Barnes & amp;Noble plans a variety of events

Barnes & amp;Noble plansa variety of events
BOARDMAN -- The following events are planned at Barnes & amp;Noble bookstore in the Shops at Boardman Park, 381 Boardman-Canfield Road:
Little Listeners weekly storytime with Ms. Laura, 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and Thursday. Features songs, stories and fun.
We Be Poetry open mic night, 7 p.m. Thursday.
Guest appearance by Biscuit the Dog, noon Saturday. Stories and crafts planned. Cameras permitted.
To appreciate educators,discounts to be given
BOARDMAN -- Educator Appreciation Week will be observed Saturday through May 7 at Barnes & amp;Noble. Educators in grades prekindergarten through 12 will receive discounts of 25-percent off books and 10-percent off DVDs bought for their classrooms. Educators must show their Educator Discount Card at time of purchase.
Austintown graduateto talk to art pupils
AUSTINTOWN -- Children's book illustrator John Ferguson, a graduate of Austintown Fitch High School and Youngstown State University, will discuss creativity, drawing and the process of creating a book with art pupils at Fitch High School and Austintown Middle School. Ferguson will be at the high school at 4560 Falcon Drive on Friday from 7:40-11:15 a.m. and at the middle school, 5800 Mahoning Avenue, from noon to 3 p.m. Friday.
Ferguson has illustrated two children's books, "The Things A String Can Be" and "Something Shiny, Something Round." His third book, "The Topsy-Turvy Towel," is due out in September.
His visit is part of the 12th annual TV-Turnoff Week celebration, a nationwide effort to encourage people to watch less television to promote healthier lives and communities.
Author will visit Niles,discuss Carnegie, Frick
NILES -- Les Standiford, author of "Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America, " will visit the McKinley Memorial Auditorium, 40 N. Main St., on May 8 at 7 p.m. Standiford, director of the creative writing program at Florida International University in Miami, will discuss the enduring ramifications of the lives of two giants of the gilded age -- Carnegie and Frick. This program is free to the public. No reservations are required, but children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. For more information, call Linda at (330) 652-1704, Ext. 202.
Wiesel's memoirs
"Memoirs: All Rivers Run to the Sea" by Elie Wiesel, writer and reader; Random House (90 minutes, two compact discs, $29.95, abridged)
From the horrors of the Holocaust to the birth of Israel, Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel witnessed some of the most historic events of the 20th century. With this narration of his memoirs, he brings them all to life.
His story is unspeakably sad, yet somehow reaffirming. Speaking in a soft voice and a thick Eastern European accent, he recounts his childhood in Hungary and the destruction of his family in concentration camps. Even when his life takes a more promising turn -- working in Paris, moving to New York and finding a wife -- he is still haunted by his father's death at Buchenwald in the final months of World War II.