WVIA and Tim O’Brien

Local PBS affiliate television and radio  station, WVIA, interviewed Tim O’Brien the week of his visit.  If you missed it on Erica Funke’s radio show when it originally aired, WVIA is pleased to share the MP3 of the interview.  Please listen by clicking this link or right click and select ‘Save link as” to save it to your computer.

 

Tim O’Brien

Last Thursday, we had the distinct honor of hosting Mr. Tim O’Brien to talk about the art of stories, his book, The Things They Carried and the wonder of literature.  We had an amazing crowd at the event and we hope that you got a chance to see it.  We did video tape it so if you did miss it we will have it available at the library soon.

As the month’s events are winding down, all of us on the Scranton Reads Committee would like to thank you for taking this journey with us. We hope you enjoyed the book and that you are excited to keep reading throughout the year.  We hope that you take the time to share the stories you’ve read in The Things They Carried and your own stories because, “…. this too is true: stories can save us” (Tim O’Brien, 25).

Veteran Panel Discussion

Guided by local historian, Joe Riccardo, a group of local Vietnam Veterans met at the Scranton Cultural Center in early October to discuss The Things They Carried.  They spoke about their personal experiences, what they thought of the book and the things they carried and still carry today.  We are please to be able to provide the audio of that discussion in the form of a podcast.  We are currently working on getting copies made for the library and to air on ECTV.

Click to play the Veteran Panel Podcast

Right click on this link and click “Save link as..” to  download the podcast.

Marywood Campus Map

For those of you joining us for An Evening with Tim O’Brien, here is a link to a Marywood Campus Map. Please plan to arrive early since seating is not assigned. We will be selling copies of The Things They Carried for $15 and you will have an opportunity to get it signed.

Redwood Curtain

For this year’s Scranton Reads, The Scranton Players will present Pulitzer Prize winner Lanford Wilson’s play Redwood Curtain. The play runs just under an hour and a half. It runs Oct. 30-31, Nov 6 & 7 @ 8Pm and Nov 1&8 @ 2PM. Tickets are $8 for General Admission and $5 for Seniors and children under 12. The performance is in the McDade Center for Literary & Performing Arts in the Royal Theatre.

Interviewing a Generation Reception

This year in celebration of The Things They Carried, the children’s library invited area students to interview their friends and family about their experiences during the Vietnam Era.  We are proud to report that we have 63 interviews and we hope you can stop by the library to read them during our Interviewing a Generation Reception.  The Reception begins at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27th in the Lackawanna County Children’s Library.

The students are from the Lakeland Elementary School and have created posters, displays and have collected personal items that were carried during the war.

An Evening With Tim O’Brien

Tickets for An Evening with Tim O’Brien are in short supply.  If you are planning on attending the event and have yet not gotten a ticket, please call your local community library to see if they have any in supply.  For contact information for the Lackawanna County Library System, please visit their website at www.lclshome.org.

This week we will be showing Platoon this week for our weekly film festival.  The movie starts at 6 p.m. in the Community Room located in the basement of the Lackawanna County Children’s Library.

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, we have had to cancel the program entitled,  A Night of Vietnamese Folktales. We apologize for this inconvenience and hope that you can stop by the library to check out some tales to read at your leisure.

Bus Trip to the Vietnam Memorial Update

The bus trip to the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. has been filled.  There is a waiting list if you are interested.  Thank you for your interest in the trip.

Mayor Wenzel reads at Pages and Places

Marine Corps Museum

Marine Corps Museum located at 1340 Alder St. Scranton will be opening special hours for the public to see their collection in celebration of The Things They Carried. The Museum’s special hours will be on Saturday, Oct. 17, from 10 am to 2 pm. and Monday, Oct. 19 from 6 pm to 9 pm.  We hope you take make it to the museum to take a look at their collection.