“A Pearl in the Storm”: Tori Murden McClure’s guest appearance at HCPL book club
Memories & Memoirs Book Club members were thrilled to have author Tori Murden McClure attend their discussion of her book, A Pearl in the Storm, Tuesday, August 2. She recounted her first attempt to row alone across the Northern Atlantic and demonstrated how her 23-foot boat, The American Pearl, capsized 15 times during Hurricane Danielle using a model of the Pearl (11 times in one day).
McClure, now president of Spalding University in Louisville, also talked about her family relationships and life in Louisville.
Gary Pope, retired South Harrison Community School administrator and teacher, was asked to revamp HCPL’s history and biography book club by Tiffany Thieneman, public services manager. He reached out to McClure using his connections as a musical accompanist and adjunct professor at Bellarmine University thinking she may do a presentation in the future. McClure surprised him by agreeing to come to yesterday’s meeting. McClure also told the group that her book has been made into a musical Row which is downloadable from audible and her boat is currently on display at the Frazier History Museum. 
The Memories & Memoirs Book Club meets the first Tuesday each month from 3:00-4:30 PM at the Main Branch in Corydon. If interested in joining Memories & Memoirs, please call Tiffany at 812-738-4110 or click here to register online.
September’s selection is Home Again: Essays and Memoirs from Indiana, edited by Tom Watson and Jim McGarrah.
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One hundred and forty people attended the Puppet Show performed by the Esarey Family on Wednesday, July 20, at the Boys & Girls Club in Corydon. Nikki Esarey, Palmyra lead circulation associate of Harrison County Public Library, and her daughters, Hannah and Elizabeth, her sister Linda Foster, and her mother, Dolly Zinser Adams, set up the stage and put on a great show of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Ms. Nikki talked about how you can make your own puppet like those she made for Goldilocks and the Three Bears and entertained the crowd between the set changes. Everyone there was entertained with puppet magic while learning puppet skills to try at home.
Last week the library held two fun events for families. Pirate Night was held on the evening of Tuesday, July 12 at the Main branch. Eight different stations were set up with pirate themed activities such as getting a tattoo, making a spy glass, learning to talk like a pirate, and walking the plank. On Friday, July 15, the library hosted a Bubble Party on the square in downtown Corydon. Activities included making a giant bubble, creating a bubble wand, blowing bubble snakes, and popping bubble wrap along the sidewalk. Teen volunteers helped man stations at each of these events. Both events had a great turn out and the library hopes to offer more of these types of events for the whole family to enjoy.
