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Director and head librarian, Lou Pray, tells all about the library, Lopez, and beyond...

Summer Reading

Summer time is here and the reading is easy. I just read through Oprah's picks for her summer reads and ordered a few we don't have for the library. I've already read four this summer that will be hard to top. I count any day as a summer day when it is too warm to wear socks, meaning warmer than 80 degrees:

• The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

• Wesley the Owl, The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl by Stacey O'brien

• Stone's Fall by Iain Pears

• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith

This Summer @ your library...

• June 17 - Aug 12 - Summer Reading Program

• August 22 - Teddy Bear Picnic
  

Events @ the Community Center

• July 4 - Book Sale

Current Guest Artist

Now... June 20-July 29: Patie Savage -Oil Paintings/Glass fusion

Vist the library to see a vibrant and colorful oild of Patie Savage. Public welcomed.

Go to Art in the Library page

New Arrivals at Your Library

• Enhanced version of Consumer Reports now online!
  Enjoy it from the comfort of your home computer. Log in with library card number.

• Recent Acquisitions. Check this list for all items that have been added in the last 60 days, alphabetically and by category.
  New items- updated daily!

• Author Readings

Wednesday, July 8- Kenneth Burr - Library Community Room - 7:00 pm

Local author, Kenneth Burr, pastoral counselor and licensed marriage and family therapist, will read and discuss his new book, Coming Out, Coming Home: making room for gay spirituality in therapy. Although the full title implies this was written for therapists and pastoral counselors, it is easily accessible to anyone in the general public who desires to understand gay rights and the many misconceptions of people whose sexulaity stands outside the mainstream.

Saturday, July 18th - Nancy Rawles - Library Meeting Room - 2:30 pm
Noted Seattle novelist, playright and teacher will be reading at the library at 2:30 on Saturday July 18, 2009 in the community room. Her novel, My Jim, has been honored by the Seattle Public Library as this year's Seattle Reads featured work.  Seattle Reads is an initiative to "foster reading and discussion of works by authors of diverse cultures and ethnicities"

Monthly Event Calendar

View the Library calendar for events, movies, meetings, and more.

Movies

July 11 - The Fox and the Child - 2 pm

The Fox And The Child recounts the story of a magical, life-changing encounter between a wild fox and a young girl, portraying the story of their impossible friendship played out against a breathtaking mountainside wilderness. Springing from his own formative childhood encounters with a fox, and drawing on years of wildlife documentary expertise to craft a dramatic and thrilling narrative seen almost exclusively from the animal's perspective, director Luc Jacquet's film will offer audiences an unprecedented journey into the magical, secret world of this most elusive and enigmatic creature. Through Jacquet's camera, the audience will become the fox: will enter its skin, share its senses, experience the dangers it faces, perceive the images and sounds that surround it.

Friday, July 24 - Teen Movie Night -Coraline - 5:30 pm

A young girl walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. On the surface, this parallel reality is eerily similar to her real life - only much better. But when her adventure turns dangerous, and her counterfeit parents (including Other Mother) try to keep her forever, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home - and save her family. Rated PG. FREE

Click here for:

• Coraline Movie Trailers

• Other Mother's Workshop - Button your eyes, print or print or publish to Facebook or MySpace.

• Tour the interactive Coraline website