Join guidebook author and TV host Rick Steves as he shares the latest in smart European travel. In this entertaining, information-packed slideshow lecture, Rick will teach you the secrets of safe, smart, inexpensive travel — low on stress and high on fun. You’ll learn how to travel smoothly and affordably by planning an efficient itinerary, eating and sleeping well, avoiding crowds, packing smartly, and more.
About the Author: ​​Rick Steves is a popular public television host, a best-selling guidebook author, and an outspoken activist who encourages Americans to broaden their perspectives through travel. He is the founder and owner of Rick Steves' Europe, a travel business with a small-group tour program that brings more than 30,000 people to Europe annually. Rick lives and works in his hometown of Edmonds, Washington, where his office window overlooks his old junior high school.
Judy Boshnack will teach us how to make homemade Van Dough Focaccia with vegetables! Come celebrate Italian Heritage month and make this delicious treat!
There is a non-refundable $5 fee due at the time of registration.
Air (2023)
Air tells the story of the game-changing partnership between a then-undiscovered Michael
Jordan and Nike’s fledgling basketball division, which revolutionized the world of sports and
culture. Starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Chris Messina, Marlon Wayans,
Chris Tucker, and Viola Davis. (1 hour, 51 minutes)
In Stitches offers patrons the opportunity to learn to crochet or knit in a warm, friendly environment. Come enjoy the comaraderie while learning a new skill or improving on the skills you already have. Work on your own or on a group project.
Immagini di Antenati: Photos of our Italian Ancestors
Photographs can bring our ancestors to life in exciting and moving ways. In some cases, a family photo may be the only remaining evidence of what someone looked like, while in other cases, they can provide significant genealogical clues, helping us to overcome those pesky brick walls. This talk will delve into all aspects of using historical photos in our genealogical research, along with introducing methods of *finding* photos of ancestors, and discussion of the very real challenges of photo organization.
Michael Cassara is a professional genealogist and lecturer based in New York City, specializing in Italian/Sicilian genealogy, New York and New Jersey research, and genealogical technology. He has frequently presented at regional societies as well as national conferences, including five years of presentations at RootsTech, the 2018 Association of Professional Genealogists Professional Management Conference, a popular 2019 APG Webinar on genealogical technology, as well as talks at FGS, OGS, the New York State Family History Conference, and more. Michael holds a Certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University (OL19) and is a graduate of the ProGen Study Group (ProGen 43). He is the Past President of the Italian Genealogical Group (ItalianGen.org) and blogs about his research at http://www.digiroots.net. You can find him on Twitter and Facebook at @DigiRoots
Hosted by Locust Valley Library.
Hello B
eautiful by Anne Napoliano
Awarded a college basketball scholarship away from his childhood home silenced by tragedy, a young man befriends a spirited young woman who welcomes him into her loving, loud, chaotic household.
The Disordered Mi
nd by Eric Kandel
A Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist draws on his extensive research to explore how the mind and one's individual sense of self arise from the physical matter of the brain, explaining what brain disorders can teach us about human nature.
Rain Man (1988)
Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise) has just discovered he has an autistic brother named Raymond
(Dustin Hoffman) and is now taking him on the ride of his life. Or is it the other way around? (2
hours, 13 minutes)
Defensive Driving Course
Drivers who complete Empire Safety Council’s 6-hour Defensive Driving Course save 10% on their liability, personal injury protection, and collision insurance for THREE YEARS and may reduce up to FOUR points on their driving record. Course completion is transmitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles and recorded on each student’s driving record.
Adventure into traffic safety awareness!
Course entails student participation, with an informative workbook, and three safety education films. No formal testing.
Tuition - $ 30.00 per student payable by check only. Please make the check out to Empire Safety Council.
In Stitches offers patrons the opportunity to learn to crochet or knit in a warm, friendly environment. Come enjoy the comaraderie while learning a new skill or improving on the skills you already have. Work on your own or on a group project.
In Stitches offers patrons the opportunity to learn to crochet or knit in a warm, friendly environment. Come enjoy the comaraderie while learning a new skill or improving on the skills you already have. Work on your own or on a group project.
