Southern Voices Author Conference Saturday February 22

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MakingCents - Resources to help your money grow

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MakingCents is a program made possible through Smart investing@your library®, a partnership between the American Library Association and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation. It offers a number of resources both print and online as well as seminars and programs to assist anyone seeking to understand smart investing practices and to help people find ways to make the most of their money. MakingCents is a free program provided by select public libraries in Birmingham and Jefferson and Shelby counties. It provides unbiased information to help people of all ages, economic circumstances and cultural backgrounds make good financial decisions and plan for the future. YOUR LIBRARY - helping you make smart financial decisions for day-to-day money matters and long term investing. BOOKS - ONLINE RESOURCES - SEMINARS February Events Dolores Hydock, Dr. Andreas Rauterkus, Ruth Brock Estate Planning - Ruth Brock When: Mon Feb 3, 2014 9:00am to 10:00am Where: Jane B. Holmes Library - Helena Money Talks! Stories About Cold Hard Cash When: Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:00am to 12:00pm Where: Pleasant Grove City Hall Description: Storyteller Dolores Hydock Presents Money Talks! Stories About Cold Hard Cash Sponsored by Bessemer Public Library Jay Greene - Estate Planing When: Tue Feb 11, 2014 12:00pm to 1:00pm Where: Homewood Senior Center Description: Sponsored by Homewood Public Library Dr. Stephanie Yates When: Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:30pm to 4:30pm Where: First Light Shelter Description: Sponsored by BPL-Central Smart Shopping Using Coupons with Angela Treadaway When: Wed, Feb 15, 2014, 10:15am – 11:15am Where: Gardendale Senior Center Description: Sponsored by Gardendale Public Library Teen Budgeting: Planing the Good Life! When: Thu Feb 20, 2014 4:30pm to 5:30pm Where: Bessemer Public Library Maxed Out : Nothing is Priceless. a documentary film screening When: Mon Feb 24, 2014 6:00pm to 7:30pm Where: Avondale Regional Branch Library Description: Take a journey deep inside the American style of debt, where things seem fine as long as the minimum monthly payment arrives on time. Shocking and incisive, it paints a picture of a national nightmare, which is all too real for most. Smart Shopping Using Coupons with Angela Treadaway When: Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:30am to 11:30am Where: Hoover Public Library Storyteller Dolores Hydock Presents - Money Talks! Stories About Cold Hard Cash When: Tue Feb 25, 2014 12:00pm to 1:00pm Where: Hoover Public Library Estate Planning with Joe Strickland When: Tue Feb 25, 2014 6:30pm to 7:30pm Where: Springville Road Regional Branch Library Bank on Books for Seniors Conclusion When: Fri Feb 28, 2014 5:00pm to 6:00pm Where: Harrison Regional Library Description: Turn your passbook in for a withdrawal by February 28, 2014. MakingCents - Resources to help your money grow and Smart investing@your library® series, a partnership between the ALA and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation.   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 Adult Events From the Hoover Library

