Earthwise Book Discussion: "The Year of the Flood"

Date: 
Thu, 04/19/2012 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
Contact: 
Contact: Help Desk @ 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Adult

Mary Makofske will lead a discussion of The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood,third book in our Earthwise series.
Speculative fiction about what happens after a plague almost wipes out the human race. Bioengineered new "humans" and God's gardeners try to cope with the results.
Amazon.com says, "By turns dark, tender, violent, thoughtful, and easily hilarious, The Year of the Flood is Atwood at her most brilliant and inventive."
Copies available at the Library.

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Earthwise Book Discussion:  "Garbage Land"

            
      
          

  
  
Date: 
Thu, 03/15/2012 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
Contact: 
Contact: Help Desk @ 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Adult
Mary Makofske will lead a discussion of Garbage Land by Elizabeth Royte, second book in our Earthwise series.

With an engaging style, Royte measures and then follows her garbage to see where, and how, it's disposed of. In the process, she introduces fascinating facts and people.

Booklist called Garbage Land "downright entertaining."

Copies available at the Library.


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Earthwise Book Discussion:  "Strange as This Weather Has Been"

            
      
          

  
  
Date: 
Thu, 02/16/2012 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
Contact: 
Contact: Help Desk @ 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Adult
Marry Makofske will lead a discussion of Strange as This Weather Has Been by Ann Pancake. Told in several different voices, this novel vividly depicts the impact of mountain-top coal removal on West Virginians pulled between their intimate connection to their land and their economic dependence on mining.

Copies available at the Library


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"Earthwise" Book Discussion Series:  Introduction & Overview

            
      
          

  
  
Date: 
Thu, 01/26/2012 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
Contact: 
Contact: Help Desk @ 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Adult
What is our evolving relationship with our environment? Can we live on Earth withour destroying what supports us? Mary Makofske will present an introdction and overview of our book discussion series "Earthwise." The books to be discussed over the next4 months include: Strange as This Weather Has Been by Ann Pancake; Garbageland by Elizabeth Royte; The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood; Eaarth by Bill McGibben.


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Holiday Book Sale

            
      
          

  
  
Date: 
Sat, 12/03/2011 - 9:00am to 3:00pm
Contact: 
Collen Larsen
Age Group: 
Adult
Teen
Children
The Friends and Bookends bookshop at the Albert Wisner Public Library will be hosting a Holiday Book Sale on Saturday, December 3, 2011 from 9-3PM. Choose from our collection of bestsellers, holiday books, children"s books, audiobooks, DVDs, CDs, library notecards and tote bags. Most books are $1 or less!
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Meet the Artists:  The Group of Nine

            
      
          

  
  
Date: 
Sat, 11/12/2011 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Age Group: 
Adult
Teen
Programmer/Name Contact: 
Meet "The Group of Nine" plein air painters.  Their show "From the Adirondacks to Warwick and Beyond" is currently on exhibit in the Gallery on the library's Lower Level.  "The Group of Nine" painters include Bruce and Lita Thorne, Neil Granholm, Marylyn Vanderpool and Marge Morales.  Join them to discuss their art.
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AWPL Gallery – Lower Level
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Hot Sun, Black Dirt: History of the Drowned Lands and Pine Island

            
      
          

  
  
Date: 
Sun, 01/15/2012 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Contact: 
Contact: Help Desk @ 986-1047, menu option 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Adult
Teen
John Ruszkiewicz, president of the Drowned Lands Historical Society, will present facets of the history of the black dirt region and the Pine Island community. Open to all adult and teen area residents; registration required. In case of snow closure, alternate date will be Jan. 22. Register below or call the Help Desk


Programmer/Name Contact: 
John Ruszkiewicz 258-4359.
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