Friday November 21, 2008 Go To Top 9:00 AM  -  4:00 PM Foster Care Case Management Training - Missouri Alliance for Children & Families         Contact: Tawny Brown-Warren   556-8090, ext. 131   tbrown-warren@ma-cf.org     Non-library sponsored event. Equipment: Blackboard - TV/VCR - Podium - DVD Player & Projector     Location: MRRL Art Gallery   4:30 PM  -  5:30 PM St. Gertrudes School         Contact: Susan Cozza          Location: MRRL Storyhour Room   6:00 PM  -  8:00 PM FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT         Contact: Ruth Ann Stratman   634-6064, ext. 229   stratmanr@mrrl.org     FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., MRRL Art Gallery Title: Spiderwick Chronicles All ages. Bring a folding chair, sleeping bag, blanket or pillow and watch how twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace (Freddie Highmore), along with their sister Mallory (Sarah Bolger), cope with moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother (Mary-Louise Parker). Upon moving they find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures. Popcorn and drinks will be provided. Rated PG. NOTE: Since this is an after hours program, the library doors will be closed at 6:15 p.m. Equipment: DVD Player & Projector     Location: MRRL Art Gallery   6:00 PM  -  8:00 PM FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT - Osage County Library         Contact: Jan Crow   (573) 897-2951   crowj@mrrl.org     FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21 6:00 p.m. - All ages Title: SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES Bring a sleeping bag, pillow or fold up chairs. Equipment: DVD Player & Projector     Location: Osage County Library, Linn Saturday November 22, 2008 Go To Top 10:00 AM  -  11:00 AM Republican 6th Senatorial District Committee Meeting         Contact: Penelope Quigg   680-3231   p.quigg@mchsi.com     Non-library sponsored event.     Location: MRRL Storyhour Room

2:00 PM  -  4:00 PM Teen Game Day         Contact: Taryn Prewitt   634-6064, ext. 235   tarynp@mrrl.org     2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., MRRL Art Gallery For more information, call Taryn Prewitt at 634-6064, ext. 235 Join us for some fun! We will play Guitar Hero & Wii Sports. Equipment: TV/VCR - DVD Player & Projector - Kitchen     Location: MRRL Art Gallery   6:00 PM  -  8:00 PM TEEN KARAOKE NIGHT         Contact: Taryn Prewitt   634-6064, ext. 235   tarynp@mrrl.org     SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., MRRL Art Gallery Ages 13-17. Reservations required. Call Taryn Prewitt, 634-6064, ext. 235. Enjoy singing and having fun with your friends? This is the evening for you, and it doesn't matter if you are a great singer or not so great! Come join us for a night of fun and refreshments. Equipment: Kitchen     Location: MRRL Art Gallery Sunday November 23, 2008 Go To Top 1:00 PM  -  4:45 PM Yugioh         Contact: Christopher Howell          Non-library sponsored event.     Location: MRRL Storyhour Room   2:00 PM  -  5:00 PM Move On Meeting         Contact: Bob Boldt   291-1133        Non-library sponsored event. Equipment: Projector     Location: MRRL Art Gallery Monday November 24, 2008 Go To Top 3:00 PM  -  5:00 PM Anime' Club         Contact: Chris Yager   821-5981 644-5094        Non-library sponsored event.     Location: MRRL Art Gallery

