News Category: Lackawanna County Library System

Free Books, Book Discussions for Landline Landline, a novel by bestselling author Rainbow Rowell and the 2016 selection for On the Same Page in Lackawanna County, received great reviews when it was published in 2014. Said the Chicago Tribune, it’s...

Read one from each of three categories and you might win a prize. Is your reading in a rut? Join the March Madness Reading Challenge and try something completely different! Read three books from among 22 categories shown here - one...

Get ready to lose an hour of sleep over the weekend: Daylight savings time starts on Sunday.  The practice of changing clocks to gain more daylight in the evenings began in the United States in 1918. At first, it was...

County Commissioners Endorse Reading Challenge The Lackawanna County commissioners were on hand to kick off the county Library System’s “March Madness Book Challenge. Readers can get involved at any Lackawanna County library and possibly win a Samsung tablet. From left:...

Join us for a Photography Exhibit at Library Express! On Friday, March 4th , we will welcome local musician and photographer, Julian Sparacino to our store. Local musician and photographer, Julian Sparacino, creates his art with the intent of conveying...

Kids in the Kitchen is a recipe for a fun-filled day all about healthy foods, healthy lives, and exercise!  Sponsored by the Junior League of Scranton Includes a storytime, crafts, and making a healthy snack! Thursday, March 17, 2016 at...

  Join us Saturday, March 26th, 2016 from 11 AM to 1 PM for a Seussical celebration! Featuring stories, crafts, and musical and dance performances by the students of CaPAA of NEPA! Proudly sponsored by the Lackawanna County Library System,...

With the University of Scranton’s Neuroscience Society & Health Professions Organization, experience the excitement and fun of science! Kids will create Oobleck, Squishy Circuits, Mystery Markers , and engage in mind games and optical illusions! Sunday, March 13, 2016 from 2:30-4PM...

Even a Mild Winter Means Empty Food Banks The winter in Lackawanna County has been an easy one for most of us, yet some families every year have to choose between heat and food. It is for those people in...

Rainbow Rowel: Thursday, April 14th/Piper Kerman: Tuesday, July 19th Rainbow Rowell, a popular author of adult and young adult fiction will be the first speaker in the Lackawanna County Library System’s 2016 Matthew F. Flynn Library Lecture Series. She will appear as...