Retro Board Game Night

October 16, 2017 | Patton

Join us for an evening of nostalgic fun with a variety of classic and vintage board games all for your gaming pleasure. Bring your friends, bring your family, bring just yourself, and bring your own games to share! Some light refreshments will be on hand and we will even raffle off a few of the games by the end of the evening. Let's have a night of good old fashioned fun together. 

Thursday, November 2nd 6PM-9PM in the Community Room

NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Not in Our Town Film Screening and Panel Discussion on Race and Diversity

October 12, 2017 | rakowicze

A screening of “A Continuing Series of Small Indignities: A Personal Conversation About Race,” a documentary film, is the impetus for a community discussion on race and building a more inclusive, accepting and safe community. The Canton Response to Hate Crime Coalition will host the screening on Friday, November 3, 2017, at the Village Theater at Cherry Hill. It will be followed by a moderated community conversation and panel discussion featuring Harris, filmmaker Michael Pfaendtner, and other representatives from the Canton community.

The documentary, produced and directed by Michigan filmmaker Michael Pfaendtner, premiered at the 2017 Freep Film Festival and was also been shown at the Trinity International Film Festival and the Royal Starr Film Festival. It follows the personal experience of 59-year-old Rodney Harris as he recounts a lifetime of subtle and not-so-subtle racism.

The event is coordinated by the Canton Response to Hate Crime Coalition (CRHCC).

This Not in Our Town event is November 3 at 7:00 PM at the Village Theater at Cherry Hill, 50400 Cherry Hill Road, Canton, MI. There is no cost to attend.

Teens, We Want You!

CPL TEENS, WE WANT YOU

Have you ever read a book everyone else loved only to think it's terrible - and wonder why no one else says so? Or been assigned a book for school that you thought would be totally lame - until it changed your life? Maybe you were feeling depressed until you opened a book that made your day - by making you lol. These are the stories we want to hear! 

 

We're looking for book reviews written by our teen patrons. We want to hear what YOU think. What book do your friends need to read? What book should they avoid at all costs?

 

Stop by the teen space to fill out a paper book review OR use this form to write and email it! We'll post your review in the library, on our website, or on our social media.

 

Help us help you find good reads! 

Self-Improvement Through Gale-Mastering Public Speaking!

October 11, 2017 | davisr

Do you want to improve your public speaking? Are you afraid of speaking in front of groups of people? You can become an effective public speaker! In this fun and hands-on course, you'll find out how to talk confidently and persuasively to both large audiences and small groups. You'll learn how to plan and deliver your presentations skillfully and how to manage one of the most common public speaking barriers—fear.

All Gale Courses are free with your Canton Public Library card, and the next set of classes will begin on Wednesday, October 18. Learn on your own schedule, and receive a certificate of completion when you've finished. Our goal is to provide lifelong educational opportunities for you to gain new skills or improve existing ones. New sessions are offered every month. Take advantage of these instructor-led courses on our databases page!

Library Board Meeting Agenda — Thursday, October 19, 2017

October 10, 2017 | gladdenk
  • Call the Meeting to Order
  • Call to Audience (5 min. maximum)
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Budget Hearing Minutes
  • Approval of General Meeting Minutes
  • Communications
  • Report of the Library Director
  • Trustee Comments
  • Committee Reports
    • Retirement Benefits Committee
    • Director’s Evaluation Committee
  • Approve Resolution to Close Employee Division in MERS Defined Benefit Plan and Adopt Non-MERS Defined Contribution Plan
  • Connect Your Summer 2017 review
  • Proposal for 2018 renovation of staff area
  • 3rd Quarter Budget Amendment
  • Director’s Evaluation (closed session) – roll-call vote
  • Call to Audience (5 min. maximum)
  • Adjourn

Savvy Seniors: Seniors Safe, Sound and Secure Seminar

October 10, 2017 | madame librarian

Canton Public Safety invites all Canton seniors to learn more about personal safety on November 8 from 12:00-3:00PM at the Summit on the Park.   This free informative seminar will help you learn new techniques to keep you and your family safe.  Speakers, interactive booths, lunch, and give-a-ways are just a few highlights of this event. Pre-Registration is required to participate. For more information and to register, call Canton Community Senior Services at 734-394-5485.

Teen Read Week: October 8-14

October 8, 2017 | rasberrye

Help us celebrate Teen Read Week this year. Stop by the Teen Space and place your vote for your 'Top Ten' favorite nominated YA books of 2017. National winners will be announced the following week, along with Canton Teens' favorites! After you vote, make sure to pick up a sweet treat from the Teen desk. 

