tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69809564823258331192017-03-13T20:15:01.500-07:00SalmagundiRandom acts of blogging from the staff of the Newport Public Library.Sherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12341323784666257041noreply@blogger.comBlogger855125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-64686156907638359092016-07-17T16:00:00.000-07:002016-07-17T16:00:00.167-07:00Drums, stories and dancing in Literacy Park   Newport Public Library's On Your Mark, Get Set . . . READ! summer reading program brings West African drumming storyteller Habiba Addo back to the coast this week. She performs in Literacy Park at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 20. All children and families are invited to attend this free program offering everyone a chance to learn some drumming licks. A native of Ghana, West Africa, Habiba Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01374057752828196353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-77721623660726769862016-07-13T11:26:00.000-07:002016-07-13T14:18:18.713-07:00Get It While You Can Downtown Portland comes to the library when singer-songwriter Nick Jaina combines music with a reading from his debut memoir, Get It While You Can on Sunday, July 17, at 2 p.m.  A finalist for the 2016 Oregon Book Awards, Get It While You Can is poetry in prose, a meditation on music, melancholy, love, and loss. Jaina's live performance is like an audio scrapbook. He loops together guitar Sherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12341323784666257041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-74285010005849109802016-07-10T12:00:00.000-07:002016-07-10T12:00:21.577-07:00Science Magician comes to Literacy Park Have you been to a Jeff Evans show? This guy is the bees knees! He brings the magic of science alive to kids in a way that’s engaging, entertaining and FUN! Your kids won’t even know that they are learning! They will think they are at a super fun magic show. Jeff’s show will inspire your kiddos to try some of the fun at home, too! He tours Lincoln County next Wednesday and Thursday, July 13Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01374057752828196353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-53056164994503345942016-07-08T15:17:00.000-07:002016-07-08T15:17:24.667-07:00Be Careful What You WIsh For.... Join us at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12 when femme fatale Elizabeth Taylor joins Richard Burton in this month's Literary Flick, Doctor Faustus.  This 1967 film was adapted from Christopher Marlowe's 1588 novel The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus.   Richard Burton co-directs the film with Nevill Coghill, and also stars as Faust, a medieval scholar who sells his soul to Mephistopheles (Sherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12341323784666257041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-76908598669350244632016-07-03T17:24:00.000-07:002016-07-04T07:23:03.732-07:00Book Bingo in Literacy ParkBook Bingo began over 20 years ago at Newport Public Library and continues to be a very popular part of the annual Summer Reading program. Played like regular Bingo except with pictures of book jackets instead of numbers, it is used to promote books to young readers that they may not have seen before. This year’s books all pertain to sports because the theme is On Your Mark, Get Set, READ!  Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01374057752828196353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-65590056095246088362016-07-02T13:15:00.001-07:002016-07-02T13:15:34.555-07:00Coastal Colorists meeting on Tuesdays The Coastal Colorists will be meeting on Tuesdays during July and the first week of August, to accomodate the Summer Reading Program that meets on Wednesdays. This adult coloring group is free and open to the public.  The library provides colored pencils and coloring sheets, though people are welcome to bring their own coloring supplies.  We also play gentle music and serve tea, to enhance Sherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12341323784666257041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-59156090050056753672016-06-27T17:52:00.000-07:002016-06-28T08:59:06.223-07:00Our website is evolving!Starting in early July, our website will be mobile-friendly!  What does that mean? If you look up our homepage on your phone right now, it will look something like this: Once the new site goes live, our homepage will look like this on your phone: The layout of the page has changed, so it may take you a moment to reorient.  We hope that you'll find it easier to use, whether you browse Sherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12341323784666257041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-15037454415336597842016-06-23T08:00:00.000-07:002016-06-23T08:00:35.078-07:00Are you ready for retirement?One hundred percent of us expect to have a good retirement, but more than half of us don’t know how to save for it. The key is making a plan to save, invest, and protect your assets and understand your benefits. On Tuesday, June 28 at 2:00 p.m., join Diane Childs from the Oregon Division of Financial Regulation, and Kimberly Herrmann from the Social Security Administration for a non-biased Sherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12341323784666257041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-62681498640256162342016-06-21T08:00:00.000-07:002016-06-21T08:00:31.064-07:00Learn to tell your story!Do you have a story you'd like to tell?  