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T-MAD Meeting

Monday, November 25, 2024 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Third Floor Auditorium at Main Library
Program Type:
Books & Reading
Age Group:
Teens (grades 6-12)
Event Details:

Teens Making a Difference program, where you learn about upcoming events, share reading suggestions, get free books and make a difference in the community. Participation counts as ...

Register
Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Third Floor Auditorium
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12)
Program Type: Books & Reading
Required
Event Details:

Teens Making a Difference program, where you learn about upcoming events, share reading suggestions, get free books and make a difference in the community. Participation counts as volunteer work. Pizza and chips will be served.

Disclaimer(s)

Friends-Sponsored

This program is brought to you by the generous support of the Friends of the Ferguson Library.

Ninzi's Secret

South End Branch African and African American Authors Hybrid Book Discussion: Ninzi's Secret by Margaret Williams Walker

Monday, November 25, 2024 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
South End ROOM HOLD at South End Branch
Program Type:
Books & Reading
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Ninzi's Secret: A Journey of Love, Discovery, and Heritage by Margaret Williams Walker Raised by loving adoptive parents amid tough times, Margaret’s life is marked by a determi...

Library Branch: South End Branch
Room: South End ROOM HOLD
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:

Ninzi's Secret: A Journey of Love, Discovery, and Heritage by Margaret Williams Walker

The New Yorker

The New Yorker Magazine Discussion

Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Auditorium at Harry Bennett Branch
Program Type:
Books & Reading
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

All are welcome to join a friendly group discussion of the latest articles from The New Yorker.  Also available via Zoom. Registration appreciated; join the discuss...

Register
Required
Library Branch: Harry Bennett Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Required
Event Details:

All are welcome to join a friendly group discussion of the latest articles from The New Yorker. 

Also available via Zoom.

Oh William!

Weed Memorial & Hollander Branch Book Discussion via Zoom: Oