Fontana Regional Library serving Jackson, Macon and Swain counties with six public libraries in Western North Carolina

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Macon County
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819 Siler Rd.
Franklin. NC 28734

828-524-3600
Fax: 828-524-9550

Librarian: Karen Wallace

Smoky Mountains Franklin NC Library

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Open six days a week, Franklin's Library serves the area's full-time and seasonal residents with...

• Latest best-sellers

• Movies, music, CDs & tapes

• Free internet access

• Comfortable reading area

• Great children's space

• Information center, wireless internet

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Wednesday Movies at the Library

 

Movies are shown at 4:30 and 7 pm on an 8x10 foot screen using an LCD projector. English subtitles will be turned on for all films as a courtesy to those with hearing difficulties. Popcorn will be served; feel free to bring your own snacks and non-alcoholic beverages. There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

 

August 27 - 4:30 & 7 pm
The Orphanage

R - 1 h4., 45 mins.

Spanish with English subtitles

 

The Orphanage centers on Laura (Belén Rueda) who purchases her beloved childhood orphanage with dreams of restoring and reopening the long abandoned facility as a place for disabled children. Once there, Laura discovers that the new environment awakens her son’s imagination, but the ongoing fantasy games he plays with an invisible friend quickly turn into something more disturbing.

 

September 3 - 4:30 & 7 pm
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

PG-13 - 1 hr., 32 mins.

Frances McDormand, Amy Adams

 

In this 1939-set film, Miss Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. Taking a chance with a new job as a social secretary, she finds herself immediately caught up in the dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer. She tries to help her charge navigate a love life and career, both of which are complicated by the three men in her life in this delightful comedy.

 

September 10 - Sweeney Todd
September 17 - The Kite Runner

September 24 - Persepolis

October 1 - Son of Rambow

October 8 - Leatherheads

October 15 - Young at HEart

October 22 - Iron Man

October 29 - Lars and the Real Girl

 

 

Thursdays at the Library Programs

 

Thursdays at the Library is an eclectic mixture of programs by authors and musicians on topics designed for enjoyment and education. All programs are at 7 pm. They are sponsored through the generosity of the Friends of the Library and the Macon County Public Library. This project is made possible in part by the North Carolina Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities

 

August 28: Thomas Rain Crowe, poet. Crowe will share and discuss his first venture into the genre of autobiographical fiction. A collection of linked love stories in the German Bildungsroman tradition, Crowe's 'house' and his 'girls' are what has formed him, and we follow him from room to room in these sensitive and engaging love stories, all of which have an unusual and unique twist.

 

Mr. Crowe will be reading, answering questions, and signing copies of his book. Books will be available to purchase or check out.

 

 

 

 

September 4: Peter Barr, author, "Hiking North Carolina's Lookout Towers". Macon County has the highest concentration of fire lookout towers remaining in North Carolina. Peter Barr has combined his love of fire towers and his passion for the outdoors into a historical and hiking guidebook to the lookout towers in mountainous western North Carolina. He’ll sign copies of his book, and present a slideshow on the history, hiking, and preservation of North Carolina fire lookout towers.

 

September 11: Thomas Chown, author, “Wolves at the Door". Thomas Chown’s novel is the first in a trilogy based on the Devon family, and is based on his own ancestors who lived in Kansas and Colorado before and during the Civil War. Mr. Chown will talk about his discoveries during his family research, and sign copies of his book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 18: Community Music Jam. At this jam we will be playing old time spirituals, traditional mountain tunes, mountain fun songs, old time country and bluegrass. Anyone who sings or plays a musical instrument is encouraged to join us on stage!

 

October 16: Community Music Jam. At this jam we will be playing old time spirituals, traditional mountain tunes, mountain fun songs, old time country and bluegrass. Anyone who sings or plays a musical instrument is encouraged to join us on stage!

 

 

Friday Movie Classics

 

We are showing movie classics and other time-honored movies each Friday at 2pm. Enjoy some of your old favorites, and perhaps you'll discover a new favorite or two.

 

There will be no charge for these screenings which will be shown on an 8x10 foot screen using an LCD projector. English subtitles will be turned on for all films as a courtesy to those with hearing difficulties. Donations are always welcome. Popcorn will be served; feel free to bring your own snacks and non-alcoholic beverages.

 

August 29 - 2 pm
The Shop Around The Corner (1940)

1 hr., 39 mins.

Margaret Sullavan, James Steward


The delicate comic touch of director Ernst Lubitsch turns this story of a budding romance between two clerks in a Budapest shop into a witty study of human nature. The incomparable Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart make a delightful team as the clerks who fall in love through a lonely-hearts column.

 

September 5 - Wait Until Dark

September 12 - Adam's Rib

September 19 - The Court Jester

September 26 - High Noon

October 3 - Tarzan the Ape Man

October 10 - The Rose Tattoo

October 17 - Lawrence of Arabia -Film is approx. 4 hrs. long; will have intermission.

October 24 - Roman Holiday

October 31 - Dracula

 


 

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