ADVENTURES OF AN ECLIPSE CHASER: To witness a total eclipse of the Sun is a privilege that comes in general, to a few people. Many live and die without ever beholding one. Once seen, however, it is a phenomenon never to be forgotten. The incredible panoply of phenomena that occur when the Sun becomes completely covered by the Moon -- the radiance of the pearly corona of the Sun which can be seen at no other time; the scarlet tongues of hydrogen gas rising from the surface of the darkened to heights of many thousands of miles; the unaccustomed presence of the brighter stars and planets in the daytime; the darkness of twilight and sudden fall of temperature, all remain indelibly planted in our memory for a lifetime. Expeditions and tours have been sent halfway around the world to observe total eclipses. But on April 8, 2024, those who live in the Northeast US and New England will have one delivered at their doors. Over the last 50 years, Joe Rao has chased 13 eclipses around the globe, by land, sea and air. His PowerPoint talk, "The Adventures of an Eclipse Chaser," details the interesting . . . funny . . . and poignant occurrences that he has experienced in his efforts to briefly “bask in the shadow of the Moon.”
You’re invited to tune in as we 
chat with New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in Cabin 10 and The It Girl as she talks about her newest book, Zero Days.
In the adrenaline fueled thriller, Zero Days, Jack and her husband, Gabe, are hired by companies to break into buildings and hack security systems, and their best penetration specialists in the business. But after a routine assignment goes horribly wrong, Jack arrives home to find her husband dead. To add to her horror, the police are closing in on their suspect—her. Suddenly on the run and quickly running out of options, Jack must decide who she can trust as she circles closer to the real killer.
Stop the suspense and register for the thrill now!
About the Author: Ruth Ware worked as a waitress, a bookseller, a teacher of English as a foreign language, and a press officer before settling down as a full-time writer. She now lives with her family in Sussex, on the south coast of England. She is the #1 New York Times and Globe and Mail (Toronto) bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood; The Woman in Cabin 10; The Lying Game; The Death of Mrs. Westaway; The Turn of the Key; One by One; The It Girl; and Zero Days. Visit her at RuthWare.com or follow her on Twitter @RuthWareWriter.
A Taste of Italy. Chef Rob will demonstrate this delicious menu to celebrate Italian Heritage month!
The Board of Trustees will meet in Room A of the Annex this evening.
Jules (2023)
A flying saucer lands in the backyard of an elderly suburbanite (Ben Kingsley) with memory
problems, who forms a bond with the scared alien inside. (1 hour, 30 minutes)
POSTPONED UNTIL 2024
Due to a delay in the home video release, OPPENHEIMER can not be shown at this time. It will be scheduled for a Friday night in early 2024.
The Friday Night Movie will return in November.
Oppenheimer (2023)
The story of American scientist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and his role in the development of the
atomic bomb. Starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt and Robert Downey Jr. (3 hours)
Note: The Annex will open at 6:30 PM
In Stitches offers patrons the opportunity to learn to crochet or knit in a warm, friendly environment. Come enjoy the comaraderie while learning a new skill or improving on the skills you already have. Work on your own or on a group project.
In Stitches offers patrons the opportunity to learn to crochet or knit in a warm, friendly environment. Come enjoy the comaraderie while learning a new skill or improving on the skills you already have. Work on your own or on a group project.
Join Lisa Colon to make this spooky haunted house door sign sure to give your visitors a scare!
Adults will have some Halloween fun making this haunted project!
Donna Rovegno will lead you in a chair yoga class that incorporates traditional yoga poses, seated and standing, with the aid of a chair for stability and deep stretching. It is accessible and modified to all fitness levels and abilities, while promoting the therapeutic health benefits of stress reduction, relaxation, strength and mobility for the entire body and mind. You’ll leave feeling great!
Please bring a yoga mat, blocks and belt if you have them.
There is a non-refundable fee of $40 due at time of registration.
In Person registration for Gold Coast Residents begins on Thursday, September 7th at 9:30AM and 1 week later for non-residents.
THE 11:30AM CLASS IS FULL BUT WE ARE TAKING A WAIT LIST FOR A 1PM CLASS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE 1PM CLASS, PLEASE FILL OUT THE REGISTRATION FORM. PLEASE REGISTER WITH A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER SO WE CAN CONTACT YOU IF WE ARE ABLE TO FORM A CLASS.
