UPCOMING LIBRARY CLOSED DATES

The library will be closed on Sunday, May 26 and Monday, May 27, 2013. After May 26, the library will remained closed on Sundays throughout the summer. Regular Sunday hours will resume on Sunday, September 8, 2013.

The Peters Township Public Library welcomes IndieFlix to our Digital Media Resources

Indieflix is a streaming movie service that offers library card holders access to award-winning shorts, feature films and documentaries. To learn more, click on the "Digital Media" button in the left hand column, then click on the "IndieFlix" logo to create an account.

Enjoy discovering great independent films anytime, anywhere!
 

CIVIL WAR 150: EXPLORING THE WAR AND ITS MEANING THROUGH THE WORDS OF THOSE WHO LIVED IT:
a discussion series facilitated by Dr. Elaine Frantz Parsons
Sunday, May 5, 2013, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.;
Sunday, June 9, 2013, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.;
Thursday, July 18, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.


 

Civil War 150 is a national public programming initiative designed to encourage public exploration of the transformative impact and contested meanings of the Civil War through primary documents and firsthand accounts. This project is presented by The Library of America in partnership with The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Session topics and dates include:


Sunday, June 9, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. (please note: this program has been filled)
Discussion topics: The Experience of Battle; From Slavery to Freedom (Civil War Readers provided)
Limit: 25 participants (high school graduates and older)


Thursday, July 18, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Topic: Why did the Klan Wear Bizarre Costumes?
Presented by: Dr. Elaine Frantz Parsons
Limit: 80 participants
Register to attend this program online, at the circulation desk or by telephone at 724-941-9430.

Materials for the programs will be available at no charge to participants. Four Civil War Readers are part of the program resources available through the Gilder Lehrman Institute in partnership with The Library of America and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Dr. Elaine Parsons, Civil War Scholar and Associate Professor of History at Duquesne University will facilitate the programs. She is currently compiling a book about the Ku Klux Klan entitled Constructing the Kuklux: The Ku Klux Klan and the Modernization of the Reconstruction-Era South.
 

Please CLICK HERE for more information on the Washington County Community Foundation's Day of Giving, September 10th, 2013. Funds donated to the library on September 10th will be increased by a percentage of a $100,000 matching pool!

R.E.A.D. LIBRARY COOKBOOK (RECIPES: ENTICING AND DELICIOUS!)
 

Looking for some fresh recipes? The good cooks at the library are offering 225 of their finest recipes in our first ever library cookbook. Buy one for yourself, or buy copies as gifts – all proceeds benefit the library! Cookbooks are available at the library or by mail order. To purchase by mail, please send payment ($10.00 + $3.00 for shipping and handling) to: Friends of the Peters Township Public Library, 616 East McMurray Road, McMurray, PA 15317. Please also remember to include an address where you would like the cookbook shipped to.