mother's birthday. Impatience Victor Hugo Green published a guide to classic story about the joy of caring and overdecorating make the cake fall help his fellow black Americans travel for family and friends! Boys and girls apart a little, but mom is happy to have and vacation safely across the nation. ages 3 to 7 will love this sweet, faith- This picture book tells the story of the based story filled with fun, colorful it nonetheless. man behind The Green Book. illustrations. READ | Tulsa City-County Library Virtual Event Guide • February 2021 • www.tulsalibrary.org 16
Absolute Hero Our Country's Presidents The Ups and Downs of Gravity By Valerie Tripp By Ann Bausum By David A. Adler Izzy Newton proposes a STEM club and, Revised and updated to include Two kids explore the ups and downs with her best friends Allie Einstein the winner of the 2020 presidential of gravity in this introduction to and Charlie Darwin, investigates why election, this photo-filled and physical science. the building is so cold – and why fact-packed book is a timely must- former friend Marie has shut them out. have reference. National Geographic presents the 45 individuals who have led the U.S. in this up-to-date, authoritative and lavishly illustrated family, school and library reference. READ | Tulsa City-County Library Virtual Event Guide • February 2021 • www.tulsalibrary.org 17
CONNECT! Virtual Events for Children Please visit www.tulsalibrary.org/events for registration. To-Go Craft: Black History Month toddlers. Join us here: PAWS for Reading: Read to a Dog Over Zoom www.facebook.com/tulsalibrary. Presented by Nathan Hale Library Feb. 1-27 Cuentos, canciones y actividades en Celebrate Black History Month with a Wednesday, Feb. 3 • 4-6 p.m. inglés y español. take-home craft inspired by artist Jean- Registered therapy dogs are excellent Michel Basquiat! Stop by Central Library listeners. Elementary students are invited to pick up a kit, while supplies last. For Build A Reader Storytime: Preschool to read a book to a furry, four-pawed ages 5-12. Tuesdays, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23 • 10:30-11 a.m. friend and our special Nathan Hale PAWS The best in children's literature, songs, dogs! Register online at To-Go STEAM Kit for Kids: games, finger plays, rhymes and other www.tulsalibrary.org/events and provide reading-related activities are shared with an email address to receive your Zoom Paint Your Passions! your preschooler. Join us here: link and reserved time slot. Feb. 1-27 www.facebook.com/tulsalibrary. Encourage your kids, ages 5-12, to paint their passions with colorful, Build A Reader Storytime Bite nonpermanent, Kool-Aid sidewalk chalk Build A Reader Storytime: Family Saturday, Feb. 6 paint. Kits are available on a first-come- Wednesdays, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24 • 10:30-11 a.m. February is National Children's Dental first-serve basis at the Maxwell Park Thursdays, Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25 • 10:30-11 a.m. Health Month, and Ms. Kena and Timmy Library or can be sent to the library of Tune in for this 0-5 storytime and grow the Turtle want to share stories and songs your choice by calling 918-549-7323. that love of reading! Enjoy simple songs with you about ... teeth! Join us here: Special thanks to the Friends of the and books for little ones and more www.facebook.com/centrallibrary. For Helmerich Library for funding these kits. interactive stories and activities for older ages 0-5 and their families. children. Join us here: Build A Reader Storytime: www.facebook.com/tulsalibrary. Can't Take-Home Craft: Valentine's Day Bilingual Cuentos Bilingües make it live? We'll save all storytime Feb. 7-13 videos on Facebook and Tulsa City- Pick up a cute Valentine's Day craft via Mondays, Feb. 1, 8, 22 • 10:30-10:50 a.m. County Library's YouTube page for your Enjoy stories, songs and activities in curbside at Central Library. For toddlers children to enjoy later! to elementary students. English and Spanish for babies and CONNECT | Tulsa City-County Library Virtual Event Guide • February 2021 • www.tulsalibrary.org 18
