Swinging Christmas concert with Brian Oberlin at Cedar Mill

On Friday, December 9 at 7:00 pm, Cedar Mill Community Library's Music on the Mezzanine will feature Portland's singing multi-instrumentalist Brian Oberlin on his signature instrument, the mandolin. Brian will perform a delightful mix of swingin' holiday favorites from his new CD, "Brian Oberlin Solo Swing Christmas."

Giant used book and media sale for the Cedar Mill Library

The Cedar Mill Library is holding a big used book and media sale - so big that they can't hold it in the library!

Find the sale at Cedar Mill Lumber, on Barnes and Cornell. Look for signs pointing you to the sale.

The sale will be held on the following dates:

• Friday, Dec. 2nd from 10 am to 6 pm
• Saturday, Dec. 3rd from 10 am to 5 pm
• Sunday, Dec. 4th from noon to 5 pm
• Monday, Dec. 5th from 10 am to 2 pm

You will find thousands of gently used books, CDs, books on tape, VHS and DVDs for sale.

If you would like to donate items for the sale, or volunteer your time, it would be appreciated. Find details at the Cedar Mill Library's website.

Unplug the Christmas machine at the Cedar Mill Library

Unplug the Christmas Machine! Participate in a free workshop to reinvent a joyful, less commercial Christmas on Sunday, December 4th from 2:00 - 4:00 pm in the Cedar Mill Library's Community Room.

Learn how to make this the warmest and most enchanting Christmas ever! Based on the work of Jo Robinson and Jean Coppock Staeheli, we'll share holiday traditions, complete worksheets, and brainstorm new approaches, helped along with laughter, fun and chocolate! The workshop is facilitated by Becky Lovejoy, a Cedar Mill staff member.

What did you most enjoy about the holidays? Bring back the magic by rethinking old habits, simplifying, creating new traditions, and balancing the material world with the spiritual one. Take the Holiday Pledge, laugh about the Ten Hidden Gift-Giving Rules, brainstorm how to find or make gifts without breaking the budget, and more.

To reserve your space or for more information, e-mail us at seabrookxmas@comcast.net. Can't make it? Request an electronic copy of the "Unplug the Christmas Machine" handbook or check out the books on simplifying Christmas in the WCCLS catalog.

Encourage our future scientists at the First Lego League at Cedar Mill

The public is invited to encourage our future scientists and creative thinkers – as teams of 4th through 8th graders practice their live presentations for the upcoming county-wide First Lego League competition.

Each team has researched a problem in this year’s challenge - Food factor: keeping food safe - and has come up with an innovative solution.

Cheer on the teams on Tuesday, November 29th from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm and on Friday, December 2nd from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the Lewis and Clark meeting rooms.

First Lego League teams can register to reserve a presentation time slot. To register, stop at the Youth Services Desk at Cedar Mill Library, Youth Services Desk, or call (503) 644-0043 x112, or email Nancy at nancys@wccls.org.

UPDATE - Kindle books by Penguin publishers are once again available in Library2Go

We are pleased to share that Kindle lending for ebooks published by Penguin has been restored in Library2Go - Penguin changed their mind on the issue. You should now again be able to access Penguin ebooks for Kindle in Library2Go.

If you do experience any troubles accessing Kindle books, please contact us here.

Thank you for your patience!

Garden Home Community Library Book Sale December 3rd

Visit the Garden Home Community Library's Book Sale on December 3rd from 9 am to 3 pm.

You'll find hundreds of hardback and paper bound books, CDs and DVDs including fiction, crime, history, biography, children and young readers, cooking, hobbies, health and wellness, travel, arts and literature. Prices are $.50 and $1.00, and your purchases support the Garden Home Library.

You can also browse the many booths at the Garden Home Recreation Center's 27th annual Holiday Bazaar, happening at the same time.

Find the Garden Home Community Library Garden Home Community Library at the Garden Home Recreation Center - 7475 S. W. Garden Home Road, in Portland (map).

Transfer of wma audiobooks to iOS 5 devices available once again

We are pleased to let you know that you can once again transfer wma audiobooks to iOS 5 devices via OverDrive Media Console for PC. Visit our guide for instructions.

