THIS WEEK IN JULY

  1. Friday Jul 17 ASTRONAUT BUZZ ALDRIN FRIDAY, JULY 17; 12 NOON – 1:30  PM @ The Greene  (Line numbers beginning at 11 am) ASTRONAUT BUZZ ALDRIN will discuss his book, Magnificent Desolation.  Forty years ago, he became the second human being, minutes after Neil Armstrong, to...
  2. Saturday Jul 18 KID’S STORYTIMES SATURDAY,July 18; 11:15 AM @ T&C To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first landing on the moon, we’ll decorate a balloon moon and put 2 astronauts on it; learn about the space shuttle and the features of a space...
  3. Sunday Jul 19 LIVE MUSIC SUNDAYS  SUNDAY, July 19; 4-6 pm @ T&C RICK FANNIN entertains with World Folk Music....
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HOT BOOKS

  • DOC by Mary Doria Russell

    Doc in the title is Dr. John Henry Holliday, known in U.S. Western lore as Doc Holliday; frontier dentist, gambler, and gunslinger. In Russell’s capable hands, the West of the 1878 era comes alive in the telling of the relationship between Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp, a fearless Texas lawman. It was an unrestrained time in our history where arguments were settled with guns and saloons were filled with card sharks eager to relieve the cattlemen of their wages. Among the events depicted in the book is the famous battle at the O.K. Corral that forever links the names Holliday with Earp. It’s a wild, memorable read!

  • IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson

    Subtitled Love, Terror and an American Family in Hilter’s Berlin, this book vividly shows us the early years of Hitler’s Nazi Germany seen through the eyes and experiences of an American diplomat, William E. Dodd, and his family. At first enthralled with the Berlin assignment, Dodd soon became more and more troubled as he witnessed violence becoming common-place, especially toward the Jewish population. By following the Dodd family, Larson shows us a microcosm of life in Nazi Germany during Hitler’s rise to power. He also shows why the world did not realize early on the true nature of Hitler and his ruthless plan for domination.

  • KINGDOM KEEPERS IV: POWER PLAY by Ridley Pearson

    If you have Disney World fans in your house, they are going to enjoy the fourth book in the popular children’s Kingdom Keepers series. Not everything in the CyberSpace Mountain is as it should be. It’s the job of the young Kingdom Keepers to find out who is causing havoc and right it. It seems the Overtakers are at it again trying to steal the Disney “magic.”

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ASTRONAUT BUZZ ALDRIN

FRIDAY, JULY 17; 12 NOON – 1:30  PM @ The Greene 

(Line numbers beginning at 11 am)
ASTRONAUT BUZZ ALDRIN will discuss his book, Magnificent Desolation.  Forty years ago, he became the second human being, minutes after Neil Armstrong, to set foot on a celestial body other than the Earth.  The event remains one of mankind’s greatest achievements and was witnessed by the largest worldwide television audience in history. Few people have not seen the iconic photograph of Aldrin standing on the surface of the moon with the blackness of space behind him and the lunar module reflected in his visor. It has forever changed the way we view both the moon and the earth.  

That flight made Buzz Aldrin one of the most famous persons in the world. While we knew a great deal about his life as an astronaut, he has never shared much of his personal life, until now. Following his career in the Air Force and as a public relations representative for NASA, he experienced the twin demons of depression and alcoholism. Redemption came when he finally embraced sobriety and gained the love of the women who became his wife, Lois. He has now dedicated himself to being a tireless advocate for the future of space exploration, not only as a scientific endeavor but also as a thriving commercial enterprise. 

Magnificent Desolation, which are the words Aldrin used to describe the moon, is not only an adventure story, but a searing memoir of self-destruction and self-renewal.  CROWN PUBLISHING

On July 20, 1969,  Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong landed their lunar module on the Sea of Tranquility and became the first humans to walk on the Moon.  He has founded a rocket design company, Starcraft Boosters, Inc. and the ShareSpace Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to opening the doors to space tourism for all people. Joining him at this event will be 
Ron Kaplan, Executive Director of the National Aviation Hall of Fame.

ASTRONAUT BUZZ ALDRIN