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Where: N/A
When: March 01, 2010
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Kite making is both a science and an art as the kite maker attempts to engineer a design with efficient aeronautical capabilities as well as a design with pleasing aesthetics.
Teens are invited to make and decorate your own kite at a Kite Making workshop on Saturday, March 13, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Co-sponsored by Fine Arts Blount (FAB) and the Blount County Public Library, the workshop will be at the library.
Students in middle school and high school must register and submit a $5 (five dollar) deposit at the library’s reference genealogy desk by Wednesday, March 10. The maximum number of participants is 25, so participation will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
If you register, please show up; if you are unable to participate, please notify the library reference desk at 273-1436.
The deposit will be refunded to those in attendance on the day of the workshop. All materials will be supplied, including a reel with string.
Teens will construct and decorate their kites on the day of the workshop. Under the instruction of Fine Arts Blount members, teens will be able to select from a couple of design structures.
By the end of the workshop, all teens will have a completed kite which will remain at the library for display from April 1 until April 10.
The kite making workshop is a preliminary to the Kite Festival, sponsored by FAB, which will be on Sunday, April 11, from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The kite festival will be at Pearson Springs Park off Montvale Station Road and will be sponsored by Fine Arts Blount and Maryville-Alcoa-Blount County Parks and Recreation.
Free and open to the public, the program is at the Blount County Public Library, located at 508 N. Cusick Street, Maryville.
For further information about other library programs or services, call the library at 982-0981 or visit the Web site at www.blountlibrary.org.
To print a one-page monthly calendar of events at the library, go to the library Web site at www.blountlibrary.org, and click on the calendar icon at right side of Home Page to view the monthly calendar of events in printable format. To sign up to receive a monthly calendar by email, click on “Programs and Events” on the Home Page; scroll down and click on libnews@blounttn.org and put “subscribe” in the subject line. To “unsubscribe,” simply send a reply email after receiving a calendar or email at your computer. Check out FaceBook: “Blount County Public Library” and “Bookmark Café”.
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Blount County does not discriminate based on race, color or national origin in federal or state sponsored programs, pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d).
Contact Info: Kathleen Christy
kchristy@blounttn.org |
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Serendipity Activities - Dr. Seuss Day
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Where: Blount County Library
When: March 02, 2010, 04:00 PM
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Tuesdays, 4:00 p.m., Serendipity Activities, Grades K-6, in Children’s Library.
Contact Info: 273-1414 |
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Twilight Tales Story Hour
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Where: Blount County Library
From: March 02, 2010, 06:30 PM
To: March 16, 2010
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Twilight Tales Story Hour will be presented on the first and third Tuesday evening of each month at 6:30 pm. This program is an evening story hour for pre-school and early elementary aged children. Join the fun on March 2 & 16.
Contact Info: (865) 982-0981 |
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Internet Searching
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Where: Blount County Library
From: March 04, 2010, 02:00 PM
To: 04:00 PM
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FREE two-hour classes. First six persons to arrive can attend class. Call or come by the Reference Desk at 273-1436 for schedule of classes or if there are questions.
Thursday, March 4, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.,
Contact Info: (865) 982-0981 |
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Appalachian Ballet Company & Van Metre School of Dance Summer Intensive Audition
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Where: Van Metre School of Dance
When: March 05, 2010
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The Appalachian Ballet Company along with Van Metre School of Dance will be holding auditions for placement for their upcoming Summer Intensive. Summer Intensive dates are June 7-18. Audition times are: 9-12 yr. olds 5pm; 13 and up 6pm. Auditon fee$ 10
Contact Info: (865)982-8463 |
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UT Singers Jazz Choir
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Where: Blount County Library
When: March 06, 2010, 02:00 PM
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Under the direction of Wendel Warner, will perform a concert in the Reading Rotunda of the library.
Contact Info: (865) 982-0981 |
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Teen Read Across America
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Where: Blount County Library
When: March 06, 2010, 03:00 PM
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Join 45 million readers as we participate in the nation’s largest reading celebration. Plan now to participate in the fun in the Teen Central area of the library. Prizes.
