LPL News for the week of 2/13/11

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Upcoming Events

Sunday, February 13
SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS: Love: A Musical Celebration
Gary Pildner plays happy, sweet songs about love on the Library’s Steinway. All the greats, from Cole Porter to Irving Berlin, Rodgers and Hammerstein and more will have their say on the greatest subject of all.
This special program will be held at 2:00 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room.

Tuesday, February 15
KNIT & LIT BOOK CLUB
Lynda Tuennerman hosts a social club for multitaskers—a combination book club and stitchery group. She’s looking for readers who can enjoy intense discussion of modern classics while relaxing with their latest stitching project. Come share your passion for great literature and show off your knitting, crocheting, counted cross-stitch, embroidery and quilting works-in-progress. At each meeting, the group decides what will be read next. Call (216) 226-8275, ext. 127 or visit http://www.lakewoodpubliclibrary.com/bookclubs to learn more. Tonight's book is The Godfather by Mario Puzo.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Meeting Room

Wednesday, February 16
MEET THE AUTHOR: CLEVELAND ROCKS ON
The Buzzard: Inside the Glory Days of WMMS and Cleveland Rock Radio
by John Gorman with Tom Feran
Go behind the scenes at the Buzzard during the heyday of Cleveland rock and roll radio. John Gorman was there and he has the stories, the photos and even some videos to prove it! This multimedia presentation is an expansion of his wild and rocky memoir. You’ll feel like you were there with the larger-than-life superstars of the ‘70s and ‘80s—the DJs, the musicians and even a certain cartoon buzzard who we’re pretty sure doesn’t actually exist. Books will be available for sale and signing at the event.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Saturday, February 19
FIVE STAR FILMS: Green Dolphin Street (1947)
Directed by Victor Saville Not Rated
A Navy deserter becomes enthralled with two sisters, Lana Turner and Donna Reed. He favors the quiet one and the feeling is mutual, but her vivacious sister is also smitten. To avoid court martial, he escapes to the South Seas and plans to send for his intended. But one drunken blunder changes all their lives forever.
6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Sunday, February 20
SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS: Home in Ohio
Hal Walker grew up in Kent, Ohio blowing his harmonica along the banks of the Cuyahoga River. Today, he is a musical explorer celebrating community, diversity and the creative process on a variety of unique instruments.
2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium


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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:
Patricia Highsmith: selected novels and short stories by Patricia Highsmith - FICTION HIGHSMITH
The life and memoirs of Doctor Pi and other stories by E. Bayley - FICTION BAYLEY
Dragon chica : a novel by May-Lee.Chai - FICTION CHAI

Adult Nonfiction:
What color is your parachute?: a practical manual for job-hunters and career-changers
by Richard Nelson Bolles - 331.7 BOLLES
The American Heritage essential student thesaurus by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company - 423.1 AMERICAN
Facebook for grown-ups by Michael Miller - 006.754 MILLER

Adult Audiovisual:
Fearless mountain: life through the eyes of American Buddhist monks by Andrew Anthony - DVD 294.3657 FEARLESS
The big black & the blue by First Aid Kit - CD ROCK FIRST
They call me Baba Booey by Gary Dell'Abate - CD BIO DELLABAT

Juvenile Fiction:
That's Not Funny! by Jeanne Willis - jPICTURE Willis
The PS Brothers by Maribeth Boelts - jFICTION Boelts
Emily the Strange: Dark Times by Rob Reger - TEEN FICTION Reger

Juvenile Audiovisual:
Sesame Street: Silly Storytime -- jDVD Sesame
The Search for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi - jCD FICTION DiTerlizzi
I Love to Hear the Sounds by Kathy Reid-Naiman - jCD Reid-Naiman

BROWSING THE STACKS

Lakewood Public Library offers a wide variety of book collections within our non-fiction area. This week's spotlight is on: Interior Design. These titles can be found in the Nonfiction collection on the second floor at Main Library and also at the Madison Branch.

Feng Shui Style by Stephen Skinner - 133.3337 SKINNER
Alexandra Stoddard's book of color by Alexandra Stoddard - 747.94 STODDARD
Interior color by design: a design tool for architects, interior designers, and homeowners
by Jonathan Poore - 729 POORE
Interior design. Solutions: 20 ready-made room schemes for your home by Ruth Pretty - 747 PRETTY
Mary Gilliatt's complete room by room decorating guide by Mary Gilliatt - 747 GILLIATT
Interior design illustrated by Frank Ching - 729 CHING

STAFF PICKS

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks By Rebecca Skloot
When Henrietta Lacks was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 1951, her cells were collected and stored during surgery, without her knowledge. This book is the astonishing story of those cells, which continued to divide and flourish in test tubes and which would become the scientific basis for much of cancer research in the last half century. And while the book tells tales of medical breakthroughs linked to HeLa cells (as they are called), including the polio vaccine, it is also a very human story of loss and heritage. The ten years it took Skloot to research and write her book are reflected in a precise, yet readable discussion of scientific facts and an overriding poignant bond between Skloot and the Lacks family, especially with Henrietta's daughter, Deborah. It's no wonder that The New York Times chose this book for its Notable Books of 2010 List; it looks squarely at some shameful medical practices in a prejudiced society, but Skloot also successfully makes this book a testament to the very real Henrietta Lacks.

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Freaky Green Eyes By Joyce Carol Oates
When her parents separate, Franky Pierson has no trouble deciding whose side she is on. After all, her mother is the one who chose to leave. When her mother is suddenly reported missing, Franky believes she simply pulled a disappearing act and deserted the family for good. But a part of Franky, a part she calls Freaky Green Eyes, know that something is wrong. To uncover the truth, Freaky Green Eyes must open Franky’s eyes to what is really happening.

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