This Month's Adult Events From the Hoover Library

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Career Training Opportunities ESL Classes Start September 4 First Thursday Book Group: State of Wonder Coffee Tastings @ the Plaza: Tour the Greek Isles-Food and Coffee Second Thursday Book Group: As I Lay Dying Playing @ the Plaza: Broken Letters Write Club Instrumentalists @ the Plaza: J. David Black Monday at the Movie: Secretariat Funding a Small Business Library Fundraiser at California Pizza Kitchen Conversations @ the Plaza: German, French and Spanish Nonfiction Book Group: Empire of the Summer Moon Kindle and the Library Career Training Opportunities Our program Tuesday, September 4 will be presented by CEFA, Construction Education Foundation of Alabama. CEFA has the support, direction and curriculum to provide you with the CRAFT specific trade training that construction employers want, need and expect. Unemployed individuals entering the classes are entered into the CEFA database that is sent to contractors in YOUR area. Call 444-7816 for more information. Tuesday, September 4 at 10 am--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms ESL Classes Start September 4 English classes for adults. September 4-December 4, 2012. Every Tuesday: 6:30-8:00 p.m. No class October 2nd or November 6th. Classes are free. For more information call 444-7820. Tuesday, Sept. 4, 11, 18, 25 at 6:30 pm--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms First Thursday Book Group: State of Wonder State of Wonder by Ann Patchett In State of Wonder, pharmaceutical researcher Dr. Marina Singh sets off into the Amazon jungle to find the remains and effects of a colleague who recently died under somewhat mysterious circumstances. But first she must locate Dr. Anneck Swenson, a renowned gynecologist who has spent years looking at the reproductive habits of a local tribe where women can conceive well into their middle ages and beyond. Dr. Singh must face her own disappointments and regrets, along with the jungle’s unforgiving humidity and insects, making State of Wonder a multi-layered atmospheric novel that is hard to put down. Thursday, September 6 at 10:00 am --Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Coffee Tastings @ the Plaza: Tour the Greek Isles-Food and Coffee Coffee-ol-ogy Coffee Cafe presents fun and interactive programs on food and coffees from around the globe. Complimentary samples provided. Sunday, September 9 at 2:30 pm--Library Plaza Second Thursday Book Group: As I Lay Dying As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner Addie Bundren, the wife of Anse Bundren and the matriarch of a poor southern family, is very ill, and is expected to die soon. Her oldest son, Cash, puts all of his carpentry skills into preparing her coffin, which he builds right in front of Addie’s bedroom window. Although Addie’s health is failing rapidly, two of her other sons, Darl and Jewel, leave town to make a delivery for the Bundrens’ neighbor, Vernon Tull, whose wife and two daughters have been tending to Addie. Shortly after Darl and Jewel leave, Addie dies. The youngest Bundren child, Vardaman, associates his mother’s death with that of a fish he caught and cleaned earlier that day. With some help, Cash completes the coffin just before dawn. Vardaman is troubled by the fact that his mother is nailed shut inside a box, and while the others sleep, he bores holes in the lid. Addie and Anse’s daughter, Dewey Dell, whose recent sexual liaisons with a local farmhand named Lafe have left her pregnant, is so overwhelmed by anxiety over her condition that she barely mourns her mother’s death. A funeral service is held on the following day, where the women sing songs inside the Bundren house while the men stand outside on the porch talking to each other. Thursday, September 13 at 10:00 am--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Playing @ the Plaza: Broken Letters Broken Letters will perform their music scored for APT's Wernher von Braun documentary Missile to Moon with the film footage incorporated into their performance. Their music springs from nearly life-long musical partners David Hickox and Brad Davis who, supported by a revolving cast of players, craft songs that reference their rich southern musical heritage with a mix of reverence and defiance--incorporating krautrock and avant garde influences into the traditional American songform. Thursday, September 13 at 6:30 pm--Library Plaza Write Club Meet & mingle with your fellow amateur poets and novelists. Flesh out your characters and tie-up those dangling plot threads! Swap material with other writers, or even read your work aloud. Share your stories and inspirations! Write Club is a monthly forum for local amateur writers to meet and discuss their work. The goal of Write Club is to inspire and encourage literary involvement in the community by providing an environment in which local authors can network, share their writing and offer each other moral support and constructive criticism. Call 205-444-7820 for more information. Saturday, September 22 at 10:30 am--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Instrumentalists @ the Plaza: J. David Black J. David Black is one-half of the duo that has brought us "Friday on My Mind", a member of Red Mountain Family Band, and the host of Lucky Man Presents. He started Lucky Man Presents, a throwback to old variety shows, where entertainers from all over the spectrum of the arts come to perform. LMP's focus is mainly on local and regional musicians, comedians, poets, and performance artists. In addition to the various performances, the artists are interviewed by J. David Black. Join us, this time, for J. David Black, guitarist, and member of Red Mountain Family Band. Sunday, September 23 at 2:30 pm--Library Plaza Monday at the Movie: Secretariat Directed By Randall Wallace Penny Chenery Tweedy and colleagues guide her long-shot but precocious stallion to set, in 1973, the unbeaten record for winning the Triple Crown. Monday, September 24 at 2:00 pm and 6:30 pm--Library Theatre Funding a Small Business Joe Primm, a Business Counselor from the Alabama SBDC Network, will be teaching a class on all the various aspects of funding a small business. This will include how to approach banks, the SBA and investors. Call 444-7816 for more information and to reserve your spot. Tuesday, September 25 at 9:00 am--Technology Training Center Library Fundraiser at California Pizza Kitchen Join us for lunch, dinner or drinks at the California Pizza Kitchen near the Riverchase Galleria and help support the Friends of the Hoover Public Library! Request a special event flyer from any service desk or print one from http://www.hooverlibrary.org/files/share_file/CPK.pdf THE FLYER IS REQUIRED. Present the flyer to your server for your dine-in or take-out meal and 20% of your check will be donated to the Friends. California Pizza Kitchen's business hours are 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Thursday, September 27. Conversations @ the Plaza: German, French and Spanish Practice your language skills. Beginners to the highly-fluent are welcome. Thursday, September 27 at 6:30 pm--Library Plaza Nonfiction Book Group: Empire of the Summer Moon Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne The vast, semi-arid grasslands of the southern Great Plains could be dominated by hunters and warriors on horseback. In the first half of the nineteenth century, the Comanches, often referred to as “lords of the Plains,” were the single most powerful military force in the region, to the frustration of both the Mexican and U.S. governments. In this engrossing chronicle, award-winning journalist Gwynne traces the rise of the Comanche people from their roots as primitive bands of hunter-gatherers to their mastery of the horse and emergence as the feared power brokers of the area. At the center of the narrative is the charismatic Quanah Parker, who skillfully navigated the gaps between his traditional culture and the emerging, settled culture of the late-nineteenth century. - Booklist Thursday, September 27 at 7:00 pm--Allen Board Room Kindle and the Library Learn about the Kindle e-reader and how to find and use library e-books. This class will discuss the available options for Kindle e-readers, as well as the basics of finding, checking out, and managing library e-books for the Kindle. Topics include: finding and selecting e-books in the Kindle format; managing and transferring e-books to your Kindle; returning expired items and more! You are encouraged to bring your Kindle and get help learning to use it with the library's collection. If you'll be needing assistance with your Kindle, be sure to bring a valid library card, your Amazon.com account login information and the USB cord that came with your Kindle. NOTE: You do not need to own a Kindle in order to attend the class. Class size is limited. Reservations required. Sign up at the Technology Hub or call 444-7747. Saturday, September 29 at 2:00 pm--Technology Training Center   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.

