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Winter Challenge: Step Right Up for the GREATEST Winter Ever!

This winter, all Lackawanna County libraries are celebrating carnivals with an all-ages reading and activity challenge to brighten up the winter from Monday, January 23 through Friday, February 24.

The libraries will have reading lists and activities available for every member of the family. We are thrilled to bring the excitement of the big top to our local libraries this winter with a variety of reading challenges for all ages, interactive circus-themed activities and programs as well as events that will take center ring.

The Winter Reading Challenge is a collaborative effort between member libraries to inspire new reads, revisit old favorites, discover new activities, and discover new hobbies.

Register here: https://lclshome.beanstack.com/users/sign_in. The Beanstack App can be downloaded for free on the Google Play Store or via the Apple Store.

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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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Join us for From the Bard to Broadway

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

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 StoryKiss 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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Lexivore Podcast Episode 11 Children’s Literature

In Episode 11 of Lexivore, Renee and Megha are joined by two guests, local authors – Becky Loescher who writes children’s picture books and poetry, and Cindy Noonan who writes historical fiction for children. We discuss writing, publishing, and the writer’s group they are both members of, and then a few of their works – Cindy Noonan’s book Dark Enough to See the Stars and a poem by Becky Loescher called To Be or Not To Be, which is about writing, grammar rules, and writing mentors, and we also talk some about children’s literature.  We also include a brief mention of the topics for next episode, which will include a holiday gift giving guide and some recommendations for interesting eclectic nonfiction.

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

 

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Lexivore Podcast Episode 9 Local, Local, Local

In Episode 9 of Lexivore, Megha and Renee dive into all things local – with local authors, books from the local history section, local events, the local artists who display at the library. We also talk briefly about May as Mental Heath Awareness Month, and our recent reads, library events, and a teaser – which is also a call-out for patron participation for our next episode, a mid-year roundup for Patron Answers!

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

Transcript is available Here!

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Lexivore Podcast, Episode 8: Social Justice

This is the 8th episode of Lexivore, and Renee and Megha join with a guest, Elizabeth Davis from Albright Library, to discuss the social justice book clubs both libraries hold, as well as touching on some different social justice topics. There is also, as usual, a bit about library events, books we’ve recently read, and a teaser for our next episode – which focuses right back in on local authors, local color, local happenings.

 

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

 

Transcript is available Here!

 

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Lexivore Podcast, Episode 7 – Black History Month

In the 7th episode of Lexivore, the first episode of Season 2, Renee and Megha talk about Black History month, touching on some black authors to read and enjoy, and some of the history behind the civil rights movement, including both fiction and nonfiction. Books touched on include Bloodchild by Octavia Butler, Becoming by Michelle Obama, Well Read Black Girl by Gloria Edim, The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory, Freedom’s Daughters by Lynn Olson, and a handful of others. We also include a teaser for our next episode, which is going to be about social justice, yay!

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

 

Transcript is available Here!

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Lexivore Podcast, Episode 6 – Native American Literature

The 6th episode of Lexivore, the last of this year (wow!), has Renee and Megha talking about inclusion and representation – yet again – and this time touching on some of the darker aspects of our history, with Native American Literature – one historical fiction: I am Regina by Sally M Kheen, and one by a Native author: Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko.  It seems a fitting time, since November is Native American Heritage Month.  We also include a teaser for our next episode, in January, which is going to be for Black History Month.

We hope you enjoy our podcast!  You can listen here!

 

Transcript is available Here!

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Lexivore Podcast, Episode 5 – The Great American Read

In the fifth episode of the podcast, Renee and Megha have a guest, Jeannie Sluck from the Taylor Library to discuss the Great American Read.  We share a bit of its history, some comments about literary canon, with the issues of inclusion and representation, and add some of our own experiences with various books from the list.  There is also teaser for our next episode, coming up in November.

We hope you enjoy it!  You can listen Here!

 

Transcript is available Here!

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4th of July Fun and Fireworks!

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Enjoy some 4th of July fun at the Rotary Club of the Abingtons Annual Fireworks show! The fun starts TUESDAY, July 3 at the Abington Heights Middle School, Clarks Summit (raindate July 4) at 5 pm. There will be lots of food and amusement vendors and the fireworks show will begin at nightfall. Cost: only $5/ vehicle. The Rotary Club asks that attendees be generous and also to park in designated areas only!