This Month's Adult Events From the Hoover Library

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Coupon Swap Global Cuisine @ the Plaza: Creole Adult English Classes Leonard Lee Smith Gardening in Small Spaces First Thursday Fiction Book Group: A Constellation of Vital Phenomena Vulcan Eejits Blowout Book Sale! More Than a Game Helping Hands Trivia Night Daytime Nonfiction Book Group: The Girls of Atomic City Write Club Flash Fiction Night Spanish Conversation Club Second Thursday Fiction Book Group: Orphan Train Bring Home the Memories Purl @ the Plaza Neuroscience Cafe: Alzheimer's Disease No Jacket Required Nonfiction Book Group Wuthering Heights Watermelon Wine & the Poetry of Southern Music Monday at the Movies: Simon Birch Glue Gun Gang: Wordy Wall Art Nighttime Nonfiction Book Group: Five Days at Memorial After Hours @ the Plaza: Game Nite Still the Boss: How Women Business Owners Can Grow Their Business Out of Whole Cloth: The Life of Bettye Kimbrell Coffee-ol-ogy Coffee Cafe! Coupon Swap Stop by the Nonfiction Desk all month long to use our coupon bin. Bring coupons you don't need and swap for ones you do. Call 444-7840 for more information. Sunday, March 1 - Tuesday, March 31--Nonfiction Department Global Cuisine @ the Plaza: Creole Coffee-ol-ogy Cafe presents a FREE program on Louisiana Creole food and culture. Complimentary samples provided. Call 444-7821 for more information. Sunday, March 1 at 2:30 pm--Library Plaza Adult English Classes FREE Basic or Intermediate English classes. No registration required. Call 444-7820 for more information. Tuesday, March 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 at 6:30 pm--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Leonard Lee Smith Storyteller and Alabama native Leonard Lee Smith explores the humor and pathos of Southern family life from the Great Depression to the present at the Friends of Hoover Library monthly meeting. Refreshments provided. Monday, March 2 at 10 am--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Gardening in Small Spaces From pots to straw bales, on patios or in your yard, learn how to grow where you are! Presented by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. Call 444-7840 for more information. Monday, March 2 at 6:30 pm--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms First Thursday Fiction Book Group: A Constellation of Vital Phenomena Join us for a discussion of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra. Refreshments provided as well as books for the next meeting. Call 444-7820 for more information. Thursday, March 5 at 10 am--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Vulcan Eejits Celebrate St. Patrick's Day early with Vulcan Eejits, a Celtic trio featuring fiddle, guitar, flute and vocals. FREE performance. Call 444-7821 for more information. Thursday, March 5 at 6:30 pm--Library Plaza Blowout Book Sale! Book lovers rejoice! The Friends of the Hoover Library's sale is back. Items will be priced to move. Shop early, bring your friends. Call 444-7774 for more information. Saturday, March 7 from 10 am - 5:30 pm Sunday, March 8 from 2 pm - 5:30 pm Library Plaza More Than a Game This inspiring film looks back at the early triumphs of NBA great LeBron James and his high school teammates (PG, 100 minutes). Free admission and refreshments! Call 444-7840 for more information. Monday, March 9 at 2 pm & 6:30 pm--The Library Theatre Helping Hands Drop in to make newspaper rolls for a local humane society. Teens and adults welcome. Call 444-7840 for more information. Monday, March 9 from 3 pm - 8:30 pm--Nonfiction Department Trivia Night Round up your friends and join us for Trivia Night at local Hoover restaurant Beef 'O' Brady's (5519 Grove Blvd.). Compete for great prizes while having fun. Call 444-7820 for more information. Monday, March 9 at 7 pm--Beef 'O' Brady's, The Grove Daytime Nonfiction Book Group: The Girls of Atomic City Join us for a discussion of The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan. Call 444-7816 for more information. Tuesday, March 10 at 10:30 am--Theatre Level Conference Room Write Club Flash Fiction Night Come enjoy the local talent of Write Club members as they read original works of fiction. Call 444-7820 for more information. Tuesday, March 10 at 7 pm--The Library Theatre Spanish Conversation Club All Spanish fluency levels are welcome to practice and learn. Call 444-7820 for more information. Tuesday, March 10 at 7 pm--Library Plaza Second Thursday Fiction Book Group: Orphan Train Join us for a discussion of Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline. Refreshments provided as well as books for the next meeting. Call 444-7820 for more information. Thursday, March 12 at 10 am--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Bring Home the Memories Travel photographer Virginia Jones presents tips to capture the best memories of your trips. Call 444-7840 for more information. Thursday, March 12 at 2 pm--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Purl @ the Plaza Burst into spring with beautiful colors of yarn and creative knits. Call 444-7820 for more information. Saturday, March 14 from 1 pm - 5 pm--Library Plaza Neuroscience Cafe: Alzheimer's Disease David Geldmacher, M.D., and Inga Kadish, Ph.D, discuss Alzheimer's Disease. Presented by the UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center. FREE! Call 444-7840 for more information. Monday, March 16 at 6:30 pm--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms No Jacket Required Nonfiction Book Group This month's genre: The Civil Rights Movement. Call 444-7840 for more information. Wednesday, March 18 at 10:30 am--Plaza Reading Room Wuthering Heights Aquila Theatre presents Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, a deep and wide story of all-consuming passion, revenge, family, class and the supernatural. Call the Library Theatre Box Office at 444-7888 or go online to www.thelibrarytheatre.com for ticket information. Tickets $25 Thursday, March 19 at 8 pm--The Library Theatre Friday, March 20 at 8 pm--The Library Theatre Watermelon Wine & the Poetry of Southern Music Frye Gaillard, Patti Callahan Henry and Anne E. DeChant take to the stage to perform and discuss songwriting from a uniquely Southern perspective. Sunday, March 22 at 2:30 pm--Library Plaza Monday at the Movies: Simon Birch Join us for a screening of Simon Birch (PG, 115 min.). Free admission and refreshments! Call 444-7820 for more information. Monday, March 23 at 2 pm & 6:30 pm--The Library Theatre Glue Gun Gang: Wordy Wall Art Share your words of wisdom with the world using collage and a reverse stencil technique. Adults only. Reservations required. Call 444-7840 to register, beginning March 1. FREE! Tuesday, March 24 at 6:30 pm--Theatre Level Conference Room Thursday, March 26 at 10:30 am--Theatre Level Meeting Room C Nighttime Nonfiction Book Group: Five Days at Memorial Join us for a discussion of Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink. Call 444-7816 for more information. Thursday, March 26 at 7 pm--Allen Board Room After Hours @ the Plaza: Game Nite Put on your game face and meet up with your fellow gamers. Call 444-7821 for more information. Friday, March 27 at 7 pm--Library Plaza Still the Boss: How Women Business Owners Can Grow Their Business The sequel to the wildly popular program "It's Not Bossy If You're the Boss" focuses on what women need to do to take their business to the next level. Call 444-7816 for more information. Saturday, March 28 at 10:30 am--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Out of Whole Cloth: The Life of Bettye Kimbrell Author Joyce Cauthen joins Kimbrell for a discussion of her life and work, followed by a quilting workshop and a book signing. Call 444-7840 for a supply list and more information. Sunday, March 29 at 2:30 pm--Library Plaza Coffee-ol-ogy Coffee Cafe! Breakfast, lunch and dinner! Coffee and desserts! Located on the Library Plaza. March's Global Cuisine, Louisiana Creole, features: "Yum-bo" [Gumbo] Muffuletta Sandwich Round Steak and Gravy with Maque Choux Bananas Foster Bread Pudding with Two Sauces Monday-Thursday: 9:00 am - 8:00 pm Friday: 9:00 am - 5:30 pm Saturday: 10:00 am - 5:30 pm Sunday: 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm Phone: 205-987-0176   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. 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Vestavia Hills Author Event