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Friday, Sept. 28 at the Zoo: Western's Wine & Food Festival 2012 to benefit Emmet O'Neal Library

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Western's Wine & Food Festival The Birmingham Zoo Friday, September 28 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets now available online. Tickets are available at the Emmet O'Neal Library and the Mountain Brook, Rocky Ridge, and Highland Avenue locations of Western Supermarkets. Advance Tickets - $45 Purchased at the door - $55 Group discount for 10 or more tickets - $40 each There will be over 650 wines to sample from growing regions around the world with wine experts on hand to answer questions. Don't forget about our giant raffle!   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.

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"Libraries show me the world beyond my limited horizons." Sarah Bracey White—Southern Writer and Artist Dear Library User: As a friend of the Jefferson County Library Cooperative (JCLC), you know better than most the role that the One County – One Library Card system plays in broadening the horizons of our own Jefferson County residents. It is the glue that binds our hometown libraries together. Through JCLC our members have access to an abundance of resources that they would not have if all 40 libraries were separate. You have been a supporter of our efforts to maintain this bond. Thank you! Because of you, JCLC is able to: Provide members with access to over 2 million items—including printed books, downloadable audio-books and eBooks, DVDs and music. Equip members with Internet access at 40 libraries. Provide access to the Alabama Virtual Library and Homework Alabama. Continue the Delivery Service guaranteeing members have access to all library materials. Continue Books-by-Mail thus ensuring the disabled/homebound can access services. As you may know, JCLC, like many county-funded projects, has been cut completely from the Jefferson County budget, and we do not expect to receive funds from the county in the near future. Although we receive funding from member libraries and the state, the county funding was crucial to our continuing to provide these services. We anticipated the funding cuts, though. In fact, in 2009, we began tightening our belt and also raising private source funds to help build a reserve to support our operating expenses. But the reserves will not last forever, and we are working diligently to transition from being a government-supported entity to a donor-supported organization. We are making great strides. We are developing an annual fund plan for the upcoming year, strengthening our relationships with individuals, foundations and corporations, and we are training our staff, library boards, and library friends groups to embrace this new culture of fundraising. We will be successful. But we cannot sustain and grow JCLC without YOU! On behalf of JCLC, I respectfully request your continued support of our organization. Please consider giving to our summer 2012 “Keep It Alive” campaign. For more information about the “Keep It Alive,” go to http://www.jclc.org/advocacy/whydonation.aspx. Thank you again for all that you do. Together we will provide better, more efficient library services for all county residents. Please contact me directly if you have any questions. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Patricia F. Ryan Executive Director Jefferson County Library Cooperative Click here to make a gift to the JCLC Summer Campaign 2012 connect with us   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.