✨NEW ITEM! Interactive Movie Experience Kits🍿🎬📽Thanks to the Oil Creek Library District, Franklin & Oil City locations are now circulating Interactive Movie Experience Kits. These kits (which also include the movies they are curated for) contain interactive scripts, activities, props, food & more to enjoy while you watch some of your favorite movies!Available at Oil City Library:- The Super Mario Bros. Movie- The Sandlot- The Birdcage- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark- Mulan- Labyrinth- ClueAvailable at Franklin Public Library- Charlotte's Web- How to Steal a Million- The Mummy- The Librarian and the Quest for the Spear- Top Gun- The Emperor's New Groove- Ernest & Celestine- PenelopeAll kits are free to check out with a library card! 💳 ... See MoreSee Less
Dig into adventure this Summer with the Oil City & Franklin Libraries! 📚☀️🦖 Join our FREE Summer reading program, Summer @ Your ORLA Library - Unearth a Story, running June 15th through July 25th for all ages! Explore history, fossils, dinosaurs, and more while tracking your reading, completing fun activities, and attending exciting programs to earn ORLA Bucks for awesome prizes.🎬 Kick off the summer with a FREE showing of Night at the Museum on June 15th at Oil City’s Library Hall — plus free popcorn! 🍿📲 Register today at forms.gle/5V7WUfkzwkbHfT7h7 or scan the QR code on our flyer! ... See MoreSee Less
We’re happy to share that Oil City Library's Library Hall recently received an Oil Region Historic Preservation Award from the Oil Region Alliance!This week we're celebrating the winners of the Oil Region Historic Preservation Awards.Today's featured winner is the Oil City Library's Library Hall.The Oil City Library was nominated by Oil City Main Street under the Reconstruction category for their restoration of Library Hall. The Oil City Library was built in 1904 by Pittsburgh philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Library Hall, located on the second floor, was an event space open from 1904 – 1957 until budget cuts closed it off for public use. While used as storage, the space came under serious disrepair. The project’s main purpose was to restore the library’s theatre to its original condition and intent with modern amenities. Renovations prioritized using as much original material (flooring, stage, woodwork, trim, etc.) from the theatre space as possible to complete the restoration.Join us Thursday, May 14 from 6-8 p.m. at the Rhoades Center on the Oil Region Venango Campus to celebrate this and all of the winners of the Historic Preservation Awards! ... See MoreSee Less