LPL News for the week of 10/24/10

[Lakewood Public Library]

"Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction." -- Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966)

Upcoming Events

Sunday, October 24
SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS: Kristine Jackson Roots and Blues
The original howling, moaning spirit of the blues lives on in this exceptional performer who’s short on years, but big on heart. She’ll mix it up with searing vocals, hot guitar and an angel’s trumpet.
2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Monday, October 25
Financing Your Very Small Business
What options do you have when your startup is unable to secure traditional financing? Representatives from the WECO Fund invite you to participate in a workshop that covers everything from business plans to tax returns. You may be the right candidate for a microloan.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Wednesday, October 27
LAKEWOOD HISTORICAL SOCIETY:
American DaVinci: Viktor Schreckengost
Craig Bara will discuss the development of Schreckengost’s “Early Settler” at Lakewood High School. At the time it was the largest freestanding ceramic sculpture in the world and it created controversy throughout the community.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

SPECIAL EVENT
An Evening With Lisa Black
benefiting the Lakewood Public Library Foundation
Thursday, November 11, 2010
6:30 - 8:30 p.m. (Doors open at 6)

Lake Erie Screw Building
13000 Athens Ave
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
Tickets can be purchased in person at Lakewood Public Library locations, and at lakewoodpubliclibrary.com.

Lakewood Public Library no longer provides plastic bags. Patrons are welcome to take or leave plastic bags from selected areas in the first floor Community Room and the Audiovisual Department. Thank you for supporting our continuing efforts to be environmentally responsible.

NEW BOOKS, MOVIES & MUSIC: Located on the First Floor in the New Book Area

Adult Fiction:

Diana Comet and other improbable stories by Sandra McDonald -- SCIFI MCDONALD
Power slide: a Darcy Lott mystery by Susan Dunlap -- MYSTERY DUNLAP
Last night at Chateau Marmont: a novel by Lauren Weisberger -- FICTION WEISBERGER

Adult Nonfiction:

Diaghilev: a life by Sjeng Scheijen -- BIO DIAGHILEV
Through a dog's eyes by Jennifer Arnold -- 636.7 ARNOLD
The sugar king of Havana: the rise and fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's last tycoon by John Paul Rathbone -- 38.763361092 RATHBONE

Juvenile Fiction:

Zero by Kathryn Otoshi -- jPICTURE Otoshi
Touch Blueby Cynthia Lord -- jFICTION Lord
Bloodthirsty by Flynn Meaney -- TEEN FICTION Meaney

Juvenile Audiovisual:

Trick or Treat Tales -- jDVD Trick
The Gecko and Sticky: The Greatest Power by Wendelin Van Draanen -- jCD FICTION Van Draanen
Phineas and Ferb Soundtrack -- jCD SOUNDTRACK Phineas

BROWSING THE STACKS
Lakewood Public Library offers a wide variety of book collections within our non-fiction area. This week's spotlight is on:Genealogy. These titles can be found in non-fiction collection at Main Library and the Madison Branch.

Finding your family history in Northeast Ohio by Vicki Blum Vigil -- 929.3771 VIGIL

The genealogist's companion and sourcebook by Emily Anne Croom -- 929.1072073 CROOM

Celebrating the family: the MyFamily.com guide to understanding your family history
by MyFamily.com, Inc. -- 929.1072 CELEBRATING

Creating your family heritage scrapbook: from ancestors to grandchildren, your complete resource & idea book for creating a treasured heirloom by Maria Nerius -- 929.1 NERIUS

Professional genealogy: a manual for researchers, writers, editors, lecturers, and librarians by Elizabeth S. Mills -- 929.1 PROFESSIONAL

The researcher's guide to American genealogy by Val D. Greenwood -- 929.1072073 GREENWOOD

LPL'S WEB SITE FOCUS: Lakewood Public Library Meeting Rooms

Lakewood Public Library has a meeting room located on the lower level. It is the policy of Lakewood Public Library to establish meeting rooms for the primary purpose of conducting library-sponsored events and programs in accordance with its mission. To advance the mission when no library sponsored events and programs are scheduled, meeting rooms may be made available at no charge, on a limited first come, first serve basis, with equal terms to organizations and individuals whose use of the facilities will increase public access to human experience, knowledge, ideas, information, insight and values. For more information or to print out an application, go to http://www.lkwdpl.org/about/meetingroom.htm

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