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LAFOURCHE PARISH LIBRARIES

January Storytimes Thibodaux Branch * 314 St. Mary St., 985 447-4119

Wed, Jan 31, 10:30 am—“Tickles with Tall Tales”

Teen Activities

Thibodaux Branch

Mon, Jan 29, 4:00pm—TLC meeting

Bayou Blue Branch

Wed, Jan 31, 5:00 pm—Game Night

January Activities

Jan 25, 1:00 pm—African American Authors Book Club Meeting @ ThibodauxBranch

TERREBONNE PARISH LIBRARIES

Main Branch * 151 Civic Center Blvd., 876-5861

Mondays – Toddler storytime for crawling babies to 19 months-3 years at 10 a.m.; Preschool storytime for 3n5 year olds at 2 p.m. (new day); Babygarten storytime for newborn to 18 months at 6 p.m.

Tuesdays n Babygarten storytime for newborn to 18 months at 10 a.m.; Family storytime for pre-kindergartenn3rd grade and their parents at 6:30 p.m.

Jan 27: Winter Fun Craft for 1stn4th graders at 2 p.m.

Chauvin Branch * 5500 Highway 56, 594-9771

Jan 25: “Let It Snow” Storytime for pre-schooln3rd grade at 5 p.m.

Exhibits at Main Branch

•Louisiana Decoy display by Roger Bourgeois can be viewed in the foyer display cases.

•Designs in Textiles by Clair Fenton will be displayed in the cases on the 2nd floor.

Teen Activities

Main Library

Jan 25: The Dead Poets Society from 6n8 p.m.

Adult Activities

Bourg Branch

Jan 26: Oral History Program with a guest speaker and covered dish from 11 a.m.n1 p.m.

Dularge Branch

Tuesdays: Adult oil painting class conducted by Gail LeCompte from 10 a.m.n2 p.m. Limit 20. Registration required. Bring a blank canvas, easel, and a bag lunch.

Wednesdays: Domino competition at 1 p.m.

Thursdays: Sew So Good Sewing Club meets at 10 a.m. to make crafts and quilts. Bring a sewing project.

ST. MARY PARISH LIBRARIES

West End Branch * P.O. Box 309 Baldwin, 337-923-6205

Jan 25: Meet the Author-Roger Stouff will autograph copies of his book,-Native Waters: A Few Moments in a Small Wooden Boat at 5:30 p.m.

Bayou Vista Branch * 1325 Belleview Drive, 985-399-9866

Jan 29: Herb Program-learn about growing and cooking with herbs with the Bayou Vista Garden Club at 6 p.m.

Alex P. Allain Memorial * 206 Iberia Street, 337-872-5364

Jan 30: Film Maker Leads Discussion-film will be Good For What Ails You: Healing Secrets of the Cajuns, Creoles and Bayou Indians at 5:30 p.m.

Exhibits at West End Branch

John Paul Darden, a Chitimacha tribal basket weaver, will speak about this craft that has been handed down for generations. Join St. Mary Parish Library’s West End Branch Library in Baldwin as we welcome Darden at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 11. The program is open to the public free of charge. This project is part of the library’s Key Ingredients: America By Food complimentary programming to the Smithsonian exhibit. The exhibit, made possible through a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities will be on view at the library from Jan. 10 to Feb. 21.

To learn more, please contact any branch of the library system.

Local Library Links:

Terrebonne Parish Library; http://www.terrebonne.lib.la.us/

St. Mary Parish Library; http://www.stmary.lib.la.us/

Lafourche Parish Library; http://www.lafourche.org/