Contact Info: (865) 273-1436 |
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Smokies Scavenger Hunt
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Where: Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
From: March 06, 2010, 07:30 AM
To: 05:00 PM
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Gather your friends, family or co-workers and create a team for the 3rd annual Great Smoky Mountains Scavenger Hunt! The scavenger hunt will review the cultural and natural history of the park while exploring issues and resources that affect the park today. The hunt will range over most of the park. You will have 24 hours to complete the hunt.
Cost: $50 per team REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Contact Info: Contact Tremont for more details. 865-448-6709 or mail@gsmit.org |
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Play Chess at the Library: Every Saturday
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Where: Blount County Library
From: March 06, 2010, 10:00 AM
To: March 27, 2010
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Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.,
Contact Info: (865) 273-1436 |
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Serendipity Activities - Origami
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Where: Blount County Library
When: March 09, 2010, 04:00 PM
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Tuesdays, 4:00 p.m., Serendipity Activities, Grades K-6, in Children’s Library.
Contact Info: 273-1414 |
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Life in a Dacha: An American Family [Ralph & Maria Collins] in Moscow
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Where: Blount County Library
When: March 09, 2010, 07:00 PM
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“Life in a Dacha: An American Family [Ralph & Maria Collins] in Moscow” by Erica Collins Steffee, daughter of Ralph & Maria Collins. Erica Collins Steffee, was born at the old Fort Craig Hospital in Maryville, while her father was professor of French and German at Maryville College. In 1945, Dr. Collins took a job with the State Department. His assignments abroad included two years, 1949-50, in Moscow. Erica Collins Steffee will discuss the family’s years in Moscow, where her father served and where her mother, Maria, established the Anglo-American school for children of embassy personnel. The presentation will be in the Sharon Lawson Room of the library.
Contact Info: (865) 982-0981 |
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Where: Blount County Public Library
When: March 09, 2010, 07:00 PM
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Maryville native, Erica Collins Steffee, will speak about “Life in a Dacha, an American Family in Moscow, 1949-50,” on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, at the Blount County Library.
Erica’s father, Ralph Collins, was a professor of German and French at Maryville College in the 1940s, when the State Department recruited him to serve in the Foreign Service. He spent 22 years in the Foreign Service, specializing in Soviet affairs. In 1967 he returned to Maryville College as chairman of the language department. He and his wife Maria Collins were active members of the community until their deaths in the 1990s.
While the Collins family was in Moscow, Stalin decreed that foreigners’ children would no longer be allowed to attend Russian schools. At the request of the American and British Ambassadors, Maria Collins created a school for English-speaking children, which numbered around 15, from preschool through fifth grade. This school, the Anglo-American School of Moscow, has just celebrated its 60th anniversary. The Collins family was invited back for the celebration in October 2009, and Erica gave a presentation about living in Moscow in 1949-50.
Erica will speak about her family’s “Great Adventure,” as they accompanied her father, Ralph Collins, on his two-year assignment to the hardship post of Moscow. US Government reports from that time reveal why most American Embassy personnel did not take their families to Moscow: “In Moscow there are no provisions for education of foreign children… Two general ideas should govern what is brought to the Soviet Union: 1) NOTHING is obtainable there, and 2) it is cold, both indoors and out, a good deal of the year.”
Erica Collins Steffee was born in the old Fort Craig Hospital in Maryville. Her father was a professor of German and French at Maryville College at the time. When he took a position with the State Department in 1945 the family began a peripatetic life of travel and adventure in Europe and South America. When Ralph Collins retired from the Foreign Service in 1967, he returned to Maryville College as chairman of the language department. He and Maria were active members of the community until their deaths the 1990s.
Erica returned to the United States to finish high school and attend college. After graduation from the Eastman School of Music she taught piano and music theory. At age 40 she went back to college to get an MBA degree and worked as a business consultant to people starting new businesses. Now retired, she devotes her time to her grandchildren and to documenting the family history.
