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336 Fayetteville St
Raleigh, NC 27601
(inside the Wake County Office Building)
Monday - Friday
8:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday & Sunday
Closed
LIBRARY STAFF:
Katie Knight
Eric Smith
Christie Starnes
(919) 856-6868
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If an item you're looking for is not owned by Wake County Public Libraries and we are unable to offer an adequate substitution, we may be able to borrow the material from another library in the United States through a service called InterLibrary Loan (ILL). Through ILL it is possible for you to obtain books, microfilm, articles and other items.
As of June 1, 2009, you can
also use ILLiad to "suggest a
purchase". To learn more please visit our How Do I...
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Reading Allowed
Storytime for adults Katie reads short stories, essays and book chapters out loud!
For more information:
Katie Knight (856-6865)
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Electronic Information Center, Downtown Raleigh Library
Sir Walter Book Club
This book club is for residents of the Sir Walter Apartments.
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Downtown Raleigh
Library EXPRESS July 2009
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Greetings!
The Centennial Hall of Fame
Exhibit on Display in the Electronic Information Center
July - August 2009
In 1792 Joel Lane sold one thousand acres of his plantation to a group of commissioners who were committed to making 'Raleigh' into a great capital city. In spite of numerous fires, debates about relocation, a Civil War, and many other obstacles the dream that was Raleigh ultimately became a reality.
However, it took more than land and good intentions to transform Lane's farm into the great city we know today. Buildings needed to be designed and constructed. Newspapers needed to be founded and printed. Leaders were needed to govern both the city and the state. Schools needed to be organized so they could see to the education of the city. Churches needed to organize and serve. None of this would have happened had it not been for the hard work and sacrifice of some of Raleigh's greatest citizens. Largely through their efforts the city began, expanded, and became the great capital city the founders imagined.
The Centennial Hall of Fame seeks to honor those individuals who made significant contributions during Raleigh's first 100 years (1792-1892). 
The museum is located in the historic Briggs Building at 220 Fayetteville Street in Raleigh, N.C. 27601.
Admission is free and no tickets are required for entrance to the museum. For Information, please call 919.832.3775.
MUSEUM HOURS: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-4pm | Saturday 1pm to 4pm | Closed Sunday & Monday |
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Once Upon a Thursday...
Join Katie for story time! Every third Thursday @
Marbles Kids Museum
201 East Hargett Street
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COFFEE SHOP BOOK CLUBS
Classics Book Club
Every Third Tuesday at Morning Times
Tuesday, July 14
@ 7:00 PM
Light in August
by William Faulkner
Magill Book Review: Each of these characters has embarked on a quest. Lena seeks the father of her soon-to-be-born child; Joe Christmas seeks his identity; Hightower attempts to escape the past. Lena's trusting nature allows her to become a part of the community, and she finds a worthy husband. Joe Christmas rejects both the black world and the white and can find peace only in death. Hightower, too, fails to free himself from the burden of the past, though he delivers Lena's baby and makes a gallant but unsuccessful effort to save Joe Christmas.The lives of these three characters reveal a number of themes. Joe Christmas has been reared in a sterile, Calvinistic environment that Faulkner contrasts with the fertility and naturalness of Lena Grove. In part, Joe Christmas' plight results from his uncertainty of his racial identity, a matter of importance, Faulkner indicates, only in a racist society.Hightower provides a warning against another aspect of the South: its worship of a dead past that bars it from facing the present. Hightower is so caught up in the Civil War exploits of his grandfather that he cannot attend to the needs of his wife or his congregation.Like Christmas and Hightower, Lena is an outsider, but she is not fundamentally alienated from the natural order. Hence, only she succeeds in her quest. Interweaving the tragedies of Joe Christmas and Gail Hightower with the comedy of Lena Grove, LIGHT IN AUGUST reveals the complexity of life. It also shows that compassion, community, and a love of the natural rhythms of life are essential if mankind is to endure and prevail. SOURCE: NOVELIST |
Downtown Raleigh Readers
Every Fourth Monday at Morning Times
June disucssion is now Monday, June 29 @ 7:00 PM
The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Library Journal Review: /* Starred Review */ Díaz's remarkable debut novel tells the story of a lonely outsider with zest rather than pathos. Oscar grows up in a Dominican neighborhood in Paterson, NJ, as an overweight, homely lover of sf and fantasy. Reading such books and trying to emulate them in his own writing provide Oscar's only pleasure. What he really wants is love, but his romantic overtures are constantly rejected. The author balances Oscar's story with glances at the history of the Dominican Republic, focusing on the Rafael Trujillo dictatorship and its effect on Oscar's family. Díaz masterfully shifts between Oscar and his sister, mother, and grandfather to give this intimate character study an epic scale, showing that an individual life is the product of family history. Jonathan Davis's sensitive reading captures the romantic quest of the hero and the tragedy of life under Trujillo, and Staci Snell ably reads the alternating chapters dealing with Oscar's sister and mother. Also included is Drown , a collection of stories by Díaz. Highly recommended for all collections. [This book is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.-Ed.]-Michael Adams, CUNY Graduate Ctr. --Michael Adams (Reviewed February 15, 2008) (Library Journal, vol 133, issue 3, p142) SOURCE: NOVELIST
Next book discussion will be Monday, August 24
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