Livingston (Main Library) 13986 Florida Blvd P.O. Box 397 Livingston, La. 70754 (225) 686-2436 Mon., Wed., Fri. 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Tues., Thurs. 9:00 am - 7:00 pm Sat. 9:00 am - 1:00 pm http://www.livingston.lib.la.us/ ************************************************************ Tuesday, October 08, 2002 Livingston Parish Library presents Ronnie Bencaz - "Slide Presentation on China" Ronnie Bencaz of Livingston will present a slide show on his May, 2002 trip to China on Tuesday, October 29, 2002 at 6:30 PM at the Livingston Parish Library in Livingston. The three-week tour was with a government sponsored agency. Mr. Bencaz traveled in the Northeast, Southeast, and Central parts of China. Points of interest included the Great Wall, the Terra Cotta Army and Ming Tombs, The New Dam - Largest man made structure in history, the Three Gorges, Guiolin Mountains, Shanghai, and Bejing including Tiennamen Square and the Forbidden City. The trip also included embroidery making, rug making, Cloisonne jewelry making, pearl harvesting, a tea farm and a silk factory. Chinese artifacts will be shown and time will be allowed for questions. The presentation is free and open to the public. ************************************************************ Tuesday, October 08, 2002 Livingston Parish Library presents Dr. Samuel C. Hyde "Dispelling the Myth of Southern Inferiority" Dr. Samuel Hyde of Denham Springs, a history professor at Southeastern Louisiana University and director of the Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies will speak on "Dispelling the Myth of Southern Inferiority" at the Livingston Parish Library in Livingston at 6:30 PM Tuesday, Nov 12, 2002. An authority on the history of the Florida Parishes, Dr. Hyde is the author of Pistols and Politics and Plain Folk of the South Revisited. The presentation is free and open to the public. *************************************************************