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Free Monday matinee – I Am Number Four

 ADULT PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS
Jul 152011
 

Join us at the library for a free showing of I Am Number Four. We’ll have refreshments, too!

  • What: I Am Number Four
  • Date: Monday, July 25
  • Time: 3:00 – 5:00 pm

Three are dead. Who is number four? John Smith is an extraordinary teen masking his true identity to elude a deadly enemy sent to destroy him. Living with his guardian in the small town he now calls home, John encounters unexpected life-changing events, his first love, powerful new abilities, and a secret connection to the others who share his incredible destiny.

109 minutes, rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and for language.

Armchair travel series – Asia

 ADULT PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS
Jul 062011
 
  • Monday, July 18
  • 6:00-7:00 pm

Kim has traveled extensively throughout Asia, including Korea and Thailand. She will share her experiences studying and traveling abroad.

All are welcome and registration is not required. Refreshments will be served.

Armchair travel series: England

 ADULT PROGRAMS, SENIOR CITIZENS
Jun 212011
 
  • Monday, July 11
  • 6:00-7:00 pm

Born and raised in St. Helens, Lancashire, England, Sylvia will share a little history, her own background, and her insight about the changes on her return trips to England.

All are welcome and registration is not required. Refreshments will be served.

Free Friday film – Amélie

 ADULT PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS
Jun 072011
 

Join us at the library for a free showing of Amélie. We’ll have refreshments, too!

  • What: Amélie
  • Date: Friday, June 24
  • Time: 2:00 – 4:00 pm
  • French with English subtitles

Amélie Poulain has led a sheltered life, educated at home by her parents, she lives in a fantasy world of her own. When she finally leaves home and finds work as a waitress in a Parisian café, life is uneventful until a chain of extraordinary events leads her to the discovery of a box containing a schoolboy’s long forgotten mementos. It is then that Amélie discovers her vocation in life – helping others find love and happiness – which she sets about in her own way. When Amélie falls in love herself, she realizes that making neat solutions is not as easy as it seems.

121 minutes, rated R for brief nudity, adult humor, sexual situations.

Audiobooks and e-books to go

 ADULT PROGRAMS, TEEN PROGRAMS
Jun 072011
 

Take the library with you this summer with downloadable audiobooks and e-books from Wisconsin Public Library Consortium and OverDrive!

Learn how to set up an account, search for titles, and practice transferring them to a device at the library, Monday June 13, 6:00 – 7:00 pm.

If you plan to try using OverDrive, please bring

  • Your library card
  • The device you want to use to download audiobooks or e-books
  • If you have an mp3 players, iPods, e-readers, or other devices that do not use apps, you will also need to bring the cable for your device in order to transfer the files

Registration is not required.

For a complete list of devices that can use OverDrive, see the OverDrive Device Resource Center.

OverDrive audiobooks can be downloaded to a variety of devices, including

  • mp3 players
  • Androids
  • Blackberrys
  • iPods
  • iPhones
  • iPads
  • iPod touches
  • Windows Mobiles

OverDrive eBooks can be downloaded to a variety of devices, including

  • Nooks
  • Kobos
  • Sony Readers
  • Androids
  • Blackberrys
  • iPhones
  • iPads
  • iPod touches

OverDrive e-books cannot currently be downloaded to Kindles.

Get ready for the ACT or SAT

 ADULT PROGRAMS, TEEN PROGRAMS
May 162011
 

Ada Gonzales will be presenting “The ACT and SAT: Prepare Yourself for a Higher Score”

  • Thursday, June 2nd
  • 6:00 – 6:45 pm
  • Platteville Public Library meeting room

She’ll cover the following topics about the ACT and SAT:

  • the importance of taking them and scoring well
  • how they differ
  • test taking tips
  • using free test prep resources

Ms. Gonzales is a college access counselor from Great Lakes and works as part of the College Access Challenge Grant Program.

All are welcome, especially students planning to take the ACT or SAT this June or next fall. Call 348-7441 ext 4 for more information. Registration is not required.

Free Friday film – Country Strong

 ADULT PROGRAMS
May 042011
 

Join us at the library for a free showing of Country Strong. We’ll have refreshments, too!

  • What: Country Strong
  • Date: Friday, May 20
  • Time: 2:00 – 4:00 pm

Soon after a rising young singer-songwriter gets involved with a fallen, emotionally unstable country star, the pair embark on a career resurrection tour steered by her husband/manager, that includes a beauty-queen-turned-singer. Between the concerts, romantic entanglements and old demons threaten to derail them all.

117 minutes, rated PG-13 for thematic elements involving alcohol abuse and some sexual content

Second annual PEEPS-O-RAMA!

 ADULT PROGRAMS, CHILDREN, PROGRAMS, SENIOR CITIZENS, TEEN PROGRAMS
Mar 302011
 

It’s time for the Platteville Public Library’s PEEPS-O-RAMA, the marshmallow Peeps diorama contest for ALL AGES.

Saturday April 30
Time slots are available from

  • 10:00 am – noon
  • Noon – 2:00 pm
  • 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

We provide Peeps, a box, glue, paper, markers, scissors, and 2 hours.
You create a diorama of a scene from a book using Peeps.
You may also bring any other materials you wish to create your diorama. We will have roughly a dozen Peeps per team. If you need more Peeps or need certain colors or styles, you may bring your own.

Dioramas will be on display at the library so library patrons can vote for the Peep-le’s Choice award.

Sign up as an individual or in teams of up to four people.

  • Teen: all team members must be 12 to 18
  • Adult: all team members must be 19 or over
  • Family: all ages, at least one team member must be over 18

To register you or your team for your 2 hour time slot, call the library at 348-7441, ext 4 or visit the library at 65 S Elm St and sign up at the Information Services desk.

Winners will receive Peeps-tastic fame and glory!

To see pictures from our first ever Peeps-o-rama, visit our Facebook page.

Peeps are amazing!

Free Friday film: Secretariat

 ADULT PROGRAMS, SENIOR CITIZENS
Mar 302011
 

Join us at the library for a free showing of Secretariat, based on the true story of Penny Chenery and her 1973 Triple Crown winning horse. We’ll have refreshments, too!

  • What: Secretariat
  • Date: Friday, April 22
  • Time: 2:00 – 4:30 pm

Behind every legend lies an impossible dream. Witness the spectacular journey of an incredible horse named Secretariat and the moving story of his unlikely owner, a housewife who risked everything to make him a champion. Based on the novel Secretariat: The Making of a Champion by William Nack.

116 minutes, rated PG for for brief mild language

Chinese history

 ADULT PROGRAMS
Mar 282011
 
  • Presented by Ms. Lily Zhang from the Confucius Institute of UW-Platteville
  • Tuesday, April 12, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Library meeting room (downstairs)

Some important themes which characterize Chinese history are the pattern of dynastic rise and fall, intermittent aggression from northern aliens, varying degrees of openness to outside cultural influences, and the dynamics of stability and social harmony.

These themes still affect China’s political stances and position in the world today.

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