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Ahoy, mateys! Be ye ready fer some swashbucklin’ and carousin’? Learn the art of pirate parley from a true gentleman o’ fortune: the Mango Languages Pirate Language course has risen from the depths o’ Davy Jones’s Locker ter make a … Continue reading →

Award winning performer, Rachel Sumner will visit the Blasco Memorial Library on Wednesday, August 1st for two performances at 11:00am and 1:00pm in the H. O. Hirt Auditorium. Rachel Sumner lives in Nashville, Tennessee and has music on CD’s that … Continue reading →

A Stuffed Animal Sleepover was held in the Children’s Library on Monday, June 18th. Children brought their favorite stuffed animals to the Blasco Library on Monday night for stories and lullabies. The children went home to sleep and the stuffed … Continue reading →

It’s new! Several Playaway Views have been added to the Children’s library at the Blasco Memorial Library. A View is a self-playing, hand-held, all-in-one media player. Each View is preloaded with multiple videos. The Playaways check out for one week. … Continue reading →

Want to see some big ships? When visiting the Blasco Library take a look around the Donjon Shipbuilding & Repair facility where a number of ships are currently docked. Photos from Erie Shipping News. Go to the Erie Shipping News … Continue reading →

This Hot Wheels display comes courtesy of a long time Iroquois Branch Library user who has been collecting (and playing with) Hot Wheels toys and accessories since he was a child. He remembers especially having fun with the loop the … Continue reading →

The Blasco Library was the recipient of a “Get REAL-Regional Education Assisting Life Long Learning” grant. A collaborative effort supported by the Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services (BBVS), the Pennsylvania Department of Education Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and Pennsylvania’s Initiative … Continue reading →

Due to its success, the program will continue indefinitely every Monday at 6:30pm. Blasco Library is offering a program that enables native and non-native speakers of English to converse with each other in small groups. People who are struggling to … Continue reading →

Do you watch the popular TV show Who Do You Think You Are? The NBC show is a documentary about American genealogy.  Each week, a different celebrity traces his or her family tree.  We have two online resources which make it easier for … Continue reading →

The Flagship Niagara heads in to the fog on a day sail. The Niagara is conducting day sails from now until May 29th. On May 31st the Niagara departs Erie for Put-in Bay, Ohio. The Niagara will return to Erie … Continue reading →