Upcoming Events

Yoga for children in grades K-4.

We provide the LEGOs, you provide the imagination! Your creations will be put on display in the Children's Room.  For families.

NO Registration Needed!

With unique insights from a New York Times–starred chef dad and an award-winning psychologist mom, Eating Together, Being Together is much more than a cookbook. It teaches parents and children from toddlerhood through the teen years how to engage around cooking and mealtime. Each chapter offers easy-to-make recipes using fresh ingredients accompanied by thoughts and tips on using mindfulness to deal with picky eating, listening skills, academic stress, and more. This structure allows preparing and eating meals together to be meaningful, where kids and their parents, guardians, and caregivers can learn from one another and grow closer.

Recipes include a range of food options to accommodate varying tastes with accessible step-by-step instructions for parents and kids. Activities for each chapter tie in key themes for cooking and for life and are presented in a developmentally thoughtful way for young children, preteens, teens, and grown-ups. From eating mindfulness and having honest food conversations to building rituals that support togetherness, this book explores how the family meal, whether cooking or eating, can bring families closer together.

Join Julian and Caroline Clauss-Ehlers for a discussion of their book, sharing recipes and activities for the bonding experience that helps set the table for connection.

Click here to watch a clip of their appearance on Spectrum News1:/sites/default/files/eating_together_being_together_segment_ny1_1.mp4

Come sing and play instruments with Mr. Matt.

For children ages 10 - 35 months, with a caregiver.

Come sing and play instruments with Mr. Matt.

For children ages 10 - 35 months, with a caregiver.

The Mortal Storm (1940) Stars Frank Morgan, Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart and Robert. Young Professor Victor Roth (Morgan) enjoys a tranquil life with his family in Germany. His daughter Freya (Sullavan) is courted both by Martin (Stewart) and Fritz (Young). However, when the Nazis take control of the country, all their lives are shaken. Martin must flee to Austria because of his political stance. Victor loses his job and is sent to a concentration camp when he speaks out against Hitler. Meanwhile, Fritz joins the Nazis and is obliged to hunt down Freya. Not Rated: 1 hour 40 minutes.  Linda Dubin to introduce the film.

Join local poets Mary Makofske, Donna Reis, and Donna Spector as they come together to celebrate National Poetry Month.

Donna Reis is the author of two full length poetry collections: Torohill (Deerbrook Editions, 2022) and No Passing Zone (Deerbrook Editions, 2012), which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.  She is co-editor and contributor to the anthology, Blues for Bill: A Tribute to William Matthews (The University of Akron Press, 2005).  She has written three poetry chapbooks. Her work has appeared in numerous journals including Atlanta Review, Cimarron Review and Delmarva Review. 

Donna Spector’s poetry books are Two Worlds, In the Land of Gods, The Woman Who Married Herself, and Lessons. She is a playwright as well as a fiction writer and poet. A program of her poems aired on Australian national radio, and her poems, plays, stories and monologues have appeared in many literary magazines and anthologies. Her plays have been Produced Off Broadway, regionally, and in Canada, Ireland, and Greece.

Mary Makofske’s latest books are The Gambler’s Daughter (chapbook, The Orchard Street Press, 2022); World Enough, and Time (Kelsay, 2017); and Traction (Ashland Poetry, 2011), winner of the Richard Snyder Prize. Her collection No Angels is forthcoming from Kelsay Press this year. Previous books are Eating Nasturtiums and The Disappearance of Gargoyles. Her poems have appeared in 60 journals and 20 anthologies. She received the Atlanta Review Prize and the New Millennium Writings Prize.

Come and meet new friends and join in on a game that is played all over the world.  Mahjongg enthusiasts of all skill levels are invited to play every Tuesday from 10am to 1pm. The sessions are open-ended and participants can play as many or as few games as they wish.  Players with mahjongg sets are encouraged to bring them, as the Library has a limited number to loan. This program is free, ongoing and open to players from all communities.

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