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Macon County
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149 Siler Farm Rd.
Franklin. NC 28734

828-524-3600
Fax: 828-524-9550

Librarian: Karen Wallace

Smoky Mountains Franklin NC Library

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Open six days a week, Franklin's Library serves the area's full-time and seasonal residents with...

• Latest best-sellers

• Movies, music, CDs & tapes

• Free internet access

• Comfortable reading area

• Great children's space

• Information center, wireless internet

• Magazines & newspapers

More about the library

 

Blood Drive at the Macon County Public Library. Tuesday, October 5, 10 am - 7 pm. Make an appointment today. 828-524-3600.

 


Monday Family Movie Matinee

 

There is no charge for these screenings, which will be shown at 3:30 pm on an 8x10 foot screen using an LCD projector. Donations are always welcome. Snack will be served; feel free to bring your own snacks and beverages.

 

We take a break from movies in May and August.

 

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.

 

September 13 – A classic Disney fairytale collides with modern-day New York City in a story about a fairytale princess who is sent to our world by an evil queen. Soon after her arrival, Princess Giselle begins to change her views on life and love after meeting a handsome lawyer. Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world? This movie is rated PG and runs for 1 hour & 47 minutes.
 
September 20 – A new Disney fairy tale set in Jazz Age-era New Orleans and centered on a young girl named Tiana and her fateful kiss with a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again. This movie is rated G and runs for 1 hour & 38 minutes.
 
September 27 – The world famous singing pre-teen chipmunk trio return to contend with the pressures of school, celebrity, and a rival female music group known as The Chipettes.  This movie runs for 1 hour & 28 minutes and is rated PG.
 
October 4 – A cowboy toy is threatened and jealous when a fancy spaceman toy supplants him as top toy in his owner's Andy's  room.  This movie runs for 1 hour & 20 minutes and is rated G.
 
October 11 – 1984 movie about Annie who is a fiery orphan girl, that must live in a miserable orphanage run by Miss Hannigan. Her seemingly hopeless situation changes when she is selected to spend a short time at the residence of the wealthy industrialist, Oliver Warbucks.  This movie runs for 2 hours and 7 minutes and is rated PG.
 
October 18 – Monsters generate their city's power by scaring children, buy they are terribly afraid themselves of being contaminated by children, so when one enters Monstropolis, top scarer Sully find his world disrupted.  This movie runs for 1 hour & 32 minutes and is rated G.
 
October 25 – More than 300 years ago, 3 witches were sentenced to death in Salem, Massachusetts and a boy was turned into a cat.  Now it's Halloween, and the witches are back! This movie is rated PG and runs for 1 hours & 36 minutes.

 

 

Wednesday Movies at the Library

 

Movies are shown at 4:30 and 7 pm on an 8x10 foot screen using an LCD projector. English subtitles will be turned on for all films as a courtesy to those with hearing difficulties. Popcorn will be served; feel free to bring your own snacks and non-alcoholic beverages. There is no charge, however donations are welcome. In winter movies are show every other Wednesday.

 

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.

 

September 8 - 4:30 and 7 pm. Directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon, this film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team to help unite their country. Believing he can bring his racially and economically divided country together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies his underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match. This movie is rated PG-13 and runs for 2 hours & 13 minutes.

 

September 15 - 4:30 and 7 pm. Oscar Nominated New Movie. A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age. This movie is rated PG-13 and runs for 1 hour and 40 minutes.
 

 

Friday Movie Classics

 

We are showing movie classics and other time-honored movies each Friday at 2:00 pm. Enjoy some of your old favorites, and perhaps you'll discover a new favorite or two.

 

There will be no charge for these screenings which will be shown on an 8x10 foot screen using an LCD projector. English subtitles will be turned on for all films as a courtesy to those with hearing difficulties. Donations are always welcome. Popcorn will be served; feel free to bring your own snacks and non-alcoholic beverages.

 

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.

 

September 10 - Classic film starring Ann Bancroft, Judi Dench and Anthony Hopkins. When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail order, she begins a very special correspondence and friendship with Frank Doel, the bookseller who works at Marks & Co., 84 Charing Cross Road This film runs for 1 hour and 40 minutes.

 

September 17 - The musical story of the great sharpshooter, Annie Oakley, who rises to fame while dealing with her love/professional rival, Frank Butler. This film runs for 1 hour and 47 minutes.

 


 

Just for kids — Macon County Public Library has a kids library that’s separate from the adult section, with lots of good books and four computers for pre-school children and four computers for older children.

 

During the week, there are special programs for pre-schoolers and home-schoolers. And the Reading Rover brings the library to pre-schoolers and day care providers throughout the area.

 

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  LIBRARY HOURS
  Mon 9 am - 8 pm
  Tue 9 am - 8 pm
  Wed 9 am - 8 pm
  Thu 9 am - 8 pm
  Fri 9 am - 5 pm
  Sat 9 am - 5 pm
  Sun Closed

 

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