Adults, come join Chris Vivas for a hands-on workshop focusing on the creation of a Halloween themed candle holder. Each participant will be able to create their own spooky design with Chris' guidance if needed. Templates will be available to help. The Headless Horseman is one possible theme, but it will be open to all spooky, scary, autumn, and haunted themes.
You are in for a treat when you join us for an intimate conversation with John Irving as he chats about not only his most recent novel, The Last Chairlift, but also about his prolific body of work and a lifetime spent writing. Irving’s first novel was published when he was just twenty-six years old. He has gone on to be nominated for a National Book Award three times and won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.
The Last Chairlift, Irving’s self-proclaimed final long novel, begins in Aspen, Colorado in 1941, when Rachel Brewster, a slalom skier, competes at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years later, looking for answers, Adam will go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerome, where he was conceived, Adam will meet some ghosts; they aren’t the first or the last ghosts he sees.
You don’t want to miss this hour online with internationally bestselling author John Irving. Register now!
About the Author: John Irving was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942. His first novel, Setting Free the Bears, was published in 1968, when he was twenty-six.
Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times, winning in 1980 for The World According to Garp. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules. In 2013, he won a Lambda Literary Award for In One Person. Internationally renowned, his books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. A Prayer for Owen Meany is his best-selling novel, in every language.
John Irving is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada. He lives in Toronto.
Night of the Hunter (1955)
This legendary, lone directorial effort of actor Charles Laughton stars Robert Mitchum as
"Reverend" Harry Powell. His sights are now set on $10,000 that only two little children know
about! (1 Hr. 32 Mins.)
In Stitches offers patrons the opportunity to learn to crochet or knit in a warm, friendly environment. Come enjoy the comaraderie while learning a new skill or improving on the skills you already have. Work on your own or on a group project.
In Stitches offers patrons the opportunity to learn to crochet or knit in a warm, friendly environment. Come enjoy the comaraderie while learning a new skill or improving on the skills you already have. Work on your own or on a group project.
Bog Bodies of Iron Age Europe
In this program we will discuss Bog Bodies, the eerily well-preserved remains of hundreds of people – men, women, and children – found in the swamps and peaty wetlands of northern Europe. One startling thing that archaeologists have learned is that most of the bog bodies died violently before their burials hidden beneath the peat. In this program, we will discuss who the bog bodies were during life, how they died, and the science behind their amazing preservation. Presented by Archaeologist Patty Hamrick.
Patty Hamrick is originally from Columbus, Ohio, where she attended the Ohio State University for her undergraduate degree in Archaeology. She went on to earn an M.A. in Anthropological Archaeology from New York University. She has worked on excavations across Europe, Asia, and North America, including India, Cyprus, and Syria. She loves bringing her passion for the past to new people.
The North Shore Programming Consortium consists of five local libraries (Bayville, Glen Cove, Gold Coast, Locust Valley and Oyster Bay) that have come together to bring our patrons more of a variety in adult programming in a more cost effective way. We hope you enjoy the programs now accessible from the Consortium!
This program is hosted by Bayville Free Library.
Donna Rovegno will lead you in a chair yoga class that incorporates traditional yoga poses, seated and standing, with the aid of a chair for stability and deep stretching. It is accessible and modified to all fitness levels and abilities, while promoting the therapeutic health benefits of stress reduction, relaxation, strength and mobility for the entire body and mind. You’ll leave feeling great!
Please bring a yoga mat, blocks and belt if you have them.
There is a non-refundable fee of $40 due at time of registration.
In Person registration for Gold Coast Residents begins on Thursday, September 7th at 9:30AM and 1 week later for non-residents.
THE 11:30AM CLASS IS FULL BUT WE ARE TAKING A WAIT LIST FOR A 1PM CLASS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE 1PM CLASS, PLEASE FILL OUT THE REGISTRATION FORM. PLEASE REGISTER WITH A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER SO WE CAN CONTACT YOU IF WE ARE ABLE TO FORM A CLASS.
Adults, come make adorable woodland ornaments for the Holiday season! Use them on a tree or as gift tags for that special animal lover!
Lisa Colon will show you how to create these special friends!
Join us for an intimate conversation with Full House star, John Stamos, as he leads us through his incredibly moving and vulnerable memoir, If You Would Have Told Me.
If you would have told a young John Stamos flipping burgers at his dad’s fast-food joint that one day he’d be a household name and that, at the height of his success, he’d be living alone, divorced, with no kids, high on a cocktail of forgetting, he might’ve asked, “You want fries with that?”
John burst onto the scene in General Hospital, propelling him into the teen idol stratosphere, a place that’s often a point of no return. But Stamos beat the odds and over the past four decades has proved himself to be one of his generation’s most successful and beloved actors. Whether showing off his comedic chops on Full House or his dramatic skills on ER, pushing the boundaries on Broadway or living out his youthful dreams as an honorary Beach Boy, John has surprised everyone, most of all himself.
A universal story about friendship, love, loss, and the courage to embrace love once more, John Stamos’s memoir is filled with some of the most memorable names in Hollywood, both old and new. Funny, deeply poignant, and brutally honest, If You Would Have Told Me is a portrait of a boy who went from believing in Disney magic to a man who learns that we have to create our own magical moments in life.
Register now!
About the Author: John Stamos, a three-time Emmy nominee, has earned his reputation as a highly regarded actor and producer throughout his over forty-year career in television, film, and on Broadway. His rise to fame began with his role in General Hospital and he has since captivated viewers with his diverse performances in Big Shot, You, ER, Grandfathered, Full House, and Fuller House and on stage in Cabaret, Bye Bye Birdie, and Gore Vidal’s The Best Man. Beyond acting, Stamos is a skilled musician, collaborating with The Beach Boys since 1985. He also serves as an ambassador for Childhelp.
Shred Your Paper Records Safely and Securely at the Library!
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The Friends of the Library are meeting this morning.
In Stitches offers patrons the opportunity to learn to crochet or knit in a warm, friendly environment. Come enjoy the comaraderie while learning a new skill or improving on the skills you already have. Work on your own or on a group project.
The Betty White Story
Betty had the longest career in television history spanning seven
decades beginning at the advent of the medium in 1949. Betty
was the first woman to produce and star in her own TV show.
In 2011 Betty was voted the most trusted celebrity in America
and is the winner of eight Emmy Awards. Betty has starred in
two classic sitcoms: The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The
Golden Girls. Join us as we learn this fascinating and inspiring
story of the beloved author, humanitarian, and - of course -
actress, The First Lady of Television: Betty White!
Donna Rovegno will lead you in a chair yoga class that incorporates traditional yoga poses, seated and standing, with the aid of a chair for stability and deep stretching. It is accessible and modified to all fitness levels and abilities, while promoting the therapeutic health benefits of stress reduction, relaxation, strength and mobility for the entire body and mind. You’ll leave feeling great!
Please bring a yoga mat, blocks and belt if you have them.
There is a non-refundable fee of $40 due at time of registration.
In Person registration for Gold Coast Residents begins on Thursday, September 7th at 9:30AM and 1 week later for non-residents.
THE 11:30AM CLASS IS FULL BUT WE ARE TAKING A WAIT LIST FOR A 1PM CLASS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE 1PM CLASS, PLEASE FILL OUT THE REGISTRATION FORM. PLEASE REGISTER WITH A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER SO WE CAN CONTACT YOU IF WE ARE ABLE TO FORM A CLASS.
Good Night,
Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
After D-Day, two heroic Red Cross women, Irene Woodward and Dorothy Dunford join the Allied soldiers streaming into France where they are embroiled in danger, from the Battle of the Bulge to the liberation of Buchenwald, and where Irene learns to trust again through their friendship.
Tiffany Aliche was a successful preschool teacher with a healthy nest egg when a recession and advice from a shady advisor put her out of a job and into a huge financial hole. As she began to chart the path to her own financial rescue, the outline of her ten-step formula for attaining both financial security and peace of mind began to take shape. These principles have now helped more than one million women worldwide save and pay off millions in debt, and begin planning for a richer life.
