HOUGHTON -- The Portage Lake District Library’s Summer Reading Program continues with more activities for children, adults and young adults this week.
Isle Royale National Park Interpretive Ranger Jordan Kibat will offer a "Water Olympics" Storytime at 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, July 2. He will read stories about aquatic environments, show a short power point presentation about Lake Superior and the importance of water and have children perform simple water experiments. Kids will also use fingerpaints to illustrate their favorite water scenery.
Also on Thursday, July 2, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Rekha Ambardar will present a Creative Writing Workshop for adults and young adults that will focus on building conflict in the short story. Examples of published stories will be used, and a writing exercise on the development of the protagonist and the basis of conflict in a story will be conducted. Both experienced and beginning writers are welcome, and writing materials and handouts will be provided.
Ambardar is the author of two contemporary novels, His Harbor Girl and Maid to Order, and over seventy short stories, articles and essays in print and electronic magazines. She is an adjunct professor in business at Finlandia University. Visit her website at http://rekha.mmebj.com.
Children are also invited to Storytime every Monday with Maria Silva and alternating Wednesdays beginning July 1 with the Houghton High School Key Club. Storytimes are from 11 a.m. – Noon and include stories and a project.
All library programs are free and everyone is invited to attend. For more information, please call the library at 482-4570.
Editor's Note: See our Keweenaw Now slide show of the opening of Portage Library's Summer Reading Program on June 13, 2009 (right-hand column, this page).
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