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Join us for stories, rhymes, games, crafts and other activities. Toddlers (ages 2 1/2 -4)
This club celebrates cookbooks and cooking! Club members will discuss and sample foods using recipes from selected cookbooks. Interested? Call the library to find out how to be a part of the next meeting.
We're always cooking up something good!
Thanks to The Big Bang Theory, popular podcasts, and the rise of Nerd Power, gaming is now more popular than ever. Join the library for a chance to trade your thousand-plus cable channels and the rabbit holes of YouTube for some real fun with real people –plus a rule book and a table top!
The Game Room meets twice a month for an evening of conversation, game play, and turn-taking. We are completely free —no more having to purchase overpriced coffee for the right to use precious counter space!—and we welcome Euro Games, deck building games, RPGs, and whatever else happens to move your meeple.
In addition to our own collection, The Game Room is happily BYOB, or (Bring Your Own Board game.)
BOOK BABIES is a program especially designed for your little ones birth to 24 months old and their caretakers.
Please join use for songs and stories.
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Club Otaku is a meeting place for anime and manga fans to watch, read, and discuss anime and manga. As well as share your favorite fanfiction and fanart with your fellow otaku!
The Evening Book Discussion meets on the third Thursday of each month. For more information you can email Paula.
Stop by the Second Chapter Cafe and join other adults to watch a different film each week! No registration required.
This week's selection is Little Italy.
The director of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and Miss Congeniality serves up a delicious new comedy topped with passion, playfulness, and pepperoni. Former childhood pals Leo and Nikki are attracted to each other as adults --but will their feuding parents' rival pizzerias put a chill on their sizzling romance?
Run time: 102 minutes
IT'S BACK! -- Whitehall Public Library has brought back its tabletop gaming program called Critical Hit. The program features gameplay and campaigns from Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition books.
Welcome back travelers it has been awhile. Have you completed your own quests?
Travel around once again with your old friends in groups of 4-8. Dive back in to those tricky mazes filled with jelly monsters and sand dragons. Tackle the horrors of archery contests and ski ball tournaments. Continue exploring the abandoned house filled with scurrying creatures and queens. The world you started awaits your return.
Bring your dice, your friends and your trusty DM (Dungeon Master) and prepare for things to get a dicey all over again.
Ages: Teens 13-20 Space is limited.
This program is open to all who are interested in military history and World War II. Veterans and non-veterans alike are welcome to join this lively group that meets on the last Wednesday of every month to discuss military conflicts and history.
We watch films and war-era shorts, read literature, and talk about all things WW II.
See you Over There!
Join our conversation salon for a lively discussion of current topics and events of the day. This group meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month.
Stay local and get vocal!
Do you enjoy a good mystery? If so, join the Mystery Lovers Book Group! We meet once per month to discuss the hottest whodunnits.
This month, we will be discussing The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories by P.D. James.
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Club Otaku is a meeting place for anime and manga fans to watch, read, and discuss anime and manga. As well as share your favorite fanfiction and fanart with your fellow otaku!
Stop by the Second Chapter Cafe and join other adults to watch a different film each week! No registration required.
This week's selection is Juliet, Naked.
Annie (Rose Byrne) is stuck in a long-term relationship with Duncan, an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker Crowe (Ethan Hawke). When the acoustic demo of Tucker's hit record from 25 years ago surfaces, its release leads to a life-changing encounter with the elusive rocker himself. Based on the bsetselling novel by Nick Hornby, JULIET, NAKED is a comic account of life's second chances.
Run time: 98 minutes
Is your copy of War and Peace propping open the front door?
Have you started Pride and Prejudice more times than your car?
If so, join the book club devoted to turning that masterpiece into a piece of cake!
We’ll tackle another classic work each month to see if it deserves its place on history’s highest shelf!
This month's selection is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Join us for stories, rhymes, games, crafts and other activities. Toddlers (ages 2 1/2 -4)
BOOK BABIES is a program especially designed for your little ones birth to 24 months old and their caretakers.
Please join use for songs and stories.
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Club Otaku is a meeting place for anime and manga fans to watch, read, and discuss anime and manga. As well as share your favorite fanfiction and fanart with your fellow otaku!
Stop by the Second Chapter Cafe to watch a different film each week! No registration required.
This week's selection is
Run time:
IT'S BACK! -- Whitehall Public Library has brought back its tabletop gaming program called Critical Hit. The program features gameplay and campaigns from Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition books.
Welcome back travelers it has been awhile. Have you completed your own quests?
Travel around once again with your old friends in groups of 4-8. Dive back in to those tricky mazes filled with jelly monsters and sand dragons. Tackle the horrors of archery contests and ski ball tournaments. Continue exploring the abandoned house filled with scurrying creatures and queens. The world you started awaits your return.
Bring your dice, your friends and your trusty DM (Dungeon Master) and prepare for things to get a dicey all over again.
Ages: Teens 13-20 Space is limited.
PBS KIDS Family Creative Learning with Ruff Ruffman- Jan 5, 12, 19 and 26
PBS KIDS Family Creative Learning is a series of sessions that focus on learning through creative play and exploration! The STEM based program is designed for kids ages 5-8 (and younger/older siblings). Each session is divided into four parts EAT, EXPLORE, MAKE and SHARE! Families will enjoy a delicious catered breakfast, work together on a fun Ruff Ruffman themed project and share with one another.
Session 1: Mix It Up! Playing with Mixtures-Jan 5
Session 2: Material World! Investigating Material Science-Jan 12
Session 3: Stick or Slide! Exploring Force & Motion-Jan 19
Session 4: Build it Up! Learning about Structures-Jan 26
A facilitator from WQED will be available to instruct and support families as they work together. This is a grant-funded program sponsored by The Jefferson Regional Foundation. Registration is required for the first workshop. Participants must be able to attend all four workshops.
Start the week with a full deck . . . of cards!
Join this game group for an afternoon of fun card games and good company. We’ll meet weekly in our Second Chapter Café to enjoy 500 and other trick-taking games in a nice atmosphere fit for a King! (Or at least a Jack.)
Stop by whenever you like and be our newest wild card!
It’s aces!
Join us for stories, activities, crafts, snacks and fun for the whole family.
Meet Piper the therapy dog! Join us for a morning of stories, crafts and visit with a certified Canine Good Citizen. This program is sponsored by Animal Friends Literacy Services. (preschool ages 4-6).
