BMPL Photo Album

Cincinnati punk band Saturday Supercade rocked the library	Trustee Lisa Barnett gets sworn in by Mayor Abplanalp	Dancin' in the lobby at an After Hours Concert	Violinist Cathy Morris and Collage from Indy swingin' at an After Hours Concert	Tony Malone and Ralph Tuggle from the Saxophone Supremes Ensemble with Tony's jazz display
Author and entrepreneur, Dr. James Chan, visits with students at the library.	Doug Norton (L) directed the Sport Coat Jazz Explosion Big Band from Batesville H.S. in an After Hours Concert that featured Mama Jazz (R).	Mrs. Dickey joins Curious George and the Man in the Yellow Hat at our Kids' Health Fair.	Sgt. Browning of the Batesville Police talks safety with visitors to the Kids' Health Fair.	Entrepreneur Tom Waechter talks with students in our TeenBiz program.
Barbershop quartet, Harmonytown, rehearsed and performed at the library.	Mohenjo Daro, a world-fusion trio from Cincinnati, performed After Hours.	Volunteers helped us rearrange the library.	The library staff got into the rearranging mood, too.	Mrs. Dickey reads a story in the new Activity Room.
Quilters display some handiwork at the library.	Lafayette, IN guitarist, Michael Kelsey, and library director Mike Kruse entertained the After Hours crowd.	Young and old enjoyed our Pioneer Living Program.	Volunteers from the Ron Simons Company gave out ice cream at our After Hours Swingin' Ice Cream Social.	Skateboard magazine photographer Drew Hutchison spoke and gave away prizes to these lucky winners.
The Amy Stephens Group from Seattle and Indy made the library part of their midwest tour	Orquesta Son from Bloomington entertained outdoors for an After Hours Concert.	The Indianapolis Opera Ensemble presented, "Operamania" to celebrate National Children's Book Week.	Ollier Masonry, Inc. installed our new sculpture, "Paper Airplanes - Journeys of the Imagination" by Gary Price.	A fan visits with Middletown following their After Hours Concert at the library.
Two young adults get comfortable with some reading materials in the YA section.	Members of Hobo Junction talk with the audience following their After Hours Concert.	Tangerine Trousers from Ferndale, MI, were wildly popular (and some were wildly dressed) at their After Hours Concert.	Cathy Morris & Collage from Indianapolis entertained the crowd outside the library at our Swingin' Grill-Out and Ice Cream Social.	Michael Kelsey got some percussion help from a very young member of the After Hours Concert audience.
The Indianapolis Opera Ensemble performed a very funny "Carmenella."	Warren Brown as Mark Twain and Lance Brown as Will Rogers had "A Humorous Encounter" during National Library Week, 2004.	An Amish quilt was part of the library's display for Quilt Month 2005.	"Figatroll and the Three Billy Goats Gruff" by the Indianapolis Opera Ensemble.	Adam Kruse runs the sound for an outdoor After Hours Concert by Millish, a Celtic jazz band from Michigan.
An After Hours crowd enjoys listening to Luke Sayers and The Last To Know at our Grill-Out & Ice Cream Social on August 25, 2007.	Barbara Walker from PBS station CET in Cincinnati offered a "Ready to Learn" workshop at the library.	Dog Talk's Cliff White drank a "Pixie Stix toast" to National Library Week during their After Hours Concert.	Jim Keith from Clarksburg spoke about the Lewis & Clark Expedition in Indiana.	The library received "Organization of the Year 2003-2004" recognition from the Rural Alliance for the Arts.
These Zins Family members were big winners in our First Annual Edible Book Feastival held during National Library Week, 2003.	Tangerine Trousers from Ferndale, Michigan, performed After Hours.	Quilts were displayed in March for National Quilt Month.	Mrs. Dickey and some Story Time pirates celebrated "Talk Like a Pirate Day."	The hilarious bullfight scene in the Indianapolis Opera Ensemble's performance of "Carmenella."
Getting the Library Annex ready for the Batesville Area Historical Society.	Ron Simons gave out ice cream at an After Hours Concert.	Cathy Morris (left) leads the dancing during her After Hours Concert.	Batesville area students displayed their award-winning art at the library.	Thanks to our friends at Chateau of Batesville for this National Library Week gift basket and flowers.
The Indianapolis Opera Ensemble performed "The Three Not-So-Little Pigs" during Children's Book Week, 2004.	Mark Twain and Will Rogers had "A Humorous Encounter" at the library during National Library Week.	New landscaping at the corner of Walnut and Schrader Streets, May 2004	Howard Kellman, voice of the Indianapolis Indians, spoke on "How to Become an Outstanding Salesperson," and autographed copies of his book.	The Batesville Area Historical Society unveiled a mural painted by Batesville High School students on the side of Library Annex.
The QuiltBus, featuring classes and supplies, visited the library.	Lisa Barnett and several students from Batesville Middle School volunteered to help us pack "New Baby Welcome Bags" for babies born at Margaret Mary Community Hospital in 2006.	Children's book author, Jim Aylesworth, visited the library.	Jeff Humphrey (R) of INCOLSA, streamed our August 2006 concert live on the Internet. Viewers from Minnesota to Florida got to enjoy The Spud Puppies and Ramshackle Charm. Assisting Jeff was his fiance, Jennifer.	Cindy Monnier of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce presented three "Libraries Mean Business" sessions at the BMPL.
Andrew E. Stoner, author of Notorious 92: Indiana's Most Heinous Murders in All 92 Counties discussed writing about crime at the library.