After singer/songwriter Dolly Parton died on August 25, tributes poured in from around the world. The little girl born into poverty in the mountains of East Tennessee had not just lived her dream, she’d inspired others to do the same through » Read More
Sallie’s Ashes,” a documentary about the late Sallie Smith’s passion about Mobile Bay and the safe removal of a toxic coal ash pond, will be screened at Moon Lake Library at 2 p.m. on September 13. The film premiered at the » Read More
On Sunday, Aug. 12 at 2 p.m., Jim Baggett of the Alabama Historical Association will present a program titled, “John Wilkes Booth in Alabama.” More than four years before murdering President Abraham Lincoln, the actor John Wilkes Booth performed in Montgomery » Read More
Renowned Alabama meteorologist James Spann will visit Mentone on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at 9 a.m. The location of his talk has been changed to the Moon Lake Baptist Church fellowship hall next door to accommodate a larger audience. Spann is the » Read More
Max Ringo is nervous about the divorce mediation she’s about to conduct at the Huntsville law firm where she once worked as an attorney. She’d flamed out dramatically — drugs, sex, accusations of theft, suspended from the practice of law. A » Read More
On June 28 at 2 p.m., historian Mike Bunn will present a program about his book, “Fourteenth Colony: The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South During America’s Revolutionary Era.” This presentation is part of the library’s observation of the 250th birthday » Read More
Every year, Friends of Moon Lake Library raises funds to support our local library. Because of their work, we have a book budget sufficient to purchase around 15 new books each month and to keep the lights on in the building » Read More
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, a small town in the northwest corner of the state, became the unlikely birthplace of some of the most iconic music of the 1960s and 70s. Thanks to Rick Hall, whose FAME studio recorded artists such as Percy » Read More
Last year, Dekie Hicks, a writer and editor from nearby Rome, Georgia, approached Moon Lake Library about the possibility of developing a poetry club that would meet monthly. “Like a book club, but for poetry,” she explained. Poetry enthusiasts could share » Read More
Book clubs have become increasingly popular in recent years. Schools use them to encourage students to engage with literature. My neighborhood in Athens, Georgia, had its own Sunday afternoon book club, complete with wine and snacks. The new local independent bookstore » Read More