Want to start writing your memoirs, but not sure where to begin? Or have you begun and become stuck?
Join our memoir writers' group for gentle feedback that will help you improve your writing skills in a warm and supportive community. During each meeting, members take turns reading their recent work in exchange for feedback. Participants also help identify missing information, and make editorial suggestions. New members are encouraged to attend!
Join the library for a talk about financial literacy with some fundamentals of establishing a personal budget, setting financial goals, and saving for the future! We welcome Sydnee Bagovich, Agent, New York Life Ins. Co. for an educational workshop about creating the best possible financial strategy for you.
This is not your average financial conversation -- no sales pressure, no wrong questions, and no worries!
Start the year by sharpening your money mindset! Some potential topics for discussion include: tax-saving retirement strategies and life insurance for protection.
Turn January into Plan-uary!
Sydnee Bagovich
Registered Representative (412) 392-3647 | Office(412) 848-2053 | Cell
This is an informational and sales presentation. Neither New York Life Ins. Co. nor its agents or affiliates providetax, legal, or accounting advice. Please consult your own professionals for tax, legal, and accounting advice. Any discussions of investment products is informational only and not intended as a solicitation of those types of products.
Meet Piper the therapy dog! Join us for a morning of stories, crafts and visit with a certified Canine Good Citizen. This program is sponsored by Animal Friends Literacy Services. (preschool ages 4-6).
Join our conversation salon for a lively discussion of current topics and events of the day. This group meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month.
Stay local and get vocal!
Do you need help with a device, your email account, Facebook, software or other technology questions? This 2 - 2:30 pm on Wednesday January 9 is available. Just click on the Register button to sign up for 1:1 help from a tech-savvy librarian!
Do you need help with a device, your email account, Facebook, software or other technology questions? This 2 - 2:30 pm on Wednesday January 9 is available. Just click on the Register button to sign up for 1:1 help from a tech-savvy librarian!
Do you need help with a device, your email account, Facebook, software or other technology questions? This 2 - 2:30 pm on Wednesday January 9 is available. Just click on the Register button to sign up for 1:1 help from a tech-savvy librarian!
New Program-Junior Librarians!
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a librarian? Do you think working in the children’s library would be exciting and fun? Then the junior librarian program is for you!
Whitehall Public Library welcomes students who want to volunteer. Student volunteers develop new skills and gain practical experience, as well as learn about the educational mission and vision of a public library. Junior librarians will work cooperatively as a team with staff members to complete projects and tasks in the children’s library. Volunteers must be entering grades 5-8. Junior librarians will meet the second Wednesday of the month from 6:30-7:30 pm.
BOOK BABIES is a program especially designed for your little ones birth to 24 months old and their caretakers.
Please join use for songs and stories.
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Club Otaku is a meeting place for anime and manga fans to watch, read, and discuss anime and manga. As well as share your favorite fanfiction and fanart with your fellow otaku!
PBS KIDS Family Creative Learning with Ruff Ruffman- Jan 5, 12, 19 and 26
PBS KIDS Family Creative Learning is a series of sessions that focus on learning through creative play and exploration! The STEM based program is designed for kids ages 5-8 (and younger/older siblings). Each session is divided into four parts EAT, EXPLORE, MAKE and SHARE! Families will enjoy a delicious catered breakfast, work together on a fun Ruff Ruffman themed project and share with one another.
Session 1: Mix It Up! Playing with Mixtures-Jan 5
Session 2: Material World! Investigating Material Science-Jan 12
Session 3: Stick or Slide! Exploring Force & Motion-Jan 19
Session 4: Build it Up! Learning about Structures-Jan 26
A facilitator from WQED will be available to instruct and support families as they work together. This is a grant-funded program sponsored by The Jefferson Regional Foundation. Registration is required for the first workshop. Participants must be able to attend all four workshops.
The Whitehall Library, a proud partner in the Heinz History Center Affiliates Program, will welcome residents to the Historical Society of Mt. Lebanon on January 12, 2019 from noon until 3:00 pm.
200 Lebanon Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15228
As the nation commemorates the 75th anniversary of the beginning of World War II, the Historical Society of Mt Lebanon will host a new traveling exhibition, We Can Do It! WWII, sponsored by Erie Insurance, The Eberly Foundation, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
The 500-square foot exhibit, created by the Senator John Heinz History Center for its Affiliate Program members, will be on display from December 1, 2018 through January 29, 2019.
The Whitehall Library will sponsor an opportunity to host Whitehall community members on January 12th at the Historical Society, from noon until 3:00 p.m.
The We Can Do It! WWII traveling exhibit explores Western Pennsylvania’s incredible impact on the home, industrial, and battle fronts during World War II.
LOCATION: Historical Society of Mt. Lebanon - 200 Lebanon Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15228
Calling all crafty and creative book lovers!
Join us for our special after-hours game night!
Don't miss this awesome, multi-library program. Bring friends. Bring board games. Bring food. Bring fun!
We will have a number of different board games, RPGs and card games for you to try. Plus, delicious treats. Added bonus: if you love one of our board games, whip out your library card, check it out and take it home! (Yep, you heard that right!)
Adults 16+ please.
Start the week with a full deck . . . of cards!
Join this game group for an afternoon of fun card games and good company. We’ll meet weekly in our Second Chapter Café to enjoy 500 and other trick-taking games in a nice atmosphere fit for a King! (Or at least a Jack.)
Stop by whenever you like and be our newest wild card!
It’s aces!
Bring your favorite board game to the library and play with your family or a friend.
Join us for stories, rhymes, games, crafts, and other activities (preschool ages 4-6).
Join us for stories, rhymes, games, crafts and other activities. Toddlers (ages 2 1/2 -4)
This club celebrates cookbooks and cooking! Club members will discuss and sample foods using recipes from selected cookbooks. Interested? Call the library to find out how to be a part of the next meeting.
We're always cooking up something good!
BOOK BABIES is a program especially designed for your little ones birth to 24 months old and their caretakers.
Please join use for songs and stories.
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Club Otaku is a meeting place for anime and manga fans to watch, read, and discuss anime and manga. As well as share your favorite fanfiction and fanart with your fellow otaku!
The Evening Book Discussion meets on the third Thursday of each month. For more information you can email Paula.
