adults

Playing @ the Plaza - Frye Gaillard & Kathryn Scheldt

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Enjoy a concert-reading by Alabama author and songwriter Frye Gaillard and singer-songwriter Kathryn Scheldt exploring the power and poetry of Southern music. This event is free and open to the public.
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 6:30 am

Instrumentalist @ the Plaza

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Join us for the Instrumentalist @ the Plaza series featuring violinists Rochelle Loney and Kara Ganter. This is a free event.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 2:30 pm

Coffee Tastings @ the Plaza

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Chill out with refreshing coffee beverages this summer as Coffee-ol-ogy Coffee Café demonstrates cold coffee-making techniques. Free coffee tasting to follow.
Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 2:30 pm

Stump the Librarian!

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Test the knowledge of the librarians in the Nonfiction Department by asking a question from a popular trivia game. If they get it wrong, you get to register to win a Galleria gift certificate! Everyone gets one chance per day. Fun for the entire family!

The contest starts July 1st.

Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 9:00 am - Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 9:00 pm

Friends of the Library Luncheon

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All Friends of the Hoover Public Library are invited to attend the Friends Luncheon and Installation of Officers at the Riverchase Country Club. Tickets required. Please call Roberta Atkinson 822-5622 for details.
Friday, May 14, 2010 at 11:00 am

Adult Summer Reading!

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Don't let the kids have all the fun! Read and register for great prizes including the Grand Prize, a brand new gas grill. Stop at the Fiction or Nonfiction desks and pick up a reading log.

May 17, 2010 through Saturday, July 31, 2010

Monday, May 17, 2010 at 9:00 am - Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 9:00 pm

Lunch and Learn @ the Plaza - We Rode the Orphan Trains

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Have something delicious from Coffee-ol-ogy or bring your own lunch and then stick around to learn something new! Stories of love, acceptance, courage and resilience from orphans relocated from New York to families in the American West.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 12:30 pm

Lunch and Learn @ the Plaza - Author Dr. Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton

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Join us at lunchtime on the Plaza as Dr. Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton shares a captivating personal history of an eccentric Southern family as described in her book Teddy's Child. Book sales and signing to follow.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 12:30 pm

Artisans @ the Plaza - Trio of Alabama Talents

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Artist Charlie "Tin Man" Lucas, photographer Chip Cooper and author Ben Windham discuss their creative collaborative book, Tin Man. Book sales and signing to follow.
Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 7:00 pm

Conversations @ the Plaza featured language French

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Do you speak a foreign language, but never get to practice? Join us at the Hoover Public Library for Conversations @ the Plaza. The featured language for May is French. Beginners to the highly-fluent are welcome.
Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 6:30 pm