At the Library

Our brand new marquis (communication board) located in front of the main library in Ville Platte is up and running! I believe we just might have the largest digital board in the parish! Keep an eye out for some cool images to accompany the information that will be flashing.
Summer Reading plans have begun! We are looking forward to getting back to our full June and July programming for the kids. The theme this year is “Oceans of Possibilities,” and the staff is already getting quite creative with its plans! Our calendars will be out in mid-May, but here’s some early news: early registration begins the last week of May. Our performers begin in June, and they are Chatty the Mime (from New Orleans), Native American Storyteller and Flautist Peter Villegas, and Ventriloquist Donna Lavergne. The Friends of the Library also have a surprise in store! July will be filled with lots of cool, local talent too, so visit our website often.
The Mystery Book Club will meet on Wednesday, March 23, at 10:30 a.m. to discuss its book choice, “Room” by Emma Donoghue. New members are always welcome!
Basile Branch Library will host its French Coffee Table on Tuesday, March 22, at 9 a.m., and its Kids Story hour on Thursday, March 26, at 10 a.m. These programs are free and open to the public. Also, check out its new Infinity Digital Game Table that is filled with games for kids, teens, and adults. Here are a few of the offerings: Connect Four, Dominos, Dots and Boxes, Scrabble, Checkers, Chutes and Ladders, Chess, Guess Who and coloring and design programs to name a few! Please visit and experience the fun of 21st century, interactive table top gaming!
Pine Prairie Branch Library has moved its Bingo game to Thursdays at 9 a.m. Please share. It is a free program and open to the public.
Turkey Creek and Chataignier branch libraries have cool rewards or Take and Make Kits for kids who check out 10 books.
For more information call the main library @ 337-363-1369 or email evangeline_parish@yahoo.com. Visit our Facebook page for all upcoming events in addition to our webpage www.evangelinelibrary.org and never forget that libraries do change lives.... even in the cloud! Suzy Lemoine, Outreach Coordinator.