"Smyrna Reads" Returns

What if everyone in Smyrna read the same book? Please join us for Smyrna Public Library's annual "one book" project, "Smyrna Reads." 

This year, we are reading the award-winning novel "The One and Only Ivan" by K. A. Applegate.

Full details at smyrnareads.com.

Smyrna Reads is a "One Book" project sponsored by Smyrna Public Library and Advanced Disposal.

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee Book Discussion

Thank you to everyone who attended yesterday's discussion of "Go Set a Watchman" by Harper Lee. And thank you to Adult Services Librarian, Colleen Harris, for the detailed preparation.

The Library hopes to do another "in-depth" discussion like this in the future. Any title suggestions?

First Sunday Lecture Features Documentary Film “The Return of the Violin"

The "First Sunday" lecture at the Smyrna Public Library today featured a viewing of the powerful film "The Return of the Violin". The violin in question, a priceless Stradivarius, was owned by famed violinist Bronislaw Huberman. Before the rise of the Nazis, he was considered one of the most prodigious musicians of all time.

During the war Huberman was a tireless opponent of the Nazis and saved many Jews by bringing them to Palestine to create an orchestra that would become one of the world's foremost ensembles, the Israeli Philharmonic. The violin in question, missing for over 50 years, now belongs to noted Jewish-American violinist Joshua Bell. This is a compelling 1-hour documentary that you can watch on YouTube (click the link).

Kennesaw State University Holocaust Museum guide Zach Berman introduced the documentary. Thank you, Mr. Berman.

The "First Sunday" lecture series is held in the Smyrna Public Library Meeting Room and is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library.