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Telephone

(931) 484-6790  Library

(931) 456-2006  Archives

(931)  484-2350 Public Fax

(931)  707-8956 Business Fax

Address

Art Circle Public Library

3 East Street

Crossville, TN  38555

Library news Article for April 29

Ever been on a blind date. Well, tomorrow, Wednesday, April 30 at noon in the Cumberland Room, Holly and Joe Fortner, who actually met on a Blind Date, will perform a program of travelling tunes at the Library.

Next Wednesday, May 7 at noon, the Dulcimores will perform their magical feats on the most American of instruments. Come and enjoy.

May and June will feature photography by Vernon Martin. Taken mostly in 2024, these works feature a snapshot of Crossville as seen by a new resident. You won’t want to miss this perspective of Crossville.

Great New Books

The Amalfi Curse: A Bewitching Tale of Sunken Treasure, Forbidden Love, and Ancient Magic on the Amalfi Coast by Sarah Penner

Few know the secrets of Positano, an Italian village marred by shipwrecks and sea witches. Pirates who seek to reap its riches are often thwarted by overwhelming currents and storms off the Amalfi Coast, conjured up by 12 red-haired women with magic in their blood. But their powerful leader, 20-year-old Mari, despises the sea for taking her mother and sister. She dreams of running away with her lover, but these plans are derailed when local merchants discover and plan to exploit her fellow witches. Fast-forward to the modern day, when archaeologist Haven remains skeptical of the so-called Amalfi curse. Then she witnesses a superyacht disappearing with no explanation and decides to study Positano, continuing her late father's research into the village and its treasures. Gliding between past and present, Haven and Mari's alternating perspectives reveal what truly lies beneath the waters of an ancient curse. Penner concocts a mystical page-turner that will leave readers spellbound.

Enigma by RuNyx

Salem Salazar is a Mortimer University legacy and the black sheep of her scandal-ridden, wealthy family. Obsessed with death, she arrives at Mortimer on the hunt for answers about what happened to her perfect, missing older sister. There, she discovers that her sister is far from the only girl to have gone missing at Mortimer. Salem will do anything to discover what dark forces are killing Mortimer's students... even if it means using herself as bait. And Cazimir van der Waal has caught her scent. He has a dark past, a hidden agenda, and a ravenous appetite for a beautiful, golden-eyed girl who seems determined to risk her life. But he is far from the most dangerous thing at Mortimer.

Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America by Michael Luo

When gold was discovered in California in 1848, the news spread even to China, where many decided to make the long journey to the States in search of riches. New Yorker reporter Luo tells the story of early Chinese immigrants to the United States from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century. Most of the first arrivals didn't strike it rich and looked for other opportunities, such as working on the transcontinental railroad. White American reactions to their presence ranged from welcoming to hostile. Over time, the hostility grew and was expressed in lynchings and violence that targeted the Chinese community. Political leaders reacted by passing laws such as the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882; Luo clearly explains the bureaucratic processes used to enforce them. As he traces this history of immigration, readers will appreciate learning about the experiences of individuals such as Yung Wing, a Chinese student who played football while a student at Yale in the 1850s, and Wong Kim Ark, whose Supreme Court case established birthright citizenship in the U.S.

Library Laugh I

How many apples grow on a tree? All of them.

Stingy Schobel Says

What's one simple thing you can do to help your refrigerator work as efficiently as possible? Cover your food. When your leftovers or pitchers of water are inside your fridge, they release moisture, and that moisture forces the compressor in your fridge to work harder to keep everything else inside cool. Use food storage containers with lids or pitchers with caps on them to keep your fridge running like a lean, green refrigeration machine.

Library Laugh II

Mountains aren’t just funny. They’re hill areas

Libraries=Information

Are you a tea drinker? Your used tea leaves can give your plants a boost, too. Rip open tea bags and mix the leaves into potted and outdoor plants. They have nutrition like nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. Plus, they help aerate the soil, improve the pH balance and can even deter pests like slugs and snails from eating away at your plants.

Spring Fling Bonus

For years I suspected my wife of adding soil to my garden. When I asked her about it, she just shrugged. The plot thickens..