Stop by the Second Chapter Cafe to watch a different film each week! No registration required.
This week's selection is
Run time:
IT'S BACK! -- Whitehall Public Library has brought back its tabletop gaming program called Critical Hit. The program features gameplay and campaigns from Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition books.
Welcome back travelers it has been awhile. Have you completed your own quests?
Travel around once again with your old friends in groups of 4-8. Dive back in to those tricky mazes filled with jelly monsters and sand dragons. Tackle the horrors of archery contests and ski ball tournaments. Continue exploring the abandoned house filled with scurrying creatures and queens. The world you started awaits your return.
Bring your dice, your friends and your trusty DM (Dungeon Master) and prepare for things to get a dicey all over again.
Ages: Teens 13-20 Space is limited.
PBS KIDS Family Creative Learning with Ruff Ruffman- Jan 5, 12, 19 and 26
PBS KIDS Family Creative Learning is a series of sessions that focus on learning through creative play and exploration! The STEM based program is designed for kids ages 5-8 (and younger/older siblings). Each session is divided into four parts EAT, EXPLORE, MAKE and SHARE! Families will enjoy a delicious catered breakfast, work together on a fun Ruff Ruffman themed project and share with one another.
Session 1: Mix It Up! Playing with Mixtures-Jan 5
Session 2: Material World! Investigating Material Science-Jan 12
Session 3: Stick or Slide! Exploring Force & Motion-Jan 19
Session 4: Build it Up! Learning about Structures-Jan 26
A facilitator from WQED will be available to instruct and support families as they work together. This is a grant-funded program sponsored by The Jefferson Regional Foundation. Registration is required for the first workshop. Participants must be able to attend all four workshops.
Did you get a Kindle Fire over the holidays? This class will help you get started with your new Fire. We will go over Settings, wifi, and how to install free and useful apps to your device. Bring power cord and make sure your device is fully charged.
Note: Please bring power cord and make sure your device is fully charged. Additionally, if you have a problem with your Amazon account login information, please schedule an appointment ahead of time to get help.
Start the week with a full deck . . . of cards!
Join this game group for an afternoon of fun card games and good company. We’ll meet weekly in our Second Chapter Café to enjoy 500 and other trick-taking games in a nice atmosphere fit for a King! (Or at least a Jack.)
Stop by whenever you like and be our newest wild card!
It’s aces!
Family Night Special!
Join us for an evening of snow fun. Enjoy indoor snow activities such as winter stories, snowman painting, snowflake making, a snow sensory bin and a frozen STEM activity. Enjoy hot chocolate and cookies. Registration is required.
Join us for stories, rhymes, games, crafts, and other activities (preschool ages 4-6).
Want to start writing your memoirs, but not sure where to begin? Or have you begun and become stuck?
Join our memoir writers' group for gentle feedback that will help you improve your writing skills in a warm and supportive community. During each meeting, members take turns reading their recent work in exchange for feedback. Participants also help identify missing information, and make editorial suggestions. New members are encouraged to attend!
Join us for stories, rhymes, games, crafts and other activities. Toddlers (ages 2 1/2 -4)
Have trouble communicating your wants to friends and family? Are you bashful in public settings? Do you shut down when in a confrontation?
Join the library and author David Loshelder, M.S.Ed., to discover the life-changing ways (that no one else will tell you) to get what you want and when you want it from anyone you meet. Imagine successfully engaging others and witnessing them respond exactly the way you want them to by using simple, easy to learn, proven communication techniques.
There are four basic communication styles you will learn in this one-hour informal workshop. This knowledge will allow you to develop healthy, high performing teams. We will examine various communication styles that allow you to gain an understanding of how to effectively convey your message to others.
Refreshments will be provided.
Bio: David Loshelder is the founder and owner of 3LG Solutions. He brings a unique blend of business experiences that provides a fresh look at personal and professional achievement. He is the author of two books: Take Care of #1 So You Don't Step In #2 and Protect Yourself: Top 10 Lifesaving Self-Defense Techniques. He received his B.A. from Pennsylvania State University and M.S. at Duquesne University. As an avid martial artist, Dave was also ranked USA #1 judo player in his weight class in the early 1990s. He lives in Pittsburgh, PA with his wife and three children.
Join our conversation salon for a lively discussion of current topics and events of the day. This group meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month.
Stay local and get vocal!
BOOK BABIES is a program especially designed for your little ones birth to 24 months old and their caretakers.
Please join use for songs and stories.
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Club Otaku is a meeting place for anime and manga fans to watch, read, and discuss anime and manga. As well as share your favorite fanfiction and fanart with your fellow otaku!
Stop by the Second Chapter Cafe to watch a different film each week! No registration required.
This week's selection is
Run time:
PBS KIDS Family Creative Learning with Ruff Ruffman- Jan 5, 12, 19 and 26
PBS KIDS Family Creative Learning is a series of sessions that focus on learning through creative play and exploration! The STEM based program is designed for kids ages 5-8 (and younger/older siblings). Each session is divided into four parts EAT, EXPLORE, MAKE and SHARE! Families will enjoy a delicious catered breakfast, work together on a fun Ruff Ruffman themed project and share with one another.
Session 1: Mix It Up! Playing with Mixtures-Jan 5
Session 2: Material World! Investigating Material Science-Jan 12
Session 3: Stick or Slide! Exploring Force & Motion-Jan 19
Session 4: Build it Up! Learning about Structures-Jan 26
A facilitator from WQED will be available to instruct and support families as they work together. This is a grant-funded program sponsored by The Jefferson Regional Foundation. Registration is required for the first workshop. Participants must be able to attend all four workshops.
Do you have a black thumb?
Is your copy of War and Peace propping open the front door?
Have you started Pride and Prejudice more times than your car?
If so, join the book club devoted to turning that masterpiece into a piece of cake!
We’ll tackle another classic work each month to see if it deserves its place on history’s highest shelf!
This month's selection is Eve's Hollywood by Eve Babitz.
Start the week with a full deck . . . of cards!
Join this game group for an afternoon of fun card games and good company. We’ll meet weekly in our Second Chapter Café to enjoy 500 and other trick-taking games in a nice atmosphere fit for a King! (Or at least a Jack.)
Stop by whenever you like and be our newest wild card!
It’s aces!
