Family Movie Night

The library will be holding a free Family Movie night tomorrow, Aug. 20 at 7 p.m. Come see Bedtime Stories with Adam Sandler in the Library Programming Center. Refreshments will be available for purchase, with proceeds benefiting the Friends of the Library.

What We're Reading: Tracy

Merit Badge Series: Astronomy, by the Boy Scouts of America.

The library just received the latest versions of all the Boy Scout Merit Badge pamphlets. Featuring new, full color photography throughout the completely updated texts, these pamphlets are great introductions to their topics for any reader. We have 114 different titles, shelved in the Youth Services non-fiction area at j369.43 BOY. Stop by and check them out!

What We're Reading: Cathy

Figures in Silk by Vanora Bennett is the story of two sisters, daughters of a London silk merchant. Jane becomes the infamous mistress of King Edward IV while her sister, Isabel, becomes the secret mistress of his brother, Richard III. This novel focuses on merchant London rather than the royal palaces or the wars and so you get a better idea of how the doings of the nobility affected the lives of those "below" them.

What We're Reading: Edward

FUGITIVE by PHILLIP MARGOLIN
Charlie Marsh is a jailed con man. His cellmate is his psychotic childhood friend. When his friend tries to kill a guard, Charlie is nearly killed saving the guard's life. Charlie's near death experience gets him out of prison. His tell all biography turns Charlie into Guru Gabriel Sun. He gets rich with his best seller biography and his "Light Within" workshops. At one of his workshops he meets the wife of a Congressman and becomes involved with her. When the Congressman shows up for one of the "Light Within" workshops, he is killed. Both the wife and Charlie are accused of murder. Charlie flees the country to Batanga, a country without an extradition treaty. Meanwhile the wife is acquitted of murder. When Charlie's life is endangered by Batanga's dictator, Charlie comes back to the States to face his murder charge. While on trial several attempts are made on his life. Will Charlie be convicted or acquitted? Will he live long enough to hear the verdict?
This is the third book in a series featuring Oregon attorney Amanda Jaffe.

What We're Watching: Tracy

The Mackinac Bridge Story, featuring J. C. Stilwell, produced by The Original Mackinac Bridge Museum.

The Mackinac Bridge never fails to impress visitors seeing it for the first time. Even those of us who live in Michigan and visit it every summer are usually awestruck anew. J. C. Stilwell, one of the original
iron workers on the bridge construction crew and founder of the Mackinac Bridge Museum, has created a wonderful tribute to the Mighty Mac with this video.

What We're Reading: Tracy

Cabinets of Curiosities, by Patrick Mauries.

This gorgeously illustrated volume traces the evolution of cabinets of curiosities, from their origin in the natural history collections of 15th century noblemen to their re-imagining by modern artists. Lovers of natural history, museums, or collecting will find much to savor in this beautiful book.

What We're Watching: Kathryn

Frost/Nixon (2008, R) Starring Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Oliver Platt, Kevin Bacon, and Sam Rockwell

This Academy Award-nominated movie was highly enjoyable, with enough great acting and suspense to keep viewers riveted to the very end. Frank Langella got an Oscar and a Golden Globe nomination for portraying a spot-on Nixon, but Michael Sheen also shone as British talk show host David Frost, who put his career on the line post-Watergate to get one last interview and, perhaps, an apology out of the former president.
Based on the Tony award-winning play, this movie is probably one of director Ron Howard's best.