t seems the summer has gone by in a blur and we have stopped complaining about the humidity it must be fall! It really is a good time to organize and assess. While you are considering your fall schedule, please think about all there is to do at your community library. Many of our programs are designed to support family time, community involvement, computer skills, healthy lifestyles, and personal growth in addition to basic and financial literacy. They are FREE and there are lots of fun options! Our energetic summer reading program was full of great stories from around the world, and now in the fall we have some special events that are worth making time for. For those who get excited about Beatrix Potter collectibles and all the friends of Peter Rabbit, there is a benefit event September 17 th with a silent auction and tea party. Call soon as only a limited number of tickets are available. In October, the Storm Troopers are coming! They will be here LIVE for Sci-Fi Day on October 8 th. (See the ad on page 2). And it s not too early to mark your calendars for Evening in the Stacks! Our annual party and fundraiser will be held November 4th. There are so many ways to get involved with reading. If you think, like I do, that bookish doesn t mean antisocial, you ll want to check out the many book club options for small groups. There are many meetings at the library and some that are not. Book Club Kits are available for registered groups for a wide variety of titles, so inquire at the Reference desk if this sounds like your kind of fun. You could also join an online book club and receive a few chapters in your email. Be sure to check out our new Thursdays 101 classes. Beginning in October we will be offering free technology-related classes each Thursday afternoon. See the box on this page for more details. Check our web site for a complete listing of events. The big news is that soon there will be many options for you electronically. Our new catalog system will allow you to [drum roll please]... renew books online! There are many new features that are available to us. Please be patient as we explore the best ways to use this new tool and work out.. Thursdays 101 Mark Thursday on your calendar for learning! Starting in October, we will begin offering adult education classes, mostly dealing with computers and technology. These classes will cover a variety of topics and will run every Thursday from 2-3 PM in our Community Room. Our first class, October 6th, will be Computers for Beginners, covering the basics for operating a computer. Other classes will include topics such as setting up e-mail and getting started with Facebook. So if you, a friend or loved one needs some instruction or practice on the computer, sign up, and spread the word! Spaces are limited, so reserve your now by signing up at the circulation desk, calling Helen at 724-465- 8841 ext. 5, or by emailing her at publib.ill@gmail.com the kinks. We think this new system will make great improvements in our service to you. We welcome your feedback always, but especially now as we work on these changes. Thank you for all of your support as we seek to give our readers the best service possible.
Lucasfilm Join me, and together we will rule the library! Indiana Free Library presents Sci-Fi Day Saturday October 8, 2011 Celebrate science fiction literature and film all day! Free and open to the public. 11 a.m.: Children s Sci-Fi Story and Craft Noon: Meet costumed Star Wars characters from Garrison Carida, play Star Wars trivia, and be photographed with an Imperial agent 2 p.m.: Sci-Fi Film Club: Contact www.501stgarrisoncarida.or g Talk About, 7 pm Book Club, 11 am Book Club, 7 pm Children s movie: 2 pm Creative Writing Club, 7 pm Beatrix Potter Tea & Auction, 11 am American Girl Book Club, 1:30 pm Classic Book Club, 10:30 am Adult Programs / Children s Programs Evening In the Stacks Indiana Free Library Friday, November 4th 6:00-9:00 p.m. Tickets $25 each in advance $30 at the door Large Stars: $50 Super Stars: $100
Check out our new and returning children s programs this fall. We re continuing our old favorites as well as providing some new activities for all ages. Please note the times and dates. All programs will start the week of September 12 th and continue until December 17 th. Call 724-465-8841 or go online to www.indianafreelibrary.org for more information. Pre-Walker Story Time, will introduce your little ones to books. This program meets every Monday morning from 10:30-11:00 am. Drop By for a Story! Any time is storytime on the 1 st Saturday of the month. Just ask Miss Connie and she will hold an impromptu storytime with songs and stories! American Girl Book Club is an hour-long program on the third Saturday of the month at 1:30 pm. We ll talk about an American Girl Doll and the period when she lived, and then we ll make a craft and have a snack from the time period. Recommended for ages eight to twelve. Saturday Movie in the Children s Department. The fourth Saturday of the month, 2:00-4:00 pm. All ages welcome! Musical Mondays is especially for one and two year olds. We ll sing, clap, stomp our feet, and play instruments. Mondays from 11:00-11:30 am. Family Story Time. A fun program designed for toddlers and preschoolers and their families. Mondays, 3:00-3:30 pm. ToddlerTime. Especially for one and two year olds, this program features books, songs, and fingerplays. Tuesdays, 10:30-11:00 am. Preschoolers - Kindergarten Readiness. This program is for children preparing to enter kindergarten in the coming year, as we ll develop skills necessary to be successful in school. Appropriate for four and five year olds. Tuesdays, 3:00-3:30 pm. Preschool Story Time. Designed for three, four, and five year olds, this program features books, songs, movement exercises, and other activities. Wednesdays, 10:30-11 am. A Book and A Movie. All Ages Welcome! We ll read a great book, watch a movie on the same theme, then complete an activity to get your thoughts on what you saw and heard. Wednesdays 4:30-5:15 pm. Bedtime Stories. This informal program, featuring classic fairy tales and fables, is a great way to end the day. Perfect for ages two to six. Wednesdays, 6:30-7:00 pm. Family Story Time. This family story program features informative books and other activities on a timely theme. All ages welcome! Thursdays, 10:30-11:00 am. Silent Auction & Tea Party Featuring Collectibles from the World of Beatrix Potter Saturday, September 17th 11 am - 2 pm Join us at the library for tea, salads, rolls and carrot cake. Bidding opens at 11 am Luncheon at noon Bidding closes at 1:30 pm Tickets $20 per person All proceeds benefit the Children s Department
