Adult

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school. Using the treasured books Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl and Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo as guides, the class begins a life-changing, eye-opening, spirit-raising odyssey against intolerance and misunderstanding. Starring Hilary Swank and Patrick Dempsey. Rated PG-13; 123 min.
Discussion and refreshments will follow screening; all are welcome.

A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife. Starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones. PG-13; 123 min.

A washed-up actor, who once played an iconic superhero, battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, his career and himself in the days leading up to the opening of his Broadway play.

Discover new authors living in our community! Join us at a reception honoring the local authors particpating in Library's 2nd Annual Marble Notebook Project. Each author has created a work of fiction or non-fiction based on the this year's prompt, Letters to..., a foray into the world of epistolary novels. Notebooks are available for borrowing from our library collection after the Reception. On May 4th they will be on display on the Mainf Floor of the Library.
The authors are invited to read from their Notebooks and refreshments will be served.

Stop by and discuss how your Marble Fiction Project is going!

Join Joe McHugh as he chronicles his twelve-year search for the family of an Arican-American woman named Helen who cared for him when he was a child and who helped his family survive a family tragedy.
Combining his skills as a storyteller with projected images of family photographs, McHugh brings to life the experiences of two unique families and explores the mysterious and dynamic role grace plays in our lives.

Historical fiction author Gretchen Gibbs will discuss her new book, Anne of the Fens, the next book in her gripping Bradstreet Chronicles. The series is based on written records about the author's own ancestors.Anne of the Fens is set in a troubling period when women and men were hanged or burned alive for their religion. The story chronicles a girl coping with a woman"s feelings while questioning her own beliefs. Her spirit strengthens as she survives romantic turmoil as well as the political danger that forces her family to leave England for the Colonies.

Sustainable Sundays goes outside to delight in the abundance of food and medicinal plants that live all around us. Learn to identify common local plants and trees, and discover wise ways to use them simply and easily. Nourish your body, uplift your mind, and delight your soul with herbal food and medicine!

Join Theo Meth for provocative discourse and stimulating conversation on the nature of the mind and the process of spiritual awakening. Using focused self-inquiry and guided Buddhist meditations, we will explore the blocks and pathways to personal growth and self-realization, piercing through layered beliefs and judgments to reveal an underlying universal truth.

Join Theo Meth for provocative discourse and stimulating conversation on the nature of the mind and the process of spiritual awakening. Using focused self-inquiry and guided Buddhist meditations, we will explore the blocks and pathways to personal growth and self-realization, piercing through layered beliefs and judgments to reveal an underlying universal truth.