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Blank Feature News On Your Mark, Get Set…Fables! Avondale Regional Branch Library, June 28, 6:30 p.m. And they’re off! Join Lee Bryan, That Puppet Guy, for another exciting day at the races as "The Tortoise and the Hare" weaves its way through the tales of "The Lion and the Mouse" and "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." It’s a night of Aesop’s fantastic fables fun you won’t soon forget. Reduced Hours at Springville Road Regional Branch Library Due to air conditioning failure in the main part of the Springville Road Regional Branch Library, the hours of operation have been adjusted as follows: Monday-Saturday 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Sunday - Closed This schedule will be in place until repairs have been made. If you have reserves to pick up at Springville Road and cannot get in during these temporary hours, please call the Circulation Desk at 226-4081 and the library will route them to the library of your choice. Your holds will not be cancelled during this period. The library's evening programs have been postponed, but hopefully these can be rescheduled to take place before the end of summer. Events & Programs Central Library to Host Google Workshop for Small Business Owners on June 29 If you are a current business owner and you want to gain control of the information Google displays about your business in Google Search and Google Maps, then this workshop is for you. A Google Trusted Photographer and Trusted Verifier will be present to help your business get online and allow you to choose what people see when they “google” you. Birmingham Public Library Summer Reading for Adults: Belly Dance Lessons, Knitting, and Quilting If you are an adult looking for fun, free activities this summer, the Birmingham Public Library’s 2016 summer reading schedule has plenty of activities to keep you busy. Last Week To View Birmingham Artist Merrilee Challiss' New Ideal: New Works Exhibit Central Library, May 7 - June 24 “The paintings are failures of my attempts to represent energy and consciousness in its various stages, respective to the subject. What is left of our world, despite our best efforts to destroy it, is still rife with wonder and beauty, fecundity and meaning. I see all natural systems, man, animal, and spirit as connected and constantly overlapping and co-existing on conscious and unconscious levels. I locate myself and my role as artist, in a meditative state, in the liminal realm between elegy and celebration, where the spirit and the unconscious trump our waking reality.” ~Merrilee Challiss Resources & Classes Device Training - Downloadables Powderly Library, June 21, 2:00 p.m. Would you like to learn how to download and read e-books or listen to audiobooks for free on your device? Library staff can teach you how. Bring your own device or you can use the various devices we will bring. We hope you will join us to see what the library has to offer. Special note: We will only be using devices that have Internet capabilities and do not need to be hooked up to a computer. Learn the Game of Chess West End Library, June 23 & 30, 3:30 p.m. Target audience: children Chess teaches a higher level of thinking skills such as the ability to visualize, analyze, and think critically. Bring a friend make new friends and have some fun learning the game of chess. Books & Materials Preventing the Tears Panel Discussion and Book Signing with Carolyn Johnson Central Library, June 18, 2:00 p.m.; book signing 4:00-5:00 p.m. The Central Library will host a panel discussion on June 18 addressing how to curb homicides in Birmingham. The event will feature a talk and book signing by victims’ advocate/community activist Carolyn Johnson, author of When Your Child Is Murdered. Online Magazines: Flipster Read magazines online FREE. Get access to Cosmpolitan, Ebony, Entertainment Weekly, Essence, Forbes, Good Housekeeping, Health, Motor Trend, People, Popular Science, Prevention, Real Simple, Rolling Stone, Seventeen, Slam, Southern Living, Sports Illustrated, Time, and mental_floss. Save the Date October 1-7 Eat Drink Read Write Festival http://www.bplonline.org/eatdrinkfest.aspx BPL Calendar View all library events and programs happening in every BPL location. June 10, 2016 Birmingham Public Library 2100 Park Place Birmingham, AL 35203 205-226-3600 www.bplonline.org   This e-mail was sent from Jefferson County Library Cooperative, Inc. Immediate removal with PatronMail® SecureUnsubscribe. To forward this e-mail to a friend or colleague, use this link. To change your e-mail address or update preferences, use this link.