50th Anniversary Celebration (1961 to 2011), at Himmel Park Library (1035 N. Treat Ave.) now the oldest branch library in the Pima County Public Library system.

Saturday, June 25, 10:30-4pm

Join us in celebrating Himmel Branch Library’s 50th Anniversary. Here’s what will be happening throughout the day:

* 10:30-11:30 – Local author storytime for children by Sunny Warner and Joan Sandin
* 11:30-noon – Himmel stories & sealing of the time capsule by Himmel youth
* 12:00-1:30 – Refreshments & music provided by youth violin students of Rose Todaro & Rebecca McKee
* 12:30-2:00 – “I Remember Himmel” oral history booth will be open for recording stories about Himmel Park Library.
* 1:30-4:00 – Volunteer appreciation ceremony – Comedy by Mike Sterner, Aaron Stielstra, and Rebecca Bommersbach, music by Shaky Bones Band

For more info: Branch Manager Sharla Darby at (520) 594-5305. The library is on the SW corner of E. 1st Street and Treat Ave, one block south of Speedway.

Himmel Park Branch Library is also hosting a potluck picnic in the park for Tucson’s refugee/immigrant community on Saturday, June 25 at 6:30 P.M. (The actual eating begins at 6:30 P.M.) Please bring a dish (the break down is listed below), serving utensil(s), and a cover for the grass. The food will be served in the large meeting room and eating will be outside. If raining, there will be an alternative site nearby.

If your last/surname begins with — please bring a:

A-C Dessert (Eat dessert first!)

D-G Main Dish

H-P Side Dish (Vegetables, potatoes, casseroles) OR Salad

Q-S Breads & Spreads, Chips & Dips

T-Z Beverages

Representatives from Tucson’s immigration and refugee organizations will be invited to attend.
For info on the pot luck contact librarian Sue Parker at 520-594-5305, Ext. 3 for more details.

At 7:30 P.M., Capoeira Mandinga Tucson, a Brazilian dance troupe, will be performing at Himmel Park’s outdoor amphitheater (aka “Hippie Hill”), located about 400 feet west of the library, which the public is invited to attend as well. That event is also sponsored by the Pima County Public Library Adult Services.

What a great series of events to celebrate the summer and the 50th Anniversary of a library named after the park. Click here for my earlier blog on pioneer Alvina Himmel Edmondson and her legacy to Tucson.

PROFESSOR ALBRECHT CLASSEN (University Distinguished Professor in German Studies at University of Arizona, Native German – who grew up in West Germany near the East German border)

presents:

FROM THE DEADLY EAST GERMAN BORDER INTO NATIONAL PARKS:
LIFE RETURNS AND DEFIES ALL BORDERS!

Throughout history, borders have always represented civilization’s most problematic issues, and there have been deadly borders, such as the one between East Germany and West Germany, complete with countless mines, wire fences, watch towers, and guards. Numerous people died trying to cross this no-man’s land between the two countries. In 1989, unification opened the border. The land was cleared and left to itself, and over time, nature reclaimed and transformed what was once a long death strip into a green zone of national parks.

Monday, April 18, 2011

6:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.

Himmel Park branch library, 1035 N. Treat (SW corner of E. 1st St.) in Tucson

The Arizona Humanities Council is sponsoring this program, which is also part of the Local Authors and Artists Series, and Himmel Park Branch Library’s 50th Anniversary Celebration.

Contact: Sue Parker, Librarian at 520-594-5305, or Dr. Classen at aclassen@u.arizona.edu.

For more information/publications on Germany’s Green Band (Grünes Band) of national parks, click here.

(You have to be able to read German).