Events
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Start: 1:00 pm
Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows’ book, Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society. January 1946: writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name.
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Start: 6:00 pm
Join us this month as we solve Barbara Hambly’s mystery, A Free Man of Color.
It is 1833. In the midst of Mardi Gras, Benjamin January, a Creole physician and music teacher, is playing piano at the Salle d'Orleans when the evenings festivities are interrupted--by murder. Ravishing Angelique Crozat, a notorious octoroon who travels in the city's finest company, has been strangled to death. With the authorities reluctant to become involved, Ben begins his own inquiry, which will take him through the seamy haunts of riverboatmen and into the huts of voodoo-worshipping slaves. But soon the eyes of suspicion turn toward Ben—for, black as the slave who fathered him, this free man of color is still the perfect scapegoat....
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Start: 6:30 pm
Rachel Hall, professor of English at SUNY-Geneseo, will read from her collection of linked short stories about a French Jewish family during World War II. | 11
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Start: 11:00 am
Join us on Fridays at 11:00 am for a 30 minute storytime with the kids. All ages welcome! | 14
Start: 1:00 pm
Welcome to the weird west! Join us for a signing with Colorado author, Peter Branvold. His new book, Dust of the Damned, puts a new twist on the western as werewolves, ghouls, and cowboys all fight for a piece of the American frontier. You won’t want to miss this blend of the paranormal and the historical. |
