The Soundtrack of Our Lives What’S Inside: Flashes of Inspiration CBC Music Collection Now at GSPL!
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FREE Greater Sudbury Public Library Newsletter - Fall 2013 The Soundtrack of our Lives What’s Inside: Flashes of Inspiration CBC Music Collection now at GSPL! sudburylibraries.ca DISCOVER The Soundtrack Books & More YOUR Children’s Books Teens To 5 Musical Reads LOCAL LIBRARY This Is Your Brain on Music: of our Lives The Science of a Human Obession by Daniel J Levitin 13 locations to serve you Healing Sounds: The Power usic can soothe, motivate, officiate, commiserate and of Harmonics Azilda Library educate. In this issue we are going to highlight the Pup Idol by Jonathan Goldman How I Lost You 120 St-Agnes Street, Azilda musical selection that the library has to offer. Music by Anna Wilson How Music Works: The Science and Phone: 705.688.3955 by Janet Gurtler Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from lives at the library in many forms, it may be a DVD, Capreol Library / Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond Citizen Service Centre Ma book, or a CD. Thanks to the generosity of CBC Radio Canada by John Powell 9 Morin Avenue, Capreol The Power of Music : Harness the Phone: 705.688.3958 Sudbury, our CD collection recently increased by 17,000 CD’s! That Creative Energy of Music to Heal the Chelmsford Library / amounts to years of listening enjoyment. Join us as we explore just a The Rise of Body, Soothe the Mind and Feed the Citizen Service Centre small sample of this large collection. a Legend Soul by Cynthia Blanche, Antonia Beattie 3502 Errington Street, Chelmsford Shadow Boxer by Kathryn Lasky The Power of Music Phone: 705.688.3963 by Chris Lynch by George W. J. Laidlaw Coniston Library Michelle Fex 30 Second Avenue, Coniston Coordinator of Outreach Programs & Partnerships New Non-Fiction - Phone: 705.688.3953 Musical Memoirs Copper Cliff Library When I Left Home: My Story 11 Balsam Street, Copper Cliff by Buddy Guy with David Ritz Phone: 705.688.3954 Always Neverland The Fall of Five A Prince Among Stones: Dowling Library / by Zoe Barton by Pittacus Lore The Business with The Rolling Stones Citizen Service Centre and Other Adventures 79 Main Street, Dowling by Prince Rupert Lewenstein Phone: 705.688.3956 The Best Thing About Mick: The Wild Life and Mad Garson Library / Kindergarten Citizen Service Centre Allegiant Genius of Jagger by Jennifer Lloyd by Christopher Andersen 214 Orell Street, Garson by Veronica Roth Phone: 705.688.3957 Remembering Whitney: My Story of Levack/Onaping Library Love, Loss and he Night the Music 1 Hillside Avenue, Onaping Stopped by Cissy Houston with Phone: 705.688.3951 123 versus ABC Lisa Dickey by Mark Boldt Lively Library / The Fifth Wave Hilbilly Heart: A Memoir Citizen Service Centre by Rick Yancey by Billy Ray Cyrus 15 Kin Drive, Lively Phone: 705.688.3959 Main Library 74 Mackenzie Street, Sudbury Phone: 705.673.1155 CD’s to Match New Sudbury Library 1346 Lasalle Boulevard, Sudbury Phone: 705.688.3952 GSPL together with the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra is very pleased to present: South End Library A Chat with Victor Sawa Music Director Sudbury Symphony Orchestra 1991 Regent Street, Sudbury Phone: 705.688.3950 MUSIC When: Valley East Library / September 25, November 20, March 26 Blues Gold Exile on Main St. The Very Best of I Look to You Change My Mind Citizen Service Centre and April 23 from 12:15 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. featuring Buddy Guy Rolling Stones Mick Jagger Whitney Houston Billy Ray Cyrus 4100 Elmview Drive, Hanmer Phone: 705.688.3961 Where: Main Public Library Greater Sudbury Public Library Words. Ideas. Inspiration. Get Connected. 3 Greater Sudbury Public Library presents: Feature: Words. Ideas. Inspiration. The Soundtrack of our Lives by Michelle Fex From an early age we are exposed to music and songs, usually by a friend, parent or sibling, the music is there often without us realizing that it is playing in the background. It is only later when we hear a particular song that it brings right back to a space in time. The personal soundtrack for everyone is usually different because experiences are individual, but what This ongoing GSPL discussion series will focus on topical issues of the day and engaging topics. is shared is the music. There is a very famous song “Hotel Canada’s entire CD Library as a result of California” written by the Eagles that this paradigm shift. We now have 17,000 What still exists, has been interpreted and deconstructed It’s Not Easy Being Green. more ways for everyone to rediscover old is the way that many ways. Generations of people music, discover new music, and add to When: thought that the song had hidden the soundtracks of their lives. music interacts with Thursday, Thursday October 3, 2013 from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. meanings and was relaying messages. memory and how Where: South End Library Very recently in a documentary, the