120 S. Last Chance Gulch
Helena, MT 59601
Tel: 406/447-1690
Fax: 406/447-1687
http://www.lewisandclarklibrary.org
Experience China through the eyes of a first time traveler. A slide show of Jesse Franzen's trip to China in 2010 will run on the lobby monitor throughout the Big Read.
Event Location: 120 S. Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601
Artists from Capital High School will exhibit their interpretations of traditional Chinese art styles. The show will be on exhibition at the Lewis & Clark Library throughout The Big Read.
Event Location: 120 S. Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601
The ladies of The Joy Luck Club celebrated the positive things in life. Join us in doing the same! Take a red "Celebrate Good Fortune" notebook and take note of the good things in life - however big or small they may be. If you would like to share your good fortune, return your notebook to the library and we will display the good fortune in our community!
Event Location: 120 S. Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601
Historic photos of the Montana Chinese will be on display in the Large Meeting Room at the Lewis & Clark Library throughout The Big Read. Photos from the Montana Historical Society Photo Archive.
Event Location: 120 S. Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601
The Lewis & Clark Historical Society shares some artifacts of our Chinese history here in Helena. On display at the Lewis & Clark Library throughout The Big Read.
Event Location: 120 S. Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601
Celebrate The Big Read Under The Big Sky VI! Get a taste of Chinese culture: appetizers, photographs, art, and more. Make a wish for Chinese New Year in our Wishing Lantern, and stay for a special screening of Mulan. Bring the whole family; all ages welcome! Be sure to take The Big Read home with you; grab your copy of The Joy Luck Club, a calendar of events, a reading guide, and a good luck bracelet to make!
Event Location: 120 S. Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601
Get a different perspective on The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan and watch the film version. Rated R. Teens under 17 will need a signed permission slip from their parents. Call 447-1690 for more information.
Event Location: 120 S. Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601
Discuss The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan with a special guest moderator in the Fireside Room at Susannah's Place, St Paul's Methodist Church.
Event Location: Lawrence and Cruse, Helena, MT 59601
Middle Schoolers discuss American Born Chinese as a companion book to The Big Read.
Event Location: 120 S. Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601
Local author, Senior Olympian, and businesswoman Flora Wong discusses the reasons behind writing a family history/memoir and how to capture memories, family history and elements of life. Flora Wong's story, Long Way Home, takes readers from Boston to South China to Helena, Montana. The context of her life comes through in stories of her family, China's history and finally choice details of life in Helena from the late 1940's to the present. Hers is a story of ordinary people living through extraordinary times.
Event Location: East Helena Senior Center, 2-22 E Pacific St, East Helena, MT 59635
Ring in The Year of the Snake and kick off the Big Read with food, music and Chinese lanterns. Pick up your copy of The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan.
Event Location: Augusta Library, 205 Main Street, Augusta, MT 59410
Local author, Senior Olympian, and businesswoman Flora Wong discusses the reasons behind writing a family history/memoir and how to capture memories, family history and elements of life. Flora Wong's story, Long Way Home, takes readers from Boston to South China to Helena, Montana. The context of her life comes through in stories of her family, China's history and finally choice details of life in Helena from the late 1940's to the present. Hers is a story of ordinary people living through extraordinary times.
Event Location: Helena College, 1115 N. Roberts, Helena, MT 59601
Ginnie Lo and Beth Lo read from and sign their delicious sounding book, Auntie Yang's Great Soybean Picnic.
Event Location: 120 S. Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601
Learn how to play Mah Jong and other traditional Chinese games with the Helena Game Club. All ages welcome!
Event Location: 120 S. Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601
Good Bye Dragon. Hello Snake! Filled with myth and tradition, the Lunar New Year is the most important holiday in many Asian Countries. In China, it is called "Chinese New Year" or "Spring Festival" and lasts 15 days. The holiday is called "Tet" in Vietnam and "Seollal" in Korea. The first day of the 2013 Lunar New Year is February 10. The Chinese Zodiac designates this as the Year of the Snake. People born in the year of the Snake are thought to be wise, successful, charming and lucky. Do you know what Chinese Zodiac animal you are? Please join the Holter Museum in collaboration with Helena's Families with Children from China Group (FCC) (or you can call us the Congee Club) and the Lewis and Clark Library, to celebrate the 2013 Lunar New Year on Family Day. Adults and Children are encouraged to attend and be immersed in an afternoon of Asian culture, crafts, treats and traditional Lunar New Year activities. The Library will give away copies of The Joy Luck Club for The Big Read and Moon Lady by Amy Tan for our "Little Read." The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.
Event Location: Holter Museum of Art, 12 E Lawrence, Helena, MT 59601
Discuss The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan with special guest moderator.
Event Location: 501 S. Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601
Delve into the themes and style of The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan.
