This month, we will read and discuss Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson. We meet in hybrid format. Come to the library with your mask or join over Zoom. Fill out the form below to receive the link. Yellow Wife tells the tale of Pheby, "a woman whose struggle to survive and to protect the […]
Join us for a virtual Zoom discussion of Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden. Copies available at the library, or borrow as an ebook or digital audiobook through Libby. Please email cstirling@minlib.net to register and receive the Zoom link.
Perhaps you have smelled the lovely fragrance of a peony and were immediately transported back to a time long ago in your grandmother’s garden. Have you ever wondered why that is? Joanne Pearson is back to enlighten us about the power of aroma and its importance in the garden. In this program, we’ll look at […]
Please note: this month the History Book Club will meet on Thursday, July 21. Join us for a virtual discussion of: Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave, written by himself . Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass : an American slave / written by himself. Copies of the book will […]
This month, we will discuss The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country by Helen Russell. When journalist Helen Russell and her husband move to Denmark so her husband can work for Lego, Russell begins a quest to determine why Denmark is often considered the happiest place on […]
Cinephilia is an academic word literally meaning “love of cinema,” but it also contains hints of nostalgia and passion for a film art that was undoubtedly the defining media experience of the twentieth century. As such, cinema has a variegated and fascinating history which extends well beyond the Hollywood we are all familiar with. Meant […]
This month, we will read and discuss On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. We meet in hybrid format. Come to the library with your mask or join over Zoom. Fill out the form below to receive the link. Voung's debut novel is a sweeping and shattering portrait of a family, and a testament to […]
Join us for a virtual Zoom discussion of The Maid by Nita Prose. Copies available at the library, or borrow as an ebook or digital audiobook through Libby. Please email cstirling@minlib.net to register and receive the Zoom link.
Join us for a virtual discussion of: Dutch girl : Audrey Hepburn and World War II / Robert Matzen. Copies of the book will be available at the Bacon Free Library. Call 508-653-6730 to arrange pick up. Or request your own copy HERE Also available on Overdrive HERE Instantly available on Hoopla HERE For details […]
This month, we will read and discuss Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline. We meet in hybrid format. Come to the library with your mask or join over Zoom. Fill out the form below to receive the link. Orphan Train is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of second chances, and unexpected friendship. Between 1854 […]
Cinephilia is an academic word literally meaning “love of cinema,” but it also contains hints of nostalgia and passion for a film art that was undoubtedly the defining media experience of the twentieth century. As such, cinema has a variegated and fascinating history which extends well beyond the Hollywood we are all familiar with. Meant […]
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