The Perfect GiftThe library’s “Own-a-Day” program makes the perfect gift. For $100, you can Own-A-Day at the library and have your gift be recognized on the receipts at circulation desks, on the flat-screen TVs inside the library, on the library’s home page, and in the library’s email and printed newsletters. This is the perfect way to honor or memorialize someone special, publicize a business, or celebrate a birthday or anniversary.

BrownBrownMAY/ JUNE 2018

• A NEWS publicAtioN FRoM thE StAFF & FRiENDS oF thE JAMES V. bRoWN libRARy •

Shades of

Dedicated people, bound together like pages in a book, have the strength to achieve great things.

For more information or to Own-a-Day, go to our website at www.jvbrown.edu, or call the

Development Department at 570-326-0536, ext. 114.

May 1 Kris Keefer DayMay 2 Suzette Meyer DayMay 3 In memory of Hannah MarstonMay 6 Richard Tignor DayMay 8 Peg Redka DayMay 10 Nancy S. Boyer DayMay 13 Janet C. Harrison DayMay 14 Daphne Hill DayMay 16 Rich Roan DayMay 23 Chris Plankenhorn DayMay 28 In memory of Henry C. ParsonsJune 5 Hannah Confer DayJune 6 In memory of Nancy Ann CharlesJune 9 In honor of Nancy LadyJune 10 Dennis Warg DayJune 13 In memory of Jack D. Hawkins, Sr.June 18 In memory of Bernard ButkiewiczJune 23 John and Linda Confer DayJune 26 In honor of Carolyn Kay LundyJune 27 Linda Schramm DayJune 28 Charley Elizabeth Greevy DayJune 29 In memory of Jack and Janet BuckleJune 30 Joyce Hershberger DayJuly 1 In honor of Richard Gray’s retirementJuly 11 In honor of Lillian M. GehretJuly 14 Marjorie and Frank Rackish DayJuly 19 Happy Anniversary, Louise and Dennis JonesJuly 23 In memory of Joseph B. Gehret, Sr.July 25 In memory of deceased RotariansJuly 28 Patricia A. Nichols DayAugust 2 Marylne Whaley DayAugust 3 In honor of Nancy J. LadyAugust 5 Ashley Armstrong DayAugust 8 Jack Confer DayAugust 9 Isabella Marye, Michaela Jayne and Penelope Tyler Thompke DayAugust 10 In memory of Nancy B. SpangleAugust 12 Marguerite Nesbitt DayAugust 14 John M. Confer DayAugust 15 Sara Plankenhorn DayAugust 18 In honor of Alice McBrideAugust 24 Justin Aaron Drezner DayAugust 28 Emma Allison Day

MAYSpectacular Sci-Fi

Bring a snack!calendar.jvbrown.edu

It’s the most exciting time of the year in the library – summer learning time! This year the Library will use the theme “Libraries Rock!” to build a community of readers. The Summer Learning Program runs from June 4 to August 3. The Williamsport Crosscutters baseball players will return to the Library from 10:30 a.m. to noon on June 19 and July 3 for a “Build-ing Buddies” Lego and block construction time. Students who participate in the summer learning program will receive free tickets to attend a game at the BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field. And don’t forget to check calendar.jvbrown.edu for week-ly events such as Musical Makerspace Mondays, Art in the Alley on Tuesdays, Wonderful Walk-in programs on Wednesdays and Family Fun Fridays. The popular summer camps also will return this year. Summer reading is for everyone! Participate in one of our clubs: Birth to 5, Children, Teens and Adults for a chance to win prizes for reaching your learning goals during the summer months. All summer learning events will be published in the Williamsport Sun-Gazette’s special summer learning section on May 24 and listed at calendar.jvbrown.edu and summer-reading.org.

Summer Learning is 100% supported by donors like you. Thank you for your support. There’s still time to Adopt-A-Summer Learner

at jvbrown.edu or by calling 570-326-0536.

SUMMER LEARNING

Dennis Lehane, the award win-ning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of 13 novels, is the featured speaker for the library’s Author Gala at Pennsylvania College of Technology on October 25, 2018. The gala is the library’s main fundraising event each year. Table sponsorships are available now by calling Robin Glossner at 570-326-6689. Table sponsors are invited to attend a private meet-and-greet with Lehane prior to the event. Invitations will be mailed in May and tickets will go on sale on June 25.

