Library Lines: Cheboygan comes into focus in new photo exhibit
The 2023 Photo Show is on display in our Gallery through July 7 and is being brought to you by the Cheboygan Area Photography Club. The Photo Club meets regularly at the library on the third Wednesday of the month from 6-7:45 p.m. in the Linda Widrig Neuss room. The next Photo Club meeting will be on June 21 at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome, beginners to professionals. If you have enjoyed the framed photographs hanging in the lobby of the lower level, you’ll enjoy the 2023 Photography Show on display now. Be sure to stroll through the gallery to admire the candid photography on display captured by talented local photographers.
June is Audiobooks Appreciation Month; the goal is to increase awareness of the format and promote this legitimate style of reading that is accessible and fun. Browse our audiobook collection located to the right as you enter the main level directly across from the circulation desk. We have children’s audiobooks in the Children’s Room also. Do audiobooks count as summer reading? YES! A great way to pass the time while driving on your next family vacation or road trip to grandma’s house. Also, audiobooks are an effective avenue to immerse hesitant readers into imaginative stories and interesting information. If there is a title you’d like to listen to and we do not have it in our collection no problem, we can check availability at partnering libraries and borrow the audiobook title from another library free of charge.
Do you or someone you know have difficulty reading regular print books or cannot handle printed materials easily due to a physical disability? Audiobooks can be a solution. Cheboygan Public Library is part of the Michigan Braille Talking Book Library (BTBL) network. The Braille Talking Book Library provides library service in audio or braille format to eligible patrons free of charge. As a patron, you have access to digital talking books, audiobooks on a special cartridge and braille books and magazines. This free service is available to people experiencing a variety of conditions that make holding a book or turning pages in a print book difficult, as well as those with age-related vision loss and reading disabilities. Find a “That All May Read” brochure in our lobby, call BTBL at 800-992-9012 or visit michigan.gov/btbl for more information.
Have you downloaded the Hoopla app yet? Hoopla is an incredible free digital service. All you need is your library card! Hoopla offers access to numerous audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, television shows and music. Stream your favorite albums online or download and listen on the go with the Hoopla mobile app. Music genres include pop, country, Christian, live albums, '80s and '90s music, classical, kids’ music and more. Browse what’s trending, Tina Turner’s "All The Best Hits" and "The Little Mermaid" original motion picture soundtrack. If you haven’t noticed, our CD collection has been put to pasture, but the good news is you can stream music on Hoopla or download music to your device for free! Hoopla offers a Binge Pass which allows you to binge an entire collection of streaming content with just one borrow. There are several children’s non-fiction series such as STEAM Powered Kids, Learn About the World, The Highlights Collection and Read Along 2 available for binging. Hoopla is another great way to encourage young people to keep reading this summer.
BINGO! Summer reading fun continues with Candy Bingo at the library Tuesday, June 20, at 4 p.m. in the Linda Widrig Neuss room, lower level of the library. Families are encouraged to participate. All ages are welcome, young ones may need help from an older sibling or parent. Please call or stop by to register. “Books are Sweet" is our theme this summer and with over 280 people participating in our summer reading kickoff event Candyland we are off to a sweet start. Thank you to the families who played our life-sized immersive game of Candyland. Special thanks to our Children’s Librarian Ms. Nancy and to Ms. Abbi for their imagination, creativity, time and energy bringing their Candyland vision to reality. Activities and programs are happening at the library throughout the summer. Check our website cheboyganlibrary.org or follow us on Facebook for more information.
— Paula Jewell is program director of the Cheboygan Area Public Library.
This article originally appeared on Cheboygan Daily Tribune: Library Lines: Cheboygan comes into focus in new photo exhibit
