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Continue reading →: Fresh off the press
Our Montclair Library tote bags are now available for sale at the library! $10 gets you a sturdy cotton canvas tote featuring the 4 wise owls from the library’s sign, silkscreened in dark brown water-based ink right here in Oakland by Forward Printing. It’s big enough to hold lots of…
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Continue reading →: This week at Montclair Library
Thursday, April 25, 2013 Toddler Storytime – 10:15am Baby Bounce – 11:30am
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Continue reading →: Poem in Your Pocket Day
Today is the Academy of American Poets’ Poem in Your Pocket Day! Carry a favorite poem with you to share with friends and family. Need a poem? The AAP has some great selections for both kids and adults ready to print here. How about “How to Read a Poem: A…
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Continue reading →: This week at Montclair Library
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 National Poetry Month reading/open mic – 6:00pm Join us at the Montclair Library for National Poetry Month! Celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture. Local poets will read, and there will be an open mic afterward. No advance sign-up necessary. MC’ed by Linda Brown,…
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Continue reading →: National Library Week
April 14-20, 2013 is National Library Week! Come check out some books, attend a poetry reading, bring the kids to storytime, use the computer, read a periodical you don’t subscribe to at home, borrow a movie or CD, get help with a reference question, and use your library! What do…
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Continue reading →: Our sister library
You may know that the Montclair branch library’s construction in 1930 was funded by wealthy benefactor Chauncey W. Gibson. But did you know that Middletown, in Lake County, also has a Gibson library? Check out this article by Jan Cook for the Lake County News for the complete back story,…
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Continue reading →: UNBOUND winners
Drumroll, please! We’re ready to announce the winners in our UNBOUND Book Art & Craft Contest! We received some amazing entries, and each of them used a book in unique and interesting ways. Click on any of the photos below to see bigger versions, or see our Pinterest board. Congratulations…
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Continue reading →: Automated haiku
In honor of National Poetry Month, the New York Times has created software that browses articles on the NYTimes.com homepage and turns them into haiku. An example from a Q&A with “Game of Thrones” creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss: But we’re working off a detailed road map and we…
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Continue reading →: This week at Montclair Library
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 Teen Screen-Printing Workshop 3:00-4:30pm Create your own unique screen-printed T-shirt with help from the artists at the Rock, Paper, Scissors Collective. Thursday, April 11, 2013 Toddler Storytime – 10:15am Baby Bounce – 11:30am
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Continue reading →: Poetry reading & open mic
Ink runs from the corners of my mouth. There is no happiness like mine. I have been eating poetry. – Mark Strand, “Eating Poetry,” Reasons for Moving, 1968 Happy April! April is National Poetry Month, and to celebrate, the Montclair Library is hosting a poetry reading and open mic event…
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