The Case Memorial Library has some great new programs for you to consider:
Ban This Book Club: Oryx and Crake
Monday, October 7 at 7 p.m.
Join librarian Rebecca Harlow as we discuss Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood as a work of literature and an object of censorship. This book has been banned or challenged in 6 states. In August 2024, it was one of 13 books banned statewide by Utah’s state board of education, allegedly for its “objective sensitive material. It was included in a BBC list of the 100 Most Inspiring Novels and The Guardian’s list of 100 Best Novels of the 21st century. A novel of the future, Oryx & Crake “explores a world that has been devastated by ecological and scientific disasters.”
Copies of the book are available at the Circulation Desk. Register here!
Fall Film: Air
Wednesday, October 9, 1 p.m.Follows the history of sports marketing executive Sonny Vaccaro, and how
he led Nike in its pursuit of the greatest athlete in the history of
basketball, Michael Jordan.1 hour, 51 minutes | Rated R
Monster Making
Thursday, October 10, 4 p.m.
Make your own monster out of clay! They can be spooky, silly, or anywhere in between.
Registration is required. Click here to register.
Tween D&D: Oops! All Villains!
Saturday, October 12, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m
Sometimes it pays to be bad! Join the dark side for a change and see if you have what it takes to be the villain of someone else’s adventure. Players of all experience levels welcome! For children in grades 3 to 6.
Registration is required. Click here to register.
Connected Cooking: Pumpkin Bread
Kit pickup October 12 to October 19!
Celebrate the heritage of Native Americans with this tasty take-home food kit. Make your
own pumpkin bread with a recipe from Chef Freddie Bitsoie’s cookbook New Native Kitchen: Celebrating Modern Recipes of the American Indian.
This kit includes a recipe and most ingredients needed to make one loaf of pumpkin bread as well as a companion recipe for pumpkin bread pudding. Participants must supply cooking spray or butter, measuring cups and spoons, mixing bowls, a whisk, and a loaf pan.
Please limit your registration to one kit per household.
Connected Cooking is a series created by the Case Memorial Library to foster community connection and share diverse cultures through food.
Register here to reserve your kit!
Wednesday Book Group: Dreaming in Cuban
Wednesday, October 16 at 1 p.m.
Of Cristina García’s Dreaming in Cuban, Time Magazine wrote, “Her story is about three generations of Cuban women and their separate responses to the revolution. Her special feat is to tell it in a style as warm and gentle as the ‘sustaining aromas of vanilla and almond,’ as rhythmic as the music of Beny Moré.” Copies of this National Book Award finalist are available to borrow at the Circulation Desk.
The discussion will be facilitated in the Library by Librarian Ellen Miller. Registration is required. Sign up here!
STEAM: Trick Shot or Treat Launch
Thursday, October 17, 4:00 p.m.
Build a pumpkin launcher out of household materials! Let’s see who can
catapult their pumpkin the furthest, the fastest, or get it straight in
the treat basket!
Register here beginning, September 26 at 4:00 p.m.
Programs for Little Ones
Weekly on Mondays at 10:30.
Music, movement, and literacy for our preschool friends! Join us as we
get ready for the school years.
There will be a craft after the storytime session.
Ages 3-5.
Register online for sessions you plan to attend.
Weekly on Tuesdays at 10:30s.
Little ones and their caregivers are invited to explore books, sing
songs, and practice interactive nursery rhymes with Ms. Angela! Thisprogram includes optional group playtime.For babies and toddlers up to age two!
Register online for sessions you plan to attend!
Weekly on Wednesdays at 10:30.
Get the wiggles out with Ms. Angela! Stories, music, dancing, and more
fill this high-energy storytime for toddlers and their grownups. This program includes an optional group playtime.
Ages 18 months to 3 years.
Register online for sessions you plan to attend.
Save The Date
Craft Workshop: Batik
Monday, October 21, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Learn how to use traditional tjanting tools to draw with hot wax onto cotton fabric then use dyes to paint your design. Workshop guided by Librarian Rebecca Harlow.
Registration is required and will open on Monday, September 30 at 7 a.m.
This is a repeat workshop. Please do not register if you attended the July workshop.
The Bookcase Evening Book Discussion
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Join Toby as you discuss Amy Harmon’s book Where the Lost Wander. In this epic and haunting love story set on the Oregon Trail, a family and their unlikely protector find their way through peril, uncertainty, and loss.
Registration coming soon!
Events are free and open to the public, except as noted.
Phone: 203-891-2170