On Thursday, February 16, at 6:30 pm in the Main Meeting Room, Willy Vlautin will present a program that combines music and literature. Vlautin will read from his Oregon Book Award-winning novel Lean on Pete as well as play songs which inspired the book.
Last fall the Library and Friends of the Library hosted Visions of Home: a Reading and Discussion with local authors George Estreich, Marjorie Sandor, and Charles Goodrich. It was a fabulous evening with a great discussion and a nice community turnout. Recently we found out that both Marjorie and George are 2012 Oregon Book Award [...]
Ereaders have been on our minds lately. We recently held one of our famous ebook drop-in sessions and had a “standing room only” crowd. I bet more than a few of you got an ereader this holiday season. Well, we are planning another ereader extravaganza just for you, this time on Friday January 6th.
It was great to see so many faces–both familiar and new–at last Friday’s ereader/ebook drop in session. We had a variety of dedicated ereaders and tablets for people to try out, and a number of folks brought in their own gadget and had the chance to ask us questions about it.
There are lots of interesting free events happening this month at the library, including a classical guitar concert, the monthly Random Review sponsored by the Friends of the Library, a talk by Oregon hiking guru Bill Sullivan, and a drop in ereading clinic.
We are very excited to announce that classical guitarist John Jarvie, will be performing at the library on Thursday, November 10 at 7:00 pm. Save the date!
The 18th annual Magic Barrel: A Reading to Fight Hunger takes place on Friday, Oct. 21 in the Corvallis High School Theater. In addition to readings by 8 local authors, there will be jazz music and delicious treats from local chefs and bakers. Music starts at 6:30, followed by readings at 7:00.
Tuesday and Wednesday are big days at the library next week! Expand your horizons with presentations about the culture of gay bullying, Italian travel, the importance of bees in our landscape. We will also have a fun readers theater event.
Join us at the library on Tuesdays in October for a travel lecture series from 12:10 to 1:00 pm.
Free reading and lecture by Oregon Poet Laureate Paulann Petersen who will discuss the importance of creative expression for women and read from her latest poetry collection, The Voluptuary. Wednesday, September 28 at 7:00
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