Spring is here!
The sun is shining and the temperatures are rising! It's time to stretch, dust off, and enjoy this weather! In April we celebrate our unique Appalachian Trail Community with "Walking with Spring", Science Month with the NC Science Festival and "Citizen Science Day", and National Poetry Month with our Teen Display. Get out, stop by, and join us for the following events!
*Teen Events listed at bottom of email
*Follow us on our new Instagram account to see weekly events and programs for Adults, Teens, and Children! Follow the Macon County Public Library - @maconcopl
The Macon County Public Library along with other Fontana Regional Libraries will be closed April 10 for Staff Training and April 19 for Good Friday.
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Join us this April to celebrate "Walking with Spring - 2019" - an event series in partnership with the Nantahala Hiking Club and the Franklin Appalachian Trail Community. Enjoy movies and programs that correspond with Franklin's Trail Days Celebration and the thru-hiker season. Events highlight the A.T., its hikers, and other outdoor activities and environmental issues.
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Shakespeare in the Summer - Show Dates: August 9,10, 11 and August 15, 16, and 17 - Rehearsals start May 28.
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The Macon County Public Library Computer Lab will be reserved for this activity Saturday, April 13th from 1:00-3:45. Email addresses are required and Personal devices are encouraged!
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SATURDAY APRIL 13 @ 7:00PM - SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND
Come hear what local songwriters have been working on this winter!
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THURSDAY APRIL 18 @ 1:00PM - SPRING SWINGS THE LIBRARY!
The Arts Council band C-Square (Lionel Caynon, keyboard; Bobbie Contino, vocals; and Selma Sparks, vocals and dance) performs sing-and-dance-along favorites. Requests encouraged! Free interactive nostalgia for all!
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Join us for Classic Movies, New Releases, and Mystery Monday
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WEDNESDAY APRIL 3 @ 4:00PM - TEEN MOVIE NIGHT - "Lu Over the Wall" - Open to middle and high schoolers. Call the library for more information.
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FRIDAY APRIL 5 @ 2:00PM - CLASSIC MOVIE - "Love Before Breakfast"
1936 comedy starring Carole Lombard, Preston Foster, and Cesar Romero
A rich businessman stalks another man's fiancee. 1hr.10min
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THURSDAY APRIL 11 @ 2:00PM - NEW RELEASE - "Widows"
Set in contemporary Chicago, four women with nothing in common except a dept left by their dead husbands' criminal activities take fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
Rated R for violence, language, and some sexual content/nudity. 2hrs.9min.
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FRIDAY APRIL 12 @ 2:00PM - CLASSIC MOVIE - "Thunder Bay"
1956 drama starring James Stewart and Joanne Dru
Shrimpers and oilmen clash when an ambitious wildcatter constructs an off-shore oilrig. 1hr.43min.
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MONDAY APRIL 15 @ 2:00PM - MONDAY MYSTERY MATINEE - "After the Thin Man"
William Powell and Myrna Loy
Nick investigates the case of a missing man and a murder that is connected to Nora's family. 1hr.52min.
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THURSDAY APRIL 25 @ 2:00PM - NEW RELEASE - "The Last Suit"
Abraham Bursztein, an 88 year-old Jewish tailor, runs away from Buenos Aires to Poland to find a friend who saved him from certain death at the end of WWII. After seven decades without contact, Abraham will try to find his friend and keep his promise to return one day.
Spanish with English subtitles; 1hr.31min.
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FRIDAY APRIL 26 @ 2:00PM - CLASSIC MOVIE - "The Postman Always Rings Twice"
1946 film-noir starring Lana Turner and John Garfield
Nick Smith, the middle-aged proprietor of a roadside restaurant, hires drifter Frank Chambers as a handyman. Frank eventually begins an affair with Nick's wife Cora, who talks Frank into helping her kill Nick, by "accident." But the best laid plans... 1hr.53min.
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