FLORENCE–Upcoming events…some spooky…some fun…some creative ….some educational….and BOOKS! Come to the Florence/Lauderdale Public Library…where you can find it all!
Thursday Night Frights: 
The Blair Witch Project
Thursday, October 22, 7:00 pm
Keith Sims and Tashina Southard, the
creators of Half Minute Horror, host the 1999 film The Blair Witch Project, which started the found-footage horror genre.
Harry Potter’s Word: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine
October 24 – November 21
This exhibit, using materials from the National Library of Medicine, explores Harry Potter and its roots in Renaissance magic, science, and medicine. Just in time for the Alabama Renaissance Faire!
Inside the Alembic: The Secret Sources of J.K. Rowling’s Alchemy
Saturday, October 24, 2:00 pm
Walk over from the Renaissance Faire to hear local scholar Sean T. Schifano talk about how J.K. Rowling used alchemical themes and symbols from the Renaissance in the Harry Potter series.
Thursday Night Frights:
The Exorcist
Thursday, October 29, 7:00 pm
Keith Sims and Tashina Southard, the creators of Half Minute Horror, host the 1973 horror classic The Exorcist.
We’re All Mad Here: Alice in Wonderland and Victorian Culture
Thursday, November 5, 5:30 pm
November marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Why has Alice in Wonderland achieved such lasting popularity? It may be because Carroll presents an honest, although satiric, portrayal of modern society. This presentation will illuminate some of Carroll’s critiques of Victorian culture, including his views on politics, the middle-class, and childhood.
Dr. Cheryl Blake Price received her PhD from Florida State University. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Alabama where she specializes in Victorian literature. For more information, call 256-764-6564, ext. 28.
Book Talk/Signing: A Home for Wayward Boys by Jerry Armor
Sunday, November 8, 2:00 pm
Author Jerry Armor will visit FLPL to talk about his nonfiction book A Home for Wayward Boys: The Early Days of the Alabama Boys’ Industrial School.
When reformer Elizabeth Johnston walked among the convicts in an Alabama prison mining camp, she was stunned to see teenage boys working alongside hardened criminals. She vowed to remove youngsters from such wretched conditions by establishing a residential school for them. A Home for Wayward Boys recounts how Johnston, with the support of women across the state, persuaded the legislature to establish the Alabama Boys’ Industrial School in 1900. The organizers of the school labored together for decades to make the school one of the nation’s premier institutions of its kind.
Jerry Armor served seven years as a juvenile probation officer, two years as the psychologist in one of the state’s prisons, and taught 30 years at Calhoun Community College and Athens State University. Today, he directs the Lawrence County Children’s Policy Council and teaches part-time. He has written extensively for both academic and general interest publications. For more information, call 256-764-6564, ext. 28.
{Cre8ive} Cards Class: 
Christmas Cards
Thursday, November 12, 2:30-6:30 pm
Create a dozen or more handmade Christmas cards at your own leisure in this come-and-go card class. The $15 fee covers all materials, including envelopes. Registration is required by November 4 at the library’s
Circulation Desk.
Book Launch: Three Tribes of Little People by Robert Perry
Sunday, November 15, 2:00 pm
Author Robert Perry will talk about his new book Three Tribes of Little People, a collection of Native American folk tales.
At the book launch event, Robert Perry will speak about the research and personal interviews he conducted for this book. Robert Perry is a man who has dedicated much of his life to the Chickasaw Nation. He is an accomplished engineer, author, and former member of the Chickasaw Advisory Council. Perry has also served on the National Board of Directors of the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers, as well as the Chickasaw Historical Society. As an author, Robert Perry has published three books. For more information, call 256-764-6564, ext. 28.