Would you like to learn techniques to bring your story to life?  On Saturday, July 16 at 2:00 p.m. you can join Lawrence Howard and Lynne Duddy, the founders of Portland Story Theater, for a lively, interactive two-hour workshop on the contemporary art of personal storytelling.  Lynne Duddy As participants, you will learn how to identify your stories Sherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12341323784666257041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-37255288412939611712016-06-15T08:00:00.000-07:002016-06-15T08:00:15.165-07:00Everyone Brave is Forgiven In this novel by Chris Cleave, characters are drawn from the 1940's British class system and singled out in the act of living in war torn London and through the siege of Malta.   At eighteen, Mary leaves finishing school for an opportunity to serve in similar capacity as her father somewhere within the diplomatic corps but finds herself placed instead as a primary school teacher Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15925353999945372634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-22693403506176420402016-06-10T09:26:00.001-07:002016-06-10T09:26:17.930-07:00Hugh Grant - About a BoyThe 2002 film, About a Boy will be shown at the Newport Public Library on Tuesday, June 14, at 6:30 p.m. The movie is based on Nick Hornby's novel of the same name. Will Freeman (Hugh Grant) is a smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a hilarious lesson Sherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12341323784666257041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-45325499626365952832016-06-03T12:26:00.000-07:002016-06-03T12:26:33.520-07:00Are you signed up yet?On your mark, get set and get ready for summer at your Library. Summer Reading sign-ups are happening now! Library volunteer Tiby Cooperstein signs up young Newport Public Library’s summer programs are a tradition and there’s a program for everyone. Programs begin the week of June 20 and are designed to encourage everyone to make reading a fun priority this summer. "Reading is the most Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01374057752828196353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-60644996903892367232016-05-17T10:16:00.000-07:002016-05-17T10:16:08.977-07:00Good Eats Digging around in my freezer the other day I found some overlooked berries.  Lifting the package out brought summer memories of drowsy bees foraging among the blackberry thorns, and our dog’s reproachful look as I halted our walk, set down my containers, rolled my sleeves up and reached in to pluck the ripe juicy fruit. The frozen treasure also included blueberries that birds didn’t harvestSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15925353999945372634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-15126109902415880152016-05-09T15:30:00.001-07:002016-05-09T17:00:45.731-07:00What the Dickens? Charles Dickens' stories are full of delighfully descriptive names: Ham Peggotty, Paul Sweedlepipe, Jeremiah Flintwinch, and Blathers are just a few I found a website called Name Nerds.  The story of Nicholas Nickleby is no exception, with appearances by Wackford Squeers, Charles Cheeryble, Newman Noggs, and Sir Mulberry Hawk. The 2002 film version of Nicholas Nickleby is our May Literary FlickSherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12341323784666257041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-46285370956094215102016-05-04T08:00:00.000-07:002016-05-04T08:54:35.706-07:00Read magazines on your mobile device! A rolling stone gathers no moss, and neither does the Newport Library! Using our new subscription to Flipster, you can read Rolling Stone and 49 other magazines on your smart phone, tablet, or computer!  Flipster is available on the library's website, under the tab for "eBooks & More."  After you log in, you can scroll through the most recent covers of the magazines. Once you select a Sherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12341323784666257041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-31557429490805536672016-05-02T06:00:00.000-07:002016-05-02T06:00:05.716-07:00Nazdarovya! At the beginning of March, also known as "Read A Book You’ve Always Wanted To Read Month," I started reading Leo Tolstoy’s War And Peace, in a recent translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Now, exactly two month’s later, I have finished. One reviewer wrote: “If the world could write by itself, it would write like Tolstoy.” And as cryptic as that sounds, I’d have to agree. To Jeff Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08531412651650643244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-21684517166906865802016-04-26T15:47:00.000-07:002016-04-26T15:47:44.679-07:00The Buried Giant While I have seen the movie Remains of the Day, I had never read a book by Kazuo Ishiguro until I picked up The Buried Giant on audiobook. With no idea of what to expect, I plunged into the post-Arthurian world of an elderly couple, Axl and Beatrice, who live on the outer perimeter of an underground warren. Their intimate conversations reveal a mental confusion that at first seems age-related,Sherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12341323784666257041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-72514527644575578292016-04-14T07:08:00.001-07:002016-04-14T10:16:59.184-07:00Feral ChildMy childhood was spent without a t.v. set.  