The theme for the summer reading is heroes and superheroes, so we invited our community heroes to the library.

Visitors from the Whitehall Fire Department, Whitehall Police Department, Cetronia Ambulance Corps and Lehigh Valley Health Network MedEvac will be in the library parking lot, 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 28.

All sorts of vehicles and equipment will be open to explore, and you can talk to the men and women of these departments about their jobs.

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We will continue our music programs in memory and honor of George Schermerhorn, our late library board president. These are free and open to the public.

Dave Fry will be here to entertain all ages with his wonderful music performance, 6:30 p.m., Thursday, July 30.

A music program titled "1965: It Was a Very Good Year," with Mike Holiday and John and Kass Bolles, is set for 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 27.

Sage will play live acoustic and electric music, everything from classic to contemporary rock, blues and pop, Thursday, Sept. 17 at 6:30 p.m.

The Barbershop Quartet ffourtissimo will present "This is the 60s!" on Thursday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m.

Some of our other programs this summer include kids' and teens' superhero scavenger hunt, July 25 at 10:30 a.m.; teen movie day ("Son of Batman"), Saturday, Aug. 1 at 3 p.m.; adult book discussion, "I am Malala" by Malala Yousafzai, Tuesday, Aug. 4 at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Shakespearean Experience, Tuesday, Aug. 4 at 1:30 p.m.; and "Damn Dutch!" Civil War program, Thursday, Aug. 6 at 7 p.m.

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We will have a children's book sale Thursday, Aug. 6 from 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the community room at the library.

These are gently used books donated by patrons, and prices are from 25 cents and up. If you have gently used children's books for ages preschool to high school, please donate before Aug. 4.

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Call the library, 610-432-4339, for more information on any of our programs. We have the newsletter and calendar on our website, http://whitehallpl.org/index.html, and copies are available at the front desk.