Author: Albright Readers Service

Scranton Public Library will be hosting a free screening of the 2022 documentary Scranton’s Championship Season on Wednesday, March 8th at 6 PM in the Henkelman Room.

Scranton’s Championship Season is a documentary celebrating the 40th anniversary of the filming and release of That Championship Season, Jason Miller’s 1982 film of his Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name.   The film featured an all-star cast that included Bruce Dern, Stacy Keach, Robert Mitchum, Martin Sheen and Paul Sorvino.

Created by local producer Robert Savakinus in collaboration with filmmaker Luz Cabrales of Scranton Films, the documentary Scranton’s Championship Season contains interviews with Scranton residents who were part of the film about their time on set as well as community members talking about the experience of living in the city when the film was made. It also takes a look back at the economic development and impact the film had on Scranton.

Registration is required for the screening, and seating in limited.  There is free on-street parking after 5 PM.

Register online at www.albright.org or by calling 570-348-3000.

Scranton Public Library has rescheduled our screening of The Velvet Underground to Wednesday, February 1st at 5:45PM in the Henkelman Room.

The screening was originally scheduled for January 25th, but was cancelled due to the snow.

The screening is free with your library card.

Free on-street parking is available after 5 PM.

Register online or by calling 570-348-3000.

The Velvet Underground (Wednesday, January 25th): The Velvet Underground explores the multiple threads that converged to bring together one of the most influential bands in rock and roll. Rated R; 2 hrs.

NOTE: “The Velvet Underground” contains original film footage with imagery and sustained flashing lights that may affect those susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy or have other photosensitivities.

The Albright Memorial Library will host a presentation and book signing recognizing the biography, Somebody Else’s Dream: Dakota, The Buoys, & “Timothy.” Rock journalist Maxim W. Furek will conduct the event on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at 2:00 pm, at the Albright Memorial Library, 500 Vine Street, Scranton, PA 18509.

Furek’s book celebrates the 50th anniversary of the song “Timothy,” Lackawanna County’s most controversial song, that paralleled real-life events during the 1963 Sheppton mining disaster. Written by Broadway playwright Rupert Holmes, “Timothy” was banned by numerous radio stations but became a massive international hit by The Buoys.

Somebody Else’s Dream depicts a cautionary tale of substance abuse, the pitfalls of fame, and the actual price of the rock and roll fantasy.

Furek also wrote Sheppton: The Myth, Miracle, & Music, which explored paranormal events during the Sheppton mining disaster.

The program is free and open to the public. For information, contact Bill Cronauer at (570) 348-3000 X 3016 or visit www.albright.org.

You may preregister if you are planning to attend Mr. Furek’s lecture before the book signing; the book signing itself will begin immediately after, until 4 PM.

www.maximfurek.com

Click here to listen to Timothy by The Buoys.

The Albright Memorial Library will host a presentation and book signing recognizing the biography, Somebody Else’s Dream: Dakota, The Buoys, & “Timothy.” Rock journalist Maxim W. Furek will conduct the event on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at 2:00 pm, at the Albright Memorial Library, 500 Vine Street, Scranton, PA 18509.

Furek’s book celebrates the 50th anniversary of the song “Timothy,” Lackawanna County’s most controversial song, that paralleled real-life events during the 1963 Sheppton mining disaster. Written by Broadway playwright Rupert Holmes, “Timothy” was banned by numerous radio stations but became a massive international hit by The Buoys.

Somebody Else’s Dream depicts a cautionary tale of substance abuse, the pitfalls of fame, and the actual price of the rock and roll fantasy.

Furek also wrote Sheppton: The Myth, Miracle, & Music, which explored paranormal events during the Sheppton mining disaster.

The program is free and open to the public. For information, contact Bill Cronauer at (570) 348-3000 X 3016

Scranton Public Library will be offering three free screenings of the WWII documentary The Unimaginable Journey of Peter Ertel.  The screenings will all be held in the Henkelman Room, located on the 2nd floor of Scranton Public Library.

A reluctant German Platoon Leader survives the Eastern Front and the Battle of Normandy, is captured by the U.S. Army and recruited by the State Department to assist in the democratization of Germany, then immigrates to Cleveland where he forges a 25-year career with a small company owned by Orthodox Jews.  An extraordinary true story of how an honorable man maintained his humanity in a universe of hatred, destruction and death.

The screenings will be held:

*Saturday, June 11th at 2 PM

Wednesday, June 15th at 2 PM

Wednesday, June 15th at 6 PM

*Following the Saturday screening, the film’s director Joseph Cahn will be joining us for a Q&A via Zoom.

For more information on the film, visit peterertelfilm.com

Registration is required.  Reserve your spot at www.albright.org or by calling 570-348-3000.

LIBROS EN ESPANOL!

Para atender mejor las diversas necesidades de los usuarios de nuestra biblioteca, la Biblioteca Pública de Scranton acaba de agregar una amplia colección de libros en español a la colección en circulación.

Esta nueva colección incluye novelas clásicas / libros de lectura de verano (Rebecca, El gran Gatsby, El hobbit, El cuento de la criada, Lo que el viento se llevó) y las más vendidos contemporáneos traducidos al español (como La Chica Salvaje de Delia Owens, Los Quatro Vientos de Kristin Hannah, la trilogía Cincuenta Tonos de EL James, La Paciente Silenciosa de Alex Michaelides, Malibu Rising de Taylor Jenkins Reid y Siete Maridos de Evelyn Huigo), así como libros de autores populares de habla hispana nativa como Tamara Balliana, Laura Esquivel, Paola Calasanz y Jordi Sierra i Fabra.

BOOKS IN SPANISH!

To better meet the various needs of our library users, the Scranton Public Library has just added a wide collection of Spanish books to the circulating circulation.

This new collection includes classic novels / summer reading books (Rebecca, The Great Gatsby, The Hobbit, The Handmaid’s Tale, Gone With the Wind) and contemporary best sellers translated into Spanish (such as Delia’s Owens’ Where The Crawdads Sing, Kristin Hannah’s The Four Winds, the Fifty Shades Trilogy by EL James, The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Malibu Rising and Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo) as well as books by popular native Spanish-speaking authors such as Tamara Balliana, Laura Esquivel, Paola Calasanz and Jordi Sierra i Fabra.

We have also added several biographies and autobiographies (including Barack Obama’s A Promised Land and Michelle Obama’s Becoming, Frida Kahlo’s definitive biography by Hayden Herrera, Columbia News Anchor Ilia Calderon’s best-selling autobiography, and the new autobiography by actor Danny Trejo) as well as other non-fiction books on a variety of topics (including Amanda Gorman’s inauguration poem, a GED study guide, books on  health and diet, a manual to write a novel and even modern witchcraft) from this new collection.

We have rescheduled our Saturday Movie Matinee of Nomadland to Saturday, June 19th at NOON. This will be followed by our previously announced screening of The Father, starring Anthony Hopkins, at 2 PM.

Each screening is free with your library card. Feel free to sign up for one OR both screening (think old-fashioned Saturday Double Feature) to see this year’s Oscar-winning performances for Best Actress and Best Actor.