No formal experience is needed, just a commitment to the value of books and the importance of reading to children. We provide all the materials. The job requires about 4-5 hours a month after a mandatory one day training workshop. We ask for a one year commitment.

The next training session is Saturday, March 13th at the East Asheville Library from 9am to 2:30pm. All interested volunteers must submit a completed volunteer application and criminal background check before attending. Applications are available on the library website or at any Buncombe County Public Library.

For more information please call 250-4729 or email pop@buncombecounty.org.

West Asheville Library Celebrates Earth Day with Film

EARTH DAYS

Monday, March 15 at 7pm West Asheville Library

Join local environmental thinker Jim Barton for this special advance showing of Director Robert Stones new documentary, Earth Days, which traces the history of the modern environmental movement .

The New York Times review called the film a beautifully composed tribute to visionary thinking and political ingenuity, a time line of peaks and valleys stretching from the early initiatives of the 1950s to the legislative successes of the 1970s.

This program is free and the public is invited. For more information please contact the West Asheville Library by phone at 250-4750 or email westashevile.library@buncombe county.org

Library Programs - March 2010

ADULTS

Tuesday, March 2
Skyland Library Knitters - 6- 8pm
Enka Book Club: Sarah's Key - 7pm
Weaverville Evening Book Club: Sixty Slices of Life...on Wry - 7pm

Wednesday, March 3
Swannanoa Library Knitters - 5-7pm
Weaverville Morning Book Club: Paths of Glory - 11:30am

Saturday, March 6
Weaverville Library Mosaic Reception - 3pm

Monday, March 8
Black Mountain Library Essay
Contest: Write the Great American Novel - 6pm

Tuesday, March 9
Leicester Book Club: Signs in the Blood - 1pm
Sit and Knit at the Weaverville Library - 3pm
Reading Proust at the West Asheville Library  7pm

Thursday, March 11
Fairview Afternoon Book Club:
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - 1pm

Saturday, March 13
POP Volunteer Training at the East Asheville Library  9am to 2:30pm
West Asheville Book Club:
The Elegance of the Hedgehog  10am

Monday, March 15
West Asheville Library Celebrates Earth Day with Earth Days  7pm

Tuesday, March 16
North Asheville Library: Indian Givers  2pm
East Asheville Book Club:
The Geography of Bliss - 2pm Black Mountain Mystery Book Club:
The Man Who Smiled - 7pm
Becky Stone as Pauli Murray at the Weaverville Library - 7pm

Wednesday, March 17
Swannanoa Library Knitters - 5-7pm

Thursday, March 18
Skyland Book Club: The Last Dickens - 2:30pm
Fairview Evening Book Club: The Story of a Marriage - 7pm

Tuesday, March 23
Sit and Knit at the Weaverville Library - 3pm
Black Mountain Library Knitters - 6:30pm

Tuesday, March 30
Leicester Library Knitters - 6:30pm

KIDS & TEENS

Tuesday, March 16
Bilingual Bedtime Storytime at the Weaverville Library - 6:30pm

Friday, March 19
Weaverville Teen Awesome Group Meeting - 4-5:30pm

Fun for Kids and Teens at the Weaverville Library

Bilingual Bedtime Storytime at the Weaverville Library Tuesday, March 16 at 6:30pm

All ages are welcome at the Weaverville Library's monthly Bilingual Bedtime Storytime! Together we will read stories, learn rhymes and sing songs that incorporate both English and Spanish languages. A fun and educational storytime for kids and parents alike!

Weaverville Teen Awesome Group Meeting Friday, March 19 at 4- 5:30pm

Calling All Teens ages 12- 18! The Weaverville Library wants to know all about YOU! What programs would you like us to have? What books and music would you like to see at our branch? Come speak out at our next Teen Awesome Group meeting. Snacks and drinks served so bring all your friends!

For more information, give us a call at 250-6482 or email weaverville.library@buncombec ounty.org.

Black Mountain Library Essay Contest:
Write the Great American Novel

Deadline: Monday, March 8 at 6pm Black Mountain Library

The Friends of the Black Mountain Library are sponsoring a writing contest for patrons of all ages. To enter "Write the Great American Novel," please submit the first chapter of your novel to the Black Mountain Library by Monday, March 8 at 6 p.m. The winner will receive a prize of $50 and will read their winning chapter at the program sponsored by the Friends on Monday, March 29 at 6:30 pm. Bob Thomas, author of Ben Hogan's Secret, will be guest speaker at the program. For tips on writing, google "winning first sentences novels."

Pack Library Closes for Renovation

Due to an ongoing renovation project, Pack Memorial Library is now closed and will remain closed for 6-8 months. The library will reopen in the fall of 2010. A temporary public computer center will open on the librarys lower level in March.

The librarys renovation will include a larger childrens and youth section, an added meeting room, a relocation and expansion of the North Carolina Collection and more computer access.

A three-story tower with fire exits and restrooms will be added to the north side of the building. In addition, all the lighting, heating and cooling and electrical systems will be completely upgraded with more energy efficient replacements.

While Pack Library is closed, library patrons can use any of the other 11 branches in the library system. Patrons can also download books and audio books directly from the librarys website. Some reference assistance will be available by calling 250- 4741 or emailing pack.reference@buncombecounty .org.

Book and Knitting Clubs for MARCH

BOOK CLUBS

Black Mountain Library Mystery Book Club: The Man Who Smiled -Tuesday, March 16 at 7pm

East Asheville Library The Geography of Bliss - Tuesday, March 16 at 2pm

Enka-Candler Library Sarah's Key -Tuesday, March 2 at 7pm

Fairview Library Afternoon Book Club: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society -Thursday, March 11 at 1pm
Evening Book Club: The Story of a Marriage -Thursday, March 18 at 7pm

Leicester Library Signs in the Blood -Tuesday, March 9 at 1pm

North Asheville Library Indian Givers -Tuesday, March 16 at 2pm

South Buncombe/Skyland Library The Last Dickens -Thursday, March 18 at 2:30pm

Weaverville Library Evening Book Club: Sixty Slices of Life...on Wry - Tuesday, March 2 at 7pm Morning Book Club: Paths of Glory -Wednesday, March 3 at 11:30am

West Asheville Library Reading Proust at the West Asheville Library -Tuesday, March 9 at 7pm The Elegance of the Hedgehog -Saturday, March 13 at 10am

KNITTING GROUPS

Skyland Library Knitters - Tuesday, March 2 at 6-8pm

Swannanoa Library Knitters - Wednesday, March 3 and Wednesday, March 17 at 5- 7pm

Sit and Knit at the Weaverville Library - Tuesday, March 9 and Tuesday, March 23 at 3pm

Black Mountain Library Knitters -Tuesday, March 23 at 6:30pm

Leicester Library Knitters - Tuesday, March 30 at 6:30pm