MORRISVILLE LIBRARY NEWS September 14, 2001
by Mary Brown
September is Library Card Sign-up Month. Come to the Morrisville
Library on Friday, September 21st from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. for your
FREE library card, an informal book tour and other goodies! There
will be refreshments and free books for you to take home.
If you don't have a library card, here is your chance to join
in all the great activities at our library. Come to the library
and you can join a book discussion group, sign out a great book,
magazine, video or CD, browse your favorite websites, attend
pre-school story hour with a child, attend a lecture or workshop,
see a new art exhibit, learn how to use a computer, trace your
family tree, or even just find a quiet spot to curl up with a
good book. Get the card that pays you back over and over.
Coming up soon is the first evening of the fall Book Talk series.
On Friday, October 19th at 7 p.m. Professor Roxanna Pisiak of
SUNY Morrisville will lead a discussion of Jostein Gaarder's
Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy. Reserve
a copy of the book at the circulation desk and get ready for
an interesting evening of discussion.
Later in October, the fall Pre-School Story Hour series with
Grandma B. will be starting up again. Watch for the dates and
times.
Traci has ordered some new books, and is looking for some nice
"parents" to adopt them. Any assistance with purchasing
them would be a big help. Just look at the list of potential
adoptees at the circulation desk, and tell Traci if you can help.
New books looking for a parent include some great new releases.
The Other Wind by Ursula Leguin is her new novel-length addition
to the Earthsea universe.
Robert Parker's Death in Paradise is the third of his Jesse Stone
mysteries; it follows Jesse, now sheriff of small-town Paradise,
Mass., as he tackles two criminal and two personal mysteries:
the murder of a teenage girl found shot dead in a local lake,
and the chronic beating of a local wife by her husband. Anne
Perry's Funeral in Blue follows William Monk and wife, Hester
on the case when two women are found strangled in an artist's
studio. The case is especially important to them because one
of the women is the wife of Hester's beloved colleague, Dr. Kristian
Beck. Nicholas Sparks fans will want to consider adopting his
new A Bend in the Road in which deputy sheriff, Miles Ryan loses
his wife, and lives in a haze until he meets second grade teacher
, Sarah Andrews; of course, love is never that easy as they find
out when the secrets start being revealed. There are several
other great new books just waiting for someone to help finance
their adoption; check the list and help the library add some
new "young 'uns" to its family.
On the music front, we now have a copy of Morrisville's own band
"Jhawn"s CD. The group recorded their first CD in Hamilton,
and we have one to let you borrow! In the group are: Emily Schuster,
vocals and flute; Paul Maddison, lead guitar; Matt Golley, sax;
Jayson Parker, percussion; Ben Slocum, bass guitar and Darrell
Bush, rhythm guitar and vocals. All but one of the songs are
written and performed by the group!
One of our loyal Friends of the Library, Maxine Hunter, is currently
showing her latest watercolors in an exhibition, "Rediscovering
the Landscape" at the SUNY Morrisville Library's gallery
from September 17th through October 14th. If you have seen any
of Maxine's works that have been exhibited here at the library,
you know what a talented artist she is, and will want to stop
by the SUNY Library to see her latest paintings.
Our celebration of Library Card Sign-Up Month is the perfect
excuse to stop by your local library and join in the fun and
adventure. We hope you come in to sign-up and become part of
our Morrisville Library family.
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