Preschool Storysteps is cancelled on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 due to a water leak in the Children's Mini-Theater. We hope to have the problem resolved soon and resume our normal storytime schedule for the rest of the week.

The New Bern-Craven County Public Library is closed TODAY-Monday, January 10, 2011, due to inclement weather. Teen Movie Night has been cancelled. Please call 638-7800 for updated information on Tuesday's schedule.

The Library is hosting two special events this month that look at German POW camps in the U.S.
On Tuesday, September 14th at 7 p.m., Jim White, historian and author, will speak on "Camp Battle: German POW Camp, New Bern, NC. Jim's research includes a few photos of the camp and information about one prison escape. Local history buffs and students of World War II will be interested in this chapter of New Bern's history.

The traveling exhibit Held on the Homefront: German POWs in the U.S. will be at the library from 2-8 p.m. on Thursday, September 16th. The mobile museum, a converted bus, includes a 21 seat theater and uses media, narrative texts and artifacts to tell the story of the 380,000 Germans imprisoned across the U.S. during World War II. The exhibit is organized by the TRACE Museum, St. Paul. MN.
The North Carolina Museum of History lists 18 prisoner of war camps throughout the state, housing primarily German prisoners including crews from U-Boats captured or sunk off the North Carolina coast.
The New Bern exhibit stop is sponsored by First Citizens Bank.

Register Now for Book Discussion Series

"“Law and Literature: The Eva R. Rubin Series”

This Let’s Talk About It Book Discussion series will meet every three weeks on Monday evenings at 7 PM from August 23rd through November 15th.
Participants are encouraged to explore the difference between what is established law and what is “just". Visiting college professors provide background and moderate the discussions.
The first session will meet at 7 PM on Monday, August 23rd in the library auditorium. Books are now available at the library.
Titles to be read include:

August 23 – Billy Budd by Herman Melville
September 13 – The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain
October 4 – A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
October 25 – Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
November 15 – The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen Carter

This project is made possible by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, in partnership with the North Carolina Center for the Book, a program of the State Library of North Carolina. Additional support is provided by the Friends of the Library.

Contact the library at 638-7800 for more information.