Her New York Times bestseller, Get Good with Money introduced the powerful concept of building wealth through financial wholeness: a realistic, achievable, and energizing alternative to get-rich-quick and over-complicated money management systems.
We all want to live within our means, save for retirement, invest a little, and yet still have some left over each month for fun. But as most people know, real life can get in the way of even our best intentions! To help us set realistic goals and keep us on track to meeting them, Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche has another invaluable 10-step action plan: Made Whole. With her signature down-to-earth style, her new workbook offers worksheets, checklists, clear explanations of intimidating financial terminology, Simple instruction on calculating our present situation and future needs, and handy hacks for increasing your credit score, making savings "hard to access," and finding support to stay on track to your goals
In this webinar, she will introduce action items for ten important building blocks, including advice on:
- The ins and outs of budgeting,
- Investing,
- Credit rating,
- Estate planning,
- Getting insurance, and
- Getting the flow of our money automated
A masterclass in taking charge of your money, “The Budgetnista” has what every reader needs to achieve financial savvy, stability, and security.
About the Author:
Tiffany Aliche, aka “The Budgetnista,” co-hosts the award-winning Brown Ambition podcast, appears as a financial expert on The Real, and runs an online school, the Live Richer Academy, through which she has taught thousands of women how to create, implement, and automate their financial plans. She has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Black Enterprise, Reader’s Digest, USA Today, Ebony, Forbes, Redbook, The New York Times, Fast Company, and U.S. News & World Report and has been on the Today Show, Good Morning America, and CNN. A repeat speaker at EssenceFest and The Watermark/Women’s Conference, she has also taped a series of financial tips for CNBC that reaches eighty million unique viewers each month.
In Stitches offers patrons the opportunity to learn to crochet or knit in a warm, friendly environment. Come enjoy the comaraderie while learning a new skill or improving on the skills you already have. Work on your own or on a group project.
Donna Rovegno will lead you in a chair yoga class that incorporates traditional yoga poses, seated and standing, with the aid of a chair for stability and deep stretching. It is accessible and modified to all fitness levels and abilities, while promoting the therapeutic health benefits of stress reduction, relaxation, strength and mobility for the entire body and mind. You’ll leave feeling great!
Please bring a yoga mat, blocks and belt if you have them.
There is a non-refundable fee of $40 due at time of registration.
In Person registration for Gold Coast Residents begins on Thursday, September 7th at 9:30AM and 1 week later for non-residents.
THE 11:30AM CLASS IS FULL BUT WE ARE TAKING A WAIT LIST FOR A 1PM CLASS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE 1PM CLASS, PLEASE FILL OUT THE REGISTRATION FORM. PLEASE REGISTER WITH A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER SO WE CAN CONTACT YOU IF WE ARE ABLE TO FORM A CLASS.
The Board of Trustees will meet in Room A of the Annex this evening.
United States Poet Laureate and winner of the 2022 Academy of American Poets Leadership Award, Joy Harjo, joins us for a chat about her most recent memoir, Catching the Light and to discuss her rewarding lifetime as a writer and poet.
In Catching the Light, Harjo examines the power of words and how poetry summons us toward justice and healing.
In this lyrical meditation about the why of writing poetry, Harjo reflects on significant points of illumination, experience, and questioning from her fifty years as a poet. Comprised of intimate vignettes that take us through the author’s life journey as a youth in the late 1960s, a single mother, and a champion of Native nations, this book offers a fresh understanding of how poetry functions as an expression of purpose, spirit, community, and memory.
Harjo insists the most meaningful poetry is birthed through cracks in history from what is broken and unseen. At the crossroads of this brokenness, she calls us to watch and listen for the songs of justice for all those America has denied. This is an homage to the power of words to defy erasure—to inscribe the story, again and again, of who we have been, who we are, and who we can be.
