Want to cook with wild plants? Learn to identify and use wild foods Thursday, May 24th at 7:00 p.m. Dr. John Kallas will be here in the Main Meeting Room of the library for a presentation and book signing of his recent book, Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods From Dirt to Plate. Dr. Kallas is [...]
Here at the library we are absolutely thrilled that Joyce Carol Oates is coming to Corvallis! If you haven’t heard yet, Oregon State University is awarding Oates the first ever Stone Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement; a prize that comes with prestige, sure, but also a whopping $20,000. OSU is hosting a public discussion and [...]
As a proud adoptive mother of a four-year old Newfoundland dog named Casper, one of my favorite things to do is take her along for a hike and a swim. (We both hike, but Casper loves to swim. I throw sticks and she retrieves them. She is a working dog, so she likes having a [...]
This month in the main meeting room at the library is a remarkable exhibit that highlights the wartime experience of a teenage girl during the Holocaust.
“I love good food. If I weren’t a writer and a wanderer, I’d be a chef/restaurant owner” says writer Andrew Pham. Fortunately for us he does indeed love to cook as well as write and travel, and will be in Corvallis soon to share some of these passions with us. Pham, author of the books [...]
This week, April 9-14, 2012, is National Library Week! To celebrate, we have several Star Wars-themed events going on for Adults, Teens and Kids. If Star Wars isn’t your thing, however, the library has other events going on in addition, such as the usual children story time hours every week, a Random Review of Country [...]
There is a lot going on at the Library this month, and we’re glad to bring you a diverse mix of informative, thought-provoking, and entertaining programs across the month of April. This Thursday at 7:00 pm, Karen Spears Zacharias will discuss her new book A Silence of Mockingbirds: The Memoir of a Murder about the [...]
In celebration of National Library Week on April 9 – 14, the library will host a series of Star Wars events for kids, teens, and adults. We expect a big crowd from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday the 14th, when the library will be boarded by Storm Troopers from the 501st Legion Cloud City Garrison .
In 2005, Karly Sheehan died in Corvallis as the result of abuse at the hands of her mother’s boyfriend. Writer Karen Spears Zacharias knew Karly and her family, and with growing horror she began to investigate the details behind Karly’s death.
We’ve been recording some of the literary and musical events at the library for awhile. Did you know, for example, that the popular Random Review series has been recorded since 2007? Click here for a link to the series along with the podcasts.
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