March Madness@Your Library!

Thinking Library!

Carole Stanger

March 17, 2012

New Books Upstairs @ the library!

Into the Darkness by V. C. Andrews

Cinnamon Roll Murder by Joanne Fluke

Victims by Jonathan Kellerman

Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult

Before the Poison by Peter Robinson

Downfall by Terri Blackstock

Chasing the Sun by Tracie Peterson

Coming Events @ the Library!

• Library Hours!

Monday – Friday 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Wednesday 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Sundays—closed

• Check out our website http://www.atlantic.lib.ia.us

• The Library Board regular meeting Monday, Apr. 9,(5:00 for Dome Theater) 5:30 p.m. meeting room downstairs.

• Wednesdays, Mar. 21, Apr. 4 and 18, Preschool Story Time for 3&4 year olds from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
• Thursdays, Mar. 22, Apr. 5 and 19, Preschool Story Time for 4&5 year olds from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
• Monday, Mar. 19 – Carole presentation on ebooks & library website to PEO group at 7:30 at the Library.
• Saturday, Mar. 24 – Book signing with local author Allen Stark from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.
• Wednesday, Mar. 28 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Library meeting/program room All Cass County Reads Program by author Rosanne Bachman for her book Driving to Clarinda!
• April 8-14 is National Library Week!
• Monday, Apr. 9 , 12 noon to 7 p.m. in 30 minute segments The Dome Theater (a mobile digital theater) will be inflated upstairs in the main reading room! Some of the programs include: Night of the Titanic, the Stellarium, the Dinosaur Prophecy, Secrets of the Dead Sea, and Force Five! Reserve your space now! Seats and area are limited. Free!
• Friends of the Atlantic Public Library will be having their annual Spring Used Book Sale! Setup will be Apr. 11 & 12. Sale will be Apr. 13 & 14 and tear down will be Apr. 14 & 16. Please wait to drop off your gently used books until Tuesday, April 10.

Did You Know… the Atlantic Public Library no longer has a meeting room open to the public? Several years ago the library board changed the policy and made the rooms for library and ICN classes and programs only. Now, the library can offer more programs and cooperate with other organizations to have special programs for our patrons!

Behind My Desk… I didn’t want to push this program too soon, but I am so excited to have Rosanne Bachman come to the Atlantic Public Library on Wednesday evening, March 28 from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Several years ago now Rosanne published a book entitled Driving to Clarinda. Rosie grew up here in Atlantic as Rosanne Reimer. Some of you may have had Mrs. Reimer for fifth grade. Rosanne tells the story of her family and how they coped with mental illness in times when we knew very little about those kinds of diseases. Driving to Clarinda is an insightful and caring picture of a Midwestern family trying to cope with serious issue. I found the book easy to read and well written. The library has several copies available for loan.

Of course Rosanne will be talking about the issues in the book, but I think she plans to discuss a little about the process of writing the book. It should be an interesting and enjoyable evening. Please come!

I also listed on the Library Online Calendar and in the “Coming Events@ the Library” section of this column a note about the Dome Theater coming to the library on Monday, April 9. If you have a little time, you might want to look at the website for this activity. It is www.dometheater.net . Julie noticed that Exira was planning to have this at their school, so she decided to take a look online to see what is was about. She then let me know and we decided to use some of the State money given to us this year to book the theater for us some time during Library Week! THEN I saw they had a program on the Titanic! April 15^th is the one hundredth anniversary of the sinking of this mighty ship. So, at least one of the programs will be about this event. I’m hoping that you will be able to take part in this special day.

In fact, that day is “Board Meeting Day” for the Library Board, so I scheduled a special viewing for them at 5 o’clock!

Well, that should keep us busy for a few days!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!…and Keep Thinking Libraries!