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Library Insider September 2014
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How-To Festival
Join us for an all ages, interactive learning event 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, at the Union Township Branch Library, 4450 Glen Este-Withamsville Road.
At 11 a.m., Mad Science presents Spin, Pop Boom. You'll be amazed when the Mad Scientist is able to defy gravity in this energetic and spectacular special event. Didgeridoo tubes, foaming hands and steaming chemical reactions will introduce children to a world of exciting chemistry.
At 1 p.m. Rick Franckenhauser demonstrates and discusses brewing beer at home. He'll talk about different types of equipment and recipes.
At 2 p.m. Chef Joseph Childress of Specialty of the House demonstrates the basics of German cuisine. He'll show you how to make schnitzel, German onion soup with beef, potato soup, and sauerbraten. There will be schnitzel to share! Recipes provided.
We'll also have activities for all ages throughout the day:
The Manufactory, a shared membership workshop that offers tools, equipment and workspace, will demonstrate their 3D printer.
Learn how to create a holiday center piece and hexnut jewelry.
Play with brushbots and artbots. Learn papercrafting and make a jumping frog or a Chinese takeout box.
We'll also have drawings for fun stuff like brushbot kits and gift cards.
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Free Jim Gill ConcertJoin us for a special family concert with Jim Gill at the Union Township Branch, Friday, Sept. 26, 6 p.m. Each of Jim’s concerts is an active sing-along and clap-along activity. He bangs out energetic rhythms on his banjo while everyone claps, jumps, dances and even sneezes along. The concert is filled, of course, with songs and stories from Jim’s award-winning recordings and books for young children. Jim Gill is a nationally-acclaimed author and musician. Over the years his recordings and books have received five separate awards from the American Library Association. For more information or to receive a reminder phone call before the concert, visit or call the library at 528-1744. If you would like to receive a reminder email, register online. You don't need to register to attend the concert.
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Sweetness #9 : a novelby Stephan Eirik ClarkA father who worked as an apprentice flavor chemist chose to ignore the disturbing side effects he noticed in tests on Sweetness #9, which became America's most popular sweetener, and wonders if the problems afflicting his family years later are due to his silence.
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We are not ourselves : a novel
by Matthew Thomas
Raised by her Irish immigrant parents in a 1940s Queens apartment where alcohol and company combine in mercurial ways, Eileen marries an unambitious scientist with whom she endures an increasingly psychologically dark family life. A first novel.
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Painted horses : a novel
by Malcolm Brooks
A young archeologist surveying a Western canyon in the 1950s ahead of the planned construction of a major dam meets a former mounted cavalryman who shows her the beauty in the stark landscape around her.
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Operation Shakespeare : the true story of an elite international sting
by John Shiffman
A narrative account of a national security sting designed to protect U.S. soldiers, sailors and pilots from enemies armed with American weapons traces the efforts of an elite undercover Homeland Security unit to track down an elusive Iranian broker. By the Pulitzer Prize finalist and co-author of Priceless
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