Great news! Patron holds are now available at the library! Next time you’re at the library be sure to ask about this latest change.

Come check out the new CD and DVD collections at the library. We’re getting some great new titles that are bound to please a wide range of listeners and viewers.

Book Donations: Spring is officially here, time to clean out cellars and attics and bring those unwanted books to the library. Volunteers are hard at work organizing for our Labor Day Book Sale.

Exhibits: Ten Years of Fun with Photography: Over 80 photographs taken by Mary Mitchell and Al Goodrich will be on display at the library for the month of April. The public is invited to a reception on Sunday, April 8, from 2-4 pm to meet the photographers, view the photos, and enjoy some refreshments. Please join us!

Let’s Go Fly a Kite! The library will be displaying a lovely collection of kites made by Charles Hunt through May 6. The kites will be on exhibit on the first and second floors and will help get you ready to enter Park and Rec’s kite flying contest that will be taking place at Ram Pasture on Sunday, May 6.

Chidren’s Programs

Endangered Species: Join us April 17, from 1-2 pm at the library for a special vacation week program from the Beardsley Zoo. Live animals that are endangered will be brought to the library for a closer look. Recommended for children ages 4 and older.

Harry Potter Poetry Workshop: Liz Arneth is back again with a new twist on the Harry Potter series. She will conduct a workshop with students in grades 4-6, Fri, April 20, from 3:30-5 pm. Registration is required. For more info, call 426-3851.

Adult Programs

American Plays: Join us for a discussion on Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neill on Thursday, April 26, at 7:30 pm in the Special Collections room. The dynamic duo, Liz Arneth and Gordon Williams, will be leading the talk.  

Internet Class: Bob Brand will be teaching an intermediate Internet class on Saturday, April 21, from 10 am-noon. The topic will be Web sites – personal and commercial, how Web sites are made, what makes a great Web site, and more. There is a $10 supply fee for this class and registration is required. Call the library at 426-4533 for more information or to register.

Evening Book Discussion Group: The evening book group will be reading and discussing Galileo’s Daughter by Dava Sobel on Thursday, April 19, at 7:30 pm in Special Collections.

 Daytime Book Group: For all of you unable to make the evening book discussion please consider joining us at the library for a new daytime group. On May 14, at 1 pm the group will be discussing Ahab’s Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund. The group will also be putting together a list of books to read in future months, so if you have a recommendation we’d love your input.