Listen to music from another country than your own on hoopla

January 3, 2018 | Patton
Reggae gold 2017 [electronic resource] by Various Artists
Mis planes son amarte [electronic resource] by Juanes

Try a Different Genre of Music on hoopla

January 3, 2018 | Patton

New Year, New You...New Music! Break outside your box and check out something you've never heard before.

The shape of water (original motion picture soundtrack) [electronic resource]

Classical, Big Band

Double or nothing [electronic resource] by Big Sean and Metro Boomin

Local Popular Hip-hop

Watch a Movie Set Outside the U.S. on hoopla

January 1, 2018 | Patton

Follow the "e-media" link on Canton Library website and login to hoopla to enjoy these international titles and more!

The lost city of Z [electronic resource]
Also available in: print | e-audiobook | video
Hunt for the Wilderpeople [electronic resource]
Also available in: video

Start a New TV Series on hoopla

January 1, 2018 | Patton

Stream or download a TV series on your computer or mobile device with hoopla digital

The great British baking show. Season 3 [electronic resource]

Follow 12 amateur bakers as they don aprons and head for the tent in the British countryside for this third season, hoping to be named Britain's best. Judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood have created new challenges to test their baking prowess, creativity, and skill. Season 3 brings bakers Alvin, Dorret, Flora, Ian, Marie, Mat, Nadiya, Paul, Sandy, Stuart, Tamal, and Ugne to the competition tent.

Wolf Hall [electronic resource]

Tonyʼ Award-winning actor Mark Rylance (Twelfth Night) and Emmyʼ and Golden Globeʼ Award-winner Damian Lewis (Homeland) star in the six-hour miniseries adapted from Hilary Mantel's best-selling Booker Prize-winning novels: Wolf Hall and its sequel, Bring Up the Bodies. From humble beginnings and with an enigmatic past, Thomas Cromwell (Rylance) is the brilliant consigliere to King Henry VIII (Lewis). Told from Cromwell's perspective, Wolf Hall follows the complex machinations and back room dealings of this pragmatic and accomplished power broker who must serve king and country while dealing with deadly political intrigue, Henry VIII's tempestuous relationship with Anne Boleyn (Claire Foy, Little Dorrit), and the religious upheavals of the Protestant reformation.

Watch a Documentary on hoopla

January 1, 2018 | Patton
Hamilton. One Shot to Broadway [electronic resource]

It's the hit musical that brought the genius of Lin Manuel Miranda to the attention of legions of fans across the world. A remarkable story of how a group of inspired mavericks made an unlikely marriage of hip-hop and history to create the biggest show on Broadway…and strangely apropos to what is happening in politics today. Featuring interviews with Miranda, as well as the cast and crew of Hamilton.

Forks over knives - the extended interviews [electronic resource]
Also available in: video

Forks Over Knives examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods. The major storyline traces the personal journeys of Dr. T. Colin Campbell, a nutritional biochemist from Cornell University, and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, a former top surgeon at the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic. 

National Film Registry on hoopla

January 1, 2018 | Patton

"The National Film Registry selects 25 films each year showcasing the range and diversity of American film heritage to increase awareness for its preservation." The Library of Congress Nation Film Preservation Board

With hoopla digital, you can use your library card to access the following films from the National Film Registry, and many more, on your computer or tablet.

Memento [electronic resource]

A man juggles searching for his wife's murderer and keeping his short-term memory loss from being an obstacle.

The mark of zorro [electronic resource]

In The Mark Of Zorro, his first full-blown effort at the costume thriller, Fairbanks portrays Don Diego Vega, a comically effete young nobleman with a taste for tasseled sombreros and juvenile silk-hanky magic tricks. But when danger calls, Diego swathes himself in black, straps on a well-honed sword and storms the countryside as the mysterious Zorro, slicing his initial into the faces of the "sentinels of oppression"...

Listen to a Book Narrated by a Celebrity

January 1, 2018 | Patton

A professional actor can add new meaning to a story when they lend their vocal and theatrical skills to the production. Overdrive and hoopla offer access to a variety of audiobooks narrated by top celebrities. 

It [electronic resource] by Stephen King
Also available in: print | e-book | audiobook

Read by Steven Weber (Wings, Stephen King's The Shining)

Fledgling [electronic resource] : [a novel] by Octavia E Butler

Read by Tracey Leigh (Modern Family, Grey's Anatomy)

Sue Grafton, Mystery Writer, 1940-2017

December 30, 2017 | Patton

On the coattails of "Y is for Yesterday," we bid adieu to mystery writer Sue Grafton today. Known for her long running alphabet mystery series featuring the rough and tumble Kinsey Millhone, Grafton and her character carried the torch of female writer/protagonist predecessors as a mainstay in the genre for over three decades. Grafton also wrote and adapted several screenplays for TV and film. Celebrate her works and her life with the books we have in our print, audio, and digital collections. 

Y is for yesterday by Sue Grafton

Kinsey Millhone monitors the release from prison of a sociopath who is determined to exact revenge on a fellow perpetrator who went missing after they sexually assaulted a fourteen-year-old classmate.

Retro Board Game Night

Patton

Join us for an evening of nostalgic fun with a variety of classic and vintage board games all for your gaming pleasure. Bring your friends, bring your family, bring just yourself, and bring your own games to share! Some light refreshments will be on hand and we will even raffle off a few of the games by the end of the evening. Let's have a night of good old fashioned fun together. 

NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Upcoming sessions

There are no upcoming sessions available.

Canton Hazardous Waste Round-up Saturday 9/9

September 1, 2017 | Patton

The 2017 Household Hazardous Waste Round-up event will be held Saturday, September 9 from 9am-2pm at the DPW facility located at 4847 Sheldon Road just south of Michigan Avenue. The collection is open to Canton residents only and is an excellent opportunity to make your home and environment safe by properly disposing of waste that is considered toxic, flammable, or corrosive. You can download a complete Household Hazardous Waste Collection List (PDF) or call Canton Public Works at 734-397-1011 for more information. 

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