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Regular Programs in 2008-2009
to be held at the Thurber Center,
91 Jefferson Avenue, Columbus, OH
at 7:30 PM with socializing beginning at 7:00 PM,
unless otherwise noted
 

First Saturday Programs


 

Sunday, June 28 --

What: Aldus Annual Picnic
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Place: Bill and Bea Rich's house

Please RSVP to Marilyn Logue at mlogue@sprintmail.com with the subject heading "Picnic" by Monday, June 22nd if you plan to attend, giving your name and the number in your party.

If your last name begins with A-L, please bring a side dish of some sort. For example, Genie Hoster is bring potato salad with meat in it, so she suggested that someone might want to bring a vegetarian potato salad. You do not need to report what you are bringing; we just hope everyone does not bring potato salad.

If your surname begins with M-Z, please bring a dessert.

If you don't like the above two categories, we will also need a couple of 10 pound bags of ice. Let Marilyn know if you would like to bring ice instead.

Aldus will provide iced tea. If you wish to drink wine or other beverages, please BYOB. Aldus will supply the basics, such as cold cuts, cheeses, bread, tableware, and condiments.

 

Saturday, July 18 --

Field trip to Malabar Farm! Lunch, gift shop, wagon ride, and tour of the big house included. Please see the following documents  for schedule, menu, fees, and registration information. Please contact Lois Smith at lsmith@earthlink.net if you have any questions.

Information Sheet

Registration

 

 

Watch for specific dates for these exciting programs planned for the 2009-2010 year!
 

September, 2009 --

A tour of the newly renovated Thompson Library on the Ohio State University campus. The tour will be led by Wes Boomgaarden, who was the project manager for this project. Wes will share the many new areas of the library, the beautifully updated spaces, and take us to areas which are closed to the general public. THIS PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS and THEIR GUESTS ONLY
 

October, 2009 --

Professor Lewis Ullman, Director of Digital Media Studies at The Ohio State University, will talk to us as part of our series on the History of Text. Program is free and open to the public. November, 2009: Dr. Robert Karrow, curator of Maps and Special Collections at the Newberry Library in Chicago, will share the library’s many maps and collections and their fascinating stories. Program is free and open to the public.
 

December, 2009 --

Our Annual Holiday Dinner and Silent Auction is held at LaScala. We’ve usually had around 75 members and their guests attend this dinner…and the silent auction (with many donated books and literary stuff) helps underwrite our programming, including the Ravneberg Memorial Lecture. THIS PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS and THEIR GUESTS ONLY
 

January, 2010 --

Patrick Losinski, Director of the Columbus Metropolitan Library will share the interesting history of the library in Columbus and talk about running the #1 library in America. Program is free and open to the public.
 

February, 2010 --

In recognition of Black History Month, Dr. Rudine Bishop will give a program on African-American Children’s Literature. Dr. Bishop has contributed significantly to the scholarship dealing with African-American children’s literature. Her seminal work is Shadow and Substance: Afro-American Experience in Contemporary Children’s Literature. Program is free and open to the public.
 

March, 2010 --

David Lilburne of Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints in New York state, will be the Ron Ravneberg Memorial Lecture speaker. He has been a full-time antiquarian bookseller since 1976, and is immediate past president of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA). Program is free and open to the public.
 

April, 2010 --

We will be visiting the Ohioana Library and enjoy a tour led by director Linda Hengst. The library’s collection has more than 45,000 books, 10,000 pieces of sheet music, and approximately 20,000 biographical files on Ohio writers, musicians, artists, and others of note. THIS PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS and THEIR GUESTS ONLY
 

May, 2010 (pending) --

Miniature books, those tiny books that have fascinated book collectors for years (actually centuries!) will be the featured subject for this meeting. You’ll get to learn more about how and why these teeny tomes were first produced and hear more about the newly minted books which are being produced today. We’ll have many examples on hand for you to see, handle and enjoy. Program is free and open to the public.

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First Saturday Programs
 

First Saturdays are held at 10:00 AM in the Reading Room for University Archives, 2700 Kenny RoadPlease see the University Archives web site for directions.

All Aldus members and guests are welcome to attend any and all sessions.  Please tell other Aldus members, who are not on the listserv, about these events.
 

 

Watch for First Saturday plans for Fall 2009!

 


 

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