Check out the full list of nominated books here. 

What We're Reading: October 2017

October 7, 2017 | madame librarian

“The benefits of reading books include a longer life in which to read them.”  –A. Bashivi, M. D. Slade, B. R. Levy. (Social Science & Medicine. Vol 164. Sept, 2016)

The world of James Bond : the lives and times of 007 by Jeremy Black

 Jeremy Black offers a historian's interpretation from the perspective of the late 2010s, assessing James Bond in terms of the greatly changing world order of the Bond years--a lifetime that stretches from 1953, when the first novel appeared, to the present. Black argues that the Bond novels--the Fleming books as well as the often-neglected novels authored by others after Fleming died in 1964--and films drew on current fears in order to reduce the implausibility of the villains and their villainy.  Class, place, gender, violence, sex, race--all are themes that Black scrutinizes through the ongoing shifts in characterization and plot. His well-informed and well-argued analysis provides a fascinating history of the enduring and evolving appeal of James Bond.

An extraordinary time : the end of the postwar boom and the return of the ordinary economy by Marc Levinson
Also available in: e-book

"In An Extraordinary Time, acclaimed economic historian Marc Levinson recounts the global collapse of the postwar economy in the 1970s. While economists struggle to return us to the high economic growth rates of the past, Levinson counterintuitively argues that the boom years of the 1950s and 1960s were an anomaly; slow economic growth is the norm-no matter what economists and politicians may say. Yet these atypical years left the public with unreasonable expectations of what government can achieve. When the economy failed to revive, suspicion of government and liberal institutions rose sharply, laying the groundwork for the political and economic polarization that we're still grappling with today. A sweeping reappraisal of the last sixty years of world history, An Extraordinary Time describes how the postwar economic boom dissipated, undermining faith in government, destabilizing the global financial system, and forcing us to come to terms with how tumultuous our economy really is"--.

Learn Microsoft Office Suite with Gale Courses

October 6, 2017 | davisr

Feeling a bit confused about Microsoft products on the computer? Want to brush up on your skills? Learn your way around Microsoft Office Word with Gale Courses. Start off with Introduction to Microsoft Word 2016 (the same product we have at the library). Once you feel comfortable, you can move on to the Intermediate Word 2016 class. Already feel comfortable with Microsoft Word? Gale offers classes on a range of Microsoft Office Products including Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and more! 

All Gale Courses are free with your Canton Public Library card, and the next set of classes will begin on Wednesday, October 18th. Learn on your own schedule, and receive a certificate of completion when you've finished. Our goal is to provide lifelong educational opportunities for you to gain new skills or improve existing ones. New sessions are offered every month. Take advantage of these instructor-led courses on our databases page!

Look What's In Large Print: October 2017

October 6, 2017 | madame librarian
About a dog [large print] by Jenn McKinlay

"Mackenzie Harris fled her hometown of Bluff Point, Maine, seven years ago after being left at the altar and seeking solace in the arms of her best friend's off-limits brother. When she returns for her best friend's wedding, Gavin is hoping to pick up where they left off with the help of a stray puppy"--.

Ageproof [large print] : living longer without running out of money or breaking a hip by Jean Sherman Chatzky

All the money in the world doesn't mean a thing if we can't get out of bed. And the healthiest body in the world won't stay that way if we're frazzled about five figures worth of debt. Today Show financial correspondent Jean Chatzky and the Cleveland Clinic's chief wellness officer Dr. Michael Roizen explain the vital connection between health and wealth, giving readers the tactics, strategies, and know-how to live longer, healthier, more lucrative lives. The same principles that allow us to achieve a better body will allow us to do the same for our investment portfolio. For instance, physical and financial stability comes down to the same equation: inflow versus outflow. Do we burn more calories than we ingest? Likewise, are we making more money than we spend? The authors detail ways to improve behavior so that the answers tilt in the readers' favor. They also offer ways to beat the system by automating how we do things and limiting our decisions in the face of too much food or too much debt.

Beneath Copper Falls [large print] by Colleen Coble

"As a 911 dispatcher, Dana Newell takes pride in being calm in tough circumstrances. In addition to her emotionally-charged career, she's faced enough emergencies in her own life. She recently escaped her abusive fiancé to move to tranquil Rock Harbor where she hopes life will be more peaceful. But the idyllic town hides more danger and secrets than it first appeared. Dana is continually drawn to her new friend Boone, who has scars inside and out. Then she answers a call at her job only to hear a friend's desperate screams on the other end. Soon, the pain in her past collides with the mysteries of her new home-- and threatens to keep her from the future she's always wanted." - Provided by publisher.

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