shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com April 30, 2019 • Page 11 Yankton Library Spring Is Springing At Last At The Library BY DANA SCHMIDT Yankton Community Library May is just around the corner and I doubt there are many that are sad to see this winter go. We are ready for sunshine, warmer weather and seeing things turn green and start to grow! I personally love spring cleaning this time of year. I haven’t read Marie Kondo’s “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” but I feel like she gets me. Organizing and getting rid of things you no longer need or want is so comforting to me. I know I am not alone in this as we have received many donations of used books lately as you are all doing spring cleaning of your own. So many donations in fact, that The Friends of the Library will be hosting a Bag Sale from May 4 through May 10 in the library’s meeting room. This sale will begin after their regularly scheduled monthly sale in the garage (May 4, 9:30 a.m.-noon). You will be able to take home a bag of books for only $1 and they will be adding books to the sale every day. I know this may feel like the opposite of spring cleaning for you to bring home loads of books-but you really can’t beat those prices and the money helps to support The Friends who help provide programs and extras for the library. Win-win! We are excited to be co-hosting Sean Gaskell at GAR Hall on Thursday, May 16, at 7 p.m. Sean will be performing traditional songs on the 21-stringed West African Kora. The Kora is a melodic and seemingly peaceful instrument, which is somewhat contrary to its musical repertoire of songs telling ancient stories of war and hardship. Gaskell has been featured at numerous festivals in the U.S., Gambia and Senegal. This is a free performance sponsored by Yankton Area Arts and The Friends of the Yankton Community Library. With the warmer weather, another favorite will soon appear at the Meridian Bridge — The Story Walk! We will feature two new titles that you are sure to love: “The Very Impatient Caterpillar” by Ross Burach and “How to Catch a Star” by Oliver Jeffers. Youth Services Librarian Amanda Raiche will be hosting two special pop-up story times at the base of the Meridian Bridge at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 30, and Thursday, May 2, weather permitting. As spring and summer are upon us, many are thinking of their gardens as well. The Seed Library will hold classes at the library on May 14 at 2 p.m. and again at 6:30 p.m. The theme of this month’s class is “Off to a Great Start” and will discuss companion planting, keys to transplanting and crop rotation. June begins our Summer Reading Programs for all ages with a theme of “A Universe of Stories.” We will again be hosting some favorites like the Kick-Off Party (June 3), Cemetery Walk (June 4) and Family-friendly community Talent Show (July 29), with lots of fun new performers and activities throughout the summer. There will be a performance by The Rope Warrior (June 10) and a visit from The Omaha Zoo (June 24). We will have a storyteller (July 8) and some fun children’s music performed by the group One Beard, Two Beard (July 22). The Adult Summer Reading program is working on new events like a Pup-Up Library at the Dog Park (June 18), a Bad Art Night (date TBD), and hosting genealogist Gail Blankenau for a presentation about Women Homesteaders (July 23). We are excited about so many great things happening both inside the walls of the library and outside in the community. We hope to see you soon! Dondero’s Yankton Show Won’t Be A ‘Pity Party’ BY NATHAN JOHNSON For the Press & Dakotan In his 20th year as a solo musician, David Dondero is finding the beauty in an abscessed tooth and preparing to release a new album. “I’ve been going about it the same way since the start,” he said of his career — noting he does not plan to celebrate the anniversary of the release of his 1999 debut album, “The Pity Party.” “It’s like one elongated, linear song narrative to me. I’m inside this shell of skin and bones working at the craft. A big difference has been sobriety. That’s a profound one. I feel more of it.” Leading up to the interview with the Press & Dakotan, Dondero had been dealing with an abscessed tooth so that particular “feeling” was very much on his mind. “I’m getting into really feeling the lows and savoring the natural highs — like rotten tooth pain with no alcohol or drugs is a real trip,” he stated. “Almost a psychedelic experience.” The singer-songwriter — who was famously named by Robin Hilton of NPR’s “All Songs Considered” as among the 10 best living songwriters alongside the likes of Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan — will bring his solo show to Yankton tonight (Friday). He will play at 7 p.m. in the AME Allen Chapel located at 508 Cedar St. Dondero said he recently finished recording 10 songs for a new album, “When the Pendulum Swings.” It will include songs imbued with dark humor like “Presidential Palace of Pornography” and “Easy Chair.” “Hopefully by the autumn the album will be out,” Dondero said. A Duluth, Minnesota, native, he now spends most of his time on the road touring. “I’m not living anywhere at the moment, but the world is my home place with the different familiar cities functioning as the neighborhoods,” Dondero said. Living out of his car, “I pay rent to the various hotel owners and the taxes attached to those rental room rates. I pay the gas dealer for the gas and the tax on top of that. Sometimes, I stay with friends. It’s not a bad way to live. I do have a PO box in Oregon, but the old familiar line applies to me directly: ‘Wherever I hang my hat is home.’” In April alone, Dondero will have traveled to Canada, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri and Nebraska before heading to South Dakota for shows in Yankton and Sioux Falls. “Most people I meet are keen on changing this mess that we’re in,” Dondero said about the current political climate. 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