Poetry And Pi(e)

Important Update Regarding Meeting Usage During Library Renovation

During 2026, we will be undergoing a renovation to better serve the people of Dearborn County. 

Due to the renovation, access to the Youth Services Department will be closed to the public during January and February. You will still be able to use the Ewbank Meeting Room throughout this closure, but our procedures for using the room have been modified:

  • Please enter the library via the High St. entrance. This entrance provides direct access to the Ewbank Meeting Room only. To access other areas of the library, you must use the Mary St. or Parking Lot entrances.
  • Once inside, please call our Adult Services Department at 812-537-2775 Ext. 1125. Let us know that you have arrived and provide your group's name. A staff member will come to unlock the room for your group.
  • If you need any assistance at any time during your meeting, please call 812-537-2775 Ext. 1125 and a staff member will come to help.
  • When your meeting has finished, please call 812-537-2775 Ext. 1125 again to let us know. Please leave your clipboard in the room. A staff member will come to lock the room and collect the clipboard. There is no need to wait for us.

We are excited to share our upgraded spaces with you once renovations are complete. In the meantime, we appreciate your patience and understanding as we work to improve your library.

Program Type:

Presentation

Age Group:

Schoolage, Teens, New Adult, Adults
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Program Description

*Registration is recommended to make sure there is enough dessert, but not required.*

Did you know Pie Day is March 14? OK. Actually it is Pi Day to celebrate the never-ending ratio of a circle circumference to its diameter Π. So let's gather a"round' (See what we did there?) to listen to some poetry and eat some pie- made in the shape of a circle. 

The Friends of the Lawrenceburg Public Library District will supply the pie. Free-will donations will be accepted. (And they are really good at baking. Their bake sales are amazing.)

Professor Emeritus of English at Ivy Tech Ron Nicholson will present the program Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson: The Parents of American Poetry. 

This one-hour lecture will include a mix of history, readings, and stories that will increase your appreciation of the impact these two poetic giants had on modern poetry.

And there will be pie. Do we mention that yet?