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  • All Humboldt County Library Branches
    will be CLOSED Sat. Sept. 4 in honor of Labor Day.

  • Charlie Chin, Storyteller, Musician and Historian

       Featured Storyteller at Storytelling by the Sea Festival

    Wednesday, Sept. 8, 6:30 p.m.Image: Charlie Chin smiles over his fan.

     

    Wearing the robe of a Chinese scholar and using only a folded paper fan, Mr. Chin creates fantastic worlds and carries the audience to faraway times and places. He is a musician, author, historian, and classically-trained storyteller who has been performing, writing, and teaching for more than 30 years.  In 1989, the Smithsonian Institute presented him with the "Community Folklore Scholar Certificate" in recognition of his work. Bring your family and friends to hear this learned and delightful storyteller who, with a wave of his fan, will deepen your understanding of Chinese American history and culture while presenting world-class stories you won't hear anywhere else. 

  • Eureka -- Then and Now, with Jerry Rohde

     A Humboldt County Historical Society Lecture

     Saturday, Sept. 11Image: Men pose in the doorway of the Eureka Foundry with a wagon wheel in the foreground

     Two Showings:  1:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.

    Join retroactive journalist Jerry Rohde on a PowerPoint journey through Eureka past and present. See Belcher maps, Swanlund slides, and Shuster photos that depict the Eureka of circa 1910, and then study snapshots of Eureka 2010.   We’ll advance past the old Vance Mill, try to find the Eureka Foundry, and cut through Cutten, all the time chronicling the city’s changes over the last century or so.  
     ***All seats will be available to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.*** 
  • ***(Correction to earlier announcement)

 

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  eBooks for Adults

  Adults may be interested in the many  eBooks available in our library's collection!

 

 

 Friends of the Library

The Humboldt county library enjoys tremendous support throughout the county. Friends of the Library organizations exist in nearly every branch library community. Through the work of the Friends, the library is able to add more books and materials to its collections and offer programs to enhance library services. Contact the Friends group in your community for information on how to join.

Humboldt County Main Library: 1313 Third Street, Eureka, CA 95501 - (707) 269-1900