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Fontana Regional Library serving Jackson, Macon and Swain counties with six public libraries in Western North Carolina |
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Marianna
Black 828-488-3030 Librarian: Jeff Delfield |
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Decoration Day Authors to Give Presentation September 7
The Marianna Black Library will host an evening with Alan Jabbour and Karen Singer Jabbour, authors of Decoration Day in the Mountains: Traditions of Cemetery Decoration in the Southern Appalachians, on Tuesday, September 7, at 5:30 pm. They will discuss their book and present a new slide show. They will also have copies of their book for sale and signing.
Because of their many trips to Swain County to study and research the Decoration Day tradition, Alan and Karen are well known to many in Swain County.
Decoration Day is a late spring or summer tradition that involves cleaning community cemeteries, decorating them with flowers, holding a religious service in the cemetery, and having dinner on the ground. These commemorations seem to predate the post-Civil War celebrations that ultimately gave us our national Memorial Day. Little has been written about this tradition, but it is still practiced widely throughout the Upland South, from North Carolina to the Ozarks and beyond.
Family Movie Day
At The Library
September 7 -Join us for a stop-motion animated adventure from director Nick Park. A flock of chickens try to escape an egg farm but they can't fly. See what happens when a circus rooster comes along and the ladies have great hopes he can help them fly the coop.
The Anime Club meets at the library twice a month, on the second and fourth Saturday of each month, from 11 am - 3 pm.
As any fan knows, anime (pronounced "ah-ni-may") is animation from Japan. But these are nothing like kiddie cartoons. These shows, full of action, adventure and outrageous humor, have gained a huge following in the United States. They are popular among middle and high school students, and especially on college campuses.
Now Bryson City has an anime club of its own, and for fans, this is a chance to watch anime on a big screen, with a theater-style cound systsem. Several popular shows are featured eash sesion, including the popular gothic drama "Death Note" and "Inu Yasha," along with harder-to-find titles such as "IGPX" and "Noein." Fans are also invited to bring anime from home to show at the club. For more information, call the library at 828-488-3030.
Enjoy Hollywood's Golden Age! The movies are shown on the second and fourth Saturday of every month at 4 pm. The movies are FREE and projected onto an 8 X 10 foot screen, with a theater sound system. Popcorn and refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Marianna Black Library.
Due to Production Studio guidelines the library may not include movie titles or studio names in its advertising. Please call the library for more information.
In September, the library will show two films featuring a young Lucille Ball — long before “I Love Lucy” — while October features two films from Alfred Hitchcock.
In addition to our twice-monthly community jams, come join us for a variety of free music programs, most of which are held on the front lawn of the Library - weather permitting; otherwise they are held in the library auditorium. Snacks and refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Marianna Black Library. Video montages of most of our concerts are on youtube. December jamming always includes holiday favorites.
SUMMER SCHEDULE
FIRST & THIRD THURSDAYS, EVERY MONTH
Weather permitting, the jams are on the front lawn of the library. In December we always include holiday favorites in the mix. Anyone with a banjo, guitar, mandolin, fiddle (anything unplugged) is invited. Larry Barnett of Grandpa's Music (Depot Street) keeps the music flowing and the fun going. Normally, Barnett calls out a tune and its signature, and the group plays it together; but there's also a chance for anyone to share with the group a song they would like to perform. The community jams offer a chance for musicians of all ages and levels of ability to share music they have learned over the years or learn the old-time mountain songs. This program receives support from the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment of the Arts, which believes a great nation deserves great art.
Susan (Dixon) Leading Fox is a native of Bryson City and lives in the Governors Island community. She has been collecting and dealing in antiques with her brother Michael for about 20 years. She has several antique items she collects; oil lamps being one of them. There are approximately 45 lamps in the collection.
Susan also collects Cherokee baskets, Native masks, and antique perfume bottles. She also has a jewelry business specializing in Native American jewelry; new and vintage.
October: Second Annual "Life in Swain" Photography Contest November: Native American Collection of Susan Leading Fox
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However, they have many photos and new insights that are not found in their recently published book. The presentation at the library on Tuesday will include over 90 photos (many never seen) and fresh perspectives so even those who already have read the book will see and hear something new. 
Written by folklorist Alan Jabbour and illustrated with more than a hundred photographs taken by his wife, Karen Singer Jabbour, Decoration Day in the Mountains is an in-depth exploration of this little-known cultural tradition. Through interviews, first-hand narrative, photographs, and extensive field and library research, the authors illuminate the meanings behind the rituals. The book describes typical decoration events, surveys the folk cemeteries in which Decoration Day takes place, and explores the symbolic meaning and social significance of the custom in the region’s rural communities. Decoration Day in the Mountains also shows how the tradition led to a grassroots movement to hold the federal government to its promises about cemeteries left behind when families were removed to make way for Fontana Dam and Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Jabbours document this movement, which has had a significant impact on the political and cultural life of western North Carolina. 
Due to Production Studio guidelines the library may not include movie titles or studio names in its advertising. Please call the library for more information.
Giant robots, time-traveling dog demons, cyborg cops and magical girls!
September 9 - Lee Knight. 7-8 pm. Known as "The Man of Two Mountains," Lee was born and raised in the Adirondack Mountains of New York before settling in the Appalachian Mountains that he now calls home. He is intimate with the music and stories from both areas, including those of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians. Lee currently works as a folk singer, story teller and outdoor leader. He plays various instruments, including the five-string banjo, various guitars, the Appalachian dulcimer, the mouth bow, the Cherokee flute and the Cherokee rattle, as well as the Native American drum. 
Artisan Display
Just
for kids — Marianna Black has a kids library that’s
separate from the adult section, with lots of good books and
four computers for children through middle-school age. During the week, there are special programs for pre-schoolers
and home-schoolers. And 
Free
Internet access is available on nine public access computers
to all library visitors with a current photo ID. Access time is limited on
busy days and is on a first come, first served basis. Printing from
the computer is also available at 25¢ a page.
NC
Knows is a service that allows you to get help from
librarians and use their library resources from your computer.
It's free, helpful and easy. 
NC
LIVE gives North Carolina residents and students access
to searchable collections of magazine, newspaper, and journal
articles, electronic books, historical materials, maps, and
more. (Requires access code, available from the library). 