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Money Smart Week is April 22-29th and is an initiative between the American Library Association and the Federal Reserve Bank to provide financial literacy learning opportunities. Join us on Monday, April 24th at 7 pm for a special Maker Monday:...

The Best in Science Fiction The Hugo Awards, science fiction’s most prestigious awards, have announced their short list for 2017. Winners will be announced on August 11 at World Science Fiction Convention (“Worldcon”) in Helsinki, Finland.   Science fiction’s most...

Learn more about one of the #nepamatchday organizations. The Northeast Regional Cancer Institute is a local, non-profit organization working to ease the burden of cancer in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The three main program areas that they focus on are: community and patient...

Abington Community Library 1200 W. Grove St., Clarks Summit, PA 18411 www.lclshome.org/Abington POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Young Adult Services and Project Coordinator Job Location The Library is located on the border of South Abington Township and Clarks Summit at the corner of...

Have you ever wished you had an ENTIRE day to yourself, without interruption, so that you could finish a project? Food would ‘magically’ appear for lunch and dinner. And, you wouldn’t have to do dishes, answer the phone or door,...

The Wonders of Butterflies, sponsored by the Friends of the Scranton Public Library Mari Gruber,  “The Butterfly Lady" will introduce children and adults to the wonders of butterflies and moths using puppets , songs, and costumes. Children have the opportunity to...

2nd Tuesday of Each Month @ 1 P.M.  /  Carbondale Public Library If you need to learn computer basics, make better use of your iPad or iPhone, or start to use that eReader you got for Christmas but have not...

Historical Novel Takes Top Fiction Award Colson Whitehead continued his sweep of literary prizes by winning the Pulitzer Prizein fiction for his historical novel, Underground Railroad. His was one of six awards in the books categories of letters, drama and...

April is National Poetry Month and what better way to discover new poets than with the Lackawanna Valley Digital Archive and the Friends of the Scranton Public Library Poetry Series.     The  Friends of the Scranton Public Library Poetry Series Collection  contains...

In observance of National Healthcare Decisions Day, April 16th,  the Abington Community Library will have a free viewing of the 30-minute DVD by National Health Care Decisions: Five Wishes followed by a Q&A session on Thursday, April 20th at 6:30...