Museum Partners with DWU for The Big Read!
Join us in celebrating great literature!
September 4 - October 11, 2008
The Dakota Discovery Museum is one of several community partners with Dakota Wesleyan University in hosting The Big Read for the Mitchell area this fall. The Big Read gives communities the opportunity to come together to read, discuss and celebrate American and world literature. The Big Read in the Mitchell area will focus on Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
As part of planned activities, the museum will host a four week special program for the YWCA Kids Klub After-school Program that will focus on book appreciation and fire safety. During the Big Read, and until October 24, Kids Klub artwork will be on display in the Case Art Gallery.
Children visiting the museum can take part in a book-related Scavenger Hunt.
Other planned activities at the museum include:
Bookmaking Class for Kids!
When: Sunday, September 14 from 2 PM to 3:30 PM
Where: Dakota Discovery Museum, 1300 McGovern Ave., Mitchell, SD
Instructor: Lelia Guilbert
Cost: FREE!
Limit: 12 participants
Description:
Bookmaking Class for Adults!
When: Part I: Monday, September 15 from 6:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Part II: Tuesday, September 16 from 6:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Where: Dakota Discovery Museum, 1300 McGovern Ave., Mitchell, SD
Instructor: Connie Herring of Larchwood, IA
Cost: $35 per person
Limit: 15 participants
Description: Books, journals, albums and artists books can all be made with relatively simple materials and tools. Using professional book binding techniques and materials, participants will learn several methods for making their own books. Each participant will make their own personal journal, as well as learn other binding techniques to use in future projects.
How to Recognize and Care for a Valuable Book
When: Saturday, October 4 from 2:00 p.m.3:30 p.m.
Where: Dakota Discovery Museum, 1300 McGovern Ave., Mitchell, SD
Presenters: James McLaird and Lori Holmberg
Cost: Free
Limit: No limit
Description: An informative afternoon where participants will learn how to recognize a valuable book and will be given tips on how to professionally care for their books.
Copies of Fahrenheit 451 are available at the DWU Campus Bookstore in the McGovern Library.
For more information about The Big Read please visit the National Endowment for the Arts. The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest designed to restore reading to the center of American culture.
For more information or to register for classes call 605-996-2122 or email info@dakotadiscovery.com.
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