THE B��KMARK

September/October 2016

405 W Main 457-0354

Trivia Question: Halloween is the third largest US party day

of the year? What is the second? (Answer on reverse side)

CPL’s first Adult Spelling Bee (featuring local celebrities, like Mayor Mike Henry) was Aug 27.

Quizmaster, Joe Collier (in the lettered suit), poses with our (l-r) ‘bronze, silver & gold medal-

ists,’ Bruce, Sheila and Carrie, and CPL director, Diana Sussman.

“What is more important in a library than anything else - than everything else - is the fact that it exists.” ~Archibald MacLeish

�Writers Network: First Tuesdays @ 6:00p

� Creative Writing Star Group (SIH Second Act): First

Thursdays @ 1:00p

�Saluki Writers’ Monthly Short Story Workshop: Sept 24,

9:30a-12 noon

Storytellers

and

Writers

“Dream On,” Saturday, Sept 10@ 2:30p Political comedian John Fugelsang retraces the 1831

journey to America of Alexis de Tocqueville.

“Best of Enemies,” Saturday, Oct 15@2:30p The legendary 1968 debates between two great public

intellectuals, Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley.

IS BACK!IS BACK!IS BACK!IS BACK! ITVS & WSIU film and discussion series @ CPLITVS & WSIU film and discussion series @ CPLITVS & WSIU film and discussion series @ CPLITVS & WSIU film and discussion series @ CPL

Art in the

Library

Are you an artist in search of

exhibit space? If so, talk to Patrick

King, Volunteer Coordinator.

We want to continue to exhibit

artwork. Our previous exhibits

have been well received.�

�OUR MISSION STATEMENT: Carbondale Public Library provides resources and services to

support the educational, informational, cultural, and recreational needs of its community.

ON THE NEW

SHELVES

“Book -- what they make a

movie out of for television.”

~ Leonard Louis Levinson

The Rise and Fall of Nations:

Forces of Change in the Post-crisis World ~ Ruchir Sharma

(330.9 SHA)

Symbols of Power : Luxury

Textiles from Islamic Lands,

7th-21st Century

~ Louise W Mackie (700 MAC)

For Kids:

Harry Potter and the Cursed

Child – Parts One and Two

(Special Rehearsal Edition):

The Official Script Book of the

Original West End Production

~ JK Rowling, John Tiffany, Jack

Thorne (JHF ROW)

Teen Reads:

Beautiful LEGO 3, Wild! ~ Mike Doyle (688.725 DOY)

Trivia Answer: Super Bowl Sunday

www.carbondalepubliclibrary.org

Click on Calendar, Children, Teen

or Adult to see all the programs that

interest you, because there is

ALWAYS SOMETHING going on!

While you’re here and

online, click Research to

use our many research data-

bases. You can research your family

history with Ancestry.com and our

other genealogy databases, find

grants and scholarships with our

grant databases, and find full text

journal and magazine articles.

You’ll need to ask our staff to log

you in to some databases.

SEPT 5

For Adults:

The Last Dawn

~ Joe Gannon (MYS RIB)

Surrender, New York

~ Caleb Carr (F CAR)

Look for the 3M

logo on our home-

page for all your

e-book selections. Your library

card and PIN are all you need and

once the easy to follow

downloading-how-to is done,

you’re all set.

Feel free to join our

Wednesday Noon Book Club

(WNBC), the 2nd Wednesday

of each month.

�SEPT 4: My Mistake ~ Daniel Menaker

�OCT 12: The Grand Design

~ Stephen Hawking

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Senior Coffee Club

9:30a, First Tuesday of the month

Guests & topics: TBA

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