Atlanta Public Library kicks off This Golden Age: Learn From the Locals

 

[October 10, 2018] 

The Atlanta Public Library’s popular Tuesday morning program This Golden Age kicks off on October 16 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Library.

This year’s theme is “Learn from the Locals,” and the Library will feature discussions with local leaders whose work represents outstanding features of the community. The program is free and no sign-up is required. A continental breakfast is offered. The Library’s community programming is sponsored in part by a generous grant from the Illinois Prairie Community Foundation Mirza Arts and Culture Fund.

Neal Stimpet, Chief Executive Officer of the Atlanta National Bank will lead off the series on October 16 with a discussion of the challenges and advantages operating a community bank.

Other guests for the year include Linda Canfield/jewelry making (December 11), Nancy Reinhart/Canine Companions (February 12); Holly Thomas/Memorial Medical Center Hospice (March 19); Chris Miller/National Weather Service (April 16); and Mary Sunday/chalk pastels (May 14).

On November 13, the program will host a local muralist who will work with members of the community to create a mural at the Library’s Union Hall building, and on January 15, Rachel Neisler and Cathy Maciariello will present an inside look at the Smithsonian exhibit “Change in Rural America” that will open at Union Hall and the Atlanta Museum on February 2, 2019.

[Cathy Maciariello, Library Director]