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Support Your Library at These Fundraisers
Youngstown Playhouse - See the musical "Chicago, the Musical" at the Youngstown Playhouse in September. If you buy your tickets from the Levy Committee, the Playhouse will donate half to the campaign. For tickets, contact Janet Loew at jloew@libraryvisit.org or call 330.744.8636, ext. 51620. see flyer for more details

Cassese's MVR Restaurant Presents Beer, Burgers, & Bocce for Books - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 5:30 p.m. at the MVR Restaurant, 410 Walnut St., Youngstown. Tickets $15 at the door. Event benefits the Library Levy Campaign.

Literary Society
The Literary Society Presents New York Times Bestselling Author Lisa Scottoline, author of 17 novels, including her latest, THINK TWICE. Lisa's books have solidly landed on all the major bestseller lists including The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Publisher's Weekly, Washington Post, and The Los Angeles Times. Lisa's novels are known for their fast-paced action, page-turning suspense, and splash of humor, but they are remembered for their warm and down-to-earth characters. more information...
September 30, 2010, 6-9 p.m., Main Library
Please note: Main Library will be closed Thurs. Sept. 30, to prepare for this event.

Featured Books
GRIDIRON GREATS: Books on American Football - Fall is a great time of year… the air is crisp, the leaves are rustling, and the sound of helmets colliding fills every football stadium in the land. Football is now considered “America’s game”, and the testament to that are the millions of people that gather around their televisions or drive hundreds of miles to see a football game every weekend. Here’s a list of fiction and non-fiction titles to supplement your football viewing...

Featured Database
Job & Career Accelerator, part of the Learning Express Library Database, offers everything needed for a successful job search. Explore over one thousand occupations, search over five million current job postings, create professional resumes and cover letters, and organize and track your job-search progress all in one place.

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Read It!
Selected New Adult Fiction Titles
The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott by Kelly O'Connor McNees. Deftly mixing fact and fiction, McNees imagines a love affair that would threaten Louisa May Alcott's writing career--and inspire the story of Jo and Laurie in "Little Women." 

Read It!
Selected New Adult Non Fiction Titles
Arctic Labyrinth: The Quest for the Northwest Passage by Glyn Williams. The elusive dream of locating the Northwest Passage--an ocean route over the top of North America that promised a shortcut to the fabulous wealth of Asia--obsessed explorers for centuries.

Featured Programs
Lavender and Lace Tea - Join the Friends of the Public Library of Youngstown - East Branch Committee for an elegant and entertaining afternoon tea. Special presentation, music, tea, food and a raffle. Wear your favorite hat and gloves! Tickets are $15 and tables seat six. Mail reservation to: Deborah Liptak, Development Director, Main, 305 Wick Ave., Youngstown, OH 44503. Make checks payable to: Friends of PLYMC. Admission price includes a donation to the Friends of PLYMC’s East Friends Committee. East, 1-4 p.m., Sat., Sept. 18

Lunch and Learn
Lunch and Learn: Opera Western Reserve’s “La Traviata” – Presenter David Vosburgh, General Manager & Production Director, discusses the opera "La Traviata." Vosburgh, an adjunct faculty member at Youngstown State University, has directed operas there for the past five years. He has directed over 100 operas, musicals, plays and revues, including two national tours for Columbia Artists’ Theatricals. Bring a brown-bag lunch; coffee is provided. Sponsored by the Friends of the PLYMC.
Main Library, Noon, Tues., Sept. 14 read more...