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Upcoming Lunch With Books programs announced

WHEELING — The Ohio County Public Library announced upcoming Lunch With Books programs.

They include:

¯ noon Aug. 30, “To the Defenders of the Union.” Dr. Joe Laker, West Virginia Independence Hall Foundation Board chair, will discuss his research on the history of the Soldiers and Sailors monument, including its journey from the corner near the old city building on Capitol Square to its current location at Wheeling Park, and what the future holds for the largest and second oldest Civil War monument in West Virginia.

¯ noon Sept. 6, “Tim Luke Returns.” Expert antiques appraiser Tim Luke has extensive background in fine and decorative arts, antiques and collectibles. He was a featured appraiser on HGTV’s show “Cash in the Attic” and has participated as an appraiser on public television’s “Antique’s Roadshow.” He is an active member of the National Auctioneers Association, serves on the Graduate Personal Property Appraiser Committee and is chair of the the elections committee for the organization. He also is an instructor for GPPA, Expert Witness, Interpersonal Communications for Auction Professionals.

¯ noon, Sept. 13, “West Virginia’s Traditional Country Music.” Ivan Tribe and Jacob Bapst will discuss their book, “Images of America Series: West Virginia’s Traditional Country Music.” West Virginia has been known as a repository of traditional country music and musicians.

Beginning in the mid-1920s, phonograph recordings and radios brought this music to a wider audience. With the passing of time and the influence of commercialization, this music developed into what became first known as “hillbilly” and then into the more refined “country” because of its long appeal to those of rural background.

Although modernization has caused the traditional element to recede considerably, much still remains. Many folk still cling to the older sounds exemplified by the “raw” traditionalists and the neo-traditional bluegrass style that emerged in the 1940s. From the earliest recording artists, such as the Tweedy Brothers and David Miller, who was blind, to contemporary stars like Kathy Mattea and Brad Paisley, West Virginians and others have held their musicians in high esteem.

¯ noon Sept. 20, “A Tribute to William Hintzen.” Joe Roxby will pay tribute to his friend and co-author, the late William Hintzen. Because of Hintzen’s expertise in the Revolutionary War era, he was commissioned to write a major work on the Eastern Woodland Indian Wars, “Border Wars of the Upper Ohio Valley,” published in 1990. Immediately following, he and Roxby completed “The Heroic Age,” which concentrated specifically on the events surrounding Fort Henry during the 1770s and early 1780s. Since 1997, Hintzen wrote and published a historical journal, “The True Wetzelian,” and was at work, before he passed, on a major biographical work on Lewis Wetzel.

¯ noon, Sept. 22, “A History of Negro League Baseball.” Phil Dixon will present a program on the history of Negro League Baseball. Dixon has authored six books on the Negro Baseball Leagues and is a winner of the Casey Award and the Macmillan-SABR Award.

Formerly employed by the Kansas City Royals, he is a founder and board member of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and lives in Belton, Miss. Dixon will focus on nearby teams like the Homestead Grays and Pittsburgh Crawfords and local greats like Sol White and Fleet Walker.

¯ noon, Sept. 27, “The New Hollywood.” John Whitehead, Wheeling Jesuit University film professor, will present “The New Hollywood.” By 1967, the Golden Age of Hollywood, which had ruled international pop culture since the 1920s, was exhausted. The program will introduce the Wheeling Film Society’s fifth-annual season of screenings and discussions of classic Hollywood films. Season five will focus on a new generation of filmmakers, including Arthur Penn, Mike Nichols, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.

Lunch With Books programs are free and open to the public. Those attending are welcome to bring a bag lunch and complimentary beverages are provided.

Call the library at (304) 232-0244 or visit the library’s web site at ohiocountylibrary.org for information.

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