Read the August 2008 2008 connectnow magazine online or pick up a copy of the current issue at the library.

connectnow contains the monthly schedule of events including children's and adult programs, film series, business and gallery programs, computer training classes and the bookmobile schedule. 

Nina Revoyr's novel The Age of Dreaming is an homage to the silent film era and a meditation on the struggles of Japanese immigrants in America in the early twentieth century. The novel is set in 1964 but spends a great deal of time remembering the silent film era of the 1910s and early 1920s. A reporter phones forgotten silent film star, Jun Nakayama, and asks for an interview. Reluctantly, he...

I know it is not Valentine's Day yet. However, one day I was looking through the magazines in the Periodical Room at the library and I found the May 2008 Martha Stewart Living magazine. Inside the magazine there was an article about sailors' valentines. What is a sailors' valentine? Sailors valentines were originally made in the 1800's and were octagonal hinged wooden boxes. The inside of the...

The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Beginning
Long ago, in a kingdom where music is outlawed, King Triton's youngest daughter, Ariel, discovers her love for music in a secret, underground music club, then sets off on a daring adventure to restore music to Atlantica. (2008, 77 minutes, rated G)

Redbelt
A humble jujitsu instructor lives by the samurai code and struggles to run a studio with his wife,...

August 1– September 28
Alice C Sabatini Gallery (closes 9/19)
Mulvane Art Museum (closes 9/28)

View the exhibit online:
Printed Image 2

The Printed Image 2 is our national, biennial, juried graphics exhibit. It was established in 2006 and features emerging and veteran printmakers from across the United States using both traditional and breakthrough techniques. This year's show is diverse and visually stunning.

Is your child just learning to read? Are you wondering what books they would like?  Click here to see which books the Association of Library Services To Children 2007-2008 School-Age Programs and Services Committee recommends.

Which anime series has the best art work? Most crush-worthy characters?  Share your opinions by helping create booklists to display in the library.  All you have to do is these five steps:

• Pick a theme. (Like most romantic, best fight scenes, cutest sidekicks- whatever you can think of!)
• Draw an anime style picture to represent that theme.
• Pick the top five manga novels or anime...