This Month's Adult Events From the Hoover Library

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Escape the Ordinary: Adult Summer Reading Mel Tillis: In Concert--SOLD OUT! Global Cuisine @ the Plaza: Mexico Beekeeping History of Southern Flight First Thursday Fiction Book Group: The Invention of Wings Steel City Jug Slammers Homelessness 101 Purl @ the Plaza Waking Sleeping Beauty Helping Hands Trivia Night Daytime Nonfiction Book Group: Brave Companions Spanish Conversation Club Second Thursday Fiction Book Group: All the Light We Cannot See Summer of Sci-Fi Triple-Feature Monday at the Movies: Back to the Future Neuroscience Cafe: Parkinson's Disease Update Glue Gun Gang: Dot Paintings No Jacket Required Nonfiction Book Group Artist Reception: David Diodate After Hours @ the Plaza: Game Nite Blogging and Podcasting for Your Small Business Nighttime Nonfiction Book Group: The Girls of Atomic City Write Club Philos Moore Coffee-ol-ogy Coffee Cafe! Escape the Ordinary: Adult Summer Reading Sign up for the Adult Summer Reading Program beginning Saturday, May 16. Pick up a reading log and read or listen to books for a chance to win great prizes donated by the Friends of the Library. Saturday, May 16 - Friday, July 31--Fiction and Nonfiction Departments Mel Tillis: In Concert--SOLD OUT! Mel Tillis has been in the music business for over 50 years, and he and his band, the Statesiders, continue to thrill audiences worldwide. Call the Library Theatre Box office at 444-7888 for waiting list information. Tickets $25--SOLD OUT Saturday, May 2 at 4 pm & 8 pm--The Library Theatre Global Cuisine @ the Plaza: Mexico Coffee-ol-ogy Cafe presents a program on the food and culture of Mexico. Complimentary samples provided. Call 444-7821 for more information. Sunday, May 3 at 2:30 pm--Library Plaza Beekeeping Learn about the importance of bees and how to get started in beekeeping. Presented by the Jefferson County Beekeepers Association. Call 444-7840 for more information. Monday, May 4 at 6:30 pm--Adult Programming Room History of Southern Flight Bring your lunch and listen to local historian Jim Phillips present interesting facts and stories about the region's flight history. Refreshments provided. Call 444-7840 for more information. Wednesday, May 6 at 11:30 am--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms First Thursday Fiction Book Group: The Invention of Wings Join us for a discussion of The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd. Refreshments provided as well as books for the next meeting. Call 444-7820 for more information. Thursday, May 7 at 10 am--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Steel City Jug Slammers Playing a mixture of traditional and homemade instruments, SCJS plays the delta blues and old-time music that hearkens back to the early 1900s juke joints. Call 444-7821 for more information. Thursday, May 7 at 6:30 pm--Library Plaza Homelessness 101 Learn about helpful resources and specific "do's and don'ts" regarding interaction with those who are experiencing homelessness in this workshop presented by One Roof. FREE, but reservations required. Call 444-7840 to register. Friday, May 8 from 10 am - 1 pm--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Purl @ the Plaza Organize your stash and talk about your ongoing craft projects and your wishlist. Call 444-7821 for more information. Saturday, May 9 from 1 pm - 5 pm--Library Plaza Waking Sleeping Beauty Go inside the fabled animation studio and learn the secrets behind its creative rebirth (2009, PG, 86 minutes). Free admission and refreshments! Call 444-7840 for more information. Monday, May 11 at 2 pm and 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, May 11 from 3 pm - 8:30 pm--Adult Programming Room Trivia Night Round up your friends and compete for great prizes at local Hoover restaurant Beef 'O' Brady's (5519 Grove Blvd.). Call 444-7820 for more information. Monday, May 11 at 7 pm--Beef 'O' Brady's, The Grove Daytime Nonfiction Book Group: Brave Companions Join us for a discussion of Brave Companions: Portraits in History by David McCullough. Call 444-7816 for more information. Tuesday, May 12 at 10:30 am--Adult Programming Room Spanish Conversation Club All Spanish fluency levels welcome to practice and learn. Call 444-7820 for more information. Tuesday, May 12 from 7 pm - 8 pm--Library Plaza Second Thursday Fiction Book Group: All the Light We Cannot See Join us for a discussion of All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Refreshments provided as well as books for the next meeting. Call 444-7820 for more information. Thursday, May 14 at 10 am--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Summer of Sci-Fi Triple-Feature Kick off our summer celebration of science fiction and fantasy with showings of three genre favorites. Free admission and refreshments. Call 444-7820 for more information. The Princess Bride (PG, 98 minutes) Saturday, May 16 at 10:30 am--The Library Theatre The Last Starfighter (PG, 101 minutes) Saturday, May 16 at 1 pm--The Library Theatre Men in Black (PG-13, 98 minutes) Saturday, May 16 at 3:30 pm--The Library Theatre Monday at the Movies: Back to the Future Join us for a screening of Back to the Future (PG, 116 minutes). Free admission and refreshments. Call 444-7820 for more information. Monday, May 18 at 2 pm & 6 pm--The Library Theatre Neuroscience Cafe: Parkinson's Disease Update Matthew S. Goldberg, Ph. D., and David Standaert, M.D., Ph. D., discuss Parkinson's Disease. FREE! Presented by the UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center. Call 444-7840 for more information. Monday, May 18 at 6:30 pm--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Glue Gun Gang: Dot Paintings Try your hand at acrylic dot painting, a technique made famous by Australian Aboriginal artists in the 1970s. Adults only. FREE, but reservations required. Call 444-7840 to register, beginning May 1. Tuesday, May 19 at 6:30 pm-- Adult Programming Room Thursday, May 21 at 10:30 am-- Adult Programming Room No Jacket Required Nonfiction Book Group This month's genre: Travelogues. Call 444-7840 for more information. Wednesday, May 20 at 10:30 am--Adult Programming Room Artist Reception: David Diodate Join us to celebrate our featured artist: David Diodate. Artwork on display all month. Call 444-7888 for more information. Thursday, May 21 from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm-- Friends Gallery, Theatre Level After Hours @ the Plaza: Game Nite Put your game face on and meet up with your fellow gamers! Call 444-7821 for more information. Friday, May 22 from 7 pm - 10 pm--Library Plaza Blogging and Podcasting for Your Small Business Dr. Dale Callahan, Director of the IEM Program at UAB will present a seminar on how blogging and podcasting can help small businesses. FREE! Call 444-7816 for more information. Saturday, May 23 at 10:30 am--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Nighttime 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. Thursday, May 28 at 7 pm--Allen Board Room Write Club Share your literary works and network with other aspiring writers. Call 444-7820 for more information. Saturday, April 30 at 10:30 am--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Philos Moore Philos Moore, a singer/songwriter from Birmingham, performs a unique blend of Americana and alt-country. FREE! Call 444-7821 for more information. Sunday, May 31 at 2:30 pm--Library Plaza Coffee-ol-ogy Coffee Cafe! Breakfast, lunch and dinner! Coffee and desserts! Located on the Library Plaza. May's Global Cuisine, Mexican, features: Baja Soup Queso Dip Cheese & Spinach Quesadillas Chicken Enchiladas Verdes Dessert Burrito 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. 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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This Month's Digital Library News April 2015 Hoover Residents Can Download Magazines for FREE with Zinio! Read full digital copies of your favorite magazines on a computer, tablet or smartphone using the free Zinio Reader apps! Here is a sample of the magazines available from Zinio: Better Homes and Gardens Cosmopolitan Do It Yourself Eating Well ESPN Fitness Food Network Forbes HGTV Kiplingers Personal Finance Knitscene Martha Stewart Living Men's Fitness Mental Floss National Geographic Newsweek Oprah PC Magazine Prevention Reader's Digest Rolling Stone US Weekly Weight Watchers Checkout a Magazine To start browsing for magazines, create your library Zinio Collection account by clicking here and entering your name and library card number. Then click Create New Account. While browsing the library's collection, click a cover to check out a magazine. Start Reading PC and MACs Start reading instantly in your browser by selecting one of your checked out magazines in the My Collection section of the Library Collection site. Smartphones, iPads and Tablets The Zinio for Libraries app is available for Apple and Android devices. Download the app and login using your Zinio Collection account information from step 1. Make sure to choose Hoover Public Library as your library. Tap on the gear in the upper left corner and choose Sync Library to see all of your library magazines; select your magazine and start reading. Please note that the Zinio for Libraries app is READ ONLY. Browse and checkout magazines by visiting the library website. Need Help? Checkout Zinio's tutorials for personal computers, Apple devices and Android devices. Still need help? Call our Nonfiction Department at 205-444-7840.   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.