Join us for an evening of building fun! We will have Lego's, Lincoln Logs, Magna Tiles and more.
Join Tinkergarten for a fun and interactive story time! We will sing, read, and explore some seasonal nature treasures with a fun activity. After our indoor story time, we will go on a short walk to the park for some outdoor play and exploration (weather permitting). Registration is required.
If you love the idea of book clubs but not the traditional logistics, than this group is for you!
For an in-person discussion, join us at Mindful Brewing on the last Tuesday of the month from 7-8pm. Enjoy good beer, food, and friends - all while discussing great books!
Alternatively, if that doesn't work for you or your schedule, join us online in our Facebook Group! Discuss good (and bad!) books, share reviews, read about the newest releases, and more! Plus, you can even engage with our in-person group on Tuesday nights! Our librarian will be posting live throughout the meet up. Read along with us and share your opinions of the book!
For more information, join the group online at www.facebook.com/groups/WPLbookclub
This month, we are reading Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
An unforgettable journey into one man's remarkable life, and an epic story about the power, intimacy, and curious beauty of the work of healing others set in 1960s & 1970s Ethiopia and 1980s America.
Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon at a mission hospital in Addis Ababa. Orphaned by their mother’s death in childbirth and their father’s disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Yet it will be love, not politics—their passion for the same woman—that will tear them apart and force Marion, fresh out of medical school, to flee his homeland. He makes his way to America, finding refuge in his work as an intern at an underfunded, overcrowded New York City hospital. When the past catches up to him—nearly destroying him—Marion must entrust his life to the two men he thought he trusted least in the world: the surgeon father who abandoned him and the brother who betrayed him.
This program is open to all who are interested in military history and World War II. Veterans and non-veterans alike are welcome to join this lively group that meets on the last Wednesday of every month to discuss military conflicts and history.
We watch films and war-era shorts, read literature, and talk about all things WW II.
See you Over There!
Join Tinkergarten for a fun and interactive story time! We will sing, read, and explore some seasonal nature treasures with a fun activity. After our indoor story time, we will go on a short walk to the park for some outdoor play and exploration (weather permitting). Registration is required.
Are you thrilled by a good mystery?
Join the Mystery Book Group! We meet once per month to discuss the hottest whodunnits. This month, we will be discussing: Darktown by Thomas Mullen.
Responding to orders from on high, the Atlanta Police Department is forced to hire its first black officers, including war veterans Lucius Boggs and Tommy Smith. The newly minted policemen are met with deep hostility by their white peers; they aren’t allowed to arrest white suspects, drive squad cars, or set foot in the police headquarters.
When a woman who was last seen in a car driven by a white man turns up dead, Boggs and Smith suspect white cops are behind it. Their investigation sets them up against a brutal cop, Dunlow, who has long run the neighborhood as his own, and his partner, Rakestraw, a young progressive who may or may not be willing to make allies across color lines. Among shady moonshiners, duplicitous madams, crooked lawmen, and the constant restrictions of Jim Crow, Boggs and Smith will risk their new jobs, and their lives, while navigating a dangerous world—a world on the cusp of great change.
A vivid, smart, intricately plotted crime saga that explores the timely issues of race, law enforcement, and the uneven scales of justice.
For information on all our book clubs, visit http://www.whitehallpubliclibrary.org/bookclubs-adults/
BOOK BABIES is a program especially designed for your little ones birth to 24 months old and their caretakers.
Please join use for songs and stories.
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Club Otaku is a meeting place for anime and manga fans to watch, read, and discuss anime and manga. As well as share your favorite fanfiction and fanart with your fellow otaku!
Stop by the Second Chapter Cafe to watch a different film each week! No registration required.
This week's selection is
Run time:
IT'S BACK! -- Whitehall Public Library has brought back its tabletop gaming program called Critical Hit. The program features gameplay and campaigns from Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition books.
Welcome back travelers it has been awhile. Have you completed your own quests?
Travel around once again with your old friends in groups of 4-8. Dive back in to those tricky mazes filled with jelly monsters and sand dragons. Tackle the horrors of archery contests and ski ball tournaments. Continue exploring the abandoned house filled with scurrying creatures and queens. The world you started awaits your return.
Bring your dice, your friends and your trusty DM (Dungeon Master) and prepare for things to get a dicey all over again.
Ages: Teens 13-20 Space is limited.
Did you get a Galaxy Tab (Android tablet over the holidays? This class will help you get started with your new tablet. We will go over Settings, wifi, and how to install free and useful apps to your device. Bring power cord and make sure your device is fully charged.
Note: Please bring power cord and make sure your device is fully charged. Additionally, if you have a problem with your Gmail account login information, please schedule an appointment ahead of time to get help.
Join us for stories, activities, crafts, snacks and fun for the whole family.
Join us for stories, rhymes, games, crafts, and other activities (preschool ages 4-6).
Want to start writing your memoirs, but not sure where to begin? Or have you begun and become stuck?
Join our memoir writers' group for gentle feedback that will help you improve your writing skills in a warm and supportive community. During each meeting, members take turns reading their recent work in exchange for feedback. Participants also help identify missing information, and make editorial suggestions. New members are encouraged to attend!
BOOK BABIES is a program especially designed for your little ones birth to 24 months old and their caretakers.
Please join use for songs and stories.
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Club Otaku is a meeting place for anime and manga fans to watch, read, and discuss anime and manga. As well as share your favorite fanfiction and fanart with your fellow otaku!
Stop by the Second Chapter Cafe to watch a different film each week! No registration required.
This week's selection is
Run time:
Calling all crafty and creative book lovers!
Join us for stories, activities, crafts, snacks and fun for the whole family.
Join us for stories, rhymes, games, crafts, and other activities (preschool ages 4-6).
Join our conversation salon for a lively discussion of current topics and events of the day. This group meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month.
Stay local and get vocal!
New Program-Junior Librarians!
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a librarian? Do you think working in the children’s library would be exciting and fun? Then the junior librarian program is for you!
Whitehall Public Library welcomes students who want to volunteer. Student volunteers develop new skills and gain practical experience, as well as learn about the educational mission and vision of a public library. Junior librarians will work cooperatively as a team with staff members to complete projects and tasks in the children’s library. Volunteers must be entering grades 5-8. Junior librarians will meet the second Wednesday of the month from 6:30-7:30 pm.