Event Location: Helena College, 1115 N Roberts, Helena, MT 59601
Watch "From the Far East to the Old West: Chinese & Japanese Settlers in Montana." Compare to The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan.
Event Location: 120 S. Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601
Inspired by the women of the Joy Luck Club! This event is designed for foodies in Helena who want to delve deeper into authentic Chinese flavors. Explore exotic ingredients and how to source them, enjoy samples of traditional Chinese dishes, prepared by Shalon Hastings, a Helena restaurateur. The perfect appetizer to your Valentine’s evening. Reservations required – space is limited. Call ExplorationWorks – 457-1800 x 3.
Event Location: Exploration Works, 995 Carousel Way, Helena, MT 59601
Delve into the themes of The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan with your friends and neighbors.
Event Location: 102 9th Street, Lincoln, MT 59639
Delve into the themes of The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan with your friends and neighbors.
Event Location: 16 E Main Street, East Helena, MT 59635
Toula's family pressures her to follow her Greek cultural roots, much like the women in The Joy Luck Club. Will Toula be able to break with tradition and find happiness her own way? PG.
Event Location: 120 S. Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601
Delve into the depths of The Joy Luck Club with Bonnie Bowler at the Old Governor's Mansion. Free and open to the public.
Event Location: Ewing & 6th Ave, Helena, MT 59601
No school means games and movies! Play ping pong and other games and watch kung fu movies. Grades 6-12 only, please.
Event Location: 120 S. Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601
Do you know your family's personal histories? Want to gather their stories? Learn how with Mountain West Voices producer Clay Scott. Mountain West Voices is a radio program featuring the extraordinary stories of ordinary people throughout the Rocky Mountain West. Clay Scott is the creator and producer. He has worked in print, radio and television, in the U.S. and abroad. He has covered wars and conflicts in the Middle East, the Balkans, and the Caucasus; as well as environmental and cultural issues in the U.S.
Event Location: Lewis & Clark Library's Mezzanine, 120 S Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601
Delve into the themes of The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan with your neighbors and friends.
Event Location: 205 Main Street, Augusta, MT 59410
Delve into the themes and style of The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan with the Daytimers Book Group, hosted by Joan Bishop.
Event Location: 120 S. Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601
Chinese pioneers have been neglected in Montana's written record, even though in 1870 they comprised 10% of the population. By the 1950s, very few remained. Chinese homes and businesses fell victim to urban renewal programs. Time erased their remote mining and railroad camps. Races of their culture disappeared, and their stories have become obscured in myth and legend. What happened to these pioneers and where did they go? Historian and award-winning author Baumler explores Montana's urban and remote Chinese settlements through archaeologist sites, artifacts, and rare remaining landmarks, recalling the contributions of Montana's Chinese residents and the cultural footprints they left behind.
Event Location: Lewis & Clark Library Large Meeting Room, 120 S Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601
Get a different perspective on The Joy Luck Club and watch the film version. Rated R. Teens under 17 will need a signed permission slip from a parent or guardian. Call 362-4300 for more information.
Event Location: Lincoln Library, 102 9th St, Lincoln, MT 59639
The Lewis & Clark Library presents The Big Read TinkerLab at ExplorationWorks. Build a Shakey Snakey Bot for the Year of the Snake. Admission is free all day courtesy of The Big Read & the Lewis & Clark Library. TinkerLab materials are free. These mechanized and personified robotic snakes combine art and science into a fun take home prize.
Event Location: Exploration Works, 995 Carousel Way, Helena, MT 59601
The Montana Memory Project provides access to digital collections and items relating to Montana’s cultural heritage and government. In part, these collections and items document the Montana experience. Access is free and open through the Internet. Many of these items are digitized copies of historic material, some items are contemporary. All serve as a resource for education, business, pleasure, and lifelong learning. The Augusta Historical Society and the Augusta Library partner to bring you this extraordinary opportunity.
Event Location: Augusta Library, Augusta, MT 59410
Terms of Endearment covers three decades in the lives of widow Aurora Greenway and her daughter Emma.
Event Location: 120 S. Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601
Watch Mulan! Free and open to the public.
Event Location: Lincoln Library, Helena, MT 59410
Delve into the themes and style of The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan with special moderators.
Event Location: 120 S. Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601
Watch the film adaptation of The Joy Luck Club. Rated R. Teens under 17 will need a signed permission slip from the parent or guardian. Call 562-3348 for more information.
Event Location: Augusta Library, 205 Main St, Augusta, MT 59410
Join archivists and curators from the Montana Historical Society as they discuss some of the more notable items from the MHS collections related to the Chinese experience in Montana in this informal—but informative—presentation.
Event Location: Montana Historical Society, 225 N Roberts, Helena, MT 59601
