LPL News for the week of 6/13/10

[Lakewood Public Library]

"If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework you can still be writing, because you have that space. " -- Joyce Carol Oates (1938-)

Sunday, June 13
SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS: ERIE LIGHTS & LIGHTHOUSE LORE
Georgann and Mike Wachter know all sorts of practical things about lighthouses, from when they were built to how the lights operate, but it’s the lighthouses themselves that know all the good stories. The silent sentinels featured in this presentation have born witness to tragedy and served as beacons of romance. Hear their stories, as told by the Wachters.
2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Monday, June 14
POWER LIVING: Power Loving
Do you have problems getting what you want or need from others? Do you wish you had more love in your life? Are you looking to bring more joy to the world around you? Are tender emotional wounds getting in the way of the life you want to live? Dr. River Smith, a local psychologist and the author of A Conspiracy to Love: Living a Life of Joy, Generosity & Power, introduces powerful techniques designed to put you back in control.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Tuesday, June 15
KNIT & LIT BOOK CLUB
Lynda Tuennerman hosts a social club for multitaskers—a combination book club and stitchery group. She’s looking for readers who can enjoy intense discussion of modern classics while relaxing with their latest stitching project. Come share your passion for great literature and show off your knitting, crocheting, counted cross-stitch, embroidery and quilting works-in-progress. At each meeting, the group decides what will be read next. Call (216) 226-8275, ext. 127 or visit http://www.lkwdpl.org/bookclubs to learn more.
Tonight's book is The Awakening by Kate Chopin
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Meeting Room

Saturday, June 19
FIVE STAR FILMS: The Mambo Kings (1992)
Directed By Arne Gilmcher Rated R
Antonio Banderas and Armand Assante star as two musician brothers who flee 1950’s Cuba for New York with dreams of making it big in the world of Latino music. They work day jobs as butchers while aiming for club scene night jobs to showcase their talents. Disappointments and triumphs ensue on their wild ride toward the top. The soundtrack sizzles with legendary Latino sensations like Tito Puente and Celia Cruz. 
6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Sunday, June 20
SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS: NEWS AND THE BLUES
Guitarist Bob Frank presents history in song. Listen as he strums his way through the greatest moments of the last century and you’ll hear the unmistakable sounds of war, depression and even victory as filtered through the African-American experience and reflected in beautiful music.
2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Lakewood Public Library no longer provides plastic bags. Patrons are welcome to take or leave plastic bags from selected areas in the first floor Community Room and the Audiovisual Department. Thank you for supporting our continuing efforts to be environmentally responsible.

NEW BOOKS, MOVIES & MUSIC: Located on the First Floor in the New Book Area
Adult Fiction:
The bride collector by Ted Dekker - FICTION DEKKER
Tell-all by Chuck Palahniuk, - FICTION PALAHNIUK
The invisible bridge by Julie Orringer - FICTION ORRINGER

Adult Nonfiction:
Reports from the road: Robert Kramer by Robert Buckeye - 973.92 BUCKEYE
What would Rob do?: an irreverent guide to surviving life's daily indignities by Rob Sachs - 814.6 SACHS
The autism book: what every parent needs to know about early detection, treatment, recovery, and prevention by Robert Sears, M.D. - 618.9285882 SEARS

Adult Audiovisual:
Paste new-music sampler. May 2010--CD ROCK PASTE
Flame and Citron -- DVD FLAME AND CITRON
Day the Earth stood still -- DVD DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL

Juvenile Fiction:
Mommy is a Soft, Warm Kiss by Rhonda Gowler Greene - jPICTURE Greene
The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood -- jPICTURE Underwood
Fairy Tale by Cyn Balog - jFICTION Balog

Juvenile Audiovisual:
Bunnytown: Hello Bunnies -- jDVD Bunnytown
The Sorceress by Michael Scott - TEEN CD FICTION Scott
Go Waggaloo by Sarah Lee Guthrie - jCD Guthrie

BROWSING THE STACKS

Lakewood Public Library offers a wide variety of book collections within our non-fiction area. This week's spotlight is on: Home Landscaping. These titles can be found in the Non-fiction collection on the second floor or at the Madison Branch.

Midwest home landscaping: including southern Canada by Roger Holmes - 712.60977 HOLMES
New complete home landscaping by Catriona Tudor Erler - 635.9 ERLER
Landscaping your home: creative ideas from America's best gardeners by Taunton Press - 712.6 LANDSCAPING
Trees, shrubs & hedges for home landscaping by Jacqueline Haeriteau - 635.977 HERITEAU
Ortho's guide to creative home landscaping by Eric Clough - 712.6 ORTHO'S
Better homes and gardens home landscaping : plants, projects, and ideas for your yard
by Better homes and gardens home landscaping - 712.6 BETTER

LPL'S WEB SITE FOCUS: Library Meeting Rooms
It is the policy of Lakewood Public Library to establish meeting rooms for the primary purpose of conducting library-sponsored events and programs in accordance with its mission. To advance the mission when no library sponsored events and programs are scheduled, meeting rooms may be made available at no charge, on a limited first come, first serve basis, with equal terms to organizations and individuals whose use of the facilities will increase public access to human experience, knowledge, ideas, information, insight and values.
http://www.lkwdpl.org/about/meetingroom.htm

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