To-Go Activity Kit: Fizzy Hearts Art Monday, Feb. 8 • 10 a.m.-7 p.m. PLAY! Fill your hearts with fizz! Pick up a Fizzy Hearts activity kit at Rudisill Regional Library. Each kit includes a colorable Valentine’s Day minibook and supplies to make a custom card. Kits are available on a first-come-first-serve basis, while supplies last. Watch a preview of this kit on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/tulsarudisilllibrary. For toddlers to elementary students. To-Go Kit: Candy-Heart Catapult Wednesday, Feb. 10 Create your own mini catapult to make Build A Reader candy sail through the air! This craft kit includes detailed instructions, candy and all the pieces to make a catapult. Kits are available for curbside pickup at Storytimes ON DEMAND the Schusterman-Benson Library, while supplies last. For elementary students. To-Go Kit: Kids Read – First Pets of the White House Tuesday, Feb. 16 • 10 a.m.-7 p.m. BABIES AND TODDLERS Stop by Rudisill Regional Library this week to pick up this First Pets kit! Kits are Ready, set, READ! This beginning storytime limited and are available on a first-come- focuses on helping your baby or toddler first-serve basis. Each kit comes with information and a craft on a strange First develop important literacy skills while Pet, a planning page about your pet as emphasizing the fun of reading. president and a colorable minibook. For elementary students. PRESCHOOLERS PAWS for Reading: The best in children's literature, songs, games, Read to a Dog Over Zoom finger plays, rhymes and other reading-related Presented by the Glenpool Library activities are shared with your preschooler. Thursday, Feb. 18 • 4-6 p.m. Registered therapy dogs are excellent listeners. Kids ages 5-12 are invited to FAMILY virtually read their favorite books to a furry, four-pawed friend on Zoom. Tune in for this 0-5 storytime and grow that Register to receive Zoom link by emailing love of reading! Enjoy simple songs and books Glenpool.Library@tulsalibrary.org. for little ones and more interactive stories and PAWS for Reading: activities for older children. Read to a Dog Over Zoom Presented by the Brookside Library Visit www.tulsalibrary.org/kids for these FUN Friday, Feb. 19 • 3:30-4:30 p.m. virtual storytimes to enjoy with your little ones Registered therapy dogs are excellent listeners. Elementary students are anytime, anywhere! invited to read their favorite books to a furry, four-pawed friend on Zoom. Register at www.tulsalibrary.org/events for Zoom invite. PLAY | Tulsa City-County Library Virtual Event Guide • February 2021 • www.tulsalibrary.org 19
1 Bixby Library 20 E. Breckenridge, 74008 VISIT! 2 Broken Arrow Library 300 W. Broadway, 74012 3 Broken Arrow Library/South 3600 S. Chestnut, 74011 4 Brookside Library 1207 E. 45th Place, 74105 Tulsa City-County 5 Central Library 400 Civic Center, 74103 6 Charles Page Library Library Locations 551 E. Fourth St., Sand Springs, 74063 7 Collinsville Library 1223 Main, 74021 8 Glenpool Library 730 E. 141st St., 74033 All locations are open for curbside service. 9 Hardesty Regional Library Visit www.tulsalibrary.org/locations for hours. and Genealogy Center 8316 E. 93rd St., 74133 10 Helmerich Library 5131 E. 91st St., 74137 11 Herman and Kate Kaiser Library 5202 S. Hudson Ave., Suite B, 74135 12 Jenks Library 523 W. B St., 74037 13 Judy Z. Kishner Library 10150 N. Cincinnati Ave. E., Sperry, 74073 14 Kendall-Whittier Library 21 S. Lewis, 74104 15 Martin Regional Library and Hispanic Resource Center 2601 S. Garnett Road, 74129 16 Maxwell Park Library 1313 N. Canton, 74115 17 Nathan Hale Library 6038 E. 23rd St., 74114 18 Owasso Library 103 W. Broadway, 74055 19 Pratt Library 3219 S. 113th W. Ave., Sand Springs, 74063 20 Rudisill Regional Library and African-American Resource Center 1520 N. Hartford, 74106 21 Schusterman-Benson Library 3333 E. 32nd Place, 74135 22 Skiatook Library 316 E. Rogers, 74070 23 Suburban Acres Library 4606 N. Garrison, 74126 24 Zarrow Regional Library and American Indian Resource Center 2224 W. 51st St., 74107
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