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Vestavia Hills Library in the Forest 1221 Montgomery Highway 205.978.4678 http://vestavialibrary.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.

This Month's Digital News From the Hoover Library

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Digitally Speaking February 2015 Download Audiobooks and eBooks with Overdrive! Download ebooks and audiobooks even when we're closed! All you need is a valid library card and the Overdrive App on your tablet, smartphone or mobile device. Check out some of the new and popular titles listed below that are now available on Overdrive! Ruby by Cynthia Bond Oprah's newest Book Club pick Ephram Jennings has never forgotten the beautiful girl with the long braids running through the piney woods of Liberty, their small East Texas town. Young Ruby has suffered beyond imagining, so as soon as she can, she flees Liberty for the bright pull of 1950s New York. Ruby quickly winds her way into the center of the city all the while hoping for a glimpse of the red hair and green eyes of her mother. When a telegram from her cousin forces her to return home, thirty-year-old Ruby finds herself reliving the devastating violence of her girlhood. With the terrifying realization that she might not be strong enough to fight her way back out again, Ruby struggles to survive her memories of the town's dark past. Meanwhile, Ephram must choose between loyalty to the sister who raised him and the chance for a life with the woman he has loved since he was a boy. Click here for the audio version of this title. Click on the book cover for the ebook version of this title. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She's even started to feel like she knows them. "Jess and Jason," she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost. And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough. Now everything's changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Click here for the audio version of this title. Click on the book cover for the ebook version of this title. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr National Book Award Finalist Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great-uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel. In a mining town in Germany, the orphan Werner grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments, a talent that wins him a place at a brutal academy for Hitler Youth, then a special assignment to track the resistance. More and more aware of the human cost of his intelligence, Werner travels through the heart of the war and, finally, into Saint-Malo, where his story and Marie-Laure’s converge. Click here for the audio version of this title. Click on the book cover for the ebook version of this title.   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.

Joshilyn Jackson is coming to Homewood Library

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Homewood Public Library 1721 Oxmoor Road Homewood, AL 35209 205-332-6625   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.

EOL Book Sale Feb. 20-22

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Book Sale Dates Friday February 20 10 AM - 5 PM Saturday February 21 10 AM - 5 PM Sunday February 22 1 PM - 4 PM Book Sale Specials Credit & Debit Cards Senior Discount of 10% off total purchase (age 60+) Friday and Saturday Half Price Books Upstairs Sunday only $10 a bag Basement Books Sunday only Friends Preview Party Thursday, February 19 6 - 8 pm Wine and Cheese Join at the door! Donate online now to attend the Preview Party. (minimum $25 donation required) Book Sale Coupon This $1.00 off coupon is good on any purchase of $2.50 or more. Emmet O'Neal Library 50 Oak Street Mountain Brook, AL 35213 (205) 879-0459 www.eolib.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.