WHAT: Parenting Counts Workshops
WHERE: St. John Branch Library, 7500 Blessing Ave
WHEN: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesdays, May 19 and 26
Parenting Counts Workshops were developed by the Talaris institute and brought to the Austin Public Library in partnership with KLRU. Explore ways to share the love of reading and develop the foundation for further learning. The workshop is open to parents of children ages 3 to 5 years old and will be taught in English. Each workshop is limited to 20 participants, so please call 512-974-7567 to reserve a space now. Parents will receive a free children’s book that goes with each theme discussed. The workshops are free and open to the public. The upcoming workshops will focus on May 19: Tell Me a Story and May 26: Taking a Break with Books. Find out more about Parenting Counts at parentingcounts.org
WHAT: Event to honor the winners of KLRU’s Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest
WHERE: Ruiz Library, 1600 Grove Blvd.
WHEN: Saturday, May 16, from 10:30 a.m. to Noon
Each year students in kindergarten through third grade are invited to create their own books with original stories and drawings in the annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest. This year, KLRU received more than 100 book submissions from children in the Austin area. A panel of teachers and librarians judged the entries. (more…)
The move from analog to digital broadcasting will take place on February 17. Do you know if your television is ready for the transition?
DTV Answers Day will be January 6 from 6 to 8 p.m. throughout Central Texas. Experts from all local television stations will be out in the community answering questions and giving demonstrations about the digital television transition.
KLRU will be at the Nimitz Museum Community Room in Fredericksburg, 340 East Main St. Other Austin television stations will be at the following locations:
Taylor Public Library 801 Vance St.
Lantex Theatre in Llano 113 W Main St.
LCRA Riverside Conference Center in Bastrop 1405 Willow St.
Bee Cave Library in the Hill Country Galleria 4000 Galleria Parkway
Meet the people who make some of KLRU’s most popular local shows happen during the Texas Book Festival this weekend. KLRU producers will be at the KLRU booth in the exhibitor’s area of the Texas Book Festival at the Capitol all day Saturday, Nov. 1. Here’s your chance to chat with the people who make KLRU’s award winning TV.
Here’s the schedule for the day:
9 a.m. :: Linda Lehmusvirta producer of Central Texas Gardener
10 a.m. :: Dutch Rall producer of In Context
11 a.m. :: Elena Ramirez KLRU producer
noon :: Lynn Boswell producer of Texas Monthly Talks
1 p.m. :: JJ Weber Broadcast Operations Manager
2 p.m. :: Domenique Bellavia producer of Docubloggers
3 p.m. :: Sean Cunningham producer of Docubloggers
