Ya Ya Yarn @ 11 a.m.
2024-05-07 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-05-24 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago)

Story Time & Craft @ 11 a.m.
2024-05-08 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-05-22 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-05-29 11:00 - 12:00

Beginning English Class @ 5:30 p.m.
2024-05-08 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-05-15 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-05-22 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-05-29 17:30 - 18:30
CLASES GRATIS PARA APRENDER INGLÉS!
FREE CLASSES TO LEARN ENGLISH !

Chair Yoga @ 11 a.m.
2024-05-09 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-05-14 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-05-16 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-05-21 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-05-23 11:00 - 12:00

Zumba Gold @ 4 p.m.
2024-05-09 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-05-16 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-05-23 16:00 - 17:00

Bilingual Story Time & Craft @ 11 a.m.
2024-05-15 11:00 - 12:00

Family Friday @ 4 p.m.
2024-05-17 16:00 - 17:00

Lego Club @ 2 p.m.
2024-05-18 14:00 - 15:30
Future artists and engineers are invited to join us for Lego Club! Build to your hearts content. Your work will be displayed at the Altus Public Library.

Gouache @ 6 p.m.
2024-05-20 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-05-21 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-05-22 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-05-23 18:00 - 20:00

Closed - Memorial Day
2024-05-27

Chautauqua Workshop @ 11 a.m. @ the Altus Public Library
2024-05-28 11:00 - 12:00
Vanessa Adams-Harris – The Oklahoma Brown Case
In the 1950s a small town in Oklahoma, Bartlesville, is where Miss Ruth W. Brown, librarian, was summarily dismissed after 30 years of service because she had circulated subversive materials. What materials did a library hold that would be considered subversive? The Brown case exemplifies the strange period of the cold War known as the McCarthy era and racial integration in Oklahoma.

Chautauqua Workshop @ 2 p.m. @ the Museum of the Western Prairie
2024-05-28 14:00 - 15:00
Rebecca Jimerson – The Music of the Civil Rights Movement
This workshop will delve into the music of the Civil Rights Movement drawing inspiration from African American spirituals, gospel hymns, blues, jazz, and folk songs music. The songs of the movement were a powerful source to uplift, strengthen, and spread messages of hope. Handouts to be circulated to workshop attendees.

Chautauqua Performance @ 7 p.m. @ WOSC
2024-05-28 19:00 - 20:00
Tuesday, May 28th — Earl Warren (1891-1974)
Earl Warren was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1953 through 1969, a period of intense challenges to American civil rights. The Warren Court provided momentous decisions that reshaped our world, from the Brown Case to Miranda. Warren led the Court to end segregation, open voting rights, uphold criminal rights to council, protect privacy rights, and strike down miscegenation laws.
Dr. Doug Mishler has a Ph.D. in U.S. Cultural History from the University of Nevada, taught for over 23 years, and is the founder and managing Artistic Director of The Restless Artists’ Theatre in Reno. He will portray Chief Justice Earl Warren.

Chautauqua Workshop @ 11 a.m. @ the Altus Public Library
2024-05-29 11:00 - 12:00
Dr. Leslie Goddard – Rating the First Ladies
The role of First Lady comes with no job description, no pay, and no written requirements. Yet America’s presidential spouses have wielded great influence and have always been subject to intense public scrutiny. In this interactive illustrated lecture, historian Dr. Leslie Goddard explored which First Ladies have ranked highest and lowest with historians. Who do you think was best or worst? Why were some so vilified? And what might the future hold for the role of American First Lady?

Chautauqua Workshop @ 2 p.m. @ the Museum of the Western Prairie
2024-05-29 14:00 - 15:00
Dr. Doug Mishler – War and a Question of Rights
This workshop will explore how a variety of wars from the Revolution to the war on terror have affected the rights of individual Americans. From shaping the Bill of Rights in the 18th century, to freedom of speech during WWI, internment in WWII, Cold War hysteria and loyalty oaths, to taking off your shoes to get on a plane, we explore the variety of rights issues some major, some rather silly.
