Fall Round of Friends Grants

Our beloved Friends of the Library approved another group of grants to enhance our Library services for YOU!  The $25,000 they donated included funding for: the First Tuesday music concerts, our local history collection, special shows for kids, cultural passes, and the Fifth Annual Lake Oswego Reads program.   In addition, the programs described below all were made possible by our dedicated Friends of the Library.

And the Winner is…Us!

Well our Teen Advisory Board that is.  As they do every year, the teens created a public service announcement for our 2009 teen summer reading program, which TCVTV videotaped, aired, and submitted to a national competition sponsored by the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA).  And OUR piece was the national winner in the library category.   

Read Out Loud

To celebrate Banned Books Week, we presented a “Read Out Loud” event featuring the Lakeridge High School Newspaper team.  They discussed student press rights history and how Oregon law fights censorship.  For information on upcoming programs go to

http://www.ci.oswego.or.us/library/AdultCalendar.htm/

Concert

Performing Arts Series

For our October event, the comic duo, Vana O’Brien and Luisa Sermol, perform a reading of Withering Looks, a humorous look at the famous Bronte sisters.  For more information go to http://www.ci.oswego.or.us/library/AdultCalendar.htm/.

Third Tuesday Author Talk

On Tuesday, October 19^th at 7:00 p.m. our author talk features Caroline Miller.  She’s written numerous short stories and a novel, Heart Land.  For information on upcoming programs go to http://www.ci.oswego.or.us/library/AdultCalendar.htm/.

Teen Gaming

We recently had a Super Smash Bros Brawl Tournament with very energetic players.  For information on upcoming teen programs go to

http://www.ci.oswego.or.us/library/teen/schedule.htm.

Special Magic Show for Kids

Magician Jay Frasier performed his magic to an enthusiastic audience at our Second Saturday children’s event.  For information on upcoming children’s programs go to http://www.ci.oswego.or.us/library/calendar/ChildrensPrograms.htm.