Serving the City of Redlands, California since 1894
Join us for our 19th Annual Family Day event featuring Rafael Lopez!
Saturday, October 8, 2022 from 9:00 – 1:30 pm
Geared towards Kindergarten – 5th graders and their families
Please see the Young Readers’ Room website for more information.
Please download our printable schedule.
Join us at the Contemporary Club at 6:30 PM on Tuesday, September 27 when Smiley LIVE! presents in concert Redlands premier Jug band, The Smudge Pots.
What is a Jug band you may ask? It’s a name that goes back to the 1890s, with early jug bands being made up of Black vaudeville or medicine show performers. Many of them played on the street, collecting coins from passer-by. “Jug Band” comes from the early practice of building a band around a jug player or players playing glass or earthen-ware jugs that had a variety of tones like tubas or trombones. Besides the jugs, there would be a mix of conventional and homemade instruments like the washtub bass, washboard, bones, stovepipe, mouth harp, spoons, and homemade kazoo made of a comb and tissue paper. The music was chiefly blues or folk music, and was upbeat, danceable, and fun!
Our local jug band, The Smudge Pots (named after the oil pots that were lit to warm the citrus orchards during a frost) began with Darcie Rickert’s original songs and a blend of covers ranging from the little known to fan favorites immortalized in film and screen. She started performing with Clayton Detwiler (on washboard) in 2011 in various formations, and over the years, the band has continued developing its homespun sound, inspired by early American country, bluegrass, and jug music.
Joining Darcie’s bold and lyrical vocals, banjo and guitar are original member Clayton Detwiler on washboard, Marianne Farretta on washbucket bass, and Dylan Olds bringing his Americana roots to lead guitar.
Smiley LIVE! is a series of monthly free concerts featuring a variety of musical genres sponsored by AK Smiley Public Library. The Contemporary Club is located at 173 S. Eureka Street, adjacent to the Lincoln Memorial Shrine and just south of the Library. For further information please call 909-798-7565.
A.K. Smiley Public Library is pleased to announce a FREE Online Tutoring, provided by The State Library. This pilot program, led by The State Library, offers assistance in Math, Language Arts, and other core K-12 subjects in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, and Tagalog. There’s no age limit to who can use the service! Adult learners can also access writing assistance, citizenship resources and other tools. Please access the site here.
Free K-Pop Polco* Party Event for Ages 10+!
K-Pop lovers…unite! Join us for an hour of K-Pop crafting with photo cards and stickers (that we’ll provide!), making buttons with our button maker (feel free to bring your own bias!), listening to tunes, munching Korean snacks, and talking with friends about our mutual appreciation for Korean music, shows, and culture.
*If you’re wondering what in the world “polco” is, it’s a combination of the word “Polaroid” and “deco,” and basically refers to decorating Polaroid size photos of K-Pop stars with stickers. Think of it like the K-Pop version of scrapbooking!
K-Pop Polco Party
Wednesday, 9/28
4:30-5:30pm
The Contemporary Club at A.K. Smiley Public Library
173 S. Eureka St., Redlands
Ages 10+ welcome! You too, adults!
FREE!
Click here to register!
You are invited to the Redlands Adult Literacy Program’s Celebration of Authors on Sunday, September 25th, at 2:00 PM at the Contemporary Club, 173 S. Eureka Ave, Redlands.
(Doors Open at 1:45 pm)
Adult learner authors will read their published works from the adult literacy anthology, Our Stories, A Collection of Writings. Community leaders will also speak about their love of reading.
Space is limited.
Please make your reservation by September 20, 2022.