Raise Your Hand For The Great Give

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Pat Ryan, Executive Director Dear Library Friends: It's that time of year again! I hope you will become our "public partner" and make our 2015 #TheGreatGive campaign a success! Our goal is to raise $15,000 over the span of two days, Tuesday, May 12 and Wednesday, May 13. The Public Libraries In Jefferson County are launching a campaign this year, similar to the campaign in May of 2014, to raise money for cooperative services that link all of our 40 libraries under one card. You can donate by logging onto http://www.razoo.com/story/The-Great-Give-2015. We need your help for this campaign as you send our message to all of your families and friends on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, or by forwarding our emails. We will be using #TheGreatGive to promote the campaign on social media sites. One exciting addition to this year's campaign is that those that share a "selfie" or a comment with the hashtag- #TheGreatGive will be entered into a drawing for an E-reader! Please tell your friends about our downloadable collection of 20,614 eBooks and eAudiobooks. And don’t forget about all the wonderful programs for all ages that our 40 library locations plan weekly. Each local library and their city fund their local library (staff, building and operations). When you donate, you are helping us to link all of our libraries as part of our "40 Libraries . 1 County . 1 Card" cooperative system. Our computer system, online catalog and databases, internet connectivity and delivery service are all funded by the Jefferson County Library Cooperative, a non-profit 501(c) (3) organization. Please today and commit to a partnership with your library cooperative which includes all 40 libraries in Jefferson County. Help us meet our goal of $15,000 over two days in May. Any amount you can give is appreciated! Sincerely, Patricia F. Ryan Executive Director Jefferson County Library Cooperative, Inc.   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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