Arts & Crafts for Adults
2023-01-12 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Alexander Findley Community Library
This month we will be making mini winter wreaths out of felt, pipe cleaners, and ribbon. Come and play!

Book Club
2023-01-19 18:00 - 19:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Join us for the first Book Club of the New Year! We will be discussing Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. Following the talk we will watch the movie version directed by Sean Penn. We’ll have some tea or cocoa and light snacks to enjoy as well.

Board Meeting
2023-01-23 18:30 - 19:30, 2023-03-27 18:30 - 19:30, 2023-04-24 18:30 - 20:00, 2023-05-22 18:30 - 20:00, 2023-07-24 18:30 - 20:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
The AFCL board will meet in the Young at Heart Room at 6:30 pm to discuss library matters. Meetings are open to the public.

Take Your Child to the Library Day!
2023-02-04 09:00 - 14:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Join us this Saturday with the kids! Sign them up for their very own library card, and then explore the Children’s Area. There will be book give-a-ways, coloring sheets, and hot cocoa.

Arts & Crafts for Adults
2023-02-09 15:00 - 17:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Join us as we make Valentine’s Day cards using watercolor and wax (crayons, that is). We provide the materials, just show up and have some fun!

Book Club
2023-02-16 18:00 - 19:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Join us in the library at 6pm for a discussion of February’s book, Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult.

Board Meeting
2023-02-27 18:30 - 19:30 | Alexander Findley Community Library
The AFCL board will meet in the Young at Heart Room at 6:30 pm to discuss library matters. This meeting is open to the public.

Arts & Crafts for Adults
2023-03-09 15:00 - 17:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Coming soon!

Book Club
2023-03-16 18:00 - 19:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Join us at 6 pm as we discuss March’s book, The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan. Copies are available for pick up now.

“Lime green plastic flower-shaped hair bobbles—Found, on the playing field, Derrywood Park, 2nd September.
Bone china cup and saucer—Found, on a bench in Riveria Public Gardens, 31st October.
Anthony Peardew is the keeper of lost things. Forty years ago, he carelessly lost a keepsake from his beloved fiancée, Therese. That very same day, she died unexpectedly. Brokenhearted, Anthony sought consolation in rescuing lost objects—the things others have dropped, misplaced, or accidentally left behind—and writing stories about them. Now, in the twilight of his life, Anthony worries that he has not fully discharged his duty to reconcile all the lost things with their owners. As the end nears, he bequeaths his secret life’s mission to his unsuspecting assistant, Laura, leaving her his house and all its lost treasures, including an irritable ghost.
Recovering from a bad divorce, Laura, in some ways, is one of Anthony’s lost things. But when the lonely woman moves into his mansion, her life begins to change. She finds a new friend in the neighbor’s quirky daughter, Sunshine, and a welcome distraction in Freddy, the rugged gardener. As the dark cloud engulfing her lifts, Laura, accompanied by her new companions, sets out to realize Anthony’s last wish: reuniting his cherished lost objects with their owners.
Long ago, Eunice found a trinket on the London pavement and kept it through the years. Now, with her own end drawing near, she has lost something precious—a tragic twist of fate that forces her to break a promise she once made.
As the Keeper of Lost Objects, Laura holds the key to Anthony and Eunice’s redemption. But can she unlock the past and make the connections that will lay their spirits to rest?” (via goodreads)

Arts & Crafts for Adults
2023-04-13 15:00 - 17:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Spring is springing and we can’t wait to dye some colorful speckled eggs! Join us in the library on Thursday, April 13th at 3pm for some spring-y fun!

After Easter Storytime + Craft
2023-04-15 11:00 - 13:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library

Book Club
2023-04-20 18:00 - 19:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Join us at 6 pm as we discuss April’s book, The Husbands by Chandler Baker. Copies are available for pick up!
SUMMARY
“Nora Spangler is a successful attorney but when it comes to domestic life, she packs the lunches, schedules the doctor appointments, knows where the extra paper towel rolls are, and designs and orders the holiday cards. Her husband works hard, too… but why does it seem like she is always working so much harder?
When the Spanglers go house hunting in Dynasty Ranch, an exclusive suburban neighborhood, Nora meets a group of high-powered women–a tech CEO, a neurosurgeon, an award-winning therapist, a bestselling author–with enviably supportive husbands. When she agrees to help with a resident’s wrongful death case, she is pulled into the lives of the women there. She finds the air is different in Dynasty Ranch. The women aren’t hanging on by a thread.
But as the case unravels, Nora uncovers a plot that may explain the secret to having-it-all. One that’s worth killing for. Calling to mind a Stepford Wives gender-swap, The Husbands imagines a world where the burden of the “second shift” is equally shared–and what it may take to get there.”
(via goodreads)

Earth Day Celebration + Plant-stravaganza!
2023-04-22 11:00 - 14:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
We love Earth, and we love Earth Day! Come celebrate with us:
• Grab some flower/veggie seeds + plant cuttings to take home!
• Make a newspaper pot + start a sunflower for the Library Garden!
• Do a fun Earth Day craft!
• Check out some books about starting a garden!
• Sign up for the Garden Club!

