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Get A Lamp Fixed At the Library? Repair Fair February 2nd
Join your neighbors for coffee and a chance to get that broken lamp (or whatever) fixed at the Repair Fair. It’s a free event that bring volunteers who like to fix things together with people who have broken items that need fixing. Saturday from 1 pm until 4 pm in the Conference Room upstairs.
The Woman Warrior
Kingston is a girl living among ghosts in The Woman Warrior. She is a Chinese, American, female immigrant working to separate fantasy from reality after growing up with so many tales.
Paperback Crush: ’80s and ’90s Teen Paperbacks
Sweet Valley High. The Baby-Sitters Club. Cheerleaders and Gymnasts and Junior High. There's a Bat in Bunk Five, Boys Are Yucko and Is There Life [...]
Thanksgiving Recovery Plan
Soon quite a few of us will be embarking on what is often the culinary masterpiece of the year, Thanksgiving. There are a wide variety [...]
Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
"A steampunk's dream come true, the 'galvanic spectacles' from circa 1905 had dark green lenses and a plastic frame concealing a secondary, metal frame underneath [...]
The Unintentional Adventures of the Bland Sisters
Meet the Bland Sisters Jaundice and Kale, reluctant protagonists of their first unintentional adventure The Jolly Regina by Kara LaReau and Jen Hill.
Time to Enter a Halloween Maze…
Mazes and labyrinths are ancient spiritual symbols, representing a meandering but purposeful path to our center, and then back out to the world.
Film Club: In Between (Israel)
IN BETWEEN is a remarkable debut film that follows three strong and independent-minded Palestinian women who share an apartment in Tel Aviv. Away from the [...]
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