Free Movie! — Storm
Posted by: ruskins on: January 28, 2010
Come to the library on Saturday, February 20th at 10:00 a.m. and be one of the first to see Storm, winnter of the Amnesty International Film Prize at the Berlin Int’l Film Festival.
Hannah Maynard, prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague, is leading a trial against a former commander of the Yugoslavian National Army who is accused of the deportation and later killing of dozens of Bosnian-Muslim civilians. When a key witness commits suicide, it looks like the case will unravel, however Hannah refuses to give in.
Hoping to uncover new findings, she travels to the witness’ burial in Sarajevo and meets his sister Mira who she senses has much more to say than she is willing to admit. Despite threats of violence, Mira reluctantly agrees to testify at The Hague. However, she and Hannah must both risk life and limb to make it to the court, only to discover that there are traitors among their own ranks.
Valentines Day is Not That Far Away. . .
Posted by: ruskins on: January 14, 2010
and now would be a great time to make a handmade card for your special loved one. Join us at the library on Sunday, January 31st at 2 p.m. for a Card Making Workshop. Let instructor Tracy Latino show you how to make your very own hand designed cards. You will make 3 cards at this workshop. There is a materials fee of $5.00 payable the day of the workshop (cash only please.)
If you are interested please register online or by call the library at 412-269-0334.
Tea Anyone?
Posted by: ruskins on: January 13, 2010
January is National Hot Tea Month and in celebration the library is having a program all about this most popular beverage.
- Did you know that tea is the second most popular beverage in the world to water?
- Tea was discovered by accident nearly 5,000 years ago?
- Tea contains naturally occurring plant compounds that may be good for your health?
Learn about this and more at our “Tea Time” program on Wednesday, January 27th at 6:30 p.m. If you are interested you can register here.
Adult Winter Reading Club Begins
Posted by: ruskins on: January 7, 2010
Don’t be left out in the cold! Participate in our first ever Adult Winter Reading Club! It’s easy. Just sign up here
https://host8.evanced.info/moon/sr/homepage.asp?ProgramID=&PreviewMode=Y&ShowOrder=
and start reading. You only have to log in one book by the end of March to be qualified to for our prize drawings! So get out there and start reading!
Gingerbread Creation Contest Entries
Posted by: ruskins on: December 18, 2009
Get a look at our Gingerbread Creation Contest goodies by clicking here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moonlibrary/sets/72157623021224204/
Pretty yummy!
Tax Workshop in January
Posted by: ruskins on: December 14, 2009
It’s going to be tax time before you know it and wouldn’t it be nice this year to have a little help to find all of those deductions you didn’t even know you had? H&R Block will be holding a free seminar at the library. Come and get reliable information from an expert. H & R Block representatives will explain tax laws and how they may affect you. This free presentation will be held on Thursday, January 7th at 6:30 p.m. at Moon Township Public Library. You must register for this program by January 6th. You can register online at www.moonlibrary.org or call the library at 412-269-0334.
Holiday Open House — Saturday, December 12
Posted by: ruskins on: December 10, 2009
Enjoy the holidays at your library! Come to our Holiday Open House on Saturday, December 12th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Bring the family to watch the newly released Santa Buddies at 10:30 a.m.
Help yourself to some punch, coffee and cookies.
View and vote for your favorite gingebread creation on display.
Take a chance in our Holiday Raffle.
Stop by the Craft Room to make some free holiday crafts.
Enjoy live holiday mustic performed by local students.
Hope you can make it!
Handcrafted Gifts are Really the Best
Posted by: ruskins on: November 30, 2009
Gifts you make yourself are really more special than store bought ones. Loved ones appreciate not only the thought, but the time and effort you put into making something just for them. On Monday, December 7th at 6 p.m. the Bead Lady will be visiting our library to give instructions on how to make several beading projects. You can make as many beautiful creations as you want. Kathy Shomo, a.k.a. The Bead Lady, will provide instruction and materials. You only pay for what materials you use.
Kathy has ten years of experience as a teaching artisti and is the author of the book Anyone Can Bead! Easy Techniques for Making Jewerly. The Bead Lady delights in her work and offers encouragement along with skilled training. You don’t want to miss this class!
Registration is required. Click this link http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/ekform.cfm?curOrg=MOON&curMonth=12&curYear=2009&curID=21025&tEvt=1522777 to register now. This class is intended for adults and students 12 years of age or older.
Bakers! Crafters! Don’t Be Left Out!
Posted by: ruskins on: November 16, 2009
Bakers rev up your mixers and enter our annual Gingerbread Creation Contest! Entries are accepted on Friday, December 11th & Saturday, December 12th by 10 a.m.
Entries will be judged on creativity, originality and neatness. The prize categories are:
- Adult
- Teen (Grades 6-12)
- Parent and Child (Preschool through Grade 5)
Entries will be voted on by the public beginning December 12 through December 17. Winners will be announced on Friday, December 18 and will receive $20 gift certificates to Barnes & Noble. All entries will be on display in the library through Sunday, December 20.
Book of the Week
The Help by Katheryn Stockett
Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step in Kathryn Stockett's New York Times bestselling debut, The Help . . .Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone.Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after, though she knows both their hearts may be broken.Minny, Aibileen's best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can look like nobody's business, but she can't mind her tongue, so she's lost yet another job. Minny finally finds a position working for someone too new to town to know her reputation. But her new boss has secrets of her own.Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk. and why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. and sometimes lines are made to be crossed.In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women - mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends - view one another.A deeply moving book filled with poignancy, humour, and hope, The Help is a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don't.
