Oct 5: Eastern Woodland Indians

Travis Henline, site manager of West Virginia Independence Hall, will provide an overview of the histories and cultures of eastern woodland American Indian peoples, with particular emphasis on the Ohio Valley and present day West Virginia, with photos and video segments. Lunch With Books programs are free and open to the public. Patrons are invited to bring a bag lunch and free beverages are provided. Please call the library at 304-232-0244 for more information.

OCTOBER 11 & 18: GASLAND

FIRST WHEELING SCREENINGS!

The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States and the Ohio Valley. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of "fracking" or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a "Saudia Arabia of natural gas" just beneath us. But is fracking safe? When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. A recently drilled Pennsylvania town reports that residents are able to light drinking water on fire. This is just one of the many absurd and astonishing revelations of a new country called GASLAND. Part verite travelogue, part expose, part mystery, part bluegrass banjo meltdown, part showdown. DON’T MISS THE FIRST WHEELING SCREENINGS: MON OCT 11 @ Noon & MON OCT 18 at 6:30 PM.

Inside the Doomsday Machine

Judge Patrick M. Flatley, chief bankruptcy court judge for the Northern District of West Virginia, will be at Lunch With Books at the Ohio County Public Library on Tuesday September 28 at noon to review the bestseller The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis. Lunch With Books programs are free and open to the public. Patrons are invited to bring a bag lunch and free beverages are provided. Please call the library at 304-232-0244 for more information.

Schramm and Foreman and Sherlock

47 people enjoyed R. Wolfgang Schramm's program on The Apocryphal Cases of Sherlock Holmes with artist and illustrator Anne Foreman today.

The Apocryphal Cases of Sherlock Holmes

Author R. Wolfgang Schramm will appear at the Lunch With Books program at the Ohio County Public Library on Tuesday, September 21 to discuss his new book, The Apocryphal Cases of Sherlock Holmes. Schramm has created three new Sherlock Holmes stories in the Conan Doyle manner. The book is lavishly illustrated with sketches by Wheeling artist Anne Foreman, who will also be at the program. Schramm is an emeritus professor from West Liberty University and has authored four previous books about West Liberty State College, The Linsly School, The City of Moundsville and Wheeling Island. Lunch With Books programs are free and open to the public. Patrons are invited to bring a bag lunch and free beverages are provided. Please call the library at 304-232-0244 for more information.

Celebrate Constitution Week...

Tomorrow, September 14 @ noon: James Madison & the Spirit of Republican Self-Government with Dr. Joe Laker

September 14: Book Review-James Madison and the Spirit of Republican Self-Government with Dr. Joe Laker

In celebration of Constitution and Citizenship Day, retired WJU history professor Dr. Joe Laker will review James Madison and the Spirit of Republican Self-Government by Villanova professor Colleen Sheehan at the Lunch With Books program at the Ohio County Public Library scheduled for Tuesday September 14 at noon. Lunch With Books programs are free and open to the public. Patrons are invited to bring a bag lunch and free beverages are provided. Please call the library at 304-232-0244 for more information.