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January 13, 2023
Join us at Aulenbach Wines and learn to make and take home a Wine Cork Snowman. Enjoy a wine tasting with light refreshments while you craft. The class provides all materials needed and our winery will serve tastings of several different wines. An instructor will be there to guide you in making your project. Come, […]
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It’s actually just what it sounds like. It’s a collection of various items that we have available for you to borrow from the library, and these “things” are not your usual books and DVDs. Thanks to the support of many local businesses, our Library of Things is really growing! Take a look at the items […]
December 23, 2022
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December 23, 2022
Tuesdays: Make & Take Craft DayStop in anytime from 10am – 6:30pm each Tuesday to make a craft or take the supplies with you to make your craft at home. 3rd Tuesday (January 17): Young Adult Book ClubJoin this special book club just for young adults, ages 18-30, on the 3rd Tuesday of each month […]
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From Amazon: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is an entrancing and “wildly addictive journey of a reclusive Hollywood starlet” (PopSugar) as she reflects on her relentless rise to the top and the risks she took, the loves she lost, and the long-held secrets the public could never imagine. If you read that book and […]
December 17, 2022
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November 16, 2022
We’re adding to the services you can find at the library by now providing laminating services! Maximum size: 8.5″ x 11″ (regular sheet of paper) Full page: $1.00/pageHalf page: $0.50/page What can you laminate? Membership Cards Children’s Artwork Certificates and Awards Flash Cards Worksheets (give kids a dry-erase marker to practice those math problems over […]
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Second Annual Ornament Competition at John Updike Childhood Home Calling all Berks County students in grades K-12 (public, private, virtual & home schooled): Create a holiday ornament for our museum tree. Be creative using one or more of these Updike symbols: Centaur Rabbit Books Typewriter Art/Palette Church Steeple Pigeon Basketball AWARDS Elementary (K-8): $50 Secondary […]
November 11, 2022
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November 7, 2022
November 7, 2022 New to the Oley Valley Community Library this week: Books It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Starts with Us and All Your Perfects, a “brave and heartbreaking novel that digs its claws into you and doesn’t let go, long after you’ve […]
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Review by Jennifer Schorr The first shelf I browse when I visit the Oley Library is the new book shelf at the circulation desk, and when I saw “The Last Thing He Told Me,” saw it was a Reese’s Book Club book, and read the synopsis, it had me hooked. The book easily captivated my […]
October 11, 2022
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October 7, 2022
Reviews by Miriam Stone Short on time, but want to know what some of the new books available to borrow are about? Check out these rapid reviews. They give you a super quick overview of each book, and you’ll find each available to borrow from the Oley Library. AUDIOBOOKS Pretty Birds by Scott Simon (unabridged) […]
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Written by Miriam Stone I once met a 5-year-old child who was a bully. My son brought him home one day and I hoped he would soon be gone. But, they became friends. I learned that his father taught him to be a bully. His father had been bullied as a child and delighted in […]
October 2, 2022