For more information about Library2Go, visit our Library2Go help page.

Happy downloading!

Kindle books by Penguin publishers in Library2Go

We were just made aware this afternoon that all ebooks published by Penguin are no longer available for Kindle lending in Library2Go.

Penguin ebooks are still available in EPUB and PDF formats - only Kindle availability has been pulled by the publisher.

Penguin says they pulled Kindle availability due to security concerns. From their statement - "[D]ue to new concerns about the security of our digital editions, we find it necessary to delay the availability of our new titles in the digital format while we resolve these concerns with our business partners."

If you had Penguin books in Kindle format on hold in Library2Go, they are no longer available. We apologize for the inconvenience this might cause. At this time we do not know if or when Penguin will restore access to Kindle lending for their titles, but we will keep you informed.

Here is how to tell who the publisher of a book is:

1. Click on the title of the book for its full record

2. Look for the publisher

If you have questions, please contact us or visit our Library2Go help page.

Crime writer Neal Hirschfeld at Garden Home Community Library

Neal Hirschfeld is an author, screenwriter and prize-winning journalist, and he will be appearing at the Garden Home Community Library on Tuesday, November 29th at 7:00 PM.

Hirschfeld's latest work is called Dancing with the Devil, a book co-written with Louis Diaz, an undercover agent with the DEA and a man who was instrumental in bringing down some of the nation's and the world's most notorious crime rings.

Find Hirschfeld's books in the WCCLS catalog.

Award-winning author Brian Doyle to appear at the North Plains Public Library on Nov. 30th

Join the Friends of North Plains Public Library in welcoming award winning author Brian Doyle as guest speaker at the monthly book club meeting, held at the North Plains Public Library on Wednesday, November 30 at 7 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.

Portland Magazine editor Brian Doyle has been awarded the 2010 Book of the Year Editor's Choice Award for Fiction for his novel Mink River. The story takes place in the fictional village of Neawanaka on the Oregon coast and features a cast of fascinating characters, human and nonhuman, including a crow named Moses. Copies of Mink River are available through Washington County Cooperative Library Services.

Doyle is the author of ten books, including The Grail, Thirsty for the Joy: Australian and American Voices, Epiphanies and Elegies, and The Wet Engine. Doyle’s essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic Monthly, Harper’s, Orion, The American Scholar, and in newspapers and magazines around the world. His essays have also been reprinted in the annual Best American Essays, Best Amercian Science & Nature Writing, and Best American Spiritual Writing anthologies.

Library hours and closures during the week of Thanksgiving

See the chart below for WCCLS member libraries hours during the week of Thanksgiving.

Remember that you can download ebooks and audiobooks 24/7 using Library2Go!

Library	Wednesday Nov. 23rd	Thursday Nov. 24th	Friday Nov. 25th	Saturday Nov. 26th	Sunday Nov. 27th
Banks	Normal Hours	Closed	Closed	Normal Hours	Usual Closure
Beaverton	Closing at 5 pm	Closed	Closed	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Beaverton Murray Scholls	Closing at 5 pm	Closed	Closed	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Cedar Mill	Normal Hours	Closed	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Cedar Mill at Bethany	Normal Hours	Closed	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Cornelius	Normal Hours	Closed	Closed	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Forest Grove	Normal Hours	Closed	Closed	Closed	Usual Closure
Garden Home	Normal Hours	Closed	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Usual Closure
Hillsboro	Closing at 6 pm	Closed	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Hillsboro Shute Park	Closing at 6 pm	Closed	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Usual Closure
North Plains	Closing at 5 pm	Closed	Closed	Normal Hours	Usual Closure
Oregon College of Art and Craft	Normal Hours	Closed	Closed	Normal Hours	Usual Closure
Sherwood	Closing at 6 pm	Closed	Closed	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Tigard	Normal Hours	Closed	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Tualatin	Closing at 6 pm	Closed	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
Tuality Health Resource Center	Closing at 5 pm	Closed	Closed	Usual Closure	Usual Closure
West Slope	Normal Hours	Closed	Normal Hours	Normal Hours	Usual Closure

All libraries (except for Tualatin) closed for Veterans Day

Cover of sheet music written to celebrate
the return of veterans at the end of WWI
(From the American Memory Project
of the Library of Congress)

All WCCLS member libraries except Tualatin Public Library will be closed tomorrow, Friday, November 11th, in observance of Veterans Day. 

