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“Beware the Ides of March,” so said the Soothsayer in Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar. But what does the phrase really mean, and what are contemporary scholars saying about one of Shakespeare’s famous plays? Our reference department found the answers. The Ides...

Spring back into Maker Mondays this April at the Albright Memorial Library! Maker Monday: Disaster Prep with the Red Cross Monday, April 4th at 7:00 pm in the Community Room- Register Join Ned Bloom from the Red Cross to learn...

Taylor Community Library will hold its Annual Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, April 3, 2016 at the Acacia Lodge, 617 Union Street, Taylor.  The Pancake Breakfast will run from 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  Tickets are:  Adults $7.00, Children 4-12 $5.00...

Kids are invited to come to the Carbondale Public Library to vote on book match-ups throughout March. Each week two new match-ups will be announced. The two categories are Chapter Book Series and Picture Books. Voters Needed!! Several ties from...

Rainbow Rowell, Thursday, April 14/Get Tickets Now Rainbow Rowell, a popular author of adult and young adult fiction will be the first speaker in the Lackawanna County Library System’s 2016 Matthew F. Flynn Library Lecture Series on Thursday, April 14 at 7...

In honor of St. Joseph, the patron saint of Italian-Americans and immigrants, the Abington Community Library and SIAMO-NEPA will host an Italian celebration on Saturday March 19 from 2-4 PM for all ages. Crafts, stories, clips of PBS's "The ItalianAmericans",...

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Brought to you by the Master Gardeners in Lackawanna County Judy Coleman and Ellen Sillner will present a class on how to grow tomatoes from seedlings. The class will take place on March 19th from 2:00PM – 4:00PM in the North Pocono Public Library...

Abington Community Library extends our thanks and appreciation to all of the participants and patrons for supporting our 3rd Annual At Home Party Marketplace. We look forward to next year! [caption id="attachment_17250" align="alignleft" width="226"] Ellen Raino, Independent Consultant[/caption] [caption id="attachment_17251"...

Free Books, Book Discussions for Landline Landline, a novel by bestselling author Rainbow Rowell and the 2016 selection for On the Same Page in Lackawanna County, received great reviews when it was published in 2014. Said the Chicago Tribune, it’s...