Upcoming Events

Saturday, June 15, 2019 - 9:00am to 10:30am

  • 09:00 AM to 10:30 AM
    10th Anniversary Family Fun Walk
    Contact: Help Desk at 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org

    Celebrate our 10th year in our new building with a walk through our beautiful grounds and adjoining Veterans' Memorial Park.  Sign up for a family fun walk - rain or shine! - beginning on the Library's River Birch patio and looping through Veterans' Memorial Park.  All are welcome!  We ask that children under age 12 be accompanied by an adult or older teen.  Refreshments served at the finish line. 

    Location:
    Off Site – see program details, Outside Program Area
    Age Group:
    Adult, Teen, Tween, Children
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Saturday, June 15, 2019 - 10:00am to 12:00pm

  • 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
    Drawing Birds: From Photos to Life
    Contact: Help Desk at 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org

    This workshop will cover the basics of drawing birds, stressing proportion and anatomy.  We will work from photos to learn the essentials, with the aim of working from life.  We will start from the very beginning, so the workshop is suitable for all experience levels.  James Van Gelder has been drawing and painting from life and in the studio for over 40 years.  He has been an avid outdoorsman his entire life, and his artistic pursuits have led to his passion for keeping a nature journal.

    Location:
    AWPL Community Room
    Age Group:
    Adult
    A $5 refundable deposit is due at the time of in-person registration at the Help Desk.
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Monday, June 17, 2019 - 11:00am to 12:30pm

  • 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
    Science Book Club - "Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine and Mysteries of Blood"
    Contact: The Help Desk at 986-1047, ext. 3

    An eye-opening exploration of blood, the lifegiving substance with the power of taboo, the value of diamonds and the promise of breakthrough science

    Blood carries life, yet the sight of it makes people faint. It is a waste product and a commodity pricier than oil. It can save lives and transmit deadly infections. Each one of us has roughly nine pints of it, yet many don’t even know their own blood type. And for all its ubiquitousness, the few tablespoons of blood discharged by 800 million women are still regarded as taboo: menstruation is perhaps the single most demonized biological event.

    Rose George, author of The Big Necessity, is renowned for her intrepid work on topics that are invisible but vitally important. In Nine Pints, she takes us from ancient practices of bloodletting to the breakthough of the "liquid biopsy," which promises to diagnose cancer and other diseases with a simple blood test. She introduces Janet Vaughan, who set up the world’s first system of mass blood donation during the Blitz, and Arunachalam Muruganantham, known as “Menstrual Man” for his work on sanitary pads for developing countries. She probes the lucrative business of plasma transfusions, in which the US is known as the “OPEC of plasma.” And she looks to the future, as researchers seek to bring synthetic blood to a hospital near you.

    Spanning science and politics, stories and global epidemics, Nine Pints reveals our life's blood in an entirely new light.

    Books are available at the Circulation Desk; new members always welcome!

    Location:
    AWPL Board Room
    Age Group:
    Adult
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Monday, June 17, 2019 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm

Tuesday, June 18, 2019 - 9:30am to 11:30am

Tuesday, June 18, 2019 - 10:00am to 1:00pm

Tuesday, June 18, 2019 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Wednesday, June 19, 2019 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Wednesday, June 19, 2019 - 5:30pm to 8:00pm

Thursday, June 20, 2019 - 10:00am to 12:00pm

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