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Open six days a week, Bryson City's Marianna
Black Library serves the area's full-time and seasonal residents
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• Latest best-sellers |
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• Movies, music, CDs & tapes |
• Free internet access |
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• Comfortable reading area |
• Great children's space |
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• Information center, wireless internet |
• Magazines & newspapers |
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More about
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Family Movie Day
At The Library
Mondays – 3:30 pm
Movies are FREE and projected onto an 8 x 10 ft. screen in the auditorium. Popcorn provided. The library will also be giving away one free movie checkout voucher to each patron who attends the movie.
May 12 - 3:30 pm
The Princess and the Pauper (Barbie version)
85 mins.
This adventure tells the story of a princess and a pauper who were worlds apart in lifestyles yet identical in looks! When chance brings them together it becomes the beginning of a great adventure and a friendship that will last a lifetime. When Anneliese is captured Erika must pretend to be the Princess to help find out what has happened and to save her. In the end the magic of love and friendship triumphs and the kingdom is saved!
May 19 - 3:30 pm
The Sword in the Stone (1963)
G - 79 mins.
England is in the midst of a dark age and without a proper king, Young "Wart," an orphan and squire-in-training, is content with kitchen duties in his foster home – until he drops in on the extraordinary wizard Merlin and his articulate owl, Archimedes. Through three life lessons, Wart learns to set his "sights on the heights," armed with the most powerful forces on earth – intellect, wisdom, and love. When it's time to contest who will be king, Wart must use his newfound knowledge to do what no mighty knight has done before!

Free Music Programs At The Library
We're all about music on Thursday evenings. Come join us for a variety of free programs, most of which are held on the front lawn of the Library - weather permitting.
First & Third Thursdays
Community Music Jam 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Jam with other amateur musicians playing old-time mountain music. Come to sing, or just come to enjoy music at the library.
Weather permitting, the jams are on the front lawn of the library. In December we always include holiday favorites in the mix. Anyone with a banjo, guitar, mandolin, fiddle (anything unplugged) is invited.
Larry Barnett of Grandpa's Music (Depot Street) keeps the music flowing and the fun going. Normally, Barnett calls out a tune and its signature, and the group plays it together; but there's also a chance for anyone to share with the group a song they would like to perform. The community jams
offer a chance for musicians of all ages and levels of ability to share
music they have learned over the years or learn the old-time mountain
songs.
This program receives support from the North Carolina Arts Council, an
agency funded by the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment of
the Arts, which believes a great nation deserves great art.

RuthAnne Brown Wire Art Jewelry On Display
Whittier resident RuthAnne Brown took her first class in beginning wire art in 1991 at William Holland School of Lapidary Arts in Young Harris, Georgia. She followed up with her first advanced class with Jessie Donan. In 2002, she took two more advanced classes with Virgina Tutterow and Ruth Ann Moore respectively.
RuthAnne says, "I began my creative experience with music. Then in later years I became certified as a florist. I worked in the florist industry ten years, with my own shop and working for other florists.
"I love the energy of being an artist, but most particularly creating this beautiful jewelry, letting that energy flow through my hands into the stones." Website

Just
for kids — Marianna Black has a kids library that’s
separate from the adult section, with lots of good books and
four computers for children through middle-school age. During the week, there are special programs for pre-schoolers
and home-schoolers. And
the Reading Rover brings the library to pre-schoolers and day care providers
throughout the area.
Free
Internet access is available on nine public access computers
to all library visitors with a current photo ID. Access time is limited on
busy days and is on a first come, first served basis. Printing from
the computer is also available at 25¢ a page.
Ask a Librarian. Do online research. |
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NC
Knows is a service that allows you to get help from
librarians and use their library resources from your computer.
It's free, helpful and easy. Go to
NC Knows.
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NC
LIVE gives North Carolina residents and students access
to searchable collections of magazine, newspaper, and journal
articles, electronic books, historical materials, maps, and
more. (Requires access code, available from the library). More
info. Go to NC LIVE!
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