Library Announcements

* AWPL Foundation College Scholarships 2021:  for the fifteenth consecutive year, the Library Foundation will award 3 college scholarships based on an essay competition.  Here are the essay topic and submission guidelines. 

* Hail to The Queen! Live Concert:  on Friday, March 12 at 7:00pm on Zoom, surrender to the smooth, soulful and jazzy grooves of Library favorite Rhonda Denet, in her live performance of Aretha Franklin hits.  Please register here.  You will receive a Zoom link by email in advance of the concert.  Meanwhile, learn more about Rhonda and her music on her website or on her YouTube channel.

* Women's Cardiac Health:  Dr. Amala Chirumamilla is a cardiologist with Bon Secours Medical Group.  She has a special clinical interest in women's health and heart disease prevention.  On Wednesday, March 24 at 6:00pm on Zoom, Dr. Chirumamilla will share her expertise on prevention, warning signs and treatment options.  Please register here in order to receive the Zoom link via email in advance of the program. 

* Book Discussion:  H Is for Hawk:  please join us on Thursday, March 25 at 10:00am for a discussion on Zoom of this 2015 New York Times bestseller and award-winning sensation. Helen Macdonald's story of adopting and raising one of nature's most vicious predators has soared into the hearts of millions of readers worldwide. Fierce and feral, her goshawk Mabel's temperament mirrors Helen's own state of grief after her father's death, and together raptor and human "discover the pain and beauty of being alive" (- People Magazine).  H Is for Hawk is a genre-defying debut from one of our most unique and transcendent voices.  Copies of the book are available at the Library.  Please register here in order to receive the Zoom link in advance by email.

* AWPL Seed Library:  The AWPL Seed Library is ready to accept donations!  A seed library takes some time and effort to put together, but the way it works is simple: local gardeners donate seeds after harvesting, and “borrow” seeds from the library at planting time. We are now accepting seeds of all types to stock the library.  Please bring any seed donations in a sealed bag, envelope or other container labelled with the name of the seed and any other details you can provide - including whether the seeds are organic. We hope to be able to open the seed collection by this fall, and it will be free and available to all library users. For more information, please call the Library's Help Desk at 986-1047, ext. 3.