October events in the Main Library’s theater

Quilt: A Musical Celebration. October 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18.  Thursday performances begin at 7:30 pm, Friday & Saturday performances begin at 8 pm, Sunday performances begin at 2 pm.  Tickets are $10 each for those 23 and younger, $14 for seniors 60 and older attending matinee performances, and $17 for everyone else.  Provided by Fort Wayne Civic Theatre.  For more information, please visit http://www.fwcivic.org/Pg200910_Show_Quilt.html .

Art: 21—Art in the 21st Century. Thursday, October 22, 6:30 p.m.  Preview of the fifth season of the Peabody Award-winning television series, Art: 21—Art in the Twenty-First Century.  Provided by the Fort Wayne Museum of Art.

Night’s Black Bird Ensemble. Sunday, October 25, 2 pm. Viola da gamba players Ted Conner, Elizabeth Conner, Melanie Bookout, and guest artist Russell Bookout (on viola da gamba and lute) will perform works from the Renaissance (Gibbons, Byrd, Jenkins, Dowland) and Baroque (Boismortier, Caix d’Hervelois) periods.  Admission is free.  Provided by Art, Music & Media.

Something Wicked This Way Comes. Tuesday, October 27, 6:30 pm.  An eerie, spine-tingling film based on the classic story by Ray Bradbury. A small town is held in the evil clutches of an ominously charismatic stranger called Mr. Dark (Jonathan Pryce) and his macabre traveling carnival.
Walt Disney Pictures; Rated PG; 94 minutes; 1983.  Tickets are required.  Tickets are free and may be picked up at the Art, Music & Media reference desk.  Provided by Art, Music & Media.

This post contains both library and community sponsored events.  Post will be updated as event information is received.

Becky, Interdepartmental Librarian

Health officials announce special H1N1 television simulcast

On Monday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m., the local Fort Wayne television stations will simulcast H1N1: Community on Alert, an hour-long special devoted to the flu pandemic.

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The Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health and its community partners announced the live broadcast today. The program will be produced by WFWA PBS 39 and air simultaneously on WANE-TV NewsChannel 15, WPTA 21Alive, WISE 33, FOX Fort Wayne and Access One Comcast 55, Verizon 25.

“We know people have a lot of questions about this new flu virus and the vaccine which has recently been approved,” said Dr. Deborah McMahan, Allen County Health Commissioner. “That’s why we are extremely grateful to our broadcast partners for giving us this opportunity to share this important public health information with such a broad audience.”

Community on Alert will feature interview segments with experts who will address various aspects of the H1N1 flu virus, including symptoms, vaccine availability, school and work issues, and when to stay home. Special segments will focus on families affected by the H1N1 flu virus and the priority groups for early vaccination. Viewers will also be able to call in during the broadcast to ask questions of health professionals.

Besides Dr. McMahan, other participants in the broadcast include:

• Scott Mann, MD, Medical Director for Three Rivers Ambulance Authority and the Medical Director of Emergency Services for Dupont Hospital
• Betty Brown, Chief Quality and Patient Safety Officer for Parkview Health
• Mary Hess RN, Health Services Specialist for Fort Wayne Community Schools
• Tom Duszynski, Director of Field Epidemiology for the Indiana State Department of Health
• Ric Robles, Hispanic Liaison Officer for the Fort Wayne Police Department
• Tiffany Bailey, Director of the 2-1-1 Call Center for United Way of Allen County

To make the broadcast accessible to all members of the community, the health department is working with the Multicultural Council of Fort Wayne and the Fort Wayne Police Department’s Hispanic Liaison office to set up viewing sites at locations throughout the city. Each site will provide language interpreters or other special assistance as needed.

WHAT: H1N1: Community on Alert

WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. (Eastern), Monday, Oct. 5, 2009

WHERE: Simulcast on WFWA PBS 39, WANE-TV News Channel 15, WPTA 21Alive, WISE 33, FOX Fort Wayne and Access One Comcast 55, Verizon 25

H1N1: Community on Alert viewing sites

The following locations will serve as viewing sites. Each site will be providing interpreters or other assistance as needed.

• St. Patrick’s Parish, 2120 S. Harrison St. (Spanish interpretation)
• St. Joseph Catholic Church, 2213 Brooklyn Ave. (Spanish interpretation)
• St. Henry’s Community Center, 2929 E. Paulding Road (Burmese interpretation)
• Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Walb Student Union, 2101 Coliseum Blvd. E.
• Ivy Tech Community College, 3800 N. Anthony Blvd.
• AISEDA (African Immigrants Social and Economic Development Agency, Inc.), 3326 S. Calhoun St.
• Anthis Career Center, 1200 S. Barr St.
• AIDS Task Force, 525 Oxford St.
• League for the Blind and Disabled, 5821 S. Anthony Blvd. (Sign language interpretation)

For more information on flu prevention efforts, visit www.fighttheflu.org or dial 2-1-1 United Way of Allen County.

Lincoln collection

The Allen County Public Library is now home to the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection’s books, documents, and historic photographs.  The Collection’s objects and art are now housed at the Indiana State Museum.

Beginning today (September 28), the Lincoln collection is open for research – by appointment. Hours are 9 to 5, Mondays through Fridays. The collection is not browsable and it does not circulate. Contact the Lincoln librarians to make a research appointment: Jane Gastineau JGastineau@ACPL.Info or Cindy VanHorn CVanHorn@ACPL.Info.

See more about the collection at http://gotobig.com/acpl/lincolncollection/