7:00 PM  -  8:30 PM Toastmasters         Contact: Cynthia Scroggins   635-2006   c_bannister@msn.com     Non-library sponsored event. Equipment: Blackboard -- TV/VCR -- Podium -- Overhead projector -- VHS player & projector -- DVD player & projector     Location: MRRL Art Gallery, East side Tuesday November 25, 2008 Go To Top 10:30 AM  -  12:00 PM Adult/Craft Series - TBA         Contact: Taryn Prewitt   634-6064, ext. 235   tarynp@mrrl.org     10:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m., MRRL Annex, 209 Adams Reservations Required Contact: Taryn Prewitt, 634-6064, ext. 235     Location: 209 Adams Conference Room   10:30 AM  -  11:00 AM PRESCHOOL STORYTIME - FALL & WINTER         Contact: Ruth Ann Stratman   634-6064, ext. 229   stratmanr@mrrl.org     TUESDAYS: OCTOBER - DECEMBER 10:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m., Storyhour Room Ages 3-6, Programs Begin in October Equipment: DVD Player & Projector     Location: MRRL Storyhour Room   12:00 PM  -  1:00 PM FICTION AT NOON BOOK CLUB         Contact: Kathy Morehouse   634-6064, ext. 237        Last Tuesday, Every Other Month 12 Noon, MRRL Annex Discussion Leaders: Claudia Schoonover & Kathy Morehouse Join us for lunch (or bring your own) to discuss outstanding works of fiction. Reservations are required. Call 634-6064 ext. 237 to reserve your copy. Title: COLD ROCK RIVER by J.L. Miles In 1963 rural Georgia, with the Vietnam War cranking up, pregnant seventeen-year-old Adie Jenkins discovers the diary of pregnant seventeen-year-old Tempe Jordan, a slave girl, begun as the Civil War wound down. Adie takes refuge in Tempe's journal, the further she reads, the more questions the diary raises.     Location: 209 Adams Conference Room   1:30 PM  -  2:00 PM PRESCHOOL STORYTIME - FALL & WINTER         Contact: Ruth Ann Stratman   634-6064, ext. 229   stratmanr@mrrl.org     TUESDAYS: OCTOBER - DECEMBER 10:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m., Storyhour Room Ages 3-6, Programs Begin in October Equipment: DVD Player & Projector     Location: MRRL Storyhour Room

2:00 PM  -  4:00 PM Home School Speech & Debate Team         Contact: Sherri Russell   338-0205        Non-library sponsored event.     Location: MRRL Storyhour Room   2:00 PM  -  3:30 PM Tuesday Afternoon Class: World Philosophy Discussion Group         Contact: George Dillard   634-6064, ext. 250   dillardg@mrrl.org     Weekly on Tuesday's 2:00 p.m., MRRL Annex, 209 Adams Street Discussion Leaders: George Dillard & Claudia Schoonover Program is for adults. No pre-registration required.     Location: 209 Adams Conference Room   4:00 PM  -  5:00 PM Non-Violent Communication Group         Contact: Kim Woodward   (573) 893-7531   kimwoodward@embarqmail.com     4th Tuesday of the month Art Gallery, 214 Adams Street 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Non-library sponsored event.     Location: MRRL Art Gallery   6:00 PM  -  8:30 PM TEEN FILM SERIES         Contact: Taryn Prewitt   634-6064, ext. 235   tarynp@mrrl.org     6:00-8:30 p.m., MRRL Art Gallery For ages 6th-12th grade. Light snacks provided. For more information call 634-6064 ext. 235 Title: LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (2003), directed by Stephen Norrington. The heroes of 1899 are brought to life with the help of some expensive special effects in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. From the pages of Victorian literature come Captain Nemo, Dr. Jekyll (and his alter ego Mr. Hyde), Dorian Gray, Tom Sawyer, an Invisible Man, Mina Harker (from Dracula), and the hunter Allan Quatermain (Sean Connery), all brought together to combat an evil megalomaniac out to conquer the world. Equipment: Kitchen - Video Projector     Location: MRRL Art Gallery   6:30 PM  -  8:00 PM Adult/Craft Series - TBA         Contact: Taryn Prewitt   634-6064, ext. 235   tarynp@mrrl.org     10:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m., MRRL Annex, 209 Adams Reservations Required Contact: Taryn Prewitt, 634-6064, ext. 235     Location: 209 Adams Conference Room

