Classic Films

While the library is always your source for the hottest new DVDs, we have also added some classic films to our collection.

Check out one of the 14 films available in the Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection:
Saboteur
Rear Window
Shadow of a Doubt
Rope
The Trouble with Harry
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Vertigo
Torn Curtain
Topaz
Frenzy
Family Plot
Psycho
The Birds

We also have films from the Criterion Collection:

Grey Gardens (1976)See the original documentary on which the Jessica Lange / Drew Barrymore film is based.
The Devil & Daniel Webster Americana. B&W. (1941)
Wise Blood Based on Flannery O'Connor's first novel (1979)
The Tales of Hoffman A visual extravaganza based on the Offenbach opera. In English. Color. (1951)
Henry V Laurence Olivier portrays the king in this timeless Shakespeare play (1944)
The River The story of a British family in India. Color. (1951)
The Red Balloon / White Mane (1956/1953, in French)
Days of Heaven (1978)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

Fans of Japanese animation may enjoy the highly-regarded
Grave of the Fireflies originally released in 1988.

Local Author of Battle Book to Speak at Library

The event is free and open to the public! Please join us this Saturday.

Trivia Question: April

Check back next week for the correct answer!
William Shakespeare was the correct answer. Way to go, voters!

Weekly Poll

How to Download Audiobooks

Did you know that your Luzerne County library card gives you access to thousands of audiobook titles that can be downloaded --for FREE-- onto your home computer or portable MP3 player? It only takes a few easy steps to get started. Visit the Osterhout Free Library webpage and click

the Getting Started link under the icon shown above. Or ask for a pamphlet at the Information Services desk.
OR
If you want to be shown how it is done, stop by the library's public computer lab on Saturday, April 18th, between 10am & 1 pm. You will learn everything you need to know about downloading books to your computer or MP3 player. Don't forget to bring your library card and MP3 player, and you will leave with a downloaded audiobook.

Art Display at the Osterhout Free Library

Hank Curtis is the Book Nook artist for February. His multi-media art addresses issues including: homelessness, poverty, healthcare, media, culture, humanity, technology, gender, and semiotics. Some elements of his art intone a bit of satiric humor i.e. “What if Barbie was homeless?”

Diabets Digital Photo Frame

Osterhout Free Library has recently received a digital photo frame from Luzerne County Diabetes Task Force. It displays the information to increase diabetes awareness; it's prevention, treatment and management. The information is provided in easy to understand format. Please come and check it out. The frame is kept on the microfilm cabinets, right behind the Information Services Desk. You are most welcome to take home the booklets and brochures on the same topic donated by the Luzerne County Diabetes Task Force.

Tax Assistance

The area agency on aging for Luzerne/Wyoming counties is pleased to announce that the RSVP volunteers will be available to help seniors and low income individuals with income under $40,000 with simple federal and state income taxes,PACE and Rebate Forms. There is no charge for this service. You must schedule an appointment for assistance. All federal and state income tax forms will be e-filed.

To schedule an appointment please call the number followed by the location:

Kingston Senior Center, Kingston - 287-1102 - (Mondays )
CEO, Wilkes-Barre - 826-0510 ext. 264 - (Mondays)
Osterhout Free Library, Wilkes-Barre - 822-1159 ext. 3309- ( Tuesdays)
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Pittston - 822-1159 ext. 3309 - (Tuesdays)
Luzerne County Community College, Nanticoke - 822-1159 ext. 3309 - (Wednesday)
Greater Wilkes Barre Association for the Blind, Exeter - 822-1159 ext. 3309 - (Wednesday)

You must bring all W-2's, 1099's, social security information and any other forms showing income and copies of last years' tax return and property/rent rebate.