Storytimes –
- Monday evenings at 5:30 pm
- Wednesdays at 10:00 am
LEGO Play Day
Kids, unleash your imagination! Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 4pm, join us for free-play with LEGO bricks galore! Upcoming Lego Play Days are Sept. 17th, Oct. 1st, and Oct. 15th.
Family Board Game Night
Calling all families! Join us on Thursday, Sept. 19th at 5pm to play board games with your family or compete against other families! We’ll provide great classic board games for open play.
Mahjong
Are you interested in learning a new game to play with family and friends? On Friday, Sept. 20th at 1 pm we will get together for a fun game of Mahjong here at the library. Learn the rules of this traditional Chinese game and play some Mahjong. No experience necessary. For adults only.
Zen Den
On Thursday, Sept. 26th starting at 4:30 pm, teens are invited to Zen Den – the ultimate after-school hangout for teens!
Every other Thursday at 4:30 pm we will dive into crafts, binge-watch movies and anime. Challenge your friends to video game battles in a welcoming space just for you.
Library and Lunch
On Tuesday, October 8th at Noon, our book club will meet to discuss “Daisy Darker” by Alice Feeney. Bring your lunch and join the discussion.
Banned Books Week display
Banned Books Week is coming up next week, September 22-28. Our staff is putting together an amazing display this year, come in and check it out!
While you’re at it, why not check out one of the books on display that have been banned or challenged around the country.
Running with Scissors: A Memoir
by Augusten Burroughs
Running with Scissors is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her psychiatrist, a dead-ringer for Santa and a lunatic in the bargain. The doctor’s bizarre family, a few patients, and a pedophile living in the backyard shed completed the tableau. Here, there were no rules, there was no school. The Christmas tree stayed up until summer, and Valium was eaten like Pez. And when things got dull, there was always the vintage electroshock therapy machine under the stairs….
Running with Scissors is at turns foul and harrowing, compelling and maniacally funny. But above all, it chronicles an ordinary boy’s survival under the most extraordinary circumstances.
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank
Discovered in the attic where she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank’s remarkable diary has become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit.
In 1942, as Nazis occupied Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. Anne’s account offers a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
by Alison Bechdel
An unusual memoir done in the form of a graphic novel by a cult favorite comic artist offers a darkly funny family portrait that details her relationship with her father, a historic preservation expert dedicated to restoring the family’s Victorian home, funeral home director, high-school English teacher, and closeted homosexual.
All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto
by George M. Johnson
From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys.
Both a primer for teens eager to be allies as well as a reassuring testimony for young queer men of color, All Boys Aren’t Blue covers topics such as gender identity, toxic masculinity, brotherhood, family, structural marginalization, consent, and Black joy. Johnson’s emotionally frank style of writing will appeal directly to young adults.
