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Lackawanna County Library System

February Is Library Lovers Month

September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month and April has National Library Week but, this month is dedicated to YOU, our fiction fanatics, biblio buffs, and DVD devotees!  February is National Library Lovers Month where we celebrate those who are passionate about libraries and all they do for them.  Whether your favorite library is a public building, a school room, an overflowing shelf, or a stack of media that also serves as your coffee table, libraries play a fulfilling part in your life, and you are proud to say “I <3 my library”!

With the Lackawanna County Library System’s Winter Challenge also happening this month, February is the perfect time to meet other library lovers through a variety of programs offered at each of our nine libraries.  Whether it is Oreo-tasting, BINGO, Valenslime, movie nights, or an (un)romantic book club, each library offers programs for all ages and needs.  To see what’s happening this month, check out the events page on the Library System’s website at https://busy-solomon.184-168-20-100.plesk.page/events/.

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Valley Community Library

Let’s Play Pickleball!

Join us on Saturday, August 3, at 9:00 A.M. for the Valley Community Library’s first Pickleball Tournament at the Blakely Borough Recreation Complex! Registration begins at 8:45 A.M.

 

Register today at https://forms.gle/nFeeVgwcjdeXv7Yv7

 

Cost: $50 per team

Last day to register: July 31, 2024

Contact us at: 570-489-1765 or shunter@albright.org

 

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Abington Community Library

100 Years of Betty White

 

In case you missed our first program celebrating 100 Years of Betty White we will be hosting an encore event. This program was chosen as the recipient of the Pennsylvania Forward Adult Literacy Program of the Year award as well as the Civic and Social award.

Register to attend here: https://busy-solomon.184-168-20-100.plesk.page/events/100-years-of-betty-white/

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Abington Community Library

Join us for From the Bard to Broadway

Purchase your tickets for our upcoming joint fundraising event to enjoy performances, dinner, and more!

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Purchase your tickets now for a fundraising event to support the Abington Community Library and Scranton Shakespeare Festival! These organizations are establishing their exciting partnership by presenting From the Bard to Broadway at Constantino’s at 1385 Lackawanna Trail, Clarks Summit, PA 18411, on Sunday, April 24, 2022 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm.

Guests can expect an evening to remember with great company, delicious food, and unforgettable performances celebrating Shakespeare’s impact on Broadway. Attendees will be taken on a journey into the Golden Age of Broadway through the eyes of Shakespeare, with a program including performances from fan favorites like West Side Story, Kiss Me Kate, and Something Rotten, and will feature notable Scranton Shakespeare Festival performers including Kelly Jean Graham, Stephen Murphy, John Roman Vachino, Victoria Ferrentino, among others! The event will not only feature a cocktail hour, dinner, desserts, and performances, but also a chance to win raffle baskets from featured community businesses!

Michael Bradshaw Flynn, the Scranton Shakespeare Festival’s Artistic Director says, “Scranton Shakes wouldn’t have made it to an eleventh season of free, professional theatre if it weren’t for the formidable partnerships in its first ten seasons. We were excited when approached by ACL to collaborate with an organization that not only shares our mission for accessibility but also helps broaden our reach to our neighbors in NEPA. It is our hope that this collaboration is the beginning of a partnership that can include lectures and deeper dives into Shakespearean texts and other programming offered,” about the foundations of the organization’s partnership and their shared goals to engage their communities in new ways as a team.

Tickets for the event can be purchased for $75 by visiting the Abington Community Library or over the phone by calling the Library at (570) 587-3440 (cash or check will need to be delivered to the Library if reserving tickets over the phone). Individuals who wish to only attend the performance, starting at 6:30 pm, may purchase a ticket for $35 which will include dessert, refreshments, and access to the cash bar. Cocktail hour will include an array of appetizers and a cash bar, guests will also enjoy a buffet dinner including meats and sides with vegetarian and gluten free options for their meals, as well as a variety of dessert choices to enjoy with coffee or tea.

Visit the Library at 1200 W. Grove St., Clarks Summit, PA, 18411 to buy your tickets today, or call us at (570) 587-3440 with questions.

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Albright Memorial Library

Albright Book Club

On August 31st at 6pm in the Henkelman Room we will be having a book discussion on Susan Elizabeth Phillips “Dance Away with Me”.  This is the first meeting of this group and we hope to continue the book discussions moving forward.  Reservations are required as space is limited.  Please RSVP at https://busy-solomon.184-168-20-100.plesk.page/events/albright-book-club-summer-beach-reads/ or call the Reference Department at 570-348-3000 ext. 3008.

