Film School, Locker Project gallery reception, and more!
 
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June 28, 2026

Holiday Hours

The library will be closed on

Saturday, July 4

for Independence Day.

 

We will be open our regular hours
on Friday, July 3.
 

Summer Reading is Underway!

 

Stop by and sign up if you haven't already! We have a program for every stage of life, babies through adults!  When you sign up, you'll receive a reading record, and then have fun completing our challenges and compete for a range of fun prizes. We’re also offering an array of programs and events related to the mission of the Locker Project , our inaugural Community Spotlight Organization. 

 

Visit our Summer Reading page to learn more!

This Week's Featured Events

 

Pride Month Film School:
Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Tuesday, June 30
5:00 - 7:30 pm

To celebrate Pride Month, the silver screen of Film School will be graced with French director Céline Sciamma's exquisite costume drama Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019). Any lover of art, music, history, emotional buildup and cathartic release is bound to be moved by this film, the first winner of the Queer Palm at Cannes Film Festival to be directed by a woman. Join us for a screening and discussion and as always, feel free to bring your own snacks; popcorn provided. 

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Local Growers:
The Locker Project Gallery Reception

Thursday, July 2
6:00 - 8:00 pm

 Please join us for a special evening in honor of this year's Summer Reading Community Spotlight organization, the Locker Project! For the month of July, the Locker Project has decided to use their time in the Stier Family Gallery to shine their own spotlight on some of the local farms they partner with.

 

At 6:00pm, come by to hear in their own words what the Locker Project does, why, and how--and of course, hang out afterwards to ask them any questions, grab a snack and a drink, and take a look at the beautiful photo gallery showcasing their featured farm partners!

ALL OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMS & EVENTS

  • Knitting Group, Monday at 1:00 pm
  • Baby Story Time, Tuesday at 12:00 pm
  • Film School: Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Tuesday at 5:00 pm
  • Senior Social Hour, Wednesday at 1:00 pm
  • Venture Club, Wednesday at 2:30 pm
  • Toddler Story Time, Thursday at 10:30
  • Local Growers: Locker Project Gallery Reception, Thursday at 6:00 pm

COMING UP NEXT WEEK

 

Special Film Screening:
The Gleaners and I

Tuesday, July 7
6:00 - 7:30 pm

 

 

In honor of this year’s Summer Reading Community Spotlight, The Locker Project, please join us for a special screening of Agnés Varda’s beloved documentary, The Gleaners and I. Follow Varda across France as she explores the historic and modern practice of gleaning, and learn more about one aspect of The Locker Project’s work with our own local farms!

 

Runtime: 82 minutes. All ages welcome.

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FEATURED RESOURCES

 

Borrow a Mahjong Set

 

 We now have three American Mahjong sets available for borrowing. They go out for three weeks. We also have a recent book that explains how to play. 

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Borrow an E-Bike

We have two Class 1 E-Bikes available for borrowing by adults 18 and up. Call us to get on a waiting list, or stop by to see if one is available. We are scheduled to have the bikes through June, but hope to keep them longer!

 

Learn more about the bikes
and the borrowing program here!

 

NEW ON OUR SHELVES

Below are just a few of the new items recently added to our collection.

Click on an image to go to the catalog to place a hold.

 

ADULT COLLECTION

Regime change : inside the imperial presidency of Donald Trump / Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan.
American rambler : walking the trail of Johnny Appleseed / Isaac Fitzgerald.
	Keeper of my kin : memoir of an immigrant daughter / Ada Ferrer.
Master of starlight / DW Ardern.
Endymion / Dan Simmons.
The rise of Endymion / Dan Simmons.
The fifth year / Marlen Haushofer ; translated from the German by Shaun Whiteside.
She who remains / Rene Karabash ; translated from Bulgarian by Izidora Angel.
Meeting new people : a novel / Daniel M. Lavery.
	A perfect hand / Ayelet Waldman.
Canon : a novel / Paige Lewis.
Babylon, South Dakota : a novel / Tom Lin.
The Boleyn secret : a novel / Alison Weir.
Before I knew I loved you / Toshikazu Kawaguchi ; translated from the Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot.
Where the water meets the sky / Diane Les Becquets.
On earth as it is beneath / Ana Paula Maia ; translated by Padma Viswanathan.
The divorce / Freida McFadden.
Ghalen : a romance in black / Walter Mosley.
 

CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

We all play = Kimêtawânaw / Julie Flett.
The sun thief / Alice Hemming ; [illustrated by] Nicola Slater.
At the rescue cat café / written by Anna Humphrey ; illustrated by Kari Rust.
Sixteen games of hide and seek / Stephen Barr ; illustrated by Steve Teare.
Broken / X. Fang.
Spendin' time / words by Gary R. Gray, Jr. ; pictures by Rahele Jomepour Bell.
Watermelon pool / Bonsoir Lune ; translated from the Korean by Frances Cha.
Bored / Felicita Sala.
Woods & words : the story of poet Mary Oliver / written by Sara Holly Ackerman ; illustrated by Naoko Stoop.

READING RECOMMENDATIONS

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Tell us about your reading preferences and we'll email you once a month with recommendations of books you can borrow from our own collection!

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Summer Art Challenge!

In July and August, in addition to showcasing The Locker Project, we'd love to display YOUR artwork on the themes of Food, Farms, and Family in conjunction with our Summer Reading program. 

 

Visit our Community Art Box page for more details, and some inspiration for artwork you could create for display in our five art boxes around town, or register for the workshop below!

 

Collage a Family Recipe

Saturday, July 18

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

 

Commemorate a family or favorite recipe by turning it into a work of art in this hands-on workshop.

Click here to register!

 
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