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(931)  484-2350 Public Fax

(931)  707-8956 Business Fax

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Art Circle Public Library

3 East Street

Crossville, TN  38555

Library News Article for September 10

Oktoberfest is just around the corner and the Library is joining in the festivities. Tomorrow Wednesday, September 11, at noon, the German band, part of the Cumberland County Band, will perform in the Cumberland Room. Ompah!

The concert will be followed at 2 PM by Remembering September 11, 2001. Dr. Abrahamsen was in Manhattan that morning. He will speak about his experiences and memories of that infamous day.

On Wednesday, September 18, at noon in the Cumberland Room, Rachel Love and Friends (Michael Ruff and Daniel Black from the Playhouse and Kyana) will perform Legends of the Past. This is not to be missed

Great New Books

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout

It's a rare and special thing to have someone with whom to share one's deepest fears, profound joys, petty annoyances, and daily delights. Such is the relationship between Bob Burgess and Lucy Barton. As they meet to walk along the river (so Bob can sneak his daily cigarette), they recount life's quotidian events with the same sense of wonder and reverence as revelations of long-held secrets. Lucy confesses she talks to houseplants; Bob admits to watering down the gin in a neighbor's grocery delivery. But it's not all minutiae. Murder and suicide, alcoholism and assault also winnow their way into their stories. While Lucy and Bob are the mainstays, Strout has reunited much of the old Crosby, Maine, crowd: Olive Kitteridge, Isabelle Goodrow, Bob's ex, Pam, and his brother Jim make stellar cameo appearances to tell their own tales. Through them all, Strout reminds us that storytelling can be powerful; that most people's lives go unrecorded; and that paying witness to everyday events is a gift. With tenderness, honesty, intimacy, and compassion, Strout uses her cunning powers of observation to draw readers beyond the mundane to the miraculous complexities where true friendship lies.

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

Arthur Parnassus knows how one can feel as an orphan--different, feared, and abused. Now as an adult, he ensures that the children under his care on Marsyas Island instead know love, happiness, and opportunity. With the love of his life, Linus Baker, by his side and close friends nearby, Arthur protects the children while giving them space to be themselves. Called before the Department in Charge of Magical Youth to talk about his past, Arthur finds himself pitted against those who believe magic is dangerous and don't want Arthur, his children, or those like them to be near "normal people." Will everything Arthur and Linus have created be destroyed? The emotional arcs are epic, taking readers from sadness to laughter, and the children sit front and center in the action. The follow-up to The House in the Cerulean Sea is another heart-wrenching tale of being perceived as different, finding acceptance, and having a place in the world.

Den of Iniquity by J. A. Jance

Personal and professional mysteries collide in Jance's gripping 26th outing for J.P. Beaumont. The private investigator's life is upended when his grandson, Kyle Cartwright, shows up at his home in Bellingham, Wash., and asks to finish high school there. Kyle's father, Jeremy--J.P.'s son-in-law--has been having an affair, throwing their family into turmoil. When J.P. runs a background check on Jeremy's girlfriend, he discovers she's been living under a false identity. Meanwhile, as a favor to a former colleague on the Seattle PD, J.P. takes on a pro bono cold case: two years earlier, Darius Jackson's death was ruled an accidental fentanyl overdose, but his grandmother insisted he was drug-free at the time of his death--a claim possibly supported by an inconclusive autopsy. Soon after J.P. unearths evidence that Darius may have been murdered, he links the case with a string of other suspicious, supposedly fentanyl-related deaths, and starts to fear he has a serial killer on his hands. Jance's balance of pathos and plot, and the effortless way she intertwines the novel's central story lines, proves she's as sharp as ever.

Library Laugh I

Did you hear about the musician who was arrested? She got herself into treble.

Stingy Schobel Says

Plastic food-storage containers are a good reusable solution to keep leftovers fresh, but they're often susceptible to stains. Even with hand scrubbing in the sink or using a dishwasher, they can stay stained or retain an odor that seems impossible to remove. On a very hot, sun-intensive day, try using the sun’s rays to deodorize and brighten them instead. Wash them clean and place them on top of a towel in the brightest spot in the yard. The natural UV rays from the sun will do their cleaning magic.

Library Laugh II

Why does Peter Pan always fly? He Neverlands.

Libraries=Information

When looking for a place to refill your water bottle, the cleanest and freshest-tasting water comes from a seemingly unlikely source: a soda fountain machine. Besides making sugary sodas, these machines have an industrial filter that catches everything down to trace pharmaceutical drugs that may linger in tap water, and the carbonization process filters the water out even more. That’s why water from a soda fountain tastes crisp and clean -- and you can stay hydrated without single-use plastic, too.

Beach Bongo Bonus

Never cheat in a limbo contest. It’s the lowest thing you can do.