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“Library Lovers Unite!” Event Kicks Off Critical Funding Campaign for the Multnomah County Library
The Friends of the Multnomah County Library are hosting a party to generate support prior to the May election. “Library Lovers Unite!” will be held on March 13, 2012 from 6 – 8 p.m. at The Old Church (1422 SW 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97201). The event is free and open to the public.
Help Save our Library: Support the Levy and District Campaigns
As we embark on a two-step campaign to Save Our Library please consider volunteering and donating to guarantee stable funding for our Library.
Meet Paula Poundstone and Support the Friends
See Comedian Paula Poundstone perform at the Aladdin Theater on Saturday, January 28th. Merchandise sales at the event benefit Friends of the Library.
Give a Gift Membership or Donation
Support your library this holiday season by giving a Friends of the Mulnomah County library gift membership or making a gift donation.
Cathy Camper – Eclectic and Proud
Rows upon rows of tiny, colorful seeds and grains create shading for James Brown’s face.
The Dual Life of Sara Ryckebosch
To Gregory Heights Library patrons, she’s a Page and Library Assistant; but to readers of The Oregonian, she’s Sara Bir, a regular contributor to the FOODday section.
Moira McAuliffe: Matchmaker
As a Library Assistant at Fairview-Columbia Library, “Can you help me find something to read?” is the question that McAuliffe is asked the most.
Membership & Marketing Update
The Friends Membership & Marketing Committee has been working very hard to expand community awareness of our organization, and to grow our membership.
She Came Halfway Around the World to be Our Friend!
Zeynep Sunbay arrived in Portland from Istanbul as a new bride in August, 2010 with a Master’s in Psychology, but no license to work in the U.S.
Pop Up Wrap-Up
The Friends Pop Up Store on NW 23rd Ave. closed on August 28th. We sold 16,000 donated books, DVDs, gifts and more.
Library Funding Update
The Multnomah County Commissioners decided to postpone referring a library funding measure until the May 2012 election.
Happy Birthday Kenton and Troutdale
The two newest additions to the Library have been open for more than a year. Kenton Library celebrated its anniversary in March, and Troutdale in July.
Pop Up Store Closes: Sunday 8/28/11
After a successful three-month run, the Pop Up Store will close Sunday August 28, 2011. Get great discounts during our closing sale!
Friends at the NW Book Festival
For the first time, the Friends of the Library was a lively presence at the 3rd Annual NW Book Festival which featured over 50 Northwest authors, publishers, and bookstores.
Two Stores! Double Discount Days Extended!
Double Discount Days extended through July 29! FOL members save 20% off all merchandise except stamps and gift certificates.
Friends Pop Up Store a Great Success!
Our unique Pop Up store produced profits of over $10,000. The shop will be open through August 28.
Spring Book Sale Earns $26,000+
Over 1000 people that day enjoyed perusing the donated books, sheet music, maps, brochures, DVDs and various other media items.
Final (paper) Footnotes this Fall
To everything there is a season and this fall is the season for the last paper issue of Footnotes.
Foster Shows Off Some Fancy Steps
About one hundred eager readers and walkers attended the Annual Meeting of the Friends on June 1st at Central Library.
Just Call Me a Modern Day Odysseus
My quest: visit all nineteen branches in one year. Follow my exploits on Facebook.
New Board Members
It was an honor to serve as the Chair of the Nominating Committee this year. We have five fabulous new Board members!
Ali Harvey: Volunteer
Ali has both the energy and the skill set we needed because the Board was embarking on an ambitious project...
Edith Mirante: Through the Looking Glass
Edith Mirante’s publisher describes her as “a dedicated writer with the soul of a poet and the passion of a revolutionary.”
Scott Tienken: A Writer Who Asks Us to Open Our Eyes
He aims to be a “moral” writer, to help people understand their environment, their fellow man and themselves.
Friends Pop-Up store opening May 14
The popular Friends Library Store is opening a “Pop Up” store at 801 NW 23rd Avenue Saturday May 14 in the iconic space formerly home to Music Millennium.
Join the BRAINet Book Club
Interested in what’s going on inside your head? Consider joining the BRAINet Book Club.
Celebrate National Library Week
National Library Week April 10-16, 2011. This year the emphasis is on libraries as places for new beginnings.
A New Look for a Digital Decade!
Friends of the Library is ringing in the New Year with a new logo. To celebrate we are including in each newsletter a colorful window sticker featuring our new look
A Melodic Needle in a Haystack
From time to time people call and say they turned in a book or DVD by mistake with their donation to the Friends.
Friends Is Going Green
The first step in what will be a many-months process is that we will no longer issue membership cards.
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Classics
In this issue, I’ll talk about the new Classics Pageturners groups at Hollywood and Hillsdale Libraries (sponsored by the Friends).
Summer Movie Edition
In the past several years, I’ve watched (literally) books that I’ve loved in book group turn into movies. But is the adaptation ever as good?
Everybody Reads "Results" Edition
Instead of three different books per month, I read one book and then have a few weeks where I choose what to read.
