Category Archives: Lake Oswego Library

Lake Oswego Reads 2017 Kicks Off Tuesday with Free Book Giveaway

Posted on January 8, 2017 by lovelakeoswego

Once again, the Lake Oswego Public Library is ahead of the curve. Before Hidden Figures—a movie about three African American women scientists whose mathematical prowess helped NASA launch its first successful space missions—was released last month, the Lake Oswego Public … Continue reading →

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Lake Oswego Reads Kicks Off With Book Giveaway Tomorrow

Posted on January 10, 2016 by lovelakeoswego

This year’s Lake Oswego Reads program features the first non-fiction selection: Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward S. Curtis by Timothy Egan. Curtis is credited by some with “the greatest photographic achievement … Continue reading →

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10 Ways to Discover Unlimited Possibilities at the Lake Oswego Library During National Library Week

Posted on April 12, 2015 by lovelakeoswego

The theme of this week’s National Library Week is “Unlimited possibilities @ your library®.” Organizers must have had the Lake Oswego Public Library in mind because week in and week out, it offers a wide variety of services and programming … Continue reading →

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Lake Oswego Reads Kicks Off With Free Book Giveaway This Tuesday

Posted on January 4, 2015 by lovelakeoswego

This year’s Lake Oswego Reads book selection, All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr, is rich with themes that lend itself to a month of programming which will immerse Lake Oswegans in the World War II world of … Continue reading →

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Lake Oswego Reads Kicks Off This Week With Book Giveaway

Posted on January 5, 2014 by lovelakeoswego

Lake Oswego Reads is honoring one of its own this year by giving away over 800 free copies of Ask Me, a collection of one hundred of William Stafford’s poems in celebration of his centennial, this Tuesday, January 6 at … Continue reading →

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You’re Encouraged to “Lighten Up” at This Year’s Lake Oswego Storytelling Festival

Posted on October 20, 2013 by lovelakeoswego

In view of this year’s Storytelling Festival’s theme, “Lighten Up,” I’d like to paraphrase Barbara Walters: “A good laugh makes any interview, any conversation, or any story, so much better.” Festival organizers have enlisted the talents of nationally acclaimed storyteller … Continue reading →

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Reading Reaps Rewards in Lake Oswego’s Summer Reading Programs for Adults, Kids and Teens

Posted on May 26, 2013 by lovelakeoswego

The gauntlet has been dropped. I am entering the Lake Oswego Library’s summer reading program for Adults, LAZINFEST, and challenge you to do the same (signups begin June 1). For each book you read or listen to, you can fill … Continue reading →

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Why Lake Oswego Oregon has a place in Lutie Stearns’ Heart

Posted on April 8, 2013 by lovelakeoswego

Lutie Stearns was a Wisconsin library activist in the late 1800s who was so committed to everyone’s right to a free library that she spent almost twenty years delivering books to people living in rural communities. Writer Stuart Stotts calls … Continue reading →

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Discover 28 Ways Lake Oswego Reads brings the community together through books

Posted on January 7, 2013 by lovelakeoswego

The Lake Oswego Reads program is in its seventh year featuring the compelling tale, Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron. A 2010 Bellwether Prizewinner for Socially Engaged Fiction, the story is set in Rwanda amidst Hutu-Tutsi tensions as seen through … Continue reading →

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Once Upon a Time the Lake Oswego Public Library Held a Storytelling Festival…Lucky For You, They Are Doing It Again

Posted on October 21, 2012 by lovelakeoswego

What do you have in common with one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, the Lake Oswego Police Chief and a candidate for Lake Oswego City Council? You all have a story to tell. You may not know yours yet, … Continue reading →

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