16th Annual Author Gala

Speak Up for Libraries! Libraries are part of a delicate ecosystem that support the transformation of communities and lives through education and lifelong learn-ing. From the cradle to the grave, libraries provide invaluable resources that serve as a lifeline for millions of users for access to tech-nology, early and digital literacy instruction, job-seeking resources, social services and small business tools. The James V. Brown Li-brary recently began a six-month grassroots advocacy campaign to highlight funding support. To show your support, please contact the Lycoming County Commissioners to your make your voice heard. The message can be simple:

“Thank you for supporting public libraries in Lycoming

County. I am a citizen and want my county tax dollars to go in

support of public libraries, and the Lycoming County Library System

needs an increase in 2019.”

WRITE • CALL • EMAILLycoming County Commissioners

48 West Third Street, Williamsport570-320-2124

CHAIRMAN, R. JACK McKERNANjmckernan@lyco.org

VICE-CHAIRMAN, TONY MUSSAREtmussare@lyco.org

SECRETARY, RICK MIRABITOrmirabito@lyco.org

ADULT PROGRAMS COMING YOUR WAY! calendar.jvbrown.edu

Swing into ReadingFeaturing the James V. Brown Library’s

FIRST EVER WORLD SERIES PIN!ON SALE AUGUST 8, 2018 - $5 each

Friends of the James V. Brown Library19 East Fourth StreetWilliamsport, PA 17701

Nonprofit Org.U.S. Postage

pAiDWilliamsport PA

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www.jvbrown.eduREGISTER FOR SUMMER LEARNING~LIBRARIES ROCK!The Friends need your unwanted books, CDs & DVDs! Donations gladly accepted at the library circulation desk. Tax donation receipts available.

Consider a bequest to theJames V. Brown Library

This man remembered you in his will.

RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

Friends of the Library Book Review Luncheon On Friday, May 4, Betty McCall will review the book All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an In-dependent Nation by Rebecca Traister. Through a mix of inter-views and historical analysis, Traister writes a book that the New York Times describes as a “well researched, deeply infor-mative examination of Women’s bids for independence, span-ning centuries.” The publication was a NYT Notable Book for 2016. Dr. McCall is an asso-ciate professor in the Sociology and Anthropology Department at Lycoming College where she has been the recipient of a Ju-nior Faculty Teaching Award. Her PhD is from Vanderbilt University. McCall has been a

grant writer and evaluator for STEP, Inc. Community Connect AmeriCorps Program from 2007 to the present. Some of her areas of specialty are medical sociology, gerontology and gen-der. McCall chose All the Single Ladies because, “As a product of the 1960s, and south-ern culture, I felt continual pres-sure to be married, defined as the epitome of success for wom-en of my ilk. This book highlights the change in that dogma and the resulting change in American cul-ture.”

The next Book Review Luncheon

will be Friday, October 5, 2018.

The luncheon will start at 12 noon in the Lowry Room of the Welch Family Wing of the James V. Brown Library. Those who wish may purchase lunch at noon for $6. To reserve lunch, use the online reservation calendar on the library website (http://calendar.jvbrown.edu) where you will find a prompt for reservations or call Leslie at the Library at 570-326-0536, ext. 134. Reservations should be made by Wednesday, May 2. (Please note that you should

register only if you wish to reserve lunch.) You may bring your own lunch or simply attend the book review, which will start at 12:30 p.m. Parking is available in the public lot off Market Street, adjacent to the Welch Wing.

Join us for a fun, literary and tasty evening at the Herdic House on July 21 to celebrate the Friends of the Library’s first Hemingway Night. The evening pays tribute to Papa’s birthday, adventurous life, and, most importantly, his literary influence on 20th century fiction. The event, a fundraiser for the Friends of the Library, will be held at the Herdic House, 407 W. 4th Street, Williamsport, and will include Cuban cuisine; readings from Hemingway’s works by Mark Noe, English professor at Penn College; and an auction featuring artworks from local artists. The cost is $50 per person and includes appetizers, entrée, dessert and coffee. Doors open at 6pm for cocktails, and dinner will be served at 7pm. Please email info@herdichouse.com to make a reservation for this event.

Friends Volunteer RecognitionWe can’t do it without you! Our volunteers were recog-nized and honored at the April 10 Volunteer Recognition Celebration hosted by the Friends of the Library.

Lycoming County Commissioner Rick Mirabito; Barbara Mc-Gary, executive director of James V. Brown Library; Thomas Burkholder, president of the Brown Library Board of Trustees; Ardythe Cross, president of the Friends of the Brown Library group; and Lycoming County Commissioner Jack McKernan stand with a proclamation presented by the Commissioners during the event in honor of National Library Week.

Ardythe Cross presented the Volunteer of the Year award to Linda Morris and Jim Cunning-ham (in absentia).

The Carile Brown Award was presented to Thomas Burkholder, president of the Brown Library Board of Trustees.