Read to Win a Kindle and Other Great Prizes! The more you read, the better your chances to win! The Indiana Free Library and Cartridge World have teamed up to offer this exciting prize drawing exclusively for IFL library card holders ages 13 and up! It s easy to enter. Simply fill out an entry slip for every book you read between September 6th and October 31st and turn it in at the the library s circulation desk. Winners will be drawn at random on November 1st. Four Great Prizes! Kindle e-reader courtesy of Cartridge World Tickets to Evening in the Stacks Book Light IFL Tote Bag For more information and official contest rules, visit our web site at www.indianafreelibrary.org Indiana Free Library Celebrates Great Books of the Western World Until lately the West has regarded it as self-evident that the road to education lay through great books. No man was educated unless he was acquainted with the masterpieces of his tradition... ~ Excerpt from the Preface of Great Books of the Western World, The Great Conversation. Have you ever wondered what the Great Books are all about? Join IUP s Dan Shively Monday nights in September and October at 7:30 pm for discussions on topics gleaned from the Great Books series. Stop in for any or all of the sessions. Please register in advance for handouts, or just drop in when you are able. Call 724-465-8841 for details or visit the site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Great_Books_of_the_Western_World. September 12 - The Human Condition: Plato & Montaigne September 19 - Error and Ignorance: Bacon and Mill September 26 - Happiness: Aristotle & Dostoyevsky October 3 Classes & Class Conflict: Rousseau & Marx October 10 - Honor & Fame: Shakespeare & others October 17 - Beauty and Beautiful: Marcus Aurelius and other authors Four New Book Kits Available for Clubs Attention book clubs! Four new titles have been added to the book kits available for borrowing through our book club program: The Last Time I Saw You, by Elizabeth Berg Little Bea, by Chris Cleave Lives Like Loaded Guns, by Lyndall Gordon Sarah s Key, by Tatiana De Rosnay Reserve your kits through the reference desk. Books are available for a three-week check-out period. The book kit program is popular, so be sure to reserve your titles well in advance. For more information, call the Reference Desk at (724) 465-8841 x 3.
Indiana Free Library, Fall 11 Join a Book Discussion Group This Fall Lauri s Book Club offers two opportunities each month to meet and discuss the featured book: a morning group the second Thursday of the month, and an evening group the second Monday of the month. Come for discussion and light refreshments. The books are available at the library s front desk. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen,. Life is good for Jacob Jankowski until tragedy strikes, leaving him in the middle of the Great Depression with no home, no family, and no career. Almost by accident, Jacob joins the circus, where he falls in love with the beautiful performer Marlena, and meets the other love of his life, Rosie the elephant. This lushly romantic novel travels back in forth in time between Jacob's present day in a nursing home and his adventures in the surprisingly harsh world of 1930s circuses. Thursday September 8, 11:00 am and Monday September 12, 7:00 pm. The Accidental Bestseller by Wendy Wax. Mallory, Tanya, Faye, and Kendall are best friends, and veterans of the cutthroat world of New York publishing. So when Kendall gets writer's block, they all collaborate on her new novel, using their own lives as fodder. And what a bestseller the truth makes. Monday October 10, 7:00 pm and Thursday, October 13, 11:00 am. The Book Borrower by Alice Mattison. When Toby meets Deborah at the playground, they strike up a conversation about their children and become friends. Deborah lends Toby a book about a trolley strike in the 1920s, which she reads sporadically and then puts aside and forgets. Twenty years later, after Deborah is killed in a car crash, the devastated Toby discovers that sculptress Berry Cooper, who features prominently in the book, is living nearby. Prompted to rediscover the book, Toby finally finishes it, thus coming to terms with Deborah's death. Thursday November 10, 11:00 am and Monday November 14, 7:00 pm. The Bootlegger s Daughter by Margaret Maron, Thursday, December 8, 11:00 am and Monday, December 12, 7:00 pm. This first novel in Maron's Imperfect series, which won the Edgar Award for best mystery novel in 1993, introduces heroine Deborah Knott, an attorney and the daughter of an infamous North Carolina bootlegger. Known for her knowledge of the region's past and popular with the locals, Deb is asked by 18-year-old Gayle Whitehead to investigate the unsolved murder of her mother Janie, who died when Gayle was an infant. Piecing together lost clues and buried secrets Deb is introduced to Janie's darker side, but it's not until another murder occurs that she uncovers the truth. Questions? Call Lauri at (724) 465-8841, or ask at the front desk. Talk About Join Tom Harris and others at the library for coffee and conversation in a relaxed atmosphere the first Monday of each month at 7:00 pm. October 5th: The Good Old Days: Myth or Reality? November 7th: Lives of Abundance: What Are You Most Grateful For? December 5th: Reflections on the Past Year. Come share a light lunch and discuss a classic work of literature. Thursday, September 22nd 10:30 am, Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy. Thursday, October 27th 10 :30 am, Classic Short Stories: The Fall of the House of Usher,and The Cask of Amontillado, by Edgar Allan Poe; and Rappaccini s Daughter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. No Meeting in November Wednesday, December 7th 10:30 am, Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott. (Note day change!) For more information, contact Connie Jellison at 724-465-8841 ext. 4, or email at iflkids.clj@gmail.com. The Film Club will watch and discuss Paul Greengrass s 2006 film United 93 on Saturday, September with 3rd, at 2 pm. The movie is a real-time account donations of of what may have taken place on United Flight craft 93, one supplies. of the planes hijacked on Take 9/11 an that ornament crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The film is rated R for language, from and some intense sequences our giving of terror tree and in violence. The trailer for the film and a list of the related children s material department, in the library collection purchase can be the found item on listed, the IFLand Blog return at www.indianafreelibrary.org. it at your convenience. The screening is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served. Theis fall the Film Club will present two showings of one landmark film each month. Check the library s web site for future titles.