In 2003 Erica and her husband, Bill Steffee, published the memoirs of her parents, covering the years that the family lived in Moscow. She will tell more about that experience during her presentation, offering a fascinating glimpse into a foreign world.
Free and open to the public, the program will be at the Blount County Public Library, located at 508 N. Cusick Street, Maryville.
For further information about other library programs or services, call the library at 982-0981 or visit the Web site at www.blountlibrary.org.
Contact Info: Joan VanSickle Sloan
(865) 273-1408 |
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Book Discussion Group
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Where: Blount County Library
When: March 10, 2010, 10:30 AM
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March Book: Sashenka by Simon Montefiore
Place: Library Board Room
Date: March 10 (Meetings are the 2nd Wednesday of each month.)
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Contact Info: (865) 982-0981 |
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Introduction to PC - Meet the Mouse
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Where: Blount County Library
When: March 11, 2010, 02:00 PM
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FREE two-hour classes. First six persons to arrive can attend class. Call or come by the Reference Desk at 273-1436 for schedule of classes or if there are questions.
Thursday, March 11, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.,
Contact Info: (865) 982-0981 |
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Serendipity Activities with Surplus Crafts
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Where: Blount County Library
From: March 11, 2010, 02:00 PM
To: 05:00 PM
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Thursday, March 11, 2:00 to 5:00 p.m., Serendipity Activities with Surplus Crafts, Grades K-6, in Children’s Library.
Contact Info: 273-1414 |
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Teen Kite Making Workshop
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Where: Blount County Library
From: March 13, 2010, 02:00 PM
To: 04:00 PM
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Teens will be able to create their own unique kites under the direction of the Fine Arts Blount group of artists. Supplies will be provided. Registration is required by submitting a $5 deposit at the library’s Genealogy Reference desk. The kite making workshop will be in Sharon Lawson Room.
Contact Info: (865) 273-1436 |
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Teen Kite-Making Workshop
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Where: Blount County Public Library, Maryville TN
From: March 13, 2010, 02:00 PM
To: 04:00 PM
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Fine Arts Blount is hosting a kite making workshop for teens (intermediate/hs) in conjuction with the Blount County Library on Saturday, March 13th from 2-4 pm. Participants will construct and decorate kites and at the end of the session will have a kite ready for flying, including string. Those interested should sign up at the reference desk in the Library by March 10th. Therer is a $5 registration deposit which will be returned on the day of the workshop.
This workshop leads up to --The 2nd Annual Kite Festival
Contact Info: see our website at www.fineartsblount.com |
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Will Walker & Family
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Where: Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
From: March 13, 2010, 09:00 AM
To: 02:00 PM
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Join Tremont's very own Jeremy Lloyd as he shares stories about Will Walker and family, the original inhabitants of Walker Valley, where Tremont now resides. Participants will ramble around Tremont's campus and general area as they learn more about the people who lived in the valley before us. Wear sturdy shoes and bring water and lunch.
Cost: $20 per person REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Contact Info: 865-448-6709 or mail@gsmit.org for details/registration. |
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Legends of the Game: Negro League History
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Where: Blount County Library
When: March 14, 2010, 02:00 PM
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Bryan Steverson, a lifelong baseball fan and a Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), Hall of Fame (HOF) and Negro League Baseball Museum (NLBM) member, will discuss Negro League History. In addition, a guest will present to the library a board game, “Legends of the Game,” developed by Rick Mosley. Appropriate for families with children, both the program and the board game help participants learn more about Negro League History. This presentation will be in the Sharon Lawson Room of the library.
Contact Info: (865) 982-0981 |
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Serendipity Activities - St. Patrick’s Day Chimes
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Where: Blount County Library
When: March 16, 2010, 04:00 PM
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Tuesdays, 4:00 p.m., Serendipity Activities, Grades K-6, in Children’s Library.
Contact Info: 273-1414 |
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