Grove Family Library, formerly Ragged Edge Library, is celebrating five years in its new building and location at 101 Ragged Edge Road South, Chambersburg from January 31 through February 5, 2011. This week long celebration will be filled with events including fantastic authors, captivating entertainers and special programs.
The kick-off event, an Artists Gala and reception, will be held on Monday, January 31 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Any artist who has exhibited in the Grove Art Gallery over the past five years has been invited to show a piece of work in a month long show. Come to see a wide variety of art on display and to meet local author and artist, Becky Dietrich. She will be selling and autographing copies of her latest book, Stories of the Summit Plateau and Beyond in the Valley, a history of Fort Ritchie. Refreshments will be provided.
Tuesday, February 1, from 6-7:30 p.m. is Animal Lover’s Night. There will be several Kindly Canine dogs available for children to read to, as well as a story reading by author Camille Matthews. Her latest book, Quincy Finds a New Home, is about a horse, and has beautiful illustrations well worth seeing.
Author Night will be Thursday, February 3, from 6-8 p.m. Several local and neighboring authors will be present to discuss how they got started as authors, the road to getting their books published, and to answer audience questions about their interests in writing. The panel of authors includes Dody Meyers, Valerie Malmont, Mike Silvestri, Cate Masters, Eileen Graham and Ken Gibble. Collectively they represent many published books, written across a wide variety of genres.
Friday, February 4, is New Movie Release Night. Bring the whole family to the Grove Community Room to watch a new release on the big screen from 7-9. Popcorn and drinks will be available for purchase.
A fun-filled Family Day will wrap up this week-long celebration on Saturday, February 5. From 9:00 a.m. - 1 p.m. there will be storytelling, book readings, a concert and cake. Special guests that day include: Dr. Sharon Gaston, author of “Clean Your Own House”. Get ready for high energy, dramatic voices, movement and instruments. Scott Nicol will share the tale of “Dr. Jim and the Special Stethoscope”. His special stethoscope can hear what pets would say if they could talk. Stephen Courtney, musician, singer and song writer, will perform a concert and help the children create a new song! Last but not least, there will be a cake with candles to blow out, in honor of Grove Family Library’s first five successful years in its new location.
While all of the 5th anniversary celebration events will be held at Grove Family Library and are free to the public, the library system continues to work to pay off the remaining debt from the construction of Grove. The anniversary celebration launches a final campaign to extinguish the debt. The remaining principal owed is $560,000. More information on the “5th Anniversary $500,000 Campaign” is forthcoming.
For more information or to sign up for an event or program, please contact the Circulation Desk at Grove Family Library at 717-264-9663.
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