What's New at Stanley Community Library
Upcoming Events
Closed Mon, Feb 17, Presidents' Day
Storytime
Fridays at 10:30 am
Lecture by John Phillips
"Tomorrow Part Two"
Jan 9, 6:30 pm
Knitting sessions
Thursdays, twice monthly, 6:00 pm
Jan 16 and 30 and Feb 13 and 27
Game Night, 6:00 pm
Fridays, Jan 17, Feb 7 and 28
Movie Night, 7:00 p.m.
The Hunger Games
Thursday January 23
Bowls & Books, 5:30 p.m.
The Hunger Games
Monday January 27
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Stanley Library News, January 9, 2014
By Jane Somerville
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! We have been in our new building for a full year now, and we are looking forward to serving you in the year ahead with plenty of programming, new books, audio books, magazines and more.
Programs for January
Programs for January begin Thursday, January 9, with a "Cheap Champagne" lecture by John Phillips, titled "Tomorrow Part Two." The lecture begins at 6:30 p.m. January 16 at 6:00 our knitting circle will meet, bring your works in progress or learn something new. Board games, Wii and Xbox games will be played on Thursday the 17th at 6:00 pm. Bring your favorite game, or play the variety of games available at the library. Game on until everyone has had enough! Thursday, January 23 we will be showing the movie The Hunger Games at 7:00 pm, and we will discuss the book on Monday, January 27. Dinner will be served at 5:30, book discussion begins at 6:00. Books are available for check out at the library now.
New books for the New Year
Non-fiction books on the new shelf include The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Godwin, I Am A Man by Joe Starita, I Am Malala The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb, The Death of Santini by Patrick Conroy and This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett.
New fiction includes The Circle by Dave Eggers, Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford, The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg, The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan and Identical by Scott Turow.
If you prefer to listen to your books we have an excellent selection of audio books including Innocence by Dean Koontz, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, Sycamore Row by John Grisham, One Summer, America 1927 by Bill Bryson and The Supreme Macaroni Company by Adriana Trigiani.
Library closure
The library will be closed Monday, January 20 in honor of Martin Luther King Day.
Stanley Library hours and other info
We are open Monday 12-6, Tuesday and Wednesday 12-4, Thursday 12-6, Friday and Saturday 10-6.
Library phone number is 774-2470.
Email address is stanley.id.library@gmail.com.
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