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Download Music from the Library
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You can now download music from the Marion Library! We have a subscription to the Freegal music service. Visit the Online Resources page at our website and click on Freegal to access about three million songs that can be downloaded and kept. Limit of three downloads per week.
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MLN2GO Library App
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MLN2GO is our new app you can use to search our catalog, download items, manage your account, and find suggested reading instantly with your iOS device. Find it here or search the App Store on your device. Android app coming soon.
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Ancestry.com Now Available
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If you are interested in genealogy, we would like to share our newest online resource with you: Ancestry.com. Ancestry is available to use only within the library - get to it from the Online Resources page at our website.
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July at a Glance
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July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 - Library Knit Wits (moved to Wednesdays for summer!)
July 4 - Library CLOSED
July 7 - Red Cedar Chamber Music Concert
July 11, 18, 25 - Library closes at 6 p.m.
July 11, 18, 25 - Scrabble Club
July 8 - Marion Library Board of Trustees Meeting
July 9 - Reading Assistance Dogs
July 11, 18, 25 - Library closes at 6 p.m.
July 11, 18, 25 - Scrabble Club
July 11 - History Club
July 11 - Salon Series part II with author Kyle Minor
July 13 - Madcap Productions Puppet Theatre for All Ages
July 23 - Food for Thought book discussion (ever popular Cookbooks!)
July 23 - Friends of the Marion Library Board Meeting
July 24 - Our State Fair is a Great State Fair!
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Preview of August Events
August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 - Scrabble Club
August 3 - Heart of a Hero from Chasing4Life
August 3 - Severe Storm Readiness from Chasing4Life
August 7, 14, 21, 28 - Knit Wits
August 8 - History Club
August 8 - Cedar Valley Road Program
August 10 - Celebrate Writing Author Event
August 12 - Marion Library Board of Trustees Meeting
August 27 - Food for Thought Book Group
August 27 - Friends of the Marion Library Board Meeting
See Our Website Calendar for Additional Details
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eReader Learning Sessions
We have scheduled several sessions this month to help you learn how to download library ebooks to your ereader. Just come to any one; bring your ereader, any cords you have for it, and your questions. We'll do our best to get you set up and comfortable with the process.
Tuesday, July 2, 1-2
Wednesday, July 3, 10-11
Wednesday, July 17, 1-2
Tuesday, July 23, 7-8
Thursday, July 25, 1-2
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Greetings!
The Marion Library is excited to offer some new services this month -- you'll find more details here in our newsletter. You can now download music using Freegal, do genealogy searches with Ancestry.com, and get a really super cool library catalog app for your iOS devices called MLN2GO. If you want the latest and greatest, look no further than the Marion Library! Happy searching!
--The Staff at the Marion Library |
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Red Cedar Chamber Music FREE Concert
We are proud to be able to present Red Cedar Chamber Music here at the library on Saturday, July 6 at 3pm. Red Cedar is opening its Summer Festival with our library concert, which will feature trios and duos with flute, cello, clarinet, and guitar. This free concert is sponsored by the City of Marion, the Linn County Board of Supervisors, Witwer Trust, and Hills Bank. Additional support is provided by Nancy Miller. Red Cedar Chamber Music flutist Jan Boland and guitarist John Dowdall will be joined by clarinetist Joseph Dieker, Cornell College's vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college, and special guest, 12 year old guitarist Calvin Gehring, who will join John Dowdall to play a guitar duet called Spanish Guitar Blues. For information on all Summer Festival 2013 events call 319-377-8028 or visit Red Cedar online.
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Salon Series Presents Voices to Watch
With this author series, new in 2013, the Metro Library Network presents new and aspiring voices from the UI Writer's Workshop! We're pleased to introduce to you as our second author Kyle Minor on Thursday evening, July 11 at 7pm. Get a taste for his writing by enjoying an early published essay. We partner with the Campbell Steele Gallery, which provides a lovely intimate salon setting for our series. There is no charge, just come and spend an evening getting to know a bright young voice. We'll provide light hors d'oeuvres and Campbell Steele offers a cash bar.
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Intergenerational Puppet Production by Madcap
Everyone will enjoy this fantastic puppet show! Come to the library on Saturday, July 13 at 2pm when Madcap Productions Puppet Theatre presents The Cinderella Files. Ever wonder what would happen if Cinderella's Fairy Godmother went on vacation? In Madcap's twisted take on the classic fairy tale, it's up to her husband Ralph, the Fairy Godfather, to get Cinderella to the ball. With help from the audience, giant puppets, and the big wand, Ralph might have a chance. In this hilarious production, Madcap also explores Cinderella as it is told by the Scandinavians in Diamonds and Toads and the Indonesian version, The Crocodile's Baby. The show is appropriate for everyone ages 5 and up -- adults will enjoy it as much as children! You can see a snippet on YouTube. The performance is followed by a Q&A and puppet demonstration. This program is sponsored by Hills Bank & Trust, and they will provide snacks and trinkets for the children in the audience. There's no charge for this amazing show.
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Our State Fair is a Great State Fair! But Then, You Already Knew That ...
This Humanities Iowa program will be presented by Mary Kay Shanley on Wednesday, July 24 at 7pm. Our State Fair - Iowa's Blue Ribbon Story is the book that chronicles 150 years of Iowans who have made up that unique August experience. Read their stories and you'll discover a bit of yourself - from watching two locomotives collide in front of a packed Grandstand to riding the roller coaster or sneaking a smooch with your sweetheart while gliding through Ye Old Mill, from parading your Charolais around the ring to watching judges test your pie crust, from camping in Tent City to eating your noon meal beside your car. Join author Mary Kay Shanley in a discussion of some of the book's very best tales, then share some of your own. Everybody, after all, has a great State Fair story to tell. And this free program arrives just in time to generate enthusiasm for the 2013 edition of the Fair itself!
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Summer Reading Programs for Adults 
If you haven't registered for summer reading, it's not too late! Join us for the Club Read 2013 summer reading program for adults:
"The Short Story of a Teenage Vampire." The organizers created this catchy title because of the three areas on which they are focusing this summer: short stories, young adult/teen literature, and vampire stories. Visit our website to register. Club Read's summer program offers a variety of ways in which to participate.
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Event Updates for Summer
Our Coffeehouse Fiction book discussion group takes a break for the summer. See you back at Wit's End in September!
Knit Wits, the library's knitting group, switches to Wednesday evenings at 6:30 for the summer; come join us for an evening of needlework and socializing.
SCORE workshops are over for the season. They start up again in the fall.
Scrabble Club continues to meet at its regular time on Thursdays at 2pm.
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