Library News

Get “Framed” for Art in Action Week

Leave your winter “blahs” outside and experience inspiring works of art, created right before your eyes! Art in Action is a hands-on day of art at the Medina Library.

Watch artists create beautiful works before your eyes and create your own art at dozens of stations throughout the Medina Library. From painting to drawing to music, and more it is a true learning experience for all ages.

Art in Action

Medina Library

Saturday, February 28, 11:00 am– 3:00 pm

The week leading up to Art in Action, February 23 -28 visitors to the Medina Library Children’s Department can participate in a frame art mural, open to all ages.

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Black History Month Events at MCDL

Medina County District Library presents Black History Month events this February that will educate and involve every member of your family.

For Adults:

Film Festival
Lodi Library, Fridays in February 27, 1:00 pm
A series of films highlighting African American actors and special events in black history. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, The Help,
Malcolm X and Ghosts of Mississippi are the featured films.

Underground Railroad Coded Quilts
Buckeye Library, Saturday, February 28, 11:00 am
Learn the system of symbols sewn on quilts that helped runaway slaves navigate the Underground Railroad,
with local historian, Kathy Kraus.

Register for these programs at www.mcdl.info/events

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An Evening With Brad Ricca – Author Chat at Medina Library

Spend an evening gathered around the fireplace with good conversation, company and cuisine. Brad Ricca is the type of author your Star Wars loving, comic book collecting, pop culture trivia spewing friends and family will love.

A kid at heart, this Case Western professor, author and filmmaker speaks on both the intellectual and pop-culture level.

Enjoy an evening with Brad Ricca.

Author of Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the Creators of Superman

Fri., Mar. 6, 7:00 pm, Medina Library

Tickets: $10 (includes appetizers) Available Monday, January 26 – Wednesday, March 4
Credit card payment at www.mcdl.info/authors or any MCDL location.

Ricca is a frequent contributor to media outlets such as NPR, the BBC, and others about comics and pop culture. He has presented at meetings all over the world, including in Oxford, Kyoto, and at the San Diego Comic-Con.

He won the St. Lawrence Book Award for his first book of poetry, American Mastodon, which was featured on A Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor.

Ricca’s first documentary film, Last Son, won a Silver Ace Award at the Las Vegas International Film Festival.

Check out his website for more pop-culture writings including his Star Wars blog entry on the cultural impact of Princess Leia’s gold metal bikini and his films, including Last Son, about the real story of Superman. www.brad-ricca.com

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Donate one of these Top 10 items to eliminate a fine on one overdue item
(Donations will not eliminate lost/damaged item or collection agency fees):

Boxed cereal  (10 oz. or larger)
Peanut butter  (15 oz. or larger)
Canned vegetables  (12 oz. or larger)   
Canned soup  (10 oz. or larger)
Canned stew  (10 oz. or larger)   
Canned chicken  (5 oz. or larger)
Canned fruit  (10 oz. or larger)   
Canned tuna  (5 oz. or larger)
Boxed, dried spaghetti or macaroni  (12 oz. or larger)
Boxed, dried rice or beans  (12 oz. or larger)

Do not include opened or expired items or glass bottles/jars in your donation. Only items on the list will eliminate overdue fines.

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Celebrate the madness of March and your love for fabulous books with the Book Madness contest. Help us determine a winner as Books to Movies and Books to TV go head to head.

Return your completed bracket by Sunday, February 22 for a chance to win the Grand Prize - a Barnes & Noble gift card. You don’t need to have read or watched all the titles to vote.

The books that win each round will be announced, in our libraries, on our website, Facebook and Twitter, as follows:
Round 1 winners – Week of March 2
Round 2 winners – Week of March 9
Round 3 winners – Week of March 16
Round 4 winners – Week of March 23
Round 5 winners – Week of March 30
Winning Most Popular Book and Grand Prize Winner (chosen from those that selected the winning most popular book) will be announced on Monday, April 6.

Must be 18 to play.  Winner’s name and photo will be used for promotional purposes.

Click here to download bracket.

Interested in the 2015 Book Madness titles? Click on the links below to view the lists in our catalog.

Books to Movies

Books to TV

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