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Local History Book Club

A Bar in Toledo by Dominic Vaiana

2024-12-04 18:30:00 2024-12-04 19:30:00 America/New_York Local History Book Club Good conversation, friendly faces and great books - that's what book club is all about. We're looking forward to seeing you at our lively and engaging book discussion. Main Library - Local History Space

Wednesday, December 04
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2024-12-04 18:30:00 2024-12-04 19:30:00 America/New_York Local History Book Club Good conversation, friendly faces and great books - that's what book club is all about. We're looking forward to seeing you at our lively and engaging book discussion. Main Library - Local History Space

Main Library

Local History Space

Good conversation, friendly faces and great books - that's what book club is all about. We're looking forward to seeing you at our lively and engaging book discussion.

A Bar in Toledo: the Untold Story of Mafia Front Man and a Grammy-winning Song by Dominic Vaiana

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When Duane Abbajay took over his brother’s bankrupt nightclub in 1962, he promised his wife it would be a quick turnaround to protect his family’s name. Instead, he became the face of a bar that transformed Toledo's entertainment scene and inspired a Grammy-winning country song-all under the thumb of a trigger-happy mafia boss. Informed by interviews with crime historians, bartenders, and bargoers and corroborated by FBI reports, this Rust Belt psychodrama offers a new perspective into the worlds of organized crime and the music business, which were closely entwined. Emotional, theatrical, and dripping with nostalgia, "A Bar in Toledo" is a love letter to the golden age of American music-and the dark underworld that made it all possible.

AGE GROUP: | Adults (18+) |

EVENT TYPE: | History/Travel/Genealogy | Book Groups |

TAGS: | localhistorybookclub |

Main Library

Phone: 419.259.5200

Hours
Mon, Dec 09 9:00AM to 8:30PM
Tue, Dec 10 9:00AM to 8:30PM
Wed, Dec 11 9:00AM to 8:30PM
Thu, Dec 12 9:00AM to 8:30PM
Fri, Dec 13 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Sat, Dec 14 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Sun, Dec 15 Closed

About the branch
  • 69 Windows PCs
  • 36 Windows laptops
  • 16 MACs
  • 20 children’s PCs
  • 6 children's early learning stations
  • 2 book scan stations
  • Making equipment
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • 100 person Community Room
  • 214 person Large Glass Room
  • 312 person McMaster Center
  • 200 person McMaster Lobby
  • Faxing, copying, scanning
  • ToleGo Public Bikes
  • 300 parking spots (includes 9 handicapped accessible spots)
  • 2 electric vehicle charging stations
  • 10 bicycle spots

Upcoming events

Mon, Dec 09, 10:00am - 11:00am
Meeting Room 1 (Large Glass), 1st Floor
This event is full

Mon, Dec 09, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Atrium

Mon, Dec 09, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Meeting Room 2 (Minimum 15 Attendees, Capacity 48), 1st Floor

Wed, Dec 11, 10:00am - 12:00pm
The Fred H. McDonald Community Room (Capacity : 30), Garage Level

Wed, Dec 11, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Atrium

Wed, Dec 11, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Teen Space
This event is full

Thu, Dec 12, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room 2 (Minimum 15 Attendees, Capacity 48), 1st Floor

Sat, Dec 14, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Creativity Lab (Children's Library), 2nd Floor

Sat, Dec 14, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Meeting Room 2 (Minimum 15 Attendees, Capacity 48), 1st Floor

Sat, Dec 14, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room 1 (Large Glass), 1st Floor

Tue, Dec 17, 10:00am - 11:30am
Creativity Lab (Children's Library), 2nd Floor

Tue, Dec 17, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Teen Space

Fri, Dec 20, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Creativity Lab (Children's Library), 2nd Floor

Sat, Dec 21, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Creativity Lab (Children's Library), 2nd Floor

Mon, Dec 23, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Meeting Room 2 (Minimum 15 Attendees, Capacity 48), 1st Floor

Mon, Dec 23, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Creativity Lab (Children's Library), 2nd Floor

Thu, Dec 26, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Creativity Lab (Children's Library), 2nd Floor

Fri, Dec 27, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Creativity Lab (Children's Library), 2nd Floor

Sat, Dec 28, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Creativity Lab (Children's Library), 2nd Floor

Mon, Dec 30, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Creativity Lab (Children's Library), 2nd Floor

Tue, Dec 31, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Creativity Lab (Children's Library), 2nd Floor

Thu, Jan 02, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Creativity Lab (Children's Library), 2nd Floor

Thu, Jan 02, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Fri, Jan 03, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Creativity Lab (Children's Library), 2nd Floor

Sat, Jan 04, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Creativity Lab (Children's Library), 2nd Floor

Mon, Jan 06, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Creativity Lab (Children's Library), 2nd Floor

Wed, Jan 08, 10:30am - 11:30am
The Fred H. McDonald Community Room (Capacity : 30), Garage Level