DR. SEUSS'S BIRTHDAY

 

Come join us in the Mt. Pleasant Regional Library Auditorium and hear your favorite Dr. Seuss stories!  You'll be glad you did!

 

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FREE TAX HELP

Are you going crazy trying to prepare your taxes?  Not sure you're doing it right and maybe missing out on a refund?

AARP is here to help you.  They are here most Mondays and Fridays from 1-5.  They stop taking clients at 4:00.  It's first come- first served.  They do not take appointments and preference is given to those over 65, but there is no age requirement or income level requirement. 

If you come, there is a sign-up sheet on the auditorium door. 
Please bring your ID, social security card, last year's return, and this year's information. They are not able to do any complicated tax returns.

This is sponsored by AARP and not by the library. 

The library does have some federal tax forms.  The federal government is late in sending them out this year.  We are able to print some forms and the cost is 10 cents per page.  Call (843)849-6161 to check which forms are available before you make a trip to the library.

South Carolina is not sending out any forms this year.  You may call these numbers to order forms:
800-768-3676 or 803-898-5320 24/7.  To print forms visit the website.
Email your requests for forms to forms@sctax.org.

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MARCH CALENDAR

Here is the calendar so you may start planning for March!  We've planned a lot of interesting programs for the whole family.

New this year is Fantastic Reads- a book discussion led by Mike Nelson.  The selected books are Sci- Fi/Fantasy.  Join the group on Monday, March 17th, 10:30-11-30 for a discussion of "Mr. Penumbra's 24-Bookstore" by Robin Sloan.  Pick up a bookmark at the Reference Desk to find out the selections for the remainder of the year.

 

 

 

 

Visit our website for more information or call us, (843)849-6161.  Thanks for reading.

WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE COUPLE?

    

Who do you think of when you think of famous couples?  There are many famous literary couples and couples from history.  Antony and Cleopatra are one of the most famous couples in history.  They've been immortalized by William Shakespeare.  Stacy Schiff has written a biography that separates fact from fiction.  While Richard Burton and Elizabeth, stars of the Cleopatra movie, may come to mind when you think of Cleopatra, she was a real person with a romantic relationship with Marc Antony over two thousand years ago.
Jane Austen books focus on love matches, and some of her characters are together forever in her books, such as Pride and Prejudice.
Jane Eyre and Rochester in Charlotte Bronte's book are another literary couple.  Usually in fiction there is something or someone keeping lovers apart and in the end, they find each other and live happily ever after.  However some stories don't have happy endings, such as "Romeo and Juliet."  Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn are another couple who don't have a happy ending.


The creation of Anne Boleyn : a new look at England's most notorious queen / Susan Bordo.

 

Here are some other couples you might like to read about: Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler, Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart, Tarzan and Jane, Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracey,

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, Lucie and Desi, Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, John Lennon and Yoko Ono,  George Burns and Gracie Allen, Cinderella and Prince Charming, and Tristan and Isolde. Well, the list could go on and on.

 

If you'd like to read about your favorite couple, come visit us at the library or check out our website.

 

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