Dan Cirucci: Important News From Philly Free Library!

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Important News From Philly Free Library!

This year's One Book!

The Free Library of Philadelphia is excited to announce that the 2015 One Book, One Philadelphia featured selection is Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline.

Orphan Train is the compelling story of Vivian, a 91-year-old widow once orphaned as a child, and Molly, a troubled teen who has been shuffled from one unstable foster home to another. The two women develop a bond, with Vivian treasuring her Irish immigrant roots and Molly finding comfort in her ancestral Native American tradition. The novel sheds light on an era when thousands of orphaned children were taken from crowded cities to face uncertain futures in the rural Midwest and connects with the importance of heritage and memories in shaping who we are, the value of intergenerational relationships, and the fundamental power of family. The Library Journal calls it, “A compelling story about loss, adaptability, and courage... With compassion and delicacy Kline presents a little-known chapter of American history.”

Join us on Thursday, January 22, 2015, for a kickoff celebration featuring author Christina Baker Kline in Parkway Central’s Montgomery Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. And in the meantime, start reading!

Eric Dezenhall | Glass Jaw: A Manifesto for Defending Fragile Reputations in an Age of Instant Scandal
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Continental Breakfast at 7:30 a.m.
Lecture at 8:00 a.m.
$35 General Admission, $15 Students or Raven Society Members
Buy tickets online
Eric Dezenhall is a crisis management expert who has dealt with some of America’s most intense and talked-about scandals in his three-decade career. In an era of continuous news coverage, ubiquitous celebrity culture, and light-speed reputation destruction, Dezenhall details the hard-wrought lessons learned from the likes of the Toyota, Goldman Sachs, Tiger Woods, IRS, Susan G. Komen, and Penn State conflagrations. He has lent his considerable insight to a wide array of media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. The author of two non-fiction books about crisis communications and corporate witch hunts, Dezenhall has also published six novels, including The Devil Himself and Spinning Dixie.
Tickets to this event include a book and a continental breakfast at Parkway Central Library.

Holiday Closings

The Free Library of Philadelphia will be closed Tuesday, November 11in observance of Veterans' Day and Thursday, November 27 in observance of Thanksgiving.
For up-to-date information on neighborhood library closures, pleaseclick here.

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About Dan Cirucci

He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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