BOOK BABIES is a program especially designed for your little ones birth to 24 months old and their caretakers.
Please join use for songs and stories.
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Club Otaku is a meeting place for anime and manga fans to watch, read, and discuss anime and manga. As well as share your favorite fanfiction and fanart with your fellow otaku!
Stop by the Second Chapter Cafe to watch a different film each week! No registration required.
This week's selection is
Run time:
IT'S BACK! -- Whitehall Public Library has brought back its tabletop gaming program called Critical Hit. The program features gameplay and campaigns from Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition books.
Welcome back travelers it has been awhile. Have you completed your own quests?
Travel around once again with your old friends in groups of 4-8. Dive back in to those tricky mazes filled with jelly monsters and sand dragons. Tackle the horrors of archery contests and ski ball tournaments. Continue exploring the abandoned house filled with scurrying creatures and queens. The world you started awaits your return.
Bring your dice, your friends and your trusty DM (Dungeon Master) and prepare for things to get a dicey all over again.
Ages: Teens 13-20 Space is limited.
Join us for stories, activities, crafts, snacks and fun for the whole family.
Join us for stories, rhymes, games, crafts, and other activities (preschool ages 4-6).
Want to start writing your memoirs, but not sure where to begin? Or have you begun and become stuck?
Join our memoir writers' group for gentle feedback that will help you improve your writing skills in a warm and supportive community. During each meeting, members take turns reading their recent work in exchange for feedback. Participants also help identify missing information, and make editorial suggestions. New members are encouraged to attend!
This club celebrates cookbooks and cooking! Club members will discuss and sample foods using recipes from selected cookbooks. Interested? Call the library to find out how to be a part of the next meeting.
We're always cooking up something good!
BOOK BABIES is a program especially designed for your little ones birth to 24 months old and their caretakers.
Please join use for songs and stories.
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Club Otaku is a meeting place for anime and manga fans to watch, read, and discuss anime and manga. As well as share your favorite fanfiction and fanart with your fellow otaku!
The Evening Book Discussion meets on the third Thursday of each month. For more information you can email Paula.
Stop by the Second Chapter Cafe to watch a different film each week! No registration required.
This week's selection is
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Is your copy of War and Peace propping open the front door?
Have you started Pride and Prejudice more times than your car?
If so, join the book club devoted to turning that masterpiece into a piece of cake!
We’ll tackle another classic work each month to see if it deserves its place on history’s highest shelf!
This month's selection is Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison.
Join us for stories, activities, crafts, snacks and fun for the whole family.
Join us for stories, rhymes, games, crafts, and other activities (preschool ages 4-6).
This program is open to all who are interested in military history and World War II. Veterans and non-veterans alike are welcome to join this lively group that meets on the last Wednesday of every month to discuss military conflicts and history.
We watch films and war-era shorts, read literature, and talk about all things WW II.
See you Over There!
Join our conversation salon for a lively discussion of current topics and events of the day. This group meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month.
Stay local and get vocal!
Are you thrilled by a good mystery?
Join the Mystery Book Group! We meet once per month to discuss the hottest whodunnits. This month, we will be discussing: The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey.
Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Armed with a legal education from Oxford, Perveen also has a tragic personal history that makes women's legal rights especially important to her.
Mistry Law has been appointed to execute the will of Mr. Omar Farid, a wealthy Muslim mill owner who has left three widows behind. But as Perveen examines the paperwork, she notices something strange: all three of the wives have signed over their full inheritance to a charity. What will they live on? Perveen is suspicious, especially since one of the widows has signed her form with an X—meaning she probably couldn't even read the document. The Farid widows live in full purdah—in strict seclusion, never leaving the women's quarters or speaking to any men. Are they being taken advantage of by an unscrupulous guardian? Perveen tries to investigate, and realizes her instincts were correct when tensions escalate to murder. Now it is her responsibility to figure out what really happened on Malabar Hill, and to ensure that no innocent women or children are in further danger.
Inspired in part by the woman who made history as India's first female attorney, The Widows of Malabar Hill is a richly wrought story of multicultural 1920s Bombay as well as the debut of a sharp new sleuth.
For information on all our book clubs, visit http://www.whitehallpubliclibrary.org/bookclubs-adults/
BOOK BABIES is a program especially designed for your little ones birth to 24 months old and their caretakers.
Please join use for songs and stories.
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Club Otaku is a meeting place for anime and manga fans to watch, read, and discuss anime and manga. As well as share your favorite fanfiction and fanart with your fellow otaku!
Stop by the Second Chapter Cafe to watch a different film each week! No registration required.
This week's selection is
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IT'S BACK! -- Whitehall Public Library has brought back its tabletop gaming program called Critical Hit. The program features gameplay and campaigns from Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition books.
Welcome back travelers it has been awhile. Have you completed your own quests?
Travel around once again with your old friends in groups of 4-8. Dive back in to those tricky mazes filled with jelly monsters and sand dragons. Tackle the horrors of archery contests and ski ball tournaments. Continue exploring the abandoned house filled with scurrying creatures and queens. The world you started awaits your return.
Bring your dice, your friends and your trusty DM (Dungeon Master) and prepare for things to get a dicey all over again.
Ages: Teens 13-20 Space is limited.
Start the week with a full deck . . . of cards!
Join this game group for an afternoon of fun card games and good company. We’ll meet weekly in our Second Chapter Café to enjoy 500 and other trick-taking games in a nice atmosphere fit for a King! (Or at least a Jack.)
Stop by whenever you like and be our newest wild card!
It’s aces!
Want to start writing your memoirs, but not sure where to begin? Or have you begun and become stuck?
Join our memoir writers' group for gentle feedback that will help you improve your writing skills in a warm and supportive community. During each meeting, members take turns reading their recent work in exchange for feedback. Participants also help identify missing information, and make editorial suggestions. New members are encouraged to attend!
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Club Otaku is a meeting place for anime and manga fans to watch, read, and discuss anime and manga. As well as share your favorite fanfiction and fanart with your fellow otaku!
Stop by the Second Chapter Cafe to watch a different film each week! No registration required.
This week's selection is
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Calling all crafty and creative book lovers!
Join our conversation salon for a lively discussion of current topics and events of the day. This group meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month.
Stay local and get vocal!
New Program-Junior Librarians!
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a librarian? Do you think working in the children’s library would be exciting and fun? Then the junior librarian program is for you!
Whitehall Public Library welcomes students who want to volunteer. Student volunteers develop new skills and gain practical experience, as well as learn about the educational mission and vision of a public library. Junior librarians will work cooperatively as a team with staff members to complete projects and tasks in the children’s library. Volunteers must be entering grades 5-8. Junior librarians will meet the second Wednesday of the month from 6:30-7:30 pm.
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Club Otaku is a meeting place for anime and manga fans to watch, read, and discuss anime and manga. As well as share your favorite fanfiction and fanart with your fellow otaku!
Stop by the Second Chapter Cafe to watch a different film each week! No registration required.
This week's selection is
Run time:
IT'S BACK! -- Whitehall Public Library has brought back its tabletop gaming program called Critical Hit. The program features gameplay and campaigns from Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition books.
Welcome back travelers it has been awhile. Have you completed your own quests?
Travel around once again with your old friends in groups of 4-8. Dive back in to those tricky mazes filled with jelly monsters and sand dragons. Tackle the horrors of archery contests and ski ball tournaments. Continue exploring the abandoned house filled with scurrying creatures and queens. The world you started awaits your return.
Bring your dice, your friends and your trusty DM (Dungeon Master) and prepare for things to get a dicey all over again.
Ages: Teens 13-20 Space is limited.
Want to start writing your memoirs, but not sure where to begin? Or have you begun and become stuck?
Join our memoir writers' group for gentle feedback that will help you improve your writing skills in a warm and supportive community. During each meeting, members take turns reading their recent work in exchange for feedback. Participants also help identify missing information, and make editorial suggestions. New members are encouraged to attend!
This club celebrates cookbooks and cooking! Club members will discuss and sample foods using recipes from selected cookbooks. Interested? Call the library to find out how to be a part of the next meeting.
We're always cooking up something good!
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Club Otaku is a meeting place for anime and manga fans to watch, read, and discuss anime and manga. As well as share your favorite fanfiction and fanart with your fellow otaku!
The Evening Book Discussion meets on the third Thursday of each month. For more information you can email Paula.
Stop by the Second Chapter Cafe to watch a different film each week! No registration required.
This week's selection is
Run time:
This program is open to all who are interested in military history and World War II. Veterans and non-veterans alike are welcome to join this lively group that meets on the last Wednesday of every month to discuss military conflicts and history.
We watch films and war-era shorts, read literature, and talk about all things WW II.
See you Over There!
Join our conversation salon for a lively discussion of current topics and events of the day. This group meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month.
Stay local and get vocal!
Are you thrilled by a good mystery?
Join the Mystery Book Group! We meet once per month to discuss the hottest whodunnits. This month, we will be discussing: Twenty-One Days by Anne Perry.
1910: Twenty-five-year-old Daniel Pitt is a junior barrister in London and eager to prove himself, independent of his renowned parents’ influence. And the new case before him will be the test. When his client, arrogant biographer Russell Graves, is found guilty of murdering his wife, Daniel is dispatched to find the real killer before Graves faces the hangman’s noose—in only twenty-one days.
Could Mrs. Graves’s violent death have anything to do with her husband’s profession? Someone in power may be framing the biographer to keep damaging secrets from coming to light. It is a theory that leads Daniel’s investigation unexpectedly to London’s Special Branch—and, disturbingly, to one of his father’s closest colleagues.
Caught between duty to the law and a fierce desire to protect his family, Daniel must call on his keen intellect—and trust his natural instincts—to find the truth in a tangle of dark deception, lest an innocent man hang for another’s heinous crime.
For information on all our book clubs, visit http://www.whitehallpubliclibrary.org/bookclubs-adults/
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Club Otaku is a meeting place for anime and manga fans to watch, read, and discuss anime and manga. As well as share your favorite fanfiction and fanart with your fellow otaku!
Stop by the Second Chapter Cafe to watch a different film each week! No registration required.
This week's selection is
Run time:
IT'S BACK! -- Whitehall Public Library has brought back its tabletop gaming program called Critical Hit. The program features gameplay and campaigns from Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition books.
Welcome back travelers it has been awhile. Have you completed your own quests?
Travel around once again with your old friends in groups of 4-8. Dive back in to those tricky mazes filled with jelly monsters and sand dragons. Tackle the horrors of archery contests and ski ball tournaments. Continue exploring the abandoned house filled with scurrying creatures and queens. The world you started awaits your return.
Bring your dice, your friends and your trusty DM (Dungeon Master) and prepare for things to get a dicey all over again.
Ages: Teens 13-20 Space is limited.
Is your copy of War and Peace propping open the front door?
Have you started Pride and Prejudice more times than your car?
If so, join the book club devoted to turning that masterpiece into a piece of cake!
We’ll tackle another classic work each month to see if it deserves its place on history’s highest shelf!
This month's selection is
Want to start writing your memoirs, but not sure where to begin? Or have you begun and become stuck?
Join our memoir writers' group for gentle feedback that will help you improve your writing skills in a warm and supportive community. During each meeting, members take turns reading their recent work in exchange for feedback. Participants also help identify missing information, and make editorial suggestions. New members are encouraged to attend!
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Stop by the Second Chapter Cafe to watch a different film each week! No registration required.
This week's selection is
Run time:
New Program-Junior Librarians!
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a librarian? Do you think working in the children’s library would be exciting and fun? Then the junior librarian program is for you!
Whitehall Public Library welcomes students who want to volunteer. Student volunteers develop new skills and gain practical experience, as well as learn about the educational mission and vision of a public library. Junior librarians will work cooperatively as a team with staff members to complete projects and tasks in the children’s library. Volunteers must be entering grades 5-8. Junior librarians will meet the second Wednesday of the month from 6:30-7:30 pm.
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Stop by the Second Chapter Cafe to watch a different film each week! No registration required.
This week's selection is
Run time:
Want to start writing your memoirs, but not sure where to begin? Or have you begun and become stuck?
Join our memoir writers' group for gentle feedback that will help you improve your writing skills in a warm and supportive community. During each meeting, members take turns reading their recent work in exchange for feedback. Participants also help identify missing information, and make editorial suggestions. New members are encouraged to attend!
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
The Evening Book Discussion meets on the third Thursday of each month. For more information you can email Paula.
