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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2016
Library
Tidings
News about
the Siuslaw
Public Library
Library Tidings,
a regular feature
of the Siuslaw
News, features
news about upcom-
ing Siuslaw Public
Library programs
for adults and chil-
dren, new books
and videos, and
other library news
of interest to the
community.
Library Tidings by
Kevin Mittge
Colson Whitehead, a Pulitzer
Prize winning finalist for his
book John Henry Days, has now
written the book which earned
him the National Book Award.
In The Underground Railroad.
Cora is a slave on a cotton plan-
tation in Georgia.
Life is hellish for all the
slaves but especially bad for
Cora; an outcast even among
her fellow Africans, she is com-
ing into womanhood, where
even greater pain awaits.
When Caesar, a recent arrival
from Virginia, tells her about
the Underground Railroad, they
decide to take a terrifying risk
and escape. Matters do not go
as planned and, though they
manage to find a station and
head north they are being hunt-
ed.
In Whitehead's ingenious
conception, the Underground
Railroad is no mere metaphor -
engineers and conductors oper-
ate a secret network of tracks
and tunnels beneath the
Southern soil.
Cora and Caesar's first stop is
South Carolina, in a city that
initially seems like a haven -
but the city's placid surface
masks an insidious scheme
designed for its black denizens.
Even worse, Ridgeway, the
relentless slave catcher, is close
on their heels. Forced to flee
again, Cora embarks on a har-
rowing flight, state by state,
seeking true freedom.
As Whitehead brilliantly re-
creates the unique terrors for
black people in the pre-Civil
War era, his narrative seamless-
ly weaves the saga of America
from the brutal importation of
Africans to the unfulfilled
promises of the present day.
The Underground Railroad is
at once a kinetic adventure tale
of one woman's ferocious will
to escape the horrors of
bondage and a shattering, pow-
erful meditatation on the history
we all share.
This is a difficult but very
important book to read. As
Publisher’s Weekly reports: “the
story is literature at its finest
and history at its most barbaric.
Would that this novel were
required reading for every
American citizen.”
Holiday Family Fun
Don’t miss your opportunity
to decorate a gingerbread house
during this year’s Holiday
Family Fun event, this
Saturday., Dec. 10th, from 10
am to 1 pm, in the library’s
Bromley Room.
A very popular program, fam-
ilies are invited to bring kids of
all ages for this gingerbread
house decorating extravaganza.
Supplies will be provided.
Children under the age of 8
must be accompanied by an
adult.
Hang-It All Awards
Congratulations to Marsha
Horner, the People’s Choice
Award winner for her watercol-
or “JoJo,” and to Karen Skulley,
the winner of the Bob Kutsch
Best of Show Award, for her
watercolor and ink
“Chickadees.” A big thank you
to all the participants in this
year’s Hang-It All show!
Mapleton Branch
The Mapleton library is locat-
ed at 88148 Riverview Avenue,
in the Lion’s Club Building.
With a nice view of the Siuslaw
River, it’s a warm and cozy and
wonderful place to sit and enjoy
a good book or read the news-
paper.
The library also has books,
magazines, DVDs and videos,
recorded books, Internet com-
puters, wireless Internet access,
a rotating art display, and more.
Hours are Tuesday through
Saturday, noon to 5.
Weekend entertainment
at Three Rivers Casino
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Brian Odell Band
This Friday and Saturday,
Dec. 9 and 10, at Blue Bills
Sports Bar and Tap Room, the
Brian Odell Band will perform
from 9p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
The Brian Odell Band is an
American rock band whose
roots are firmly grounded in
funk, fusion, rock, jazz and
folk. The band’s ability to
make music have movement
and use of dynamics create an
emotional response from their
listeners and separates them
from their musical peers.
Blue Bills Sports Bar and
Tap Room is located inside
Three Rivers Casino Resort,
5647 Highway 126 in
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