THE B��KMARK

“All that mankind has done, though,

gained or been: it is lying as in magic

preservation in the pages of books.”

~ Thomas Carlyle

November/December 2016

Grant-seeking Basics

for Non-profit

Organizations

Wednesday

Workshops:

November 2, 10a-12n

November 16, 11a-1p

405 W Main 457-0354

�Storytellers Network:

First Tuesdays (Nov 1 & Dec 6) @ 6:00p

� Creative Writing Star Group (SIH Second Act):

First Thursdays (Nov 3 & Dec 1) @ 1:00p

�Saluki Writers’ Monthly Short Story Workshop:

Nov 19 & Dec: TBA 9:30a -12 noon

Storytellers

and

Writers

“Meet the Patels,”

Saturday, Dec 10@ 2:30p

Explores the influences of culture and

identity on the most intense, personal

and important part of one’s life —love.

Discussion follows with Soumik Pal,

doctoral student of SIUC MCMA.

Presented in partnership w/WSIU.

ITVS & WSIU film and discussion series @ CPLITVS & WSIU film and discussion series @ CPLITVS & WSIU film and discussion series @ CPLITVS & WSIU film and discussion series @ CPL

For the benefit of the

Women’s Center —

take a tag, buy a toy!

Trivia Question: “Marley was dead: to begin with.”

are the first words of this classic

holiday ghost story. What is it?

(Answer on reverse side)

Holiday Family Movie, Dec 28 @1p

No ticket required *** Free popcorn

Art in the

Library

Are you an artist in search of

exhibit space? If so, talk to Patrick

King, Volunteer Coordinator.

We want to continue to exhibit

artwork. Our previous exhibits

have been well received.�

�OUR MISSION STATEMENT: Carbondale Public Library provides resources and services to

support the educational, informational, cultural, and recreational needs of its community.

ON THE NEW

SHELVES

The Cyber Effect: A Pioneering

Cyberpsychologist Explains how

Human Behavior Changes

Online ~ Mary Aiken (155.9 AIK)

The Winter Fortress: The Epic

Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb ~ Neal Bascomb

(940.5486 BAS)

For Kids:

Armstrong: The Adventurous

Journey of a Mouse to the Moon ~ Torben Kuhlmann (JP KUH)

This Land is Our Land: A History of American Immigration ~ Linda

Barrett Osborne (J 304.80973 OSB)

Teen Reads:

First Peoples [videorecording]

930.1 FIR (DVD)

The Season of You & Me ~ Robin Constantine (F CON)

www.carbondalepubliclibrary.org

Go to our homepage and

click on the Calendar

link—Children, Teen or

Adult —to see all the programs that

interest you, because there is

ALWAYS SOMETHING going on!

NOV

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NOV 23 ~ Closing @ 6p

NOV 24-25

DEC 24-26

DEC 31 ~ Closing @ 3p

For Adults:

Christmas Caramel Murder ~ Joanne Fluke (MYS FLU)

Twelve Days of Christmas ~ Debbie Macomber (F MAC)

Feel free to join our

Wednesday Noon Book Club

(WNBC), the 2nd Wednesday

of each month.

�NOV 9: H Is for Hawk ~ Helen Macdonald

�DEC 14: The Wright Brothers ~David McCullough

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Senior Coffee Club

9:30a, First Tuesday of the month

Guests & topics: TBA

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“There is not such a cradle of

democracy upon the earth as the Free

Public Library, this republic of let-

ters, where neither rank, office, nor

wealth receives the slightest

consideration.” ~ Andrew Carnegie

Thanks to our Adopt-A-Magazine

donors, the library offers over 175

magazines. Contact Wendy

wschoof@carbondale.lib.il.us 618-457-

0354, ext. 4 to find out which maga-

zines need a sponsor. We’ll recognize

your sponsorship on our magazine

shelves, displaying your name, your

business, or some-

one you wish to

honor or remem-

ber. Want us to

carry a new maga-

zine? Please don’t

order a gift subscription directly, but do

tell us the title, and if you’d like to

sponsor it, we’ll let you know the price.

Tax donations of any amount can al-

ways be made to the Carbondale Public

Library. We’ll send a thank you letter

for tax purposes, and because we are

truly grateful!

Trivia Answer: Charles Dickens’

“A Christmas Carol”

NOV 6