This Tuesday evening, June 17, this Library will be rockin’! Detroit Garage band The High Strung will be here to lead off our summer reading program with a few hot guitar licks! There will be no shhshing going on here that night (the concert will actually take place on our south lawn - bring your blanket or lawn chair).
With an opening act by Avon Lake’s own sensation, Alana Bilancini, this concert promises to be one of the big acts of the summer here in Avon Lake and is suitable for all ages. The audience will participate in improvising and performing a premier rock ‘n roll composition.
While you’re here, be sure to sign up for one of our three, count them, three, summer reading contests. We’ve got contests, and prizes, for children, teens and adults! And don’t forget our Picture You ReadingContest.
We’re showing some great films at the Avon Lake Public Library this month. We have state-of-the-art projectors and sound systems, so this is an opportunity to see these movies as they were intended - on a big screen, with refreshments, and with your neighbors.
Sunday, Dec. 9 at 1:30 p.m. Family Feature: Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas, the first full-length stop-motion animated movie.
Monday, Dec. 10 at 1:30 p.m. Matinee: 84 Charing Cross Road with Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft
Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 6 p.m.: Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility with Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant.
Each of these movies is a treat, so treat yourself. See you in the front row!
New this week, we now have a video magnifier in the Adult Services area of the Library. This thing is really remarkable. Patrons with low-vision can use this machine to easily read almost any printed material. The object to be read is placed on a tray and then is projected onto a video screen. The video can be magnified to the appropriate level and adjusted for contrast and brightness. This can be used for reading anything from a book to a pill bottle, from a newspaper to a telephone book. It’s very simple to use. Please help us spread the word to Avon Lakers who can use this.
We’ve also got magnifiers and on-screen keyboards on all our public access computers and a video relay system machine to assist deaf and hard-of-hearing people to place and receive phone calls through a sign language interpreter. Our isles and doorways are wide, our tables and computer stations easily accommodate wheelchairs. We try to be as accessible as possible. If you or a friend needs any accessibility assistance, please ask any staff member. And if you see some service or resource that we could change to make it more accessible, please let us know.
Sunday, October 14 at 1:30 p.m. we’re holding our first Sunday Matinee. For October, we’re going with a Halloween theme: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. Come with a friend for a howling good time!
And don’t forget our coming Monday Matinee, this Monday, Sept. 24: The Best of the Tonight Show: King of Late Night.
Monday, Sept. 24, we’re hosting our second Monday Matinee at 1:30 p.m. We’re showing The Best of the Tonight Show: King of Late-Night.
If you have ideas for future Monday Matinees, please leave a comment. Our license won’t let us show everything, but it will let us show most American large-run movies out on DVD.
Hope you’ll come and join us. Should we serve popcorn?
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