Stop by the Second Chapter Cafe to watch a different film each week! No registration required.
This week's selection is
Run time:
This program is open to all who are interested in military history and World War II. Veterans and non-veterans alike are welcome to join this lively group that meets on the last Wednesday of every month to discuss military conflicts and history.
We watch films and war-era shorts, read literature, and talk about all things WW II.
See you Over There!
Are you thrilled by a good mystery?
Join the Mystery Book Group! We meet once per month to discuss the hottest whodunnits. This month, we will be discussing: The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker.
For over five years, the Four Monkey Killer has terrorized the residents of Chicago. When his body is found, the police quickly realize he was on his way to deliver one final message, one which proves he has taken another victim who may still be alive.
As the lead investigator on the 4MK task force, Detective Sam Porter knows that even in death, the killer is far from finished. When he discovers a personal diary in the jacket pocket of the body, Porter finds himself caught up in the mind of a psychopath, unraveling a twisted history in hopes of finding one last girl, all while struggling with personal demons of his own.
With only a handful of clues, the elusive killer’s identity remains a mystery. Time is running out as the Four Monkey Killer taunts from beyond the grave in this masterfully written fast-paced thriller.
For information on all our book clubs, visit http://www.whitehallpubliclibrary.org/bookclubs-adults/
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
The library welcomes two experts of all things supernatural, paranormal, and the unexplained.
For the past thirty years, sisters Suzanne and Jean Vincent have worked as professional mediums and Psychic Investigators who help local authorities to profile criminals and locate missing persons.
They were pivotal in breaking the murder case of Blairsville dentist John Yelenic and with the Caylee Anthony murder. Their talents have been broadcast nationally with featured roles on the Biography Channel, Discovery Channel, and TV One.
In this intimate chat, they’ll discuss how their psychic journey began, what it’s like to live among the supernatural, and the murder cases which they helped to solve.
Join us for an eye-opening and revealing talk as we peek behind the curtain to see what awaits us on the other side!
Bio: Suzanne and Jean Vincent started their journey in the Puritan Spiritualist Church. Their pastor, Anna Gross, saw in them a psychic gift. They became mediums by the age of twelve, engaging in mediumship training while in church. They participated in parapsychology classes in Chicago, Clearwater, Pittsburgh, and Lilly Dale, New York, at Lilly Dale Assemblies Spiritualist Retreat. They live and practice in Pittsburgh.
Stop by the Second Chapter Cafe to watch a different film each week! No registration required.
This week's selection is
Run time:
Is your copy of War and Peace propping open the front door?
Have you started Pride and Prejudice more times than your car?
If so, join the book club devoted to turning that masterpiece into a piece of cake!
We’ll tackle another classic work each month to see if it deserves its place on history’s highest shelf!
This month's selection is
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Want to start writing your memoirs, but not sure where to begin? Or have you begun and become stuck?
Join our memoir writers' group for gentle feedback that will help you improve your writing skills in a warm and supportive community. During each meeting, members take turns reading their recent work in exchange for feedback. Participants also help identify missing information, and make editorial suggestions. New members are encouraged to attend!
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
The Evening Book Discussion meets on the third Thursday of each month. For more information you can email Paula.
Want to start writing your memoirs, but not sure where to begin? Or have you begun and become stuck?
Join our memoir writers' group for gentle feedback that will help you improve your writing skills in a warm and supportive community. During each meeting, members take turns reading their recent work in exchange for feedback. Participants also help identify missing information, and make editorial suggestions. New members are encouraged to attend!
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Is your copy of War and Peace propping open the front door?
Have you started Pride and Prejudice more times than your car?
If so, join the book club devoted to turning that masterpiece into a piece of cake!
We’ll tackle another classic work each month to see if it deserves its place on history’s highest shelf!
This month's selection is
Are you thrilled by a good mystery?
Join the Mystery Book Group! We meet once per month to discuss the hottest whodunnits. This month, we will be discussing: Lethal White by Robert Galbraith.
When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to private eye Cormoran Strike’s office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child, Strike is left deeply unsettled. While Billy is obviously mentally distressed, and cannot remember many concrete details, there is something sincere about him and his story. But before Strike can question him further, Billy bolts from his office in a panic.
Trying to get to the bottom of Billy’s story, Strike and Robin Ellacott—once his assistant, now a partner in the agency—set off on a twisting trail that leads them through the backstreets of London, into a secretive inner sanctum within Parliament, and to a beautiful but sinister manor house deep in the countryside.
And during this labyrinthine investigation, Strike’s own life is far from straightforward: his newfound fame as a private eye means he can no longer operate behind the scenes as he once did. Plus, his relationship with his former assistant is more fraught than it ever has been—Robin is now invaluable to Strike in the business, but their personal relationship is much, much trickier than that.
The most epic Robert Galbraith novel yet, Lethal White is both a gripping mystery and a page-turning next instalment in the ongoing story of Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott.
For information on all our book clubs, visit http://www.whitehallpubliclibrary.org/bookclubs-adults/
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Are you thrilled by a good mystery?
Join the Mystery Book Group! We meet once per month to discuss the hottest whodunnits. This month, we will be discussing: The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager.
Two Truths and a Lie. The girls played it all the time in their cabin at Camp Nightingale. Vivian, Natalie, Allison, and first-time camper Emma Davis, the youngest of the group. But the games ended the night Emma sleepily watched the others sneak out of the cabin into the darkness. The last she--or anyone--saw of them was Vivian closing the cabin door behind her, hushing Emma with a finger pressed to her lips.
Now a rising star in the New York art scene, Emma turns her past into paintings--massive canvases filled with dark leaves and gnarled branches that cover ghostly shapes in white dresses. When the paintings catch the attention of Francesca Harris-White, the wealthy owner of Camp Nightingale, she implores Emma to return to the newly reopened camp as a painting instructor. Seeing an opportunity to find out what really happened to her friends all those years ago, Emma agrees.
Familiar faces, unchanged cabins, and the same dark lake haunt Nightingale, even though the camp is opening its doors for the first time since the disappearances. Emma is even assigned to the same cabin she slept in as a teenager, but soon discovers a security camera--the only one on the property--pointed directly at its door. Then cryptic clues that Vivian left behind about the camp's twisted origins begin surfacing. As she digs deeper, Emma finds herself sorting through lies from the past while facing mysterious threats in the present. And the closer she gets to the truth about Camp Nightingale and what really happened to those girls, the more she realizes that closure could come at a deadly price.
