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Upcoming Events › Book Club
March 13 - May 9
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CALS Cancels Public Programs Through May 9
CDC, in accordance with its guidance for large events and mass gatherings, recommends that for the next 8 weeks, organizers (whether groups or individuals) cancel or postpone in-person events that consist of 50 people or more throughout the United States. Read full recommendation.
As CALS administrators have monitored the latest updates from the CDC, we have opted to follow CDC guidelines for the full 8-week period by cancelling all further meeting room bookings and programs through Saturday,
May 14 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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True Stories Book Club
We read non-fiction books including true crime, biographies/memoirs, self help, current events, social sciences/politics.
Occurs the 2nd Thursday of every month excluding holidays.
- June – Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod by Gary Paulsen
- July – Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
- August – Shrill: Notes From A Loud Woman by Lindy West
- September – An Odyssey: A Father, A Son, and An Epic by Daniel Adam Mendelsohn
- October –
May 21 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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Cookbook Potluck Club
Like a book club, for cookbooks! Each month, we will vote for a new cookbook in our collection to feature, with an emphasis on healthy, budget friendly fare. The featured book will be held at the library all month for reference. Then, we will each select a recipe out of the featured cookbook to prepare and bring for the group to sample at next month’s meeting.
Want to participate? Select a recipe from the cookbook on display at Dee Brown,
May 23 @ 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
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An event every month that begins at 8:00 am on day Fourth of the month, repeating until January 1, 2021
And the Beat Goes On: Hip Hop Reading & Discussion Group
Each month members will read and discuss a book that relates to the hip hop culture.
January: Meet & Greet/ Vote on books for 2020.
February: TBA
March: TBA
April: TBA
May: TBA
June: TBA
July: TBA
August: TBA
September: TBA
October: TBA
May 26 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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An event every month that begins at 6:30 pm on day Fourth of the month, repeating until June 30, 2020
Evening Book Club
We will meet at 6:30 pm on the fourth Tuesday of the month.
Tuesday, February 25 | Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Tuesday, March 24 | There, There by Tommy Orange
Tuesday, April 28 | The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
Tuesday, May 26 | House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Tuesday,
May 26 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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Nixon Book Buddies
This book club reads fiction & non-fiction books.
Occurs the 4th Tuesday of every month excluding holidays.
- June – Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
- July – Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches From the Front Lines of the New Girlie-girl Culture by Peggy Orenstein
- August – The King’s Speech by Mark Logue
- September – I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
- October – A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert
- November –
June 23 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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Evening Book Club
We will meet at 6:30 pm on the fourth Tuesday of the month.
Tuesday, February 25 | Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Tuesday, March 24 | There, There by Tommy Orange
Tuesday, April 28 | The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
Tuesday, May 26 | House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Tuesday,