Spring Craft Show Fundraiser!
2023-05-06 10:00 - 16:00 | Findley Lake Fire hall, 10372 Main Street, Findley Lake, 14736, United States

Arts & Crafts for Adults
2023-05-11 15:00 - 17:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
We’re going to découpage terra cotta pots. Supplies are limited so if you’ve never come to our craft class before, please call ahead or just bring your own pot! We’ve got plenty of collage materials and Modge Podge. (image from the How-To Home)

Book Club
2023-05-18 18:00 - 19:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Join us in the library at 6pm for a discussion of this month’s book, The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate.

Summary:
Lisa Wingate brings to life stories from actual “Lost Friends” advertisements that appeared in Southern newspapers after the Civil War, as freed slaves desperately searched for loved ones who had been sold off.
Louisiana, 1875 In the tumultuous aftermath of Reconstruction, three young women set off as unwilling companions on a perilous quest: Lavinia, the pampered heir to a now-destitute plantation; Juneau Jane, her illegitimate free-born Creole half-sister; and Hannie, Lavinia’s former slave. Each carries private wounds and powerful secrets as they head for Texas, following dangerous roads rife with ruthless vigilantes and soldiers still fighting a war lost a decade before. For Lavinia and Juneau Jane, the journey is one of inheritance and financial desperation, but for Hannie, torn from her mother and eight siblings before slavery’s end, the pilgrimage westward reignites an agonizing question: Could her long-lost family still be out there? Beyond the swamps lie the seemingly limitless frontiers of Texas and, improbably, hope.
Louisiana, 1987 For first-year teacher Benedetta Silva, a subsidized job at a poor rural school seems like the ticket to canceling her hefty student debt–until she lands in a tiny, out-of-step Mississippi River town. Augustine, Louisiana, seems suspicious of new ideas and new people, and Benny can scarcely comprehend the lives of her poverty-stricken students. But amid the gnarled oaks and run-down plantation homes lies the century-old history of three young women, a long-ago journey, and a hidden book that could change everything. (via goodreads)

Garden Club -- First Meeting!
2023-05-27 11:00 - 12:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Our first meeting is coming up! We will be touring the garden to discuss what we have, what we need, and what we want to accomplish. We’ll also talk about Monarch Watch and other upcoming programs throughout the summer!

Meets the last Saturday of the month at 11 am.

Come when you can, participate as much as you want.

There’s no pressure, this is supposed to be fun!

Arts & Crafts for Adults
2023-06-08 15:00 - 17:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
This month we’re making a paper flower wreath, perfect for summertime! Join us in the library on Thursday, June 8th at 3pm. (image from Messy Little Monster)

Annual Meeting
2023-06-10 09:00 - 10:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Join us in the Young at Heart Room for the Annual Meeting of the AFCL board of trustees, where we will elect officers and discuss the events of the past year, and plan for the next. Meeting is open to the public.

Book Club
2023-06-15 18:00 - 19:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Join us in the library at 6pm for a discussion of June’s book, Truly, Madly, Guilty by Liane Moriarty.
Summary:
Despite their differences, Erika and Clementine have been best friends since they were children. So when Erika needs help, Clementine should be the obvious person to turn to. Or so you’d think.
For Clementine, as a mother of a two desperately trying to practice for the audition of a lifetime, the last thing she needs is Erika asking for something, again.
But the barbecue should be the perfect way to forget their problems for a while. Especially when their hosts, Vid and Tiffany, are only too happy to distract them.
Which is how it all spirals out of control…(via goodreads)

Garden Club
2023-06-24 11:00 - 12:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Hello, Green Thumbs! Join us this Saturday at 11 for the second meeting of the Garden Club! It might be raining, but that’s okay, we have plenty to work on inside. There will also be a sign up for anyone who is interested in participating in our Nature Journal program during Summer Reading (July 1-August 31). We can’t wait to see you!

Arts & Crafts for Adults
2023-07-13 15:00 - 17:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
This month we will be painting on glass. Various containers provided, with limited supplies. You can bring your own if you want!

Book Club
2023-07-20 18:00 - 19:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Join us in the library at 6pm for a discussion of July’s book, Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. Head’s up: next month we will read the follow-up, Olive, Again.
Summary:
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Olive Kitteridge offers profound insights into the human condition – its conflicts, its tragedies and joys, and the endurance it requires.
At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn’t always recognize the changes in those around her: a lounge musician haunted by a past romance; a former student who has lost the will to live; Olive’s own adult child, who feels tyrannized by her irrational sensitivities; and her husband, Henry, who finds his loyalty to his marriage both a blessing and a curse.
As the townspeople grapple with their problems, mild and dire, Olive is brought to a deeper understanding of herself and her life – sometimes painfully, but always with ruthless honesty. (via goodreads)

Summer Reading Storytime and Craft!
2023-07-22 11:00 - 12:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
Join us in the library on Saturday, July 22 at 11am for a Storytime, followed by a craft and other playtime activities!

Garden Club
2023-07-29 11:00 - 13:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library

Summer Reading Storytime and Craft
2023-08-05 11:00 - 12:00 | Alexander Findley Community Library