About the Author: In 2019, Joy Harjo was appointed the 23rd United States Poet Laureate, the first Native American to hold the position and only the second person to serve three terms in the role. Harjo’s nine books of poetry include Weaving Sundown in a Scarlett Light, An American Sunrise, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems, and She Had Some Horses. She is also the author of two memoirs, Crazy Brave and Poet Warrior, which invites us to travel along the heartaches, losses, and humble realizations of her “poet-warrior” road. She has edited several anthologies of Native American writing including When the Light of the World was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through — A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry, and Living Nations, Living Words, the companion anthology to her signature poet laureate project. Her many writing awards include the 2022 Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2019 Jackson Prize from Poets & Writers, the Ruth Lilly Prize from the Poetry Foundation, the 2015 Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets, and the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America. She is a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, Board of Directors Chair of the Native Arts & Cultures Foundation, and is artist-in-residence for the Bob Dylan Center. A renowned musician, Harjo performs with her saxophone nationally and internationally; her most recent album is I Pray For My Enemies. She lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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In Stitches offers patrons the opportunity to learn to crochet or knit in a warm, friendly environment. Come enjoy the comaraderie while learning a new skill or improving on the skills you already have. Work on your own or on a group project.
Donna Rovegno will lead you in a chair yoga class that incorporates traditional yoga poses, seated and standing, with the aid of a chair for stability and deep stretching. It is accessible and modified to all fitness levels and abilities, while promoting the therapeutic health benefits of stress reduction, relaxation, strength and mobility for the entire body and mind. You’ll leave feeling great!
Please bring a yoga mat, blocks and belt if you have them.
There is a non-refundable fee of $40 due at time of registration.
In Person registration for Gold Coast Residents begins on Thursday, September 7th at 9:30AM and 1 week later for non-residents.
THE 11:30AM CLASS IS FULL BUT WE ARE TAKING A WAIT LIST FOR A 1PM CLASS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE 1PM CLASS, PLEASE FILL OUT THE REGISTRATION FORM. PLEASE REGISTER WITH A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER SO WE CAN CONTACT YOU IF WE ARE ABLE TO FORM A CLASS.
In Stitches offers patrons the opportunity to learn to crochet or knit in a warm, friendly environment. Come enjoy the comaraderie while learning a new skill or improving on the skills you already have. Work on your own or on a group project.
Donna Rovegno will lead you in a chair yoga class that incorporates traditional yoga poses, seated and standing, with the aid of a chair for stability and deep stretching. It is accessible and modified to all fitness levels and abilities, while promoting the therapeutic health benefits of stress reduction, relaxation, strength and mobility for the entire body and mind. You’ll leave feeling great!
Please bring a yoga mat, blocks and belt if you have them.
There is a non-refundable fee of $40 due at time of registration.
In Person registration for Gold Coast Residents begins on Thursday, September 7th at 9:30AM and 1 week later for non-residents.
THE 11:30AM CLASS IS FULL BUT WE ARE TAKING A WAIT LIST FOR A 1PM CLASS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE 1PM CLASS, PLEASE FILL OUT THE REGISTRATION FORM. PLEASE REGISTER WITH A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER SO WE CAN CONTACT YOU IF WE ARE ABLE TO FORM A CLASS.
Bestselling and award-winning author, Naomi Alderman will join us to talk about her new book, The Future. This new novel delivers a dazzling tour de force where a handful of friends plot a daring heist to save the world from the tech giants whose greed threatens life as we know it.
When Martha Einkorn fled her father’s isolated compound in Oregon, she never expected to find herself working for a powerful social media mogul hell-bent on controlling everything. Now, she’s surrounded by mega-rich companies designing private weather, predictive analytics, and covert weaponry, while spouting technological prophecy. Martha may have left the cult, but if the apocalyptic warnings in her father’s fox and rabbit sermon—once a parable to her—are starting to come true, how much future is actually left?
Across the world, in a mall in Singapore, Lai Zhen, an internet-famous survivalist, flees from an assassin. She’s cornered, desperate and—worst of all—might die without ever knowing what's going on. Suddenly, a remarkable piece of software appears on her phone telling her exactly how to escape. Who made it? What is it really for? And if those behind it can save her from danger, what do they want from her, and what else do they know about the future?
Martha and Zhen’s worlds are about to collide. An explosive chain of events is set in motion. While a few billionaires assured of their own safety lead the world to destruction, Martha’s relentless drive and Zhen’s insatiable curiosity could lead to something beautiful or the cataclysmic end of civilization.