Marcus Programs Explore History of Jews, Catholics in U.S. Join Dr. Irwin Marcus, retired IUP professor of history, in his twicemonthly talks on a variety of historical issues and topics. Programs are usually scheduled the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 7-8:30 pm. Check out our web site, www.indianafreelibrary.org, for future topics. Also, look for books on related issues in our special Marcus Collection, shelved in the second floor reading area. Search our catalog with keywords Marcus Collection. September 14 - Jews in the United States, 1880-1980. This program will concentrate on domestic developments while giving some attention to international events. Topics include an exploration of Jewish immigration 1880-1920; the Bal- Meet the Author A real-life Pittsburgh area police detective writes a cop tale set against the color and intensity of the steel city and peopled with true-to-life characters drawn from his more than two decades in local law enforcement. In this Police Thriller readers will learn the true dangers of Excessive Forces. four Declaration, the Holocaust and the relationship between United States Jews and Israel. September 28 - Catholic Radicalism 1930-1980. This program will examine the responses of several prominent Catholic radicals to the challenges of the Great Depression and the Viet Nam War. In the 1930s. Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin, leaders of the Catholic Worker Movement, advocate peace, economic justice, and voluntary poverty. In the 1960s and 70s Daniel and Philip Berrigan acquire prominence as critics of the Viet Nam War, using dramatic tactics to reach the public and policy makers with the message of Catholic radicalism. Programs are free and begin at 7:00 pm in the library s second floor reading area. Refreshments served. Meet retired Pittsburgh Police Detective Dennis Marsili as he discusses his new book Books will be available for purchase for $16.00 and Mr. Marsili will sign them. The New Century and Friends of the Library Club has a great lineup of programs for the fall. If you haven't attended a Book Breakfast, you are missing a great way to start your day. Look over the schedule and consider this group activity to expand your reading horizons. Book Breakfasts take place in the Dining Room of St. Andrews Court, 1155 Indian Springs Road on Thursdays at 9:15 am for breakfast with new friends, a program based on a book of interest and topical discussion. October 6 - Rank and Gravity: The Life of General John Armstrong of Carlisle by William Betts, who will also be the reviewer! November 3 - War of Necessity/War of Choice by Richard Haass, reviewer Ed Platt. December 1 - The Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger, reviewer Richard Berry. January 5 - Gellhorn: A Twentieth Century Life by Caroline Moorehead, reviewer Martha Gellhorn. February 2 - No God, But God by Reza Aslan, reviewer Sara Steelman (Additional Book TBA) March 1 - Book TBA, reviewer Carol Bencich. April 5 - The Gift of the Jews by Thomas Cahill, reviewer Larry Turton. May 10 - Charles Ives Reconsidered: His Life and Music by Gayle Magee, reviewer also Gayle Magee! We are grateful for all of the support of the New Century Club and the work they do!
Drop By for a Story, 10-4 3 4 5 Evening Stories with Circle K,6:30 pm Film Club: Star Trek II, 6:30 pm Talk About, 7 pm 11 am - 5 pm Book Club, 7 pm Book Club, 11:00 American Girl Book Club, 1:30 pm Children s Movie, 2 pm Author Visit: Dennis Marsili, 7 pm Classic Book Club, 10:30 am 29 Halloween Storytime 31 Creative Writing Club, 7 pm Adult Programs /Children s Programs / All Ages Evening Stories with Circle K,6:30 pm Film Club, 6:30 EVENING IN THE STACKS, 6 pm Drop By for a Story Film Club, 2 pm Talk About, 7 pm Book Club, 11:00 Book Club, 7 pm American Girl Book Club, 1:30 pm Classic Book Club, 10:30 am Creative Writing Club, 7 pm Hours: Monday & Wednesday, 10 am - 9 pm Tuesday and Thursday, 10 am - 6 pm Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm