If you are looking for a end of the year deduction for your 2025 income taxes, please consider making a contribution at our EveryLibrary page. This is the only giving option that is tax-deductible. Although they take a percentage of contributions, they are working at fighting book bans, library closures and takeovers, and other challengesContinue reading “End of the Year Deduction”
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Statement on KOLP Lawsuit
Congratulations to “Save Blasco” (again)!
“Save Blasco!” won the Documentary Feature for the Erie International Film Festival and was runner up for Audience Award! The list of awards for the documentary keeps growing! You can find out more at “Save Blasco!” Just a reminder that no donations were used for the documentary–all donations go to our legal fund to fightContinue reading “Congratulations to “Save Blasco” (again)!”
Voting (for “Save Blasco!”) Matters!
“Save Blasco!” has been nominated for the Erie International Film Festival! The list of awards for the documentary has been growing. You can find out more at “Save Blasco!” Just a reminder that no donations were used for the documentary–all donations go to our legal fund to fight the Gannon lease. It was produced byContinue reading “Voting (for “Save Blasco!”) Matters!”
Giving Tuesday!
Today is Giving Tuesday! Thank you for all your continued support! On this Giving Tuesday, please help us to continue the fight. “We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” ~Winston Churchill
Happy Thanksgiving!
We are so thankful to Dr. Blasco for giving our community such a beautiful library to all its citizens, but we are equally thankful to all of you that are supporting KOLP’s fight to keep that beautiful library entirely public. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! “Although Thanksgiving comes but once a year, every dayContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving!”
Cradle of Democracy
If you remember the poll last week, we asked in what Athens “Save Blasco!” was next showing. As of this writing, no one voted for Ohio or Alabama. Pennsylvania and Georgia each had 28.57% of the vote, while 42.86% voted for another Athens. If you were among those who voted “Other,” you would be correct.Continue reading “Cradle of Democracy”
99 Properties
Mayor Schember recently released his proposed 2026 budget for the City of Erie. In the budget workbook on page 14, is included a list of tax-exempt properties. This information was included in 2024’s workbook, but not 2025’s. In that 2 years, Gannon became the number one tax-exempt property holder (up from number 3) in theContinue reading “99 Properties”
Where in the World is “Save Blasco” Showing?
Another Honor for “Save Blasco!” Please take the poll below. “So, we went from being an Athens band to being a Georgia band to being a Southern band to being an American band from the East Coast to being an American band and now we’re kind of an international phenomenon.” ~Michael Stipe
Another Honor for “Save Blasco!”
Congratulations for 2nd State Films for yet another honor for being named finalist for the Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival 2025. If you haven’t watched “Save Blasco!”, it’s available for viewing at the link. Just a reminder that this was a labor of love by 2nd State Films, and no donations were used toContinue reading “Another Honor for “Save Blasco!””
Keep Our Library Public! 