Anyone who grew up listening to those songwriter Glen Frey was quoted vinyl records talks about the interactive that can transcend Panelists: Ethical Moderator: Jamie Robertson is the Coordinator of the Ethics as saying that there were no hidden experience that came from records. Drew Brennan, Senior Environmental Officer with the Ministry of the Centre at the University of Sudbury. Research areas meanings in the song, that the song was A vinyl record offered the listener an space and time. Environments (MOE) Sudbury District Office: As an Environmental include environmental policy-making and the ethical whatever the listener wanted it to be. In Officer his duties include inspections of commercial and industrial facility’s experience. It was a multi-stage process A middle age adult who hears a particular foundations of environmental economics with a and ensuring they are operating in compliance with Ontario environment other words the musicians created the to enjoy music. First you had to go to a specialty in Environment Ethics. As Coordinator of the song can vividly recall being 17 and legislation and regulations, this includes responding to environmental music, released it to the world and the record store to purchase the music and Ethics Centre Robertson, will engage in discussions all the sensations of that era when they incidents such as spills, public complaints and concerns and public outreach. receivers then each ascribed a different about ethics and ethical issues and engage the then peel off the plastic sheeting and hear a song. Music is a unique qualifier, meaning to the song. The meanings community. then fire up the stereo. Once the music it makes all things equal regardless of Meredith Morris: Sudbury Hyundai, Sudbury: Meredith compliments her were found through their individual lens started the experience did not stop, status. Race, gender, and socio economic Marketing/Business Administration education with more than 20 years of Panel Moderator: and made up the soundtracks of their experience in all aspects of the automotive industry. Meredith is the president records came with dust jackets and liner status are all erased when the music Mark H. Simeoni, MMP. RCIP. Manager of Community of C.J. Morris Investments Limited, owner Sudbury Hyundai and Sudbury lives. We have moved a long time away notes. In addition to following along with and Strategic Planning for the City of Greater Sudbury. starts. It also has the unique ability to Used Cars. First elected to OMVIC in 2004 she has served two terms as from records and the seventies music the music, listeners could read all about Mark has a long history working with community enable people to lose themselves in president and chair. Meredith is past chair of Hyundai Auto Canada, National scene with the advent of digital music. groups, including, founding Board member of Rainbow their favourite artists and see pictures of the moment and just experience the Dealer Advisory Council, and the Cambrian College Automotive Technology Routes, staff liaison to Heritage Advisory Panel, the band. For many it was the only way Program. Past involvements include, Sudbury Community Foundation, song. These zen like qualities offer the Sustainable Mobility Advisory Panel, and the Greater Many thought that digital music would be that they could ever visualize the band. Sudbury Chamber of Commerce, Canadian Red Cross. Also past president of music listener an experience like no Sudbury Lakes Advisory Panel In addition Mark has the death of the music industry, instead the Sudbury Harley Owners Group, “Ladies of Harley” division. Digital CD’s continued a slimmed down other. Music lives at the library so, visit 25 plus years of experience as a facilitator and urban what has happened is more opportunity version of liner notes to some degree, planner with the the City of Greater Sudbury . any branch of the GSPL and discover Charles Ramcharan (Laurentian University): Charles Ramcharan is an to hear music in many places, iPod, iPad, what was lost to some degree is the our amazing music collection and create Associate Professor of Freshwater Biology in Laurentian’s Department of satellite radio, cellphone etc. Because interactivity of listening to music. a new memory that will become the Biology, directors of Laurentian’s new Environmental Science BSc Program of the ease of access, many people have soundtrack of your life. and a member of the Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit. Research rediscovered their music collections. includes zooplankton in Ontario lakes, oyster populations in Louisiana, and GSPL has been blessed with being the invasive species all over North America. Sudbury research includes recovery donor recipient of CBC Radio/Radio of lakes from acidification & metal contamination. Current projects involve urban and climate change effects on lakes. Dr. Ramcharan sits on several environmental management panels including City of Sudbury’s Lake Advisory Panel, Food Policy Council, and Community Garden Network.