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Abington Community Library

Lexivore Podcast, Episode 22 – Literary Festivals

In this episode of Lexivore, Mary and Renee discuss literary festivals, awards and pilgrimages. We discuss our favorite awards and book lists, some of the biggest literary festivals in the world as well as those close to home, and our own personal literary (wish list) pilgrimages.  We enjoyed chatting about our favorite awards and which books we don’t think award worthy. 

We also briefly talk about library events and programs, including the county-wide Summer Quest program and which programs we are most excited for.  We also chat about what we have been doing and reading, our new plan for rotating podcast recording now that there’s three of us (Megha and Mary next, and we will go from there). And we include a brief teaser for our next episode, where we will be discussing spooky reads for fall with a Special Guest.  

We hope you enjoy our podcast!  You can listen to it Here!

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Abington Community Library

Lexivore Podcast, Episode 21 – The Midnight Library

In episode 21 of Lexivore, Renee and Megha are joined by a guest, Mary Graham, in discussing ‘The Midnight Library’, a New York Times Best Seller by Matt Haig.  It’s an exploration of the lives one could have lived, the things that shape us and the possibilities that open up or close behind us.  We discuss the book itself, including both the work as a whole and in depth look at several sections – including one section in the middle that included a polar bear (everyone’s favorite!), and the ending with a little bit about how we expected the story to go.  We had a lot of fun during that discussion!

We also briefly talk about library events and programs, including our new subscription boxes and kits like mental health, antiracism, and even baking, as well as discussing the possibility of in person programming this summer.  We also chat about what we have been doing and reading, and include a brief teaser for our next episode, where we will be discussing literary culture, including literary trips, festivals, and prizes.  We hope you will join us for that one, too!

We enjoyed making this podcast and hope you enjoy it as well!  You can listen to it Here!

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Abington Community Library

Lexivore Podcast, Episode 20 – All Things Digital

Welcome to Episode 20, All Things Digital, in which Renee and Megha explore and explain some of the digital resources available to us – including from our own lovely Abington Community Library, the Free Library of Philadelphia, Libby the library app and the digital collections available through that, and some that are just generally available online.

We also talk about digital reading in general, from ebooks to audiobooks, to reading newspaper or magazine articles online through their own websites, to some of the interesting options available with ebooks that may not be available in print books – like using a special font that helps readers with dyslexia or works that incorporate technology more deeply – like using links to cleverly present a “choose your own adventure” story, including pictures, playlists or videoclips for a multimedia approach to storytelling, or the fun little stories or discussions that can pop up in comments on a work between the readers and with the authors.

Also our next episode will be reading and discussing Matt Haig’s Midnight Library – Get excited, it sounds so interesting 🙂

We hope you enjoy our podcast. You can listen to it Here!

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Abington Community Library

Lexivore Podcast Episode 18 – Mystery

In the 18th episode of Lexivore, the last of this year, Megha and Renee cover the mystery genre, including talking about the books from authors from various styles of mystery like cozy mysteries, or suspense, intricately written ones and a few darker, crime-novel style mysteries.

We include some widely read authors, like Agatha Christie and Mary Higgins Clark, and some that are a bit less well known. We also cover some YA mystery series and even a few well read children’s mysteries like Boxcar Children and Encyclopedia Brown, stories that we read when we were younger and that are still read today,

We also briefly discuss what might draw us to the mystery genre, or related genres like true crime. And there is a brief teaser included, for the episode beginning our next season, which will be Romance – get excited!

 

We hope you enjoy our podcast!  You can listen to it Here!

 

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Abington Community Library

Lexivore Podcast Episode 17 – Music and Books

Episode seventeen of Lexivore, has Megha and Renee tackle music, and pairings of music with books. We discuss our own genre preferences for music, briefly touch on the music our library has to offer, and discuss a few authors who use music – either directly in their books like Mercedes Lackey or in the background processes of writing like Rainbow Rowell.

We also discuss some works that are paired by subject, like the Hamilton Soundtrack with a history book, “The Good Fight: Feuds of the Founding Fathers”, or mood, like Miles Davis’s “Birth of the Cool” with R.O. Kwon’s “The Incendiaries”, or by theme, Sharon Van Etten’s “Are We There” pairing with Sally Rooney’s “Normal People”, and add a few more suggestions and recommendations along the way.

We hope you enjoy our podcast! You can listen to it Here!