Hey all you movie fans! We have some great movies coming up during October, and the best part is - they're free! Movies are shown every other Wednesday at 2pm in the Ben Hunt Room on the lower level of the library. Feel free to bring snacks, soda and pillows to make yourself as comfy as possible.

Upcoming movie schedule:

Wednesday October 4 - Pride & Prejudice - (PG)
Starring Keira Knightly as Elizabeth Bennett, this is the latest version of the classic book to hit the silver screen. It is a wonderful love story full of wit, humor and romance.

Wednesday October 18 - Take the Lead - (PG-13)
Starring Antonio Banderas as Pierre Dulane, a former professional ballroom dancer who volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system, this uplifting story shows how anyone can accomplish anything they set their mind to.

At first Pierre's classical background clashes with his students' more urban tastes, but together Dulane and his students create a completely new style of dance and prove to everyone that they can be the best.

Wednesday November 1 - Friends With Money - (R)
In a group of friends that have so much money they don't know what to do with it all, Olivia is the have-not. A teacher turned housecleaner and the only single woman in the group, she not only struggles to find a career, but also to find the right man to get her over the married man she recently had an affair with. Starring Jennifer Anniston, Frances McDormand and Joan Cusack, this is an intimate exploration of friendship, love and relationships.

Feel free to give us a call with any question you may have. Information Desk: 414-529-6150 ext. 10

Hello from Beijing!

My husband and I have been here for about 5 days; tomorrow (Saturday) we leave for Shanghai. This past week we've taken a Chinese tour bus to the Great Wall of China, visited the National Library of China, walked all of the central part of Beijing exploring hutongs (neighborhoods), Tian'nemman Square and the Forbidden City. We've gone shopping at the enormous shopping malls including Pearl World where you can buy pearls, jewels, leather, silk, shoes, electronics, and all sorts of Chinese goods for very inexpensive prices. The people have been friendly and helpful. We've done a lot of walking but we've also taken the subway, taxis, bus, and tomorrow, just for fun, we'll rent bikes to tour around our neighborhood. We're taking an overnight train to Shanghai. The weather has been sunny and warm during the day with the nights cool -- very pleasant.

When we visited the National Library we had to get a temporary day pass to sit in the reading room. This meant showing our passports and business cards, filling out two forms and giving all of this to the attendants at the library card registration desk. The attendants used the information to complete a database version of the forms, then took our photographs. We got pastic cards that we had to sign and use upstairs to gain entry to the reading room. The cards were swiped into the computers and our photos and the official data popped up on the computer in the reading room. My photo didn't show up so I had to go back downstairs to the registration desk and get the attendants to fix that problem. I then went back upstairs and we gained entry to the reading room where we sat for several hours just readng books that we had brought (everything in the library is in Chinese) and writing up postcards. None of the attendants, upstairs or downstairs, spoke any English. We just smiled at each other.

Watch this blog for another report, from Shanghai. -- Pat Laughlin, Library Director

Still Going Strong!

The library was a lively place in August. People checked out more than 14,500 items! Wow! If that's too much excitement for you, things have quieted down now that schools are back in session. Stop in for books, audiobooks, large print books, videos and DVDs, CD-ROMs, puzzles, and more.

Kids, be sure to say hello to Dash. He is still going strong too!