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WEDNESDAY, MAY 18 3 PM
Scituate High School Powerpuff Football Game
to Benefit Help the Afghan Children organization
Ninth grade students at Scituate High School are organizing a fundraiser for Help The Afghan Children. They will play a Powderpuff Football game at 3pm on Wednesday, May 18 on Caito Field. A Powderpuff Football game is a contest that switches roles; the girls play football while the boys wave pom poms as cheerleaders. Tickets sell for $3 for students, $5 for adults and guests, and refreshments will be sold at the game.

Location: Caito Field adjacent to the Scituate High School, 94 Trimtown Road, North Scituate

Any questions? Contact:
Joanna Gallo
English Teacher
Scituate High School
(401) 647-4120

WEDNESDAY, April 27th 7 pm
Harris Public Library, Woonsocket
    Community Book Discussion co-hosted by the Woonsocket High School student book group. Afghan food & crafts will be featured. Open to the public; free.

THURSDAY, April 28th, 12:30 PM
Coventry Library Book Discussion In the Afternoon
   We invite the public to join us for Discussion and Dessert.
COVENTRY PUBLIC LIBRARY
1672 Flat River Road, Coventry, RI 02816
Tel. (401) 822-9100 Fax (401) 822-9133
Web Page: www.coventrylibrary.org

SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 3-4 PM, Rochambeau Branch
Kites and Kids!
    Build an easy, breezy kite with us. These kites will really fly! Children ages 5 and up are encouraged to sign-up - limited to 15 participants. 401.455.8111

CLOSED - THURSDAY, MAY 5, 12 NOON, Newport Public Library
"Naan at Noon" with Khaled Hosseini
   Khaled Hosseini will appear as part of Reading Across Rhode Island on Thursday, May 5 for a noontime program. "Naan at Noon" will offer nibblings of naan bread, fruits and nuts, and chai (tea). Mr Hosseini will speak briefly and answer questions. This event is at full capacity.

THURSDAY, MAY 5, 6 pm AT RWU
Khaled Hosseini
[download pdf poster]
    The author will speak at Roger Williams University as the guest of Paula Nirschel, the founder of the Intiative to Educate Afghan Women. Ms. Nirschel is acting as the Honorary Co-Chair in partnership with Lt. Governor Charles J. Fogarty for this year's Reading Across Rhode Island project and has instituted an All-Campus Read at Roger Williams University, Bristol. Free. PLEASE CALL TO REGISTER, 401.254.3385

FRIDAY, MAY 6th, 9:30 AM
Videoconference with Khaled Hosseini
   Khaled Hosseini will be the featured speaker in a live videoconference for readers in schools, libraries and book groups. This will be an opportunity to hear the author to discuss The Kite Runner, with a Q&A session. We are inviting schools and libraries around the state who are technically capable of participating in this viedoconference to take part in this opportunity. Those interested should contact Louise Moulton at 401.455.8134 to register.
NOTE: This opportunity is offered on a first come, first serve basis.

FRIDAY, MAY 6th, 12:30-2:30 pm
Book Signing at Wilcox Park Bandstand
   Join Khaled Hosseini in Westerly for an event in the park offered jointly by the westerly Public Library and the Other Tiger book shop. Bring a picnic, fly a kite, buy a book and have the author sign it. Free.

SOLD OUT - SATURDAY, MAY 7, 9:30-12 NOON, Rhodes-on-the-Pawtuxet
May Breakfast with featured guest, Khaled Hosseini
    $20 with additional donations gratefully accepted for the Help the Afghan Children fundraising project. This event has sold out. Check the calendar for Khaled Hosseini’s other public appearances at Roger Williams University (Bristol, May 5, 6pm) and Wilcox Park (Westerly, May 6, 12:30 pm).

MONDAY, April 25, 7 pm
Weaver Library, 41 Grove Ave. East Providence
    Join Robin Kall of Reading with Robin, host of Rhode Island’s own radio talk show about books and Joyce May, Adult Services Librarian at Weaver for a lively discussion about book talk shows, community connections developed through ‘one book’ programs and The Kite Runner. Robin and Joyce will share techniques and handouts to help you facilitate dynamic book discussions and to reinvigorate your book club!

The Teen ReActors Five for Flyin'
   The Teen ReActors of Fantasy Works, Inc. will present Five for Flyin': stories and songs based on the themes of The Kite Runner under the direction of Fantasy Works? Education Coordinator, Andrea DeCataldo. Come and enjoy this high-energy performance for readers of all ages at a library near you during school vacation week.

SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 4-6 PM, Avon Theatre
Film and Discussion at the Avon
    There will be a film and discussion at the Avon Theatre by the Initiative to Educate Afghan Women, a scholarship program for Afghani women founded by Paula Nirschel, the wife of Roger Williams University President Dr. Roy Nirschel. Donations of $30 will be accepted at the door.

THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 7 PM, Rochambeau Branch Library
Book Discussion on The Kite Runner
    No registration is necessary, but patrons may contact the Reference Desk at 455-8110 for information about reserving a book in the month of March for the discussion if necessary (quantities are limited).

· The 3 branches of the South Kingstown Public Library invite readers of The Kite Runner to a special event on Sunday, March 13, 2-4 PM, at the Peace Dale Library, 1057 Kingstown Rd., Peace Dale, RI.

The afternoon will feature:

Copies of the book are available at the Peace Dale Library; at the Kingston Free Library, 2605 Kingstown Rd., Kingston, RI; and at the Robert Beverly Hale Library, 2601 Commodore Perry Highway, Wakefield, RI. The program is free of charge and open to the public and is sponsored by the Friends of the Peace Dale Library. For more information, contact Jessica Wilson, 783-4085, xt 112.

· Westerly Public Library Kite Runner event

· The Art of Henna

· Book Discussion
Day/date: Thursday, February 17, 2005
Time: 10:30 - Noon
Location: Cumberland Public Library
Community Room - 2nd floor
1464 Diamond Hill Road
Cumberland, RI 02864

Questions?: Ask for Betty at the phone # listed below Phone: (401) 333-2552, x 2 (Reference Desk)
E-mailM: reference@cumberlandlibrary.org
Web site: www.cumberlandlibrary.org

Discussion Leader: Richard Tyre
Note: Limited copies of the book are available at the Circulation Desk. Registration is requested but not required. All are welcome. Light refresments will be served.
Directions: From 295, take exit 11 onto Diamond Hill Road (Rte. 114 South) - continue straight for 1 mile. When you see "The Monastery" sign on your right, turn into the driveway, bear right, and park in the 1st lot you encounter.

· Afghan Film and Discussion Series at Barrington Public Library:




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