LPL News for the week of 9/26/10

[Lakewood Public Library]

"Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity." -- T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)

Sunday, September 26
SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS: Welcome to Indonesia
Java native Swasti Crain brings the diverse culture of the archipelago to the Library with music, dance and the traditional costumes of several islands. You may never want to go home again!
2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Monday, September 27
Wealth Hunger and Peace
Dr. Gabriela Kaplan tackles religious intolerance, racism, war, world hunger and environmental calamity in this unique combination of lecture and recital that incorporates heartrending music and startling images to devastating effect.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Saturday, October 2
FALL GUYS AND FEMME FATALES: Film Noir in the Forties
Double Indemnity (1944)
Directed by Billy Wilder Not Rated
Cynical insurance salesman Fred MacMurray wants to make a sale to sexy femme fatale Barbara Stanwyck. She buys a double indemnity accident policy on her husband and entices MacMurray into making sure that accidents happen sooner rather than later. But wily claims agent Edward G. Robinson becomes suspicious before anyone can collect.
6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Sunday, October 3
SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS: Bob Kravos and the Boys in the Band
He learned his trade at the knee of America’s Polka King, Frankie Yankovic. Today, Bob Kravos carries on that lively tradition with a party bus full of guys who like to bring smiles to the dance floor.
2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

SPECIAL EVENT
An Evening With Lisa Black
benefiting the Lakewood Public Library Foundation
Thursday, November 11, 2010
6:30 - 8:30 p.m. (Doors open at 6)

Lake Erie Screw Building
13000 Athens Ave
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
Tickets can be purchased in person at Lakewood Public Library locations, and at lakewoodpubliclibrary.com.

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:

Think of a number: a novel by John Verdon -- FICTION VERDON
A brush with death: a Penny Brannigan mystery by Elizabeth J. Duncan -- MYSTERY DUNCAN
Darkling fields of Arvon by James G. Anderson -- SCIFI ANDERSON

Adult Nonfiction:

Peterson's four-year colleges, 2011 -- 378.7 PETERSONS
Four fish: the future of the last wild food by Paul Greenberg -- 333.956 GREENBERG
The disappearing spoon: and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements by Sam Kean -- 546 KEAN

Juvenile Fiction:

Tell the Truth, B.B. Wolf by Judy Sierra -- jPICTURE Sierra
Mary's Penny by Tanya Landman -- jPICTURE Landman
You by Charles Benoit -- TEEN FICTION Benoit

Juvenile Audiovisual:

Yo Gabba Gabba: Halloween! -- jDVD Yo
Return to the Hundred Acre Wood by David Benedictus--jCD FICTION Benedictus
Rockin' the Schoolhouse Vol. 1 by Billy Gorilly -- jCD Billy

BROWSING THE STACKS
Lakewood Public Library offers a wide variety of book collections within our non-fiction area. This week's spotlight is on: Football. These titles can be found in non-fiction collection at Main Library and the Madison Branch.

Diary of an unforgettable season by Steve Snapp -- 796.332630977157 SNAPP

Bowls, polls & tattered souls: tackling the chaos and controversy that reign over college football by Stewart Mandel -- 796.33263 MANDEL

Inside the helmet: life as a Sunday afternoon warrior by Michael Strahan -- 796.332092 STRAHAN

Then Tress said to Troy: the best Ohio State football stories ever told by Jeff Snook -- 796.332 SNOOK

Jim Brown: the fierce life of an American hero by Michael Freeman -- BIO BROWN

The blind side: evolution of a game by Michael Lewis -- 796.332092 LEWIS

LPL'S WEB SITE FOCUS: Tumblebooks

These animated, talking picture books teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you. Access is available in the Main Library Computer Connections Room, the Madison Branch Kid Kiosks, or remotely through the Library’s website, http://www.lakewoodpubliclibrary.com.

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