Just a heads up – the Library will be closed Monday, May 27, in observance of Memorial Day.
So if you are looking for barbecue cookbooks (or DVDs, given the wet weather), stop by the Library before they are all gone.
Although, if all the DVDs were checked out, that would be a sight to see . . .
For more information, contact the Library at 503-682-2744 or reference@wilsonvillelibrary.org.
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Drop off your ballots at the Library
The ballot box is here and ready for your ballot!
Make sure to put the completed ballot in the SECRECY envelope, and then in the mailing envelope, and then sign the mailing envelope.
If you have problems with your ballot (marked the wrong circle, or put the ballot in the wrong envelope, or your dog ate the ballot), call Clackamas County Elections for a replacement ballot at 503-655-8510.
For more information, visit the Clackamas County Elections website.
All these could be yours – for two weeks (for free)!
I mean really checked out a magazine. As in picked up a magazine at the library, and checked it out on your library card.
You haven’t? Well, what are you waiting for?
Choose from a variety of magazines, from popular People, Reader’s Digest, and Sports Illustrated, to more narrow subjects like Cooks Illustrated, Macworld, Northwest Travel, Organic Gardening, Paper Crafts, and a whole lot more.
Maybe more scientific titles interest you? Then try Discover, Scientific American, and Popular Science.
Or how about titles for kids, like Calliope, Ranger Rick, and Highlights.
Did you know you can check out copies of Consumer Reports, The New York Times Book Review, and This Old House?
Just stop by the library and take a look at our magazine collection (it’s right by the large picture windows behind the Reference Desk). Magazines check out for 14 days – which is a lot more time than you have standing in the check-out line at the grocery store. And they’re free!
For more information, contact the Reference Desk at 503-682-2744 or reference@wilsonvillelibrary.org.
Honor Flight of Oregon Benefit this Saturday, May 4 at 6:00 PM.
Please join us for a showing of the movie Honor Flight at Wilsonville Public Library on Saturday, May 4, at 6:00 PM. Tickets sold at the door are $5.00. Individual copies of the movie will be available for sale. This showing is a benefit for Honor Flight of Oregon.
Honor Flight is a heartwarming documentary about four living World War II veterans and a Midwest community coming together to give them the trip of a lifetime. Volunteers race against the clock to fly thousands of WWII veterans to Washington, DC to see the memorial constructed for them in 2004, nearly 60 years after their epic struggle.
The trips are called “Honor Flights” and for the veterans, who are in their late 80s and early 90s, it’s often the first time they’ve been thanked and the last trip of their lives. The 24-hour journey is full of surprises that deeply move all who are involved. It’s uncommon for World War II veterans to talk about the War, but the Honor Flight experience brings their stories out. Many veterans say, with the exception of their wedding day and the birth of their children, the trip is the best day of their life.
Honor Flight Benefit
Saturday, May 4
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Oak Room
$5.00 admission goes to Honor Flight of Oregon
For more information, contact Patty Brescia at 503-570-1525 or brescia@ci.wilsonville.or.us.
Who (or what) is Cymbeline? Find out in this class!
Our beloved Prof. John Ehrstine returns with this year’s “Brush Up Your Shakespeare” class.
Join the discussion of Shakespeare’s plays being performed at this year’s Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, including one fairly rare play Cymbeline, and three great favorites: King Lear, The Taming of the Shrew, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
The 8-class series is only $35, and books for the class are available for purchase.
Prof. Ehrstine’s classes are highly regarded and quite popular. Call the Library at 503-682-2744 or stop by the Circulation Desk to sign up today.
For more information, contact the Library at 503-682-2744 or reference@wilsonvillelibrary.org.
The good news is that Storytime returns next week, starting Tuesday, April 16. Storytime is currently on break as our Youth Services staff is getting everything ready for the Summer Reading Program (starts June 10!).
The new news is that our Monday evening Spanish Storytime will change formats – kids will make a different puppet each week, then use their puppet to help tell a story in Spanish. This is a bilingual program for Spanish and English speakers, as well as learners of either language.
For more information, contact the Youth Services Librarian Steven Engelfried at 503-570-1592 or engelfried@wilsonvillelibrary.org.
A boy, a bengal, and a boat
It sounds like a joke, right? But we’re serious – this month’s First Friday Film (tomorrow night, April 5, at 6PM) stars the film based on the book Life of Pi.
The film recently won four Academy Awards from eleven nominations, including Best Director. The book won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, the 2003 Boeke Prize (a South African novel award), and the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature in Best Adult Fiction for years 2001–2003. And did we mention that the book has sold over 10 million copies worldwide? Not bad for a book that got rejected by five publishing houses!
So what’s all the hubbub about? Here’s the gist:
“After the sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a wounded zebra, an orangutan—and a 450-pound royal bengal tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary and beloved works of fiction in recent years.”
Los Angeles Times Book Review called it “A story to make you believe in the soul-sustaining power of fiction.”
Get your library copy in these formats:
For more information, contact the Reference Desk at 503-682-2744 or reference@wilsonvillelibrary.org.
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