Thursday, July 23, 2009

7.23.09 Rainy Day Fun

Library Programs

Thursday, July 23, 2009


The Charleston County Public Library will offer the following free programs.

SYSTEM WIDE

Be Creative: Children's Summer Reading Program (ages 11 and younger): Through July 31. All Charleston County Library branches. Children are awarded prizes for reading or being read to at levels of 5, 15 and 30 hours. Prizes include the SC reading medal, passes to community events, T-shirts and branch grand prizes.

S.C. Teens Read: Teen Summer Reading Program (students entering grades 6-12). Through July 31. All Charleston County Library branches. Read whatever you want and win prizes. The more you read, the more you can win. Weekly prize drawings, Grand Prize drawings and rewards. Fill out an S.C. Teens Speak Out survey and get a treat.

Reading Wave: Adult Summer Reading Program (ages 18 and up). Through July 31. All Charleston County Library branches. Reading Wave rewards adults for reading with weekly prizes and a grand prize package. Read alongside Charleston County's youth and cash in.

CHARLESTON AND THE ISLANDS

--Main Library, 68 Calhoun St., downtown: 805-6930.

Saul Alexander Gallery Art Exhibit: Through July 31. Margaret Wood Atwood, a Charleston photographer, will be exhibiting her black and white photographs in the Saul Alexander Gallery. The exhibit called "The Past is Present," includes images of icons no longer in Charleston, such as The Cavallaro in its original form and the expanse of the old Cooper River bridges, and those that give the impression that they will be here long after we are gone, such as the Sheldon church and the Angel Oak.

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