You may be interested in exploring the Veterans History Project, part of the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress. 

"The Veterans History Project of the American Folklife Center collects, preserves, and makes accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war." 

The project collects and digitizes video and audio interviews, photographs, diaries, and more. It covers wars from World War One to the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

It's an amazing, important and growing digital resource. Take a look!

North Plains Public Library welcomes award-winning author Brian Doyle in November

Join the Friends of North Plains Public Library in welcoming award winning author Brian Doyle as guest speaker at the monthly book club meeting, held at the North Plains Public Library on Wednesday, November 30 at 7 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.

Portland Magazine editor Brian Doyle has been awarded the 2010 Book of the Year Editor's Choice Award for Fiction for his novel Mink River. The story takes place in the fictional village of Neawanaka on the Oregon coast and features a cast of fascinating characters, human and nonhuman, including a crow named Moses. Copies of Mink River are available through Washington County Cooperative Library Services.

Doyle is the author of ten books, including The Grail, Thirsty for the Joy: Australian and American Voices, Epiphanies and Elegies, and The Wet Engine. Doyle’s essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic Monthly, Harper’s, Orion, The American Scholar, and in newspapers and magazines around the world. His essays have also been reprinted in the annual Best American Essays, Best Amercian Science & Nature Writing, and Best American Spiritual Writing anthologies.

Award-Winning Classical Guitarist Peter Fletcher Performs Music From Four Centuries

Award-Winning Classical Guitarist Peter Fletcher Performs Music From Four Centuries

Monday, November 7, 7:00pm
Tualatin Public Library

Many musicians dream of a chance to perform at Carnegie Hall. Classical guitarist Peter Fletcher has played at the historic concert venue in New York four times. His most recent show, in March 2010, was sold out. Fletcher will take a different stage when he performs the music of Bach and many other composers at the Tualatin Public Library at 7 p.m. November 7. Fletcher said he does not approach a library performance any differently from a performance in a prestigious music hall. Audiences will leave his performances with a similar sample of his musical talents, but might experience more.  Peter does the same performance he would do at Carnegie Hall as he would in a library.

Fletcher began his illustrious career playing on a baritone ukulele at the age of six, but that wasn't good enough for the music loving first grader. By the time he was seven, he was taking classical guitar lessons from John Sutherland, the author of "Everybody's Classical Guitar." Peter started with classical guitar because Sutherland said it would make a good base no matter what style of guitar he wanted to play. Peter loved it and decided to stay with it.

The concert will feature selections from Fletcher's 2008 CD release on Tower Hill Records: Music of the Baroque. Other repertoire will include Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring from Cantata No. 147 as well as the Chaconne in D minor by J. S. Bach; Usher-Waltz, an unusual and intense piece by Russian guitarist and composer Nikita Koshkin; two works from Maurice Ravel's exquisite Mother Goose Suite; Francisco Tarrega's ever popular Recuerdos de la Alhambra; two exciting crowd pleasers by Spanish composer Joaquin Turina; Grieg's Chanson de Solveig from Peer Gynt; and music of Praetorius, Ponce and Reusner.

The program will culminate with Koyunbaba, by composer/guitarist Carlo Domeniconi. This is one of the most unique and exciting works in the classical guitar repertoire. Proclaimed Peter Burwasser of Fanfare Magazine: "Fletcher plays it all with a gracious virtuosity that makes for a very pleasing hour plus of unaffected musical poetry."

Find the Hillsboro Public Library on Facebook!

Welcome to Facebook, Hillsboro Public Library! If you are on Facebook, head on over to Hillsboro's page and like them to get updates from Hillsboro in your news feed.

See all of the WCCLS member libraries who are on Facebook by visiting WCCLS' Facebook page and clicking on See All at the top right of the Likes box.

We look forward to reading the updates from Hillsboro!