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A variety of interesting June Programs at the Peters Township Public Library 

Dr. Faith Barrett

Civil War 150! American Poetry and the Civil War

Thursday, June 19, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Presented by Dr. Faith Barrett, Associate Professor of English at Duquesne University

The American Civil War prompted an extraordinary outpouring of poetry by men and women from all walks of life. These writers turned to poetry to define their relationships to nation, region, home, and family, constructs that were all destabilized by the war. This talk will argue that the nationalist “we” and the personal “I” are not opposed in the poetry of this era; rather they are related positions on a continuous spectrum of potential stances. Americans on both sides of the conflict believed that poetry had an important role to play in defining national identity. While the Civil War clearly changed American poetry, it is also the case that the Civil War poetry changed the way Americans understood their relationship to the nations of the Union, the Confederacy, and the United States.

Dr. Barrett is an Associate Professor of English at Duquesne University. She co-edited with Cristanne Miller Words for the Hour: A New Anthology of American Civil War Poetry (U Mass, 2005). Barrett is the author of To Fight Aloud Is Very Brave: American Poetry and the Civil War (U Mass, 2012), and she has published articles on the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, and Abraham Lincoln.

Register by emailing programs@ptlibrary.org, at the library's circulation desk or call 724-941-9430.

Help the Birds - Make a Mini Garden Loom

• Monday, June 2, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
• Cost: $25 for supplies
• Presented by Andrea Marquis

Did you know there are many benefits to attracting birds to your yard, porch, or garden? Not only are birds beautiful and interesting to watch, they also can help control your pest insect population, pollinate plants, and even keep weeds under control by eating the seeds! In addition to providing extra food and water to welcome birds, consider building them a mini garden loom, which can hold extra snacks and nest-building materials. Participants will make their own garden loom to take home. Register for this program at the library's circulation desk or call 724-941-9430.

Fizz Boom Read! 2014 Summer Reading Program

• 8 weeks, June 23 – August 15
• Cost: $5 payable at registration
• Please register prior to first day of program

The library has been transformed into a science lab! Join us for fun experiments, technology, stories, movies, and more!

• M.S.G. (Mad Science Geniuses)
  • Children entering Kindergarten – Grade 2
  • Thursdays, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. OR 1 – 2 p.m.
• Dr. Whatitz Mad Science Lab
  • Children entering Grades 2 – 3
  • Fridays, 10 – 11 a.m.
• LABs @ the library
  • Children entering Grades 4 – 6
  • Mondays, 2 – 3 p.m.

What is Your Season? What are Your Colors?

• Thursday, June 26, 7 – 8:30 p.m.
• Presented by: Julie Peterson, Personal Color and Style Consultant, House of Colour – Pittsburgh

Join us as Julie Peterson discusses how the color of your clothing can help flatter your natural complexion. Julie will present information on the four seasons color palettes that either compliment or clash with your unique skin tones, hair and eye color. If you look good, you feel good! Also included in the presentation will be a few mini demonstrations. Register to attend by emailing programs@ptlibrary.org or call 724-941-9430.

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