Posted by: Julie Chautin on: March 22, 2010
Tim Ryan did not drive snakes out of the Murphy Library on St. Patrick’s Day. He did much better. He threw a party for the librarians. Ryan, a resident artist at the John C. Campbell Folk School, had the winning bid at the 2009 Friends of Murphy Library Auction and landed a [...]
Posted by: Julie Chautin on: December 7, 2009
Have you visited the Murphy Public Library’s “new” meeting room with its gorgeous “Giving Tree” wall? Youth Services librarian, Sarah Arnaudin has an invitation for the whole family: The Nantahala Regional Library is offering a Holiday Storytime for families on Saturday, December 19. The event, which will be held in the Murphy Public Library meeting room, is open [...]
Posted by: Julie Chautin on: October 26, 2009
The meeting room wall in the Murphy Library that was an “eeew” off white last week is now a sparkling “Friends’ Blue” this week. The work started with the professional services of Bob Smith, a local painter who donated his time priming the wall on Friday. Then came Monday, the day of reckoning. Youth Services Librarian Sarah [...]
Posted by: Julie Chautin on: October 20, 2009
What are they looking at! These children and their favorite librarian Sarah Arnaudin are pointing at the poor condition of the wall behind them. But not to worry, the painters are coming. And the looks that say “eew” will be replaced with smiles of glee.
