Posts Tagged ‘Music’

The Library welcomes musician and novelist Willy Vlautin

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.

November at the library

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.

This week at the library

This week we are excited about the first Random Review of the season as well as a concert and Mexico-inspired reading.

Happy Independence Day!

The library will be closed Monday, July 4th in honor of Independence Day. Here are a few electronic tidbits to help celebrate…

The power of music

Most of us recognize the influence music has on our mood.  Why else do we listen to music at the gym, if not to harness its potency to make us exercise harder while enjoying  it more?

Dive into it!

You may have noticed the red bar that runs across our homepage. There is a ton of amazing information that hides just below the surface of the red bar. And not in a creepy way, but in an amazing, “wow I didn’t know that was there!” way. A lot of people use the red bar [...]

Great music event for fall – Geminus Guitar Duo

I can’t believe September is around the corner already! Where has this summer gone? We can help you ease the transition into fall with a great music event coming up in September.

it’s a small world after all (or at least a global village)

“So is music an asylum. It takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle our wonder as to who we are, and for what, whence, and whereto.”

American Song Database

You now have access to more streaming music!

Native and world flute mini-concert with John Sarantos

We have an exciting music-themed event coming up, to help you chase those winter blues away. John Sarantos will present a Native and world flute mini-concert and lecture at the Corvallis library on Saturday, January 30th at 3 pm.