For information on all our book clubs, visit http://www.whitehallpubliclibrary.org/bookclubs-adults/
Join fellow game lovers for an afternoon of fun. Play Scrabble, Mahjong, Rummikub, Pictionary, Uno, Scattegories, Dominoes and more!
Stop by and get in the game!
Is your copy of War and Peace propping open the front door?
Have you started Pride and Prejudice more times than your car?
If so, join the book club devoted to turning that masterpiece into a piece of cake!
We’ll tackle another classic work each month to see if it deserves its place on history’s highest shelf!
This month's selection is
Are you thrilled by a good mystery?
Join the Mystery Book Group! We meet once per month to discuss the hottest whodunnits. This month, we will be discussing: The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson.
In a tantalizing set-up reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith’s classic Strangers on a Train… On a night flight from London to Boston, Ted Severson meets the stunning and mysterious Lily Kintner. Sharing one too many martinis, the strangers begin to play a game of truth, revealing very intimate details about themselves. Ted talks about his marriage that’s going stale and his wife Miranda, who he’s sure is cheating on him. Ted and his wife were a mismatch from the start—he the rich businessman, she the artistic free spirit—a contrast that once inflamed their passion, but has now become a cliché.
But their game turns a little darker when Ted jokes that he could kill Miranda for what she’s done. Lily, without missing a beat, says calmly, “I’d like to help.” After all, some people are the kind worth killing, like a lying, stinking, cheating spouse. . . .
Back in Boston, Ted and Lily’s twisted bond grows stronger as they begin to plot Miranda's demise. But there are a few things about Lily’s past that she hasn’t shared with Ted, namely her experience in the art and craft of murder, a journey that began in her very precocious youth.
Suddenly these co-conspirators are embroiled in a chilling game of cat-and-mouse, one they both cannot survive . . . with a shrewd and very determined detective on their tail.
For information on all our book clubs, visit http://www.whitehallpubliclibrary.org/bookclubs-adults/
Are you thrilled by a good mystery?
Join the Mystery Book Group! We meet once per month to discuss the hottest whodunnits. This month, we will be discussing: Hearts of the Missing by Carol Potenza.
When a young woman linked to a list of missing Fire-Sky tribal members commits suicide, Pueblo Police Sergeant Nicky Matthews is assigned to the case. As the investigation unfolds, she uncovers a threat that strikes at the very heart of what it means to be a Fire-Sky Native: victims chosen and murdered because of their genetic makeup. But these deaths are not just about a life taken. In a vengeful twist, the killer ensures the spirits of those targeted will wander forever, lost to their family, their People, and their ancestors. When those closest to Nicky are put in jeopardy, she must be willing to sacrifice everything?her career, her life, even her soul?to save the people she is sworn to protect.
For information on all our book clubs, visit http://www.whitehallpubliclibrary.org/bookclubs-adults/
Are you thrilled by a good mystery?
Join the Mystery Book Group! We meet once per month to discuss the hottest whodunnits. This month, we will be discussing: The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich.
Before Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich begins a summer job at a law firm in Louisiana, working to help defend men accused of murder, she thinks her position is clear. The child of two lawyers, she is staunchly anti-death penalty. But the moment convicted murderer Ricky Langley’s face flashes on the screen as she reviews old tapes, the moment she hears him speak of his crimes -- she is overcome with the feeling of wanting him to die. Shocked by her reaction, she digs deeper and deeper into the case. Despite their vastly different circumstances, something in his story is unsettlingly, uncannily familiar.
Crime, even the darkest and most unsayable acts, can happen to any one of us. As Alexandria pores over the facts of the murder, she finds herself thrust into the complicated narrative of Ricky’s childhood. And by examining the details of Ricky’s case, she is forced to face her own story, to unearth long-buried family secrets, and reckon with a past that colors her view of Ricky's crime.
But another surprise awaits: She wasn’t the only one who saw her life in Ricky’s.
An intellectual and emotional thriller that is also a different kind of murder mystery, The Fact of a Body is a book not only about how the story of one crime was constructed -- but about how we grapple with our own personal histories. Along the way it tackles questions about the nature of forgiveness, and if a single narrative can ever really contain something as definitive as the truth. This groundbreaking, heart-stopping work, ten years in the making, shows how the law is more personal than we would like to believe -- and the truth more complicated, and powerful, than we could ever imagine.
For information on all our book clubs, visit http://www.whitehallpubliclibrary.org/bookclubs-adults/
Are you thrilled by a good mystery?
Join the Mystery Book Group! We meet once per month to discuss the hottest whodunnits. This month, we will be discussing: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Merricat Blackwood lives on the family estate with her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian. Not long ago there were seven Blackwoods—until a fatal dose of arsenic found its way into the sugar bowl one terrible night. Acquitted of the murders, Constance has returned home, where Merricat protects her from the curiosity and hostility of the villagers. Their days pass in happy isolation until cousin Charles appears. Only Merricat can see the danger, and she must act swiftly to keep Constance from his grasp.
For information on all our book clubs, visit http://www.whitehallpubliclibrary.org/bookclubs-adults/
Are you thrilled by a good mystery?
Join the Mystery Book Group! We meet once per month to discuss the hottest whodunnits. This month, we will be discussing: Whose Body? by Dorothy Sayers
Lord Peter Wimsey spends his days tracking down rare books, and his nights hunting killers. Though the Great War has left his nerves frayed with shellshock, Wimsey continues to be London’s greatest sleuth—and he’s about to encounter his oddest case yet.
A strange corpse has appeared in a suburban architect’s bathroom, stark naked save for an incongruous pince-nez. When Wimsey arrives on the scene, he is confronted with a once-in-a-lifetime puzzle. The police suspect that the bathtub’s owner is the murderer, but Wimsey’s investigation quickly reveals that the case is much stranger than anyone could have predicted.
Published in 1923, during detective fiction’s Golden Age, Whose Body? introduced a character and a series that would make Dorothy L. Sayers famous. To this day, Lord Peter remains 1 of the genre’s most beloved and brilliant characters.
For information on all our book clubs, visit http://www.whitehallpubliclibrary.org/bookclubs-adults/
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