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Newport News Public Library System
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All Libraries will be closed on Monday Sept. 6 for Labor Day.
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Harry Potter Exhibit The Grissom Library will host a traveling exhibit featuring teen wizard Harry Potter from Sept. 5. - Oct. 16, 2010. The exhibit, “Harry Potter's World: Renaissance, Science, Magic, and Medicine” will explore the world of Harry Potter and its roots in Renaissance magic, science, and medicine. Along with the exhibit, Grissom Library will host a number of special programs, beginning with a kickoff program on Saturday, Sept. 11, featuring costumes, food, crafts, prizes and more. Harry Potter movies will be shown during a movie “marathon.” Book and film discussions are planned, as well as a trivia contest. |
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Orson Scott Card to Speak at CNU Orson Scott Card, best-selling author of "Ender's Game" will speak at Christopher Newport University's Ferguson Center for the Arts in Newport News on October 28, 2010 at 7pm. This event is free, but tickets are required. Free tickets for the author talk, question and answer session, and book signing will be available starting Sept. 28 at the sponsoring libraries of the Virginia Peninsula Literary Consortium. |
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Upcoming Booksale The next booksale will be at West Avenue Library on Sept. 16-18. Hours for the sale are noon-6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17; and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18. A special preview for Friends members is 10 a.m.-noon on Thursday, Sept. 16. Thousands of fiction and nonfiction books are available, including collections of classics, foreign languages, military history, textbooks, children’s books, collectibles and out-of-print books. |
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Downloadable Audiobooks Now Available Tired of late fines and keeping track of all those loose CD's? Try our new downloadable eAudiobook service from Recorded Books/NetLibrary. You can now download books straight to your computer or transfer them to your portable device. Many titles will also transfer to your iPod. Books check out for three weeks and you can check out up to 10 at one time. Best of all, no late fees! Try it today. |
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Win a Trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame Just answer some baseball trivia questions using the Library's print and electronic resources and you could win a trip to the Baseball of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. Contest ends Sept. 4, 2010 and is sponsored by the American Library Association and the National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
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The Friends of the Newport News Public Library help promote the library system through volunteer work and fundraising. Volunteers are always needed. Join or donate today! |
Featured Resource - Learn a foreign language from the comfort of home with Mango Languages. |
Newport News Public Library Foundation The Newport News Public Library System Foundation can now accept online donations via Paypal. All donations to the Foundations are tax-deductible and can be desigated for a specific program, service, collection or library of your choice. |