Wednesday November 26, 2008 Go To Top 10:30 AM  -  11:00 AM PRESCHOOL STORYTIME - FALL & WINTER         Contact: Ruth Ann Stratman   634-6064, ext. 229   stratmanr@mrrl.org     WEDNESDAYS: OCTOBER - DECEMBER 10:30 a.m., Storyhour Room Ages 3-6, Programs Begin in October Equipment: DVD Player & Projector     Location: MRRL Storyhour Room   2:00 PM  -  3:30 PM Technical Services Staff Meeting         Contact: Natasha Grando   634-6064, ext. 232   grandon@mrrl.org     Location: 209 Adams Conference Room   7:15 PM  -  8:15 PM Gamblers Anonymous         Contact: Gerald Mantle   395-4161   gdni123@cs.com     Non-library sponsored event.     Location: MRRL Storyhour Room Thursday November 27, 2008 Go To Top 9:00 AM  -  9:00 PM Thanksgiving - Library Closed         Location: Main Library, Osage County Library, Bookmobile Friday November 28, 2008 Go To Top 7:00 PM  -  9:00 PM World Film Night at the Library         Contact: George Dillard   634-6064, ext. 250   dillardg@mrrl.org     Fourth Friday of the Month (No Film in December) 7:00 p.m., MRRL Art Gallery Reservations are Required, Adults Only Contact: George Dillard, 634-6064, ext. 250 We will view and discuss a highly-acclaimed foreign film. Many of them will be first-run features. These films will come from across the globe, and cover a host of genres; the only commnality: they'll all be outstanding features. From time to time, I'll throw in an old favorite. Please call me if you have any suggestions. Note: Since we will be meeting after the library proper is closed, doors will open at 6:45 p.m., and close at 7:05 p.m. Title: Aguirre, The Wrath of God.. (1972), directed by Wener Herzog. Herzog's unforgettable film about a voyage into madness. Klaus Kinski's performance in the leading role won countless international awards.     Location: MRRL Art Gallery

Sunday November 30, 2008 Go To Top 1:00 PM  -  4:45 PM Yugioh         Contact: Christopher Howell          Non-library sponsored event.     Location: MRRL Storyhour Room Monday December 1, 2008 Go To Top 4:30 PM  -  5:30 PM KID'S CRAFT: GLASS ORNAMENTS         Contact: Ruth Ann Stratman   634-6064, ext. 229   stratmanr@mrrl.org     Monday, December 1 4:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m., MRRL Storyhour Room Ages 6-12, Reservations required     Location: MRRL Storyhour Room   5:15 PM  -  7:00 PM Capitol Women's Political Caucus         Contact: Rebecca Logan   635-8849 or 291-1512   rebeccalogan@embarqmail.com     Non-library sponsored event. Equipment: Kitchen     Location: MRRL Art Gallery, West side   6:00 PM  -  7:00 PM KID'S CRAFT: GLASS ORNAMENTS         Contact: Ruth Ann Stratman   634-6064, ext. 229   stratmanr@mrrl.org     Monday, December 1 4:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m., MRRL Storyhour Room Ages 6-12, Reservations required     Location: MRRL Storyhour Room   7:00 PM  -  8:30 PM Toastmasters         Contact: Cynthia Scroggins   635-2006   c_bannister@msn.com     Non-library sponsored event. Equipment: Blackboard -- TV/VCR -- Podium -- Overhead projector -- VHS player & projector -- DVD player & projector     Location: MRRL Art Gallery, East side

7:00 PM  -  8:00 PM Teen Zone: Pizza & Pages         Contact: Courtney Waters   634-6064 ext 248   watersc@mrrl.org     A book discussion for 9th-12th grade students. Participants receive a free copy of each book the month before the discussion. Keep the book if you attend the discussion! Free pizza for all participants. Title: Details will be forthcoming. To register call: Courtney Waters at (573) 634-6064, ext. 248     Location: MRRL Storyhour Room Tuesday December 2, 2008 Go To Top 10:30 AM  -  11:00 AM PRESCHOOL STORYTIME - FALL & WINTER         Contact: Ruth Ann Stratman   634-6064, ext. 229   stratmanr@mrrl.org     TUESDAYS: OCTOBER - DECEMBER 10:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m., Storyhour Room Ages 3-6, Programs Begin in October Equipment: DVD Player & Projector     Location: MRRL Storyhour Room   1:30 PM  -  2:00 PM PRESCHOOL STORYTIME - FALL & WINTER         Contact: Ruth Ann Stratman   634-6064, ext. 229   stratmanr@mrrl.org     TUESDAYS: OCTOBER - DECEMBER 10:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m., Storyhour Room Ages 3-6, Programs Begin in October Equipment: DVD Player & Projector     Location: MRRL Storyhour Room   2:00 PM  -  4:00 PM Home School Speech & Debate Team         Contact: Sherri Russell   338-0205        Non-library sponsored event.     Location: MRRL Storyhour Room   2:00 PM  -  3:30 PM Tuesday Afternoon Class: World Philosophy Discussion Group         Contact: George Dillard   634-6064, ext. 250   dillardg@mrrl.org     Weekly on Tuesday's 2:00 p.m., MRRL Annex, 209 Adams Street Discussion Leaders: George Dillard & Claudia Schoonover Program is for adults. No pre-registration required.