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"I am completely smitten with the Lunch with Books patrons...who welcomed me like a long-lost cousin. It takes two to have a successful reading: an enthusiastic presenter and an engaged audience, and boy did the stars align for us." -Marie Manilla, Still Life with Plums

"Lunch With Books is an outstanding program -- one of the best in the country." -NPR Journalist Matthew Algeo, The President is a Sick Man


"With a new book in hand, I’ve visited a lot of libraries lately, and I think the Ohio County Public Library is my all-time favorite. People are kind and welcoming, and deeply appreciate a visiting writer." -Jaimy Gordon, Lord of Misrule (National Book Award)

“I wanted the book launch to be at Lunch With Books because it is the best library book program in West Virginia and because Wheeling and the Wheeling area was centrally involved in so many of the firsts in West Virginia sports.” –Bob Barnett, Hillside Fields: A History of Sports in West Virginia

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Please visit: www.ohiocountylibrary.org/calendar

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

July 14: Wheeling Arts Fest Literary Events


LITERARY ARTS SCHEDULE


OHIO COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY AUDITORIUM

The Poetry of James Wright & Open Mike with Dr. David Thomas & C.J. Farnsworth --11:30 am       

Creative Writing Workshop with West Virginia Poet Laureate Marc Harshman -- 1 pm   

Poet Bonnie Thurston -- 2 pm

Play Reading: THE BOY IN THE BOX by Sean O’Leary, performed by Hal O’Leary -- 3 pm
WEST VIRGINIA NORTHERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE STAGE

Storyteller Rich Knoblich -- 12 pm            

Poet Laura Bentley -- 2 pm               

Storyteller Cheryl Harshman -- 3 pm   

Poet Mark Defoe -- 5 pm               

Poet & Traditional Musician Doug Van Gundy -- 6 pm

Plus music, painting, dance and much more. See the full ARTS FESTevent schedule HERE.

And on Tuesday July 17 at Lunch With Books:


Travels in Africa 

Author Jana Jirak will be at Lunch With Books at the Ohio County Public Library in Wheeling on Tuesday, July 17 at noon discuss the amazing series of memoirs she transcribed, detailing her grandfather’s 19th-century African travels, including, “Prague to Africa 1882-1884”, "25 years in Africa,” “Under the Scorching Sun," and "The Sons of  the Desert.” Lunch With Books programs are free and open to the public. Patrons are invited to bring a bag lunch and free beverages are served. Please call 304-232-0244 for more information.
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Top Ten Lunch With Books Programs

Program; Presenter; Attendance; Date

1. SAENGERFEST; Eintracht German Singing Society; 200; 07-17-10

2. A Lucky Child; Auschwitz Survivor Judge Thomas Buergenthal; 198; 03-04-11

3. Fashion Show; Civil War 150; 194; 11-20-11

4. Ruanaidh; Art Rooney, Jr. and Jim O'Brien; 168; 06-15-10

5. Follow the River; James Alexander Thom; 160; 06-05-08

6. Warwood Memories; 157; 12-18-12

7. The Quiet Man Pub Reading; 150; 08-30-12

8. Wheeling Then and Now; Sean Duffy; 146; 09-07-10

9. Bloch Brother Tobacco; Stuart Bloch; 131; 04-27-10

10. Reasons to Believe; Dr. Scott Hahn; 126; 08-21-07

Book Discussion Groups

The Ohio County Public Library facilitates book discussion groups for both young adults and adults. Currently, the OCPL offers two adult groups, which meet on the first Monday and third Thursday of each month.

In addition to its own growing collection, the OCPL has access to the book discussion collection of the West Virginia Library Commission.

To join or form a book discussion group, or for more information, please call 304-232-0244.

Meeting of the Minds Philosophy Group

The Meeting of the Minds Philosophic Inquiry Forum is facilitated by David Weimer. The group meets virtually every Tuesday at 6 PM. Call the library for meeting room locations.

For more information, visit www.firstknowthyself.org/m&mphilosophy.htm or contact group organizer, David Weimer, at 740 526-0985 or by email at dwwweimer@comcast.net..