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True Grit

Stories, Heritage & Frontier Spirit

Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 10:15am - 3:00pm
Information Services at Salina Public Library
Program Type:
Salina Reads
Age Group:
Early Childhood, Youth, Teen, Adult
Event Details:

Join us for a kick-off to the month-long series Salina Reads series focusing on Charles Portis' novel True Grit! Rhythms of Heritage: Exploring Native American Dance Culture a...

Library Branch: Salina Public Library
Room: Information Services
Age Group: Early Childhood, Youth, Teen, Adult
Program Type: Salina Reads
Event Details:

Join us for a kick-off to the month-long series Salina Reads series focusing on Charles Portis' novel True Grit!

 

True Grit’: Fact vs Fiction

Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 6:15pm - 7:30pm
Campbell Room at Salina Public Library
Program Type:
History & Genealogy
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

Join us for a lively presentation from Cody Faber, Park Ranger at Fort Smith National Historic Site as he takes us through the facts and the fiction within “True Grit.” Cody will d...

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Library Branch: Salina Public Library
Room: Campbell Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: History & Genealogy
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Seats Remaining: 25
Event Details:

Join us for a lively presentation from Cody Faber, Park Ranger at Fort Smith National Historic Site as he takes us through the facts and the fiction within “True Grit.” Cody will discuss both the book and movie versions of “True Grit” and see how

Amy Hale

Writing & Sense of Place

Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 10:00am - 2:00pm
Prescott Meeting Room at Salina Public Library
Program Type:
Salina Reads
Age Group:
Teen, Adult
Event Details:

Join author, poet, and cowboy Amy M. Hale for a four-hour writing workshop to explore how sense of place informs our identity and voice when we come to the page. Participants can w...

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Library Branch: Salina Public Library
Room: Prescott Meeting Room
Age Group: Teen, Adult
Program Type: Salina Reads
Required
Seats Remaining: 25
Event Details:

Join author, poet, and cowboy Amy M. Hale for a four-hour writing workshop to explore how sense of place informs our identity and voice when we come to the page.

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The Salina Public Library is permitted to take photographs and video footage of people of all ages at the library and Library sponsored events for publicity. Anyone who does not wish to be photographed or filmed may opt-out by notifying Library staff. Names of patrons will not be used in publicity without consent.
True Grit

Monday Night Book Discussion: True Grit

Monday, April 7, 2025 at 6:15pm - 7:45pm
Campbell Room at Salina Public Library
Program Type:
Book Discussion
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

True Grit by Charles Portis With her papa's pistol tied to her saddlehorn and a supersized ration of audacity, fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross sets out to avenge her father's m...

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Library Branch: Salina Public Library
Room: Campbell Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Discussion
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:
True Grit

by Charles Portis

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Filming and Photography Policy

The Salina Public Library is permitted to take photographs and video footage of people of all ages at the library and Library sponsored events for publicity. Anyone who does not wish to be photographed or filmed may opt-out by notifying Library staff. Names of patrons will not be used in publicity without consent.
Linda Lewis

Books & Bites: Salina Reads Book Discussion

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Salina Reads
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

All community members are invited to participate in a book discussion over appetizers led by Linda Lewis, Bethany College Professor Emeritus. We will explore the themes of True Gri...

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Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Salina Reads
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

All community members are invited to participate in a book discussion over appetizers led by Linda Lewis, Bethany College Professor Emeritus.

The Darkest Period

Fantastic NON-Fiction Book Discussion: The Darkest Period

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 6:15pm - 7:45pm
Campbell Room at Salina Public Library
Program Type:
Book Discussion
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

The Darkest Period: the Kanza Indians and their last homeland, 1846-1873by Ronald ParksBefore their relocation to the Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma, the Kanza India...

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Library Branch: Salina Public Library
Room: Campbell Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Discussion
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

The Darkest Period: the Kanza Indians a

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Filming and Photography Policy

The Salina Public Library is permitted to take photographs and video footage of people of all ages at the library and Library sponsored events for publicity. Anyone who does not wish to be photographed or filmed may opt-out by notifying Library staff. Names of patrons will not be used in publicity without consent.
True Grit

Reel Film Fans - True Grit

Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Salina Reads, Movie
Age Group:
Teen, Adult
Event Details:

Join us at the Salina Art Center Cinema for a film screening and discussion of “True Grit” (2010), directed by the Coen Brothers. This adaptation of Charles Portis's novel fol...

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Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Teen, Adult
Program Type: Salina Reads, Movie
Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:

Join us at the Salina Art Center Cinema for a film screening and discussion of “True Grit” (2010), directed by the Coen Brothers.

Don Wagner

Songs, Stories, and Spirit of Saline County

Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Information Services at Salina Public Library
Program Type:
Salina Reads
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

Come help us wrap up our Salina Reads month with a fun evening of song, poetry and storytelling on the theme of “Where We Live.” We will be joined by cowboy musician Don Wagner, co...

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Library Branch: Salina Public Library
Room: Information Services
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Salina Reads
Required
Seats Remaining: 50
Event Details:
Come help us wrap up our Salina Reads month with a fun evening of song, poetry and storytelling on the theme of “Where We Live.” We will be joined by cowboy musician Don Wagner, cowboy poet Jerry Jones, and local community members with a story to

Disclaimer(s)

Filming and Photography Policy

The Salina Public Library is permitted to take photographs and video footage of people of all ages at the library and Library sponsored events for publicity. Anyone who does not wish to be photographed or filmed may opt-out by notifying Library staff. Names of patrons will not be used in publicity without consent.