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Busy Bee Baby Storytime (ages 0-2)
Friendly Foxes Storytime (ages 2-5)
Enjoy 20-30 min of Storytime with Angelika as she reads books, sings songs, and shares early literacy tips. Ages 2-5 years old but younger and older siblings/friends are always welcome. Our goal is to provide an opportunity to introduce children to reading and language in a fun way.
Stay aftward to play and socialize.
No registration is needed.
Free drop-in program.
House Plant Parenting: Intro to Plant Parenthood
Join Melissa, founder of Grow Greenhouse, for the first in a three part series! This session will cover the basics of venturing into “Plant Parenthood” to raise your little green babes into lush and happy members of your home.
We'll discuss plant types, potting, soil type, watering, light definitions, fertilizing, and more! Attendees will receive a small air plant to take home! Registration required.
Nature Playgroup! (ages 2-6)
Busy Bee Baby Storytime (ages 0-2)
Online Author Talk:Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I - An Author Talk with Douglas Brunt
Join us as we chat with New York Times bestselling author, Douglas Brunt, about instant bestselling debut non-fiction work The Mysterious Case of Rudolph Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I. This book reveals the hidden history of Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I.
September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway between Belgium and England. On board is one of the most famous men in the world, Rudolf Diesel, whose new internal combustion engine is on the verge of revolutionizing global industry forever. But Diesel never arrives at his destination. He vanishes during the night and headlines around the world wonder if it was an accident, suicide, or murder.
After rising from an impoverished European childhood, Diesel had become a multi-millionaire with his powerful engine that does not require expensive petroleum-based fuel. In doing so, he became not only an international celebrity but also the enemy of two extremely powerful men -– Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil and the richest man in the world. The Kaiser wanted the engine to power a fleet of submarines that would finally allow him to challenge Great Britain’s Royal Navy. But Diesel had intended for his engine to be used for the betterment of the world.
Brunt reopens the case and provides a compelling new conclusion about Diesel’s fate. Register now to see how the mystery unfolds!
About the Author: Douglas Brunt is the New York Times bestselling author of The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel and host of the top-rated SiriusXM author podcast Dedicated with Doug Brunt. A Philadelphia native, he lives in Connecticut with his wife and three children. Visit DouglasBrunt.com for more information.
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Friendly Foxes Storytime (ages 2-5)
Enjoy 20-30 min of Storytime with Angelika as she reads books, sings songs, and shares early literacy tips. Ages 2-5 years old but younger and older siblings/friends are always welcome. Our goal is to provide an opportunity to introduce children to reading and language in a fun way.
Stay aftward to play and socialize.
No registration is needed.
Free drop-in program.
Free Comic Book Day
4K STEAM Saturday
Houseplant Parenting: Advanced Houseplant Care
Tech Tutoring
Got a gadget that has you down? Have a tech challenge you need help with? Sign up for a 30-minute session with Dan, the amazing tech guru! This program is offered on the first Saturday of each month. If unable to attend a scheduled session, call 24 hours in advance to cancel or reschedule.
This session does NOT replace professional technical support. Dan is unable to assist with complex topics such as hacked systems, publishing e-books, etc. Dan may offer advice on these types of topics but will not be able to directly assist.
Getting Started with Astrology
Creating & Making Together: Punch Needle
Online Author Talk: A Murder Mystery, Family Story, & Love Letter to Strong Women Everywhere: Author Talk with Nina Simon
Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door.
You’re invited to join Nina Simon online as she chats about her lighthearted whodunnit about a grandmother-mother-daughter trio of amateur sleuths, Mother-Daughter Murder Night.
Mother-Daughter Murder Night follows high-powered business woman Lana Rubicon. She has a lot to be proud of with her keen intelligence, impeccable taste, and the L.A. real estate empire she’s built. But when she finds herself trapped 300 miles north of the city, convalescing in a sleepy coastal town with her adult daughter Beth and teenage granddaughter Jack, Lana is stuck counting otters instead of square footage—and hoping that boredom won’t kill her before the cancer does.
In a turn of events, when Jack happens upon a dead body while kayaking she quickly becomes a suspect in the homicide investigation, and the Rubicon women are thrown into chaos. Beth thinks Lana should focus on recovery, but Lana has a better idea. She’ll pull on her wig, find the true murderer, protect her family, and prove she still has power. With Jack and Beth’s help, Lana uncovers a web of lies, family vendettas, and land disputes lurking beneath the surface of a community populated by folksy conservationists and wealthy ranchers. But as their amateur snooping advances into ever-more dangerous territory, the headstrong Rubicon women must learn to do the one thing they’ve always resisted: depend on each other.
Harness your inner detective and sign up for the investigation. Register now!
About the Author: Nina Simon writes crime fiction about strong women. She is the New York Times-bestselling debut author of Mother-Daughter Murder Night. This big-hearted whodunnit is a Reese's Book Club pick and a "best of 2023" selection for Amazon, Barnes & Noble, CrimeReads, and LibraryJournal.
Before turning to fiction, Nina wore many hats: NASA engineer, slam poet, game designer, museum director, and nonprofit CEO. Her work on community participation in museums, libraries, parks, and theaters has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, NPR, and the TEDx stage.
Mother-Daughter Murder Night is Nina’s first novel. She wrote it as a love letter to her mother, as a way to entertain, comfort, and connect with her during a major health crisis. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Nina now lives off-the-grid in the Santa Cruz Mountains with her family. More information can be found on her website, ninaksimon.com.
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Friday Morning Book Group: How Minds Change by David McRaney
Tech Tutoring
Got a gadget that has you down? Have a tech challenge you need help with? Sign up for a 30-minute session with Dan, the amazing tech guru! This program is offered on the first Saturday of each month. If unable to attend a scheduled session, call 24 hours in advance to cancel or reschedule.
This session does NOT replace professional technical support. Dan is unable to assist with complex topics such as hacked systems, publishing e-books, etc. Dan may offer advice on these types of topics but will not be able to directly assist.
Monthly Knit Night
Online Author Talk: Asian American Representation in Literature: An Author Talk with Rebecca F. Kuang
We welcome you to register for a thrilling conversation with Rebecca F. Kuang (R.F. Kuang) as she chats with us about her New York Times bestselling novel, Yellowface. Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media.
In Yellowface, Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena’s a literary darling. June Hayward is literally nobody. Who wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks.
So when June witnesses Athena’s death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena’s just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I.
So what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song—complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? Doesn’t this piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller? That’s what June claims, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree.
But June can’t get away from Athena’s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens to bring June’s (stolen) success down around her. As June races to protect her secret, she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.
White lies, dark humor, and deadly consequences await within the pages of Yellowface. With its totally immersive first-person voice, Kuang’s novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable. Register to join the conversation!
About the Author: Rebecca F. Kuang is the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Poppy War trilogy, Babel: An Arcane History, and Yellowface. A Marshall Scholar, she has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford; she is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale, where she studies diaspora, contemporary Chinese literature, and Asian American literature.
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