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Global Cuisine @ the Plaza: Germany Friends of the Hoover Public Library Adult English Classes First Thursday Fiction Book Club: And the Mountains Echoed Dave Crenshaw's Jazz Trio Purl @ the Plaza Rachel Hebert NEW! Read Your Own Adventure Book Group Operation HOPE: HOPE Coalition of America Presents Government Bids and Proposals Daytime Nonfiction Book Group: The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr NEW! Spanish Conversation Club Second Thursday Fiction Book Group: Gone Girl Glue Gun Gang: Cookie Cutter Pincushions Write Club: How Growing Up in Football Made Me a Writer Neuroscience Cafe Southern Voices Festival Artist Reception: Jerry Siegel No Jacket Required Nonfiction Book Group Southern Voices Festival: Liz Story Southern Voices Festival: An Evening with Ann Patchett--SOLD OUT! Southern Voices Festival: Author Conference Monday @ the Movies: 42 MakingCents: Frugalistics: Smart Shopping Using Coupons Nonfiction Book Group: The Professor and the Madman Looking for that next great read? Digital Services Coffee-ol-ogy Coffee Cafe! Global Cuisine @ the Plaza: Germany Coffee-ol-ogy Cafe explores Germany's culture and native foods. Free samples. Call 444-7821 for information. Sunday, February 2 at 2:30 pm--Library Plaza Friends of the Hoover Public Library This month we welcome Patti Callahan Henry, author of And Then I Found You. Free and open to the public. Refreshments provided. Call 444-7840 for more information. Monday, February 3 at 10 am--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Adult English Classes Join us every Tuesday for English instruction! Classes are free and no registration is required. Questions? Call 444-7820. Tuesday, February 4, 11 & 25--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms 6:30 pm - 8 pm: Basic English 6:30 pm - 8 pm: Intermediate English First Thursday Fiction Book Club: And the Mountains Echoed Join us as we discuss And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini. Refreshments provided as well as books for the next meeting. Call 444-7820 for information. Thursday, February 6 at 10 am--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Dave Crenshaw's Jazz Trio Drummer Dave Crenshaw has toured with international superstar R&B singer Maxwell. FREE EVENT! Call 444-7821 for information. Thursday, February 6 at 6:30 pm--Library Plaza Purl @ the Plaza Cozy up with your knitting this winter by crafting with your fellow fiber enthusiasts! Call 444-7821 for information. Saturday, February 8 from 3 pm - 5 pm--Library Plaza Rachel Hebert Come relax and listen to this singer-songwriter's folk music that reflects her deep southern roots. FREE EVENT! Call 444-7821 for information. Sunday, February 9 at 2:30 pm--Library Plaza NEW! Read Your Own Adventure Book Group Come share your favorite book in this month's genre: historical fiction. Call 444-7820 for more information. Monday, February 10 from 7 pm - 8 pm--Plaza Reading Room Operation HOPE: HOPE Coalition of America Presents Government Bids and Proposals Your small business can win and maintain government contracts. Reservations required. Call 444-7816 to register. Monday, February 10 at 7:00 pm--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Daytime Nonfiction Book Group: The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr Join us as we discuss The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr by H. W. Brands. Call 444-7816 for information. Tuesday, February 11 at 10:30 am--Theatre Conference Room NEW! Spanish Conversation Club Come practice your Spanish language skills! Beginners to fluent speakers are welcome at this free event. Call 444-7820 for information. Tuesday, February 11 from 7 pm - 8 pm--Library Plaza Second Thursday Fiction Book Group: Gone Girl Join us as we discuss Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Refreshments provided as well as books for the next meeting. Call 444-7820 for information. Thursday, February 13 at 10 am--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Glue Gun Gang: Cookie Cutter Pincushions Adults only. Reservations required. Call 444-7840 to register. Thursday, February 13 at 10:30 am--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Write Club: How Growing Up in Football Made Me a Writer Kerry Madden, author of numerous children's books, will talk about her influences growing up as the daughter of a football coach. Call 444-7820 for information. Saturday, February 15 at 10:30 am--Library Plaza Neuroscience Cafe UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center presents Neuroscience Cafe: The Reading Brain - Its Function, Dysfunction and Autism in relation to the best seller, The Reason I Jump. Call 444-7840 for more information. Monday, February 17 at 6:30 pm--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Southern Voices Festival Artist Reception: Jerry Siegel Jerry Siegel is an artist who observes, seeing the ordinary and revealing what makes it special. The things we look past in our hurried, daily routines, Siegel captures through his lens. Photography on display through March. Free and open to the public. Tuesday, February 18 at 5:30 pm--Friends Gallery, Theatre Level No Jacket Required Nonfiction Book Group This month's genre: African American history. Call 444-7840 for information. Wednesday, February 19 at 10:30 am--Theatre Conference Room Southern Voices Festival: Liz Story With a dozen albums to her credit, this Windam Hill pianist's works cross many musical genres, including classical piano, jazz, folk, pop and impressionistic music. Call the Library Theatre Box Office at 444-7888 or visit www.thelibrarytheatre.com/ for ticket information. Wednesday, February 19 at 8 pm--The Library Theatre Thursday, February 20 at 8 pm--The Library Theatre Tickets $25 Southern Voices Festival: An Evening with Ann Patchett--SOLD OUT! A celebrated author of nine books including The Patron Saint of Liars, State of Wonder and the Orange Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award Winner, Bel Canto, Pachett is a devoted reader and champion of literary culture. Reception follows on the Library Plaza. Friday, February 21 at 7 pm--The Library Theatre Tickets $35, Limit 4--SOLD OUT! Southern Voices Festival: Author Conference Featuring Claire Cook, Therese Anne Fowler, Susan Gregg Gilmore, Bill Roorbach, John Searles, Jeffrey Small and Steve Yarbrough. Book sales and signings will follow the afternoon session. Lunch on your own. You may preorder a boxed lunch from Coffee-ol-ogy by calling 987-0176. Plaza tickets are still available for purchase online at www.hooverlibrary.org/sv or by calling the Library Theatre Box Office at 444-7888. Saturday, February 22 from 9 am - 5 pm--The Library Theatre or Library Plaza Tickets $40, Limit 4 Monday @ the Movies: 42 Join us for a screening of 42: The Jackie Robinson Story (PG-13, 128 minutes). Free admission and refreshments! Call 444-7820 for information. Monday, February 24 at 2 pm & 6:30 pm--The Library Theatre MakingCents: Frugalistics: Smart Shopping Using Coupons Angela Treadway from the Alabama Cooperative Extension System teaches you how to save more throughout the year. Monthly coupon swap will follow the program. Call 444-7840 for information. MakingCents is made possible by a grant from the FINRA Investor Education Foundation through Smart investing@your library, a partnership with the American Library Association. Tuesday, February 25 at 10:30 am--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Nonfiction Book Group: The Professor and the Madman Join us for a discussion of The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester. Call 444-7816 for information. Thursday, February 27 at 7 pm--Allen Board Room Looking for that next great read? The Fiction Department's free personalized service, Novel Destinations, provides a list of great reading suggestions tailored to YOUR reading interests. Call 444-7820 for more information. Stop by the Fiction desk and fill out a reading survey today! Digital Services Zinio: Download digital magazines 24/7 with no checkout periods or limits. Find out more at www.hooverlibrary.org or call the Nonfiction desk at 444-7840. OneClickdigital: Download audiobooks by William Kent Krueger, Robyn Carr, Beverly Lewis, Ace Atkins, and more. No holds! No Waiting! Stop by or call the Plaza desk at 444-7821 or visit www.hooverlibrary.org for more information. Universal Class: Reinvent yourself with over 500 online continuing education courses that are available to Hoover residents with a library card. Call the Nonfiction desk at 444-7840 or visit www.hooverlibrary.org for more information. Hoover Library App: Download the FREE app from your smart phone's app store and access Hoover Library wherever you go! For more information, call the Plaza desk at 444-7821 or visit www.hooverlibrary.org. Coffee-ol-ogy Coffee Cafe! Breakfast, lunch and dinner! Coffee and desserts! Located on the Library Plaza. February's Global Cuisine, German, features: Old Berlin Beer Cheese Soup Potato Cakes with Sour Cream and Chives Turkey Reuben Sandwich Roasted Bratwurst with Red Cabbage & Apples Apple Strudel Cobbler 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.

