Adults

FULL: Introduction to Crochet (18+)

UPDATE: Registration for this program is now full. Please check the calendar for any future classes we may offer!

Learn the fundamentals of crochet in this introductory workshop! You'll learn about different concepts such as yarn types/weights, useful materials, how to hold your hook and yarn, and various basic stitches for your crochet toolkit, as well as resources for continued learning and building confidence as you go. Supplies are not required but feel free to bring your own as we explore this fun and relaxing craft together! This program is for adults ages 18+.

 

Effective Doctor Visits -- followed by Blood Sugar Screening

With this program you will learn about what to expect from a doctor's visit, plus tips on how to have an effective talk with your doctor. The presenter will give suggestions on how to retain the information discussed during a visit with your healthcare provider.

 

This presentation will be followed by a free blood sugar screening provided by a registered nurse.

 

The Dog Stars

Hig survived the flu that killed everyone he knows. His wife is gone, his friends are dead, he lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog, his only neighbor a gun-toting misanthrope. In his 1956 Cessna, Hig flies the perimeter of the airfield or sneaks off to the mountains to fish and to pretend that things are the way they used to be. But when a random transmission somehow beams through his radio, the voice ignites a hope deep inside him that a better life - something like his old life - exists beyond the airport.

Evvie Drake Starts Over

In a sleepy seaside town in Maine, recently widowed Eveleth "Evvie" Drake rarely leaves her large, painfully empty house nearly a year after her husband’s death in a car crash. Everyone in town, even her best friend, Andy, thinks grief keeps her locked inside, and Evvie doesn’t correct them.

The Midnight Library

Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better?

Less

Who says you can't run away from your problems? You are a failed novelist about to turn fifty. A wedding invitation arrives in the mail: your boyfriend of the past nine years is engaged to someone else. You can't say yes--it would be too awkward--and you can't say no--it would look like defeat. On your desk are a series of invitations to half-baked literary events around the world.

Harlem Shuffle

From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, this gloriously entertaining novel is fast-paced, keen-eyed and very funny. It has a lot to say about race, power and the history of Harlem all disguised as a thrill-ride crime novel. 

Harlem Shuffle's ingenious story plays out in a beautifully recreated New York City of the early 1960s. It's a family saga masquerading as a crime novel, a hilarious morality play, a social novel about race and power, and ultimately a love letter to Harlem.