Bethlehem Area Public Library News Blog

Wild Animals - The Pinker Tones

Jonas L.A. - The Jonas Brothers

Roadsongs - Derek Trucks Band

Symphonicities - Sting

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Please join us for our upcoming fall book discussions:  September - Heart in the Right Place by Carolyn Jourdan; October - Loving Frank by Nancy Horan;  November - Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, and we’ll end the year with The Glass Castle by Jeannette Wells.  Register at www.bapl.org, click on the Events Calendar and News and click on Register for Events.

In September, Wendy Thomson will conduct an 8-week, one-hour program, Yoga for the Grieving Heart, Sue Carrara will discuss Maintaining Resilience During Challenging Times, and Darlene Frank will teach us how to make our own DVD’s, including adding photos/music and more.  Genealogist Les Kish will get us started on researching our family histories in October, and join us in November to hear author Sally Luckenbach relay insights and techniques on how to reduce stress.  Register at www.bapl.org, click on the Events Calendar and News; click on Register for Events.  See you there!

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Our next regular web session is September 2nd at 10:00am.  Anyone can register by sending an email to librarytraining@morningstar.com and we will reply with instructions on how to attend this webinar either from the comfort of your own home or business, OR from our pc’s here at the library!

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Date Night

The Joneses

Temple Grandin

The Last Song

Cemetery Junction

The City of Your Final Destination

Dexter.  The Fourth Season

Today, Friday the 13th, the Main Library will close at 1 PM.  The South Side Branch will be open from 1 to 5.  The Main Library will reopen Monday at 9 AM.   The South Side will reopen on Monday at 11 AM. 

During Musikfest the Main Library Bookdrops are CLOSED when the Library is CLOSED.  The Bookdrops will close today at 1 PM and open Monday at 9 AM. 

The South Side Branch Bookdrops are OPEN when the South Side is CLOSED.  Sooo. . . The South Side Bookdrops will be OPEN from 5 PM Friday to 11 AM Monday.

The Young Romantic; A Portrait of Yundi - This film captures the intensity of Chinese Pianist Yundi, formerly know as Yundi Li.  In the film he prepares for his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic, and tours his native country where we meet his family and encounter the culture of the piano in China.

The Art of the Steal - The battle for the relocation of the impressionist masterpieces of  the Barnes Foundation. 

Visions of New York City - A Soaring view of the city from Wall Street to Washington Heights.  Helicopter-mounted cameras capture iconic images.

Art & Copy - This documentary explores the most successful advertising campaigns of the 20th century and  introduces the innovative minds that created them.

Rem Koolhaas: A Kind of Architect is an engaging portrait of a visionary that takes us to the heart of his ideas.

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Live to Tell - Lisa Gardner

The Rembrandt Affair - Daniel Silva

Star Island - Carl Hiaasen

The Apostle - Brad Thor

Maybe This Time - Jennifer Crusie

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