Quincy Public Library

Congratulations to our Summer Reading Program Weekly Prize Winners!

Have you joined our Adult or Young Adult Summer Reading Program yet? There is still plenty of time to sign up to earn fun prizes and get your name in the weekly drawings for fabulous summer gifts. Stop by the Library and sign up today!

Week 1 Winners:

Adult - Marvin Pothoven

Teen - Leah Godfrey

Week 2 Winners:

Adult - Keetha Jud

Teen - Kerry Howard

Week 3 Winners:

Adult - Shanna Willis

Teen - Hope Shinn

Week 4 Winners:

Adult - Tricia Boden

Teen - Danielle Heiden

Week 5 Adult Prize

Granite Bank Gallery Gift Basket

Includes 2 - $10 Granite Bank Gallery Gift Certificates

Glass Vase & Beaded Flowers

Picture Frame

Napkin Coasters

Speciality Soaps

Quincy Public Library Kicks off the Summer!

See Leo in Action!
Check-out Leo in action in the WGEM commerical with Ben Marth!
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Hands of My Father

Myron Uhlberg

Caroline Kennedy

On one hand, Myron Uhlberg had a very normal childhood growing up at the end of the Great Depression near Coney Island in Brooklyn. He climbed trees, he ran the neighborhood with his buddies, he played baseball in the street, and cheered on the Dodgers. The other part of his life was spent as an interpreter for his deaf parents. As their hearing child, his earliest memory was learning the American Sign Language sign for “I love you.” As soon as he could understand the correlation between the words he was hearing and the signs for his parents, he became their ears and their voice. Uhlberg’s ability to help his parents in such an enormous way was both a burden and a gift. His book, Hands of My Father, tells the story of their lives and how it has made him into the man he is today.

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QPL Library Events

Foreign Flicks: "The Taste of Others" (France)

When: Monday, July 06, 2009 - 1:00 PM
Where: Meeting Room

Fun, sexy, and richly rewarding, THE TASTE OF OTHERS earned an Academy Award(R) nomination as Best Foreign Language Film (2000). The lives and loves of several completely opposite men and women artfully intersect in what becomes a delightfully funny web of romantic entanglements! While negotiating differences in wealth and status, style and taste, this vivid collection of characters mix and match in outrageously volatile combinations! Internationally acclaimed for its sexy comic sophistication -- expect the unexpected from this uncommonly entertaining motion picture!

This film is rated R for language and drug content.

Foreign Flicks: "The Taste of Others" (France)

When: Monday, July 06, 2009 - 6:00 PM
Where: Meeting Room

Fun, sexy, and richly rewarding, THE TASTE OF OTHERS earned an Academy Award(R) nomination as Best Foreign Language Film (2000). The lives and loves of several completely opposite men and women artfully intersect in what becomes a delightfully funny web of romantic entanglements! While negotiating differences in wealth and status, style and taste, this vivid collection of characters mix and match in outrageously volatile combinations! Internationally acclaimed for its sexy comic sophistication -- expect the unexpected from this uncommonly entertaining motion picture!

This film is rated R for language and drug content.

Computer Class

When: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 9:00 AM
Where: York Street Branch

One-on-one computer tutoring at York Street Branch. 30 minute session. Must register in advance with a York Street Branch staff member. Call 217-223-1309, ext. 306 to register.

First Steps Storytime and Craft

When: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 10:00 AM
Where: Puppet Room

First Steps Storytime and Craft familiarizes toddlers, ages 16 months to 36 months, with Library resources by using gentle music, songs, crafts and lots of one-on-one attention. Reservations are requested and may be made by calling 217-223-1309 or online at www.quincylibrary.org.

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