September Crafters Corner - Jewelry Workshop

Crafters Corner is offered every month at the library. Each workshop offers a different fun and cool craft to take home with you when you leave. Materials are provided so all you need to bring is yourself, a friend, and your crafting skills.


September is Jewelry Workshop time with instructor Jackie Dombovy.

St. Cloud Branch
September 6 at 6.30 p.m.

Buenaventura Lakes Branch
September 13 at 6.30 p.m.

Poinciana Branch
September 22 at 2 p.m.

Regestration is required for this event so check out our events calendar to sign up online or call us at 407.742.8888 to reserve over the phone. Spaces go fast so call early!

Labor Day Closing

All branches of the Osceola Library System will be closed Monday, September 3 for Labor Day.

The Library will reopen normal business hours Tuesday, September 4.

For questions, please call 407.742.8888.

September Movies at the Library

Too hot outside? Come and join us at the Library for some of the latest new movie releases. Free air, free popcorn, and free entertainment. We offer two film series every month: Movies at the Library and Oscar Presents. Films are shown in each Library’s multipurpose room up on the big screen. Film ratings are posted next to each movie title.

Oscar Presents

TMNT (PG)

Four gifted ninjas are needed more than ever! Will Raphael, Donatello, Michelangelo & Leonardo be able to stop the strange events in New York City?

Hart Memorial, Poinciana, St. Cloud, and Buenaventura Lakes
September 23 at 2 p.m.



Movies at the Library

Unaccompanied Minors (PG)

A group of unaccompanied minors bond while snowed in at the airport during the holiday season and create a makeshift holiday themselves.

Buenaventura Lakes Branch
September 17 at 4 p.m.

Hart Memorial
September 24 at 6.30 p.m.


Wild Hogs (PG-13)

A group of suburban wannabes looking for adventure hit the open road, but get more than they bargain for when the encounter a New Mexico gang called the Del Fuegos.

St. Cloud Branch
September 19 at 4 p.m.

Poinciana Branch
September 20 at 6.15 p.m.

List of Businesses - Show Your Library Card Osceola!

In cooperation with local businesses the Library is proud to present Show Your Library Card, Osceola! All through the month of September bring your library card to a large selection of participating businesses and get special deals, free stuff, or money off your purchase.

Don’t have a library card? Stop by any branch and get one for free.

B&B Flooring Corporation
211 Broadway Avenue, Kissimmee, FL 34741
5% off any flooring purchase

Beef O’Bradys Restaurant
2926 13th Street, St. Cloud, FL 34769
10% off all food items

Broadway Café & Art Gallery
127 Broadway Avenue, Kissimmee, FL 34741
10% discount or free soft drink with meal purchase

Caribbean American Variety Market
1451 East Irlo Bronson Hwy, St. Cloud, FL 34771
10% off beef, chicken and vegetable patties

Don Pancho(s)
1117 North Main Street, Kissimmee, FL 34744
15% off boxes
10% off one purchase

Jill’s Natural Hair Studio & Nails
706 North Main Street, Kissimmee, FL 34741
10% off any service

The Medicine Shoppe
114 Broadway Avenue, Kissimmee, FL 34741
$10 gift certificate for pharmacy
10% off any store item

Mugshots Espresso & Coffee Café
818 Pennsylvania Avenue, St. Cloud, FL 34769
10% off purchase

New Day Café
742 Maryland Avenue, St. Cloud, FL 34769
One free dessert with purchase of two entrees

Perfect Occasions Party Supplies
4221 13th Street, St. Cloud, FL 34769
10% off party supplies & rentals (excludes tents
& moonwalks)
$1 off per person at a catered event (up to $50)

Robinson’s Coffee Shop
114 Broadway Avenue, Kissimmee, FL 34741
10% off meal for each individual with a library card

Susan’s Courtside Café
18 South Orlando Avenue, Kissimmee, FL 34741
10% off purchase

Tarantino’s Italiano Ristorante
10 West Monument Avenue, Kissimmee, FL 34741
10% off lunch

Uniform Cottage
12 East Darlington Avenue, Kissimmee, FL 34741
10% discount for purchases over $50
(excludes Scout & School Uniforms)

Wanda’s Quality
2722 13th Street, St. Cloud, FL 34769
10% off embroidery, screen printing, promotional
materials, and more.

All offers are good from September 1-30, 2007

Show Your Library Card Osceola!

In cooperation with local businesses the Library is proud to present Show Your Library Card, Osceola! All through the month of September bring your library card to a large selection of participating businesses and get special deals, free stuff, or money off your purchase.

Don’t have a library card? Stop by any branch and get one for free.

A full list of participating businesses forthcoming.

Grant Writing Workshops

Come to Grant Writing 101 and learn all the basics of writing and getting grants. Learn where to find funding and prospect research for your project and go through the steps of one of the most important and often time consuming parts, the proposal writing process. These are only a few of the topics that will be discussed in his workshop. Registeration is required for this workshop and closes on 8/30/07, so call early for a spot.

To register, call Jamie Boyd at the Grants Office: 407.343.3178.

Hart Memorial Library
Roseada Room
September 11 from 10 a.m. to noon.

And for those interested in continuing their grants education we're also offering Grant Writing 102: Budgets. This workshop will focus on types of budgets, direct vs. indirect costs and budget narratives. Registeration is also required for this class but you can call Jamie Boyd at the number listed above to sign up. Registeration closes for this session on 9/11/07 so remember to call early.

Hart Memorial Library
Roseada Room
September 25 from 10 a.m. to noon.

Library Book Sale

Book Sale time is back at the Library! Come and join us at the Poinciana Branch and the St. Cloud Branch in August for the best used book sale in town.

Pricing includes: hardbacks and oversized paperbacks for 25 cents and regular paperbacks for 10 cents. Or, bring your own box and fill it for only $2.00. There will be books of all types, from romance to law so come on out early for the best picks of the bunch.

Poinciana Branch
August 10 and 11 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m

St. Cloud Branch
August 25 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Movies at the Library & Oscar Presents

To hot outside? Come and join us at the Library for some of the latest new movie releases. Free air, free popcorn, and free entertainment. We offer two film series every month, Movies at the Library and Oscar Presents. Films are shown in each Library’s multipurpose room up on the big screen. Film ratings are posted next to each movie title.

Movies at the Library

St. Cloud Branch
Music and Lyrics (PG-13)
August 15 at 4 p.m.

Poinciana Branch
Astronaut Farmer (PG)
August 16 at 6.15 p.m.

Hart Memorial
Music and Lyrics (PG-13)
August 27 at 6.30 p.m.


Oscar Presents

Are We Done Yet? (PG)

Hart Memorial
Buenaventura Lakes Branch
St. Cloud Branch
August 12 at 2 p.m.

Poinciana Branch
August 19 at 2 p.m.

Date Night at the Library

Come and join the Library for a night of fun and romance. Date Night at the Library opens up the West Osceola Branch after hours for this gathering. Refreshments will be provided for all who attend. August 10th will feature jazz cellist Tom Kersey and August 24th will feature harp and violin by Harps Unlimited. There is limited seating so come early, bring a date and be ready to sit back, relax, and be serenaded.

There is no registration required for this event.

West Osceola Branch Library
August 10 at 7.30 p.m.
August 24 at 7.30 p.m.

For more information please call the Library at 407.742.8888 or visit our website at http://www.osceolalibrary.org/.