This month, we will discuss The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande. According to Malcolm Gladwell's review of The Checklist Manifesto, Gawande is a gorgeous writer and storyteller, and the aims of this book are ambitious. Gawande thinks that the modern world requires us to revisit what we mean by expertise: that experts need help, and […]

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 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 […]