Adult Programs

The Library has a new collection of Jazz CDs ranging from the all-time classics with artists such as Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis to contemporary artists such as Pat Metheney and Marcus Roberts. Come to the library and check them out.

The McLaughlin Vineyards Food and Wine Series will be finishing up on March 21 with their final class from 6-8 pm in the meeting room. You need not have attended the first three sessions to come and enjoy this final meeting. The class will be set up like a dinner with attendees sampling four courses and the wines with which they have been paired. Please register by calling the library at 426-4533 or McLaughlin Vineyards at 426-1533. The supply fee is $8 per class.

Paula Moliver is offering a “Painting on Silk” class on Monday, March 20 from 10 am to noon in the new meeting room. A stretcher frame, gutta design, silk paints, and brushes will be included for a $30 supply fee. Please register at the circulation desk. This class is limited to 12.

Tax season is here and if you’d like some free assistance stop by the library on Tuesdays from 1-5 pm. no appointment is necessary.

Two gifted poets will be coming to the library on Friday, March 24 at 7 pm. Helen Ruth Freeman, author of Diurnal Matters, and Doris Henderson, a local poet, will read from their selected works. Please join us for an enjoyable evening. Following the readings there will be a book signing and dessert reception.

On Friday, March 24 at 12:30 pm in the meeting room the movie A Room With A View will be shown. This is an elegant adaptation of E.M. Forster’s novel about British manners and mores and a young woman’s awakening experiences during a trip (chaperoned of course) to Florence. Running time of 115 minutes. Rated PG.

 An Internet class for intermediate users will be held on March 25. The class will take place in the new meeting room from 10-12. There is a $10 fee for the intermediate class and it is requested that you sign up at the circulation desk or by calling the library at 426-4533.

The space race... civil rights... the Vietnam War... Revisit one of the most revolutionary and influential decades in American history – the 1960s! The Friends of the Library are sponsoring an exciting new book discussion series. The next book to be discussed in the series will be The Autobiography of Malcolm X on Tuesday, March 28 at 7 pm in Quiet Study.

Multiple copies of the books are available at the library. Remaining titles in the series are: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey on April 18, and The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien on May 9. Please call the library if you’d like to join in this discussion. You need not read the entire book to attend.

For those of you who would like to join the discussion, but are having trouble finding the time to read the book, the library will be showing the film Malcolm X on Sunday, March 26 at 2 pm in the meeting room.

Think Spring and join us at the library for a slide show and talk on Common Diseases of the Perennial Gardens. Sharon Douglas, a plant pathologist, will tell us how to keep leaf spots, root rot, powdery mildews, and other harmful problems out of our gardens. The program will take place on Tuesday, April 4, at 11 am in the new meeting room, and is free.