By turns thrilling, hilarious, tender, and always piercingly brilliant, The Future unfolds at a breakneck speed, highlighting how power corrupts the few who have it and what it means to stand up to them. The future is coming. The Future is here. What are you waiting for? Register now!
About the Author: Naomi Alderman is the bestselling author of The Power, which was the winner of the 2017 Baileys’ Women’s Prize for Fiction. It was longlisted for the 2017 Orwell Prize and chosen as one of the best books of the year by the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, NPR, Entertainment Weekly and the San Francisco Chronicle. The Power topped Barack Obama’s list of his favorite books from 2017 and has been translated into more than thirty languages. Naomi grew up in London and attended Oxford University and UEA.
In Stitches offers patrons the opportunity to learn to crochet or knit in a warm, friendly environment. Come enjoy the comaraderie while learning a new skill or improving on the skills you already have. Work on your own or on a group project.
The Friends of the Library are meeting this evening.
Join us as the instant #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Red Queen and Realm Breaker series, Victoria Aveyard, chats with us about YA fantasy fiction, world-building, and her incredible body of work!
In the bestselling series Realm Breaker, a strange darkness grows in Allward even Corayne an-Amarat can feel it in her small town at the edge of the sea. The long lost heir to an ancient lineage, it’s not until Corayne meets a rag-tag group of companions that she learns how to wield the magic slumbering in her blood—and how together they might stop what’s coming.
As the realm descends into chaos, the choices are clear: Save the world…or end it. Together, they stand against a vicious opponent, invincible and determined to burn all kingdoms to ash and an army unlike anything the realm has ever witnessed.
Irresistibly action-packed and full of lethal surprises, this stunning fantasy series promises Breakneck adventure and impossible thrills! Register now to join the adventure!
About the Author: Victoria Aveyard was born and raised in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, a small town known only for the worst traffic rotary in the continental United States. She moved to Los Angeles to earn a BFA in screenwriting at the University of Southern California. She currently splits her time between the East and West coasts. As an author and screenwriter, she uses her career as an excuse to read too many books and watch too many movies. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling Red Queen series, and you can visit her online at www.victoriaaveyard.com.
In Stitches offers patrons the opportunity to learn to crochet or knit in a warm, friendly environment. Come enjoy the comaraderie while learning a new skill or improving on the skills you already have. Work on your own or on a group project.
You’re invited to an afternoon chat with New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Land as she talks to us about her new memoir, Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education.
When Stephanie Land set out to write her first book, a memoir titled Maid, she never could have imagined what was to come. Handpicked by President Barack Obama as one of the best books of 2019, it was later adapted into the hit Netflix series Maid, which was viewed by 67 million households and was Netflix’s fourth most-watched show in 2021, garnering three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Stephanie’s escape from poverty and abuse in search of a better life inspired millions. Maid was a story about a housecleaner, but it was also a story about a woman with a dream.
In Class, Land takes us with her as she finishes college and pursues her writing career. Facing barriers at every turn, including a byzantine loan system, not having enough money for food, and navigating the judgments of professors and fellow students who didn’t understand the demands of attending college while under the poverty line—Land finds a way to survive once again, finally graduating in her mid-thirties.
Class paints an intimate and heartbreaking portrait of motherhood as it converges and often conflicts with personal desire and professional ambition. In clear, candid, and moving prose, Class offers a searing indictment of America’s educational system and an inspiring testimony of a mother’s triumph against all odds.
About the Author: Stephanie Land is the author of the New York Times bestseller Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive, called “a testimony…worth listening to,” by The New York Times and inspiration for the Netflix series Maid. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Atlantic, and many other outlets. Her writing focuses on social and economic justice and parenting under the poverty line. She is a frequent speaker at colleges and national advocacy organizations. Find out more at @Stepville or Stepville.com
Lady Tan's Circle of Women 
by Lisa See
Sent into an arranged marriage, Tan Yunxian, forbidden to continue her work as a midwife-in-training as well as see her forever friend Meiling, is ordered to act like proper wife and seeks a way to continue treating women and girls from every level of society in 15th-century China.
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