Maybe this wasn’t uncommon in the late 50’s, early 60’s.  Our bedtime was reserved for books, and reading lasted sometimes through two chapters of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe or The Hobbit.  By the time we did have a set, I was eight and my media socialization began. To this day I cannot reliably participate in trivia contests, but am very Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15925353999945372634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-54132857003325110662016-04-10T14:00:00.000-07:002016-04-10T14:00:18.065-07:00Elementary, my dear WatsonSherlock Holmes is a cultural icon, and our image of him spans generations, from Basil Rathbone in the 1940's to today's Benedict Cumberbatch.  Our Literary Flick for April, the 1959 version of The Hound of the Baskervilles, stars Peter Cushing in the coveted role.  The film shows at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 12 in the McEntee Meeting Room. Legend has it that centuries before, Sir Hugo Sherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12341323784666257041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-67095826983404162922016-04-08T11:28:00.000-07:002016-04-08T11:28:13.392-07:00Beverly Cleary's 100th Birthday Celebration Newport Public Library Celebrates Children’s Author Beverly Cleary’s 100th Birthday! It’s coming up. Children’s author Beverly Cleary’s 100th Birthday. April 12, 2016 marks her 100th Birthday and what a birthday it will be, with many celebrations nationwide at schools, libraries, public performance spaces, bookstores, and I am sure Ms. Cleary will be having a private birthday celebration too (Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10003584941511538273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-65942571931494661712016-04-06T08:00:00.000-07:002016-04-06T08:00:04.143-07:00Poetry and Music @ the Library The chamber jazz duo PoetryMusic will bring their unique talents to the Newport Public Library on Sunday, April 10, at 2:00 p.m. Chris Lee and Colleen O’Brien perform poems that have been set to music, music that has been set to poems, and music by some well known writers who were also accomplished composers. Lee plays the vibraphone, box drum and frame drum, while O’Brien plays the cello,Sherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12341323784666257041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-40293656552490815942016-03-31T06:00:00.000-07:002016-03-31T06:00:06.043-07:00Carrier: Life Aboard The USS Nimitz Carrier Trailer PBS from Urban Audio Post on Vimeo. In 2005, a film crew was given unprecedented access aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz during a six month deployment to the Persian Gulf. Three years and 1600 hours of footage later, PBS aired Carrier, a reality TV show unlike all the others. Over ten, 1-hour episodes, we learn about life aboard a ship 24 stories tall, three football Jeff Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08531412651650643244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-77117006625956062852016-03-24T08:00:00.000-07:002016-03-27T13:20:24.566-07:00Lincoln County History Buffs Rejoice!The written history of this beautiful place we live only goes back to about the 1830’s although people have lived here for over 8,000 years. Interested in knowing more? Fortunately for you, Newport Public Library has a collection of materials that will inform and, perhaps, surprise you with things you do not know about Lincoln County. Do you know where Oregon’s largest forest fire in recorded Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01374057752828196353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-24550509478715194382016-03-21T09:24:00.003-07:002016-03-21T09:54:52.008-07:00Linking Your Library Card How exciting!  The book you heard reviewed on the radio has been added to the library’s holdings.  Time to reserve it. Call us or go online and put a copy on hold.  So far, so good. You saw the author being interviewed on television and felt a swelling sense of satisfaction. The book will be ready for you soon according to your online account. The library has assured you that your contact Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15925353999945372634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980956482325833119.post-40021612391191021022016-03-11T08:00:00.000-08:002016-03-11T08:00:04.478-08:00Women's History Month @ the Newport Public LibraryWe're recognizing Women's History Month at the library this year with a display of Notable Oregon women and a screening of the recent film, Suffragette on March 15 at 7:00 p.m. While doing research for the display, I discovered some women I had heard of, and some who were brand new to me!   Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey was an ornithologist and nature writer whose fieldwork contributed Sherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12341323784666257041noreply@blogger.com2
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