MakingCents - Resources to help your money grow

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MakingCents is a program made possible through Smart investing@your library®, a partnership between the American Library Association and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation. It offers a number of resources both print and online as well as seminars and programs to assist anyone seeking to understand smart investing practices and to help people find ways to make the most of their money. MakingCents is a free program provided by select public libraries in Birmingham and Jefferson and Shelby counties. It provides unbiased information to help people of all ages, economic circumstances and cultural backgrounds make good financial decisions and plan for the future. YOUR LIBRARY - helping you make smart financial decisions for day-to-day money matters and long term investing. BOOKS - ONLINE RESOURCES - SEMINARS January Events Stephanie Yates, Dolores Hydock, and Andreas Rauterkus Learn about Saving and Investing with Dr. Andreas Rauterkus When: Wed, January 8, 2014, 10am – 11am Where: Wylam Branch Library Description: Sponsored by BPL-Five Points West Smart Shopping Using Coupons with Angela Treadaway When: Wed, January 8, 2014, 10:15am – 11:15am Where: Gardendale Senior Center Description: Sponsored by Gardendale Public Library Dale Callahan - Financial Education for Seniors When: Wed, January 8, 2014, 10:30am – 11:30am Where: Five Points West Regional Library Families & Finance - Dr. Stephanie Yates When: Thu, January 9, 2014, 10am – 11am Where: Gardendale Public Library Description: free child care during program Holly Syx AL Inexpensively When: Sat, January 11, 2014, 10am – 11am Where: Harrison Regional Library Protect Yourself from Identity Theft - Ruth Brock When: Tue, January 14, 2014, 10am – 11am Where: Brighton Senior Center Description: Sponsored by Bessemer Library Ruth Brock - Identity Theft When: Tue, January 14, 2014, 12pm – 1pm Where: Homewood Senior Center Description: Sponsored by Homewood Public Library Dr. Stephanie Yates When: Wed, January 15, 2014, 3:30pm – 4:30pm Where: First Light Shelter Description: Sponsored by BPL-Central Money Talks! Stories about Cold Hard Cash When: Sun, January 19, 2014, 2pm – 3pm Where: Albert L. Scott Library - Alabaster Description: Storyteller Dolores Hydock Presents Money Talks! Stories About Cold Hard Cash Identity Theft with Ruth Brock When: Tue, January 21, 2014, 10am – 11am Where: Albert L. Scott Library - Alabaster Library A Penny Saved - Mr. Mac When: Thu, January 23, 2014, 3:30pm – 4:00pm Where: Avondale Public Library Description: Ben Franklin tells the story of The Whistle, the book he wrote for his grandson Couponing 101- Heather Lebischak When: Thu, January 23, 2014, 6:00pm – 7:30pm Where: Gardendale Public Library Ruth Brock - ABCs of Personal Finance When: Sat, January 25, 2014, 10am – 11am Where: Harrison Regional Library ABCs of Personal Finance - Ruth Brock When: Tue, January 28, 2014, 6pm – 7pm Where: Gardendale Public Library MakingCents - Resources to help your money grow and Smart investing@your library® series, a partnership between the ALA and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation.   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.

Not too late

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“Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.” -- Ray Bradbury 2100 Park Place Birmingham, Alabama 35203 Dear Library Friend: Where has your library card taken you this year? What doors have you opened? What worlds have you discovered? Thousands of individuals - children and adults - enter one of our forty libraries every day. Over five million visited our libraries last year. They come to us to learn about their history, travel to far-away destinations, and to chart a path for their future. With one small library card, our community is also able to go on their computers to access thousands of electronic and audio books. Your dedication to our mission and your financial support has made this possible. Thank you! On behalf of the Public Libraries In Jefferson County, I respectfully request your end-of-year support of our organization. The numbers below will give you an idea of how your dollars are spent. $1,000 Maintains our computer system and IT support for member libraries for one day $500 Maintains the online catalog for one day – providing card holders with access to two million items $250 Provides one day of delivery of books, DVDs, audio books and music $100 Provides Internet access for 40 libraries for one day $50 Provides one day of access to 6,376 downloadable eAudio books and 13,981 eBooks Last year with your help we raised $63,000 in donations to supplement our operating budget. An incredible accomplishment as we have only been fundraising since 2009. With an annual budget of more than $1,000,000, our fundraising goal this year is to raise $75,000 through generous contributions from valued donors like you. Together we will continue to provide better, more efficient library services for all county residents. This holiday season, I encourage you to “Give the Gift of Reading” by sending a contribution to keep your public library cooperative vibrant. Please consider becoming a SUSTAINING donor by donating now. I appreciate your consideration. Make your donation before the end of the today and it will be tax-deductible in 2013. Sincerely, Patricia F. Ryan Executive Director 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.