Multnomah County Library Podcasts

Central Library hosted readings and presentations commemorating Oregon's late poet laureate on Sunday, January 25, 2009.Featured participants included: Jim Scheppke presents "William Stafford and the Oregon Poetry Collection." Mr. Scheppke has been State Librarian of Oregon since 1991. Ellen Louise Hart and Holly Springfield present "Where the Right Word Again Begins Time": William Stafford and Emily Dickinson. Ms. Hart writes about Emily Dickinson's manuscripts, and about prosody and the visual line in Dickinson's poetry and correspondences. Ms. Springfield is a meditation teacher, storyteller and independent student and teacher of Emily Dickinson's poetry and founder of the Portland Chapter of the Emily Dickinson International Society (EDIS). Don Colburn is a health reporter for The Oregonian. Kirsten Rian was recently nominated for inclusion in the 2008 Best New Poets anthology. Joseph A. Soldati, host for the program, has published numerous poems and essays in a variety of literary journals and anthologies, including most recently The Litchfield Review, The Enigmatist, and Writers Dojo. His poem, "Elegy" will appear in the forthcoming (April 2009) anthology Beloved on the Earth: 150 Poems of Grief and Gratitude. Target Audience: Adults

Learn what to do (and not do), non-verbally, to save yourself when working with volatile people and situations.Target Audience: Adults

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness. Todd Hewitt has spent his life listening to the Noise -- the thoughts of every living thing on the New World. But it's the day he hears nothing that changes everything.

Jon Scieszka's many books have won awards and sold over 11 million copies. Scieszka is also the founder of Guys Read, a nonprofit literacy organization. In 2008 the Library of Congress chose Jon Scieszka to be the first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, a two-year position in which Scieszka's mission is to get kids excited about reading. In his lecture, Scieszka talks about the cool stuff he has acquired since becoming an Ambassador, tells stories about his books and his childhood growing up as the second oldest of six brothers, and answers questions from kids in the audience.Date of Event: Monday, April 20, 2009Target Audience: Everybody

Dr. Frederick T. "Fritz” Fraunfelder, ophthalmologist, founding member of the Casey Eye Institute and author of Retirement Rx discusses the four phases of retirement and eight key traits for aging and retiring well.

Consider taking Dr. Fraunfelder's “Retirement Docs" Quiz,” a self-assessment tool to predict how well you will do in retirement http://www.theretirementdocs.com/Quiz.htm.

Director candidates: Vailey OehlkeListen to a presentation by Vailey Oehlke, a candidate for the position of Director of Libraries for Multnomah County. Recorded on April 14, 2009 and moderated by Jana McClellan on behalf of Multnomah County Chair Ted Wheeler, the session includes a short presentation as well as a question and answer session with the audience.

Director candidates: Christian KruseListen to a presentation by Christian Kruse, a candidate for the position of Director of Libraries for Multnomah County. Recorded on April 14, 2009 and moderated by Jana McClellan on behalf of Multnomah County Chair Ted Wheeler, the session includes a short presentation as well as a question and answer session with the audience.

Director candidates: Holly CarrollListen to a presentation by Holly Carroll, a candidate for the position of Director of Libraries for Multnomah County. Recorded on April 14, 2009 and moderated by Jana McClellan on behalf of Multnomah County Chair Ted Wheeler, the session includes a short presentation as well as a question and answer session with the audience.

Portland has a love affair with books. Take an entertaining and informative "tour" of area bookstores, libraries, literary landmarks and authors led by popular local author Gabriel Boehmer.

Find out more about the foundations and history of Feng Shui, Chi flow and how to arrange your environment to enhance your life with speaker, Kirsten Havnaer. Presented at Hollywood Library on October 7, 2007.