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Live at the Library with Seward Musicians January 31
Small Business Management Class Starting in February!
Objective planning is the key to successful small business management; whether you are ready to launch a new start-up, purchase an existing business or increase profitability in an existing enterprise. This 12-week course will cover a wide range of topics for those considering making the leap into managing their own small […]
January “Friday Flicks” Lineup at the Seward Community Library & Museum
Movies start at 6:30 PM in the Community Room. Contact the Library at 224-4082 with any questions. January 2 – Salvo Italian with English Subtitles, Not Rated, Run Time: 110 minutes Synopsis: A hitman for the Sicilian Mafia, Salvo is cold and ruthless. When he sneaks into a house […]
Holiday Programs at the Library & Museum
Friday, December 19th Reindeer Fun & Jingle Bells StoryTime @10:30AM Friday Flicks @ 6:30PM – “Holiday Inn” (1942) starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. Not Rated. Runtime: 101 minutes. Saturday, December 20th from 2 – 3PM Live @ the Library featuring Seward’s own Burning Bush performing an acoustic […]
Make a wish come true at the Library Museum!
The annual Wish Tree has been placed in the library and ready for you to help us place new books on the shelves! Each beautiful vintage postcard holds a book wish with suggestions from patrons and the library staff. For $20, you can make a book wish come true! Stop […]
Alaskan Author Event December 10
Dave Atcheson will discuss his memoir Dead Reckoning, Navigating a Life on the Last Frontier, Courting Tragedy on its High Seas, much of which takes place in Seward, on Wednesday, December 10th at 6:30PM in the Community Room. Dave Atcheson is the author of National Geographic’s Hidden Alaska: Bristol Bay and Beyond and the […]
Check Out the Wish Tree at Seward Community Library & Museum
The annual Holiday Wish Tree is up at Seward Community Library & Museum. Each “ornament” on the Wish Tree displays a children’s, junior or young adult book the Library does not have in its collection. Your name, family’s names, or other requested dedication will be placed on the bookplate. […]
Music and dancing in the stacks
A good time was had Saturday in the Library Museum at our celebration of the season. Music and dancing in the stacks, family story time, face painting, kids crafts, museum open and free, awesome finger foods and cider. Valarie Kingsland and the library staff, Resurrection Bay Historical Society and the […]
Library Museum open house 1-4pm Blackwater Railroad band
Museum open and free Saturday 1-4 pm at the Open House
Many of Seward’s community have not been into the new Museum space located just inside the entry of the Library Museum building. This Saturday, November 15, 2014, 1-4 p.m. during the open house celebration of the season, the museum will be open and free to the public. The museum is […]
Canned Food Drive for Seward’s food bank
Friends of the Library Museum is having a canned food drive for Seward’s food bank, He Will Provide. During our open house this Saturday, 1-4 pm or any time the library is open this Saturday, November 15, 2014, community may drop off canned food items that will go to the […]
Efficiency Friday -November 14
First time I was in Seward it was spring of ’95 to help prep my family’s boat to get it in the water for a full summer of sending folks around Prince William Sound on tours- what a neat place you have to live in! I will be glad to see […]
Open House at the Library Museum this Saturday 1-4pm
Come celebrate the joy of the season at the Seward Community Library Museum on Saturday, Nov. 15, from 1 – 4 p.m. with free guided tours, live music, kids activities, a special preview of the 2014 Wish Tree and much more! “This open house is a great way to explore […]
Spirited Debate Over Marijuana Legalization Ballot Measure
Heidi Zemach for SCN – Larry Kirk, the police chief of Old Monroe, Missouri, with two decades of experience in law enforcement, came to Seward this week to offer a different perspective to the national issue of the legalization of marijuana. His travel and hotel expenses for speaking across Alaska […]
Unforgettable Alaska story told through youngster’s eyes
By Heidi Zemach for SCN – My Name Is Not Easy isn’t an easy book to read. Although it is extremely readable, and frequently light-hearted and hopeful, it’s also a vivid reminder of, or introduction to a painful part of Alaska’s not-so-distant past—one that reverberates strongly today. It’s a fascinating […]
Your used books are wanted
The Friends of the Library Museum are needing your used books. Used book sales helps the Friends support library programs, like the Summer Reading Program, purchase of new books for all age groups and more. Our shelves are almost empty! With fall in the air, we are all getting our […]
Alaska DOTPF Plans Highway Upgrade, Holds Meeting in Moose Pass
By Rick Smeriglio for SCN – Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities held an open-house meeting in Moose Pass to share information about plans to rehabilitate the Seward Highway between mileposts 17 (Primrose Spur Road) and 22.5 (south of Ptarmigan Creek). About a dozen citizens attended. Mostly federal dollars […]
Upcoming Events at Seward Community Library & Museum
Community Game Night begins Tuesday, October 7th from 6-8pm in the Library/Museum Community Room. BYOG (bring your own game). Socialize, make friends, play some fun games and enjoy light refreshments! Game night is for those 18 years and older. There will be a few games on hand, but you are encouraged […]
Hiker Author Jennifer Pharr Davis in Seward Sept 9th
Jennifer Pharr Davis NPR interview – Jennifer Pharr Davis will be in Seward on Tuesday September 9, 2014. Mid day on Tuesday, Jennifer Pharr Davis will be doing a presentation for the high school students in the auditorium, in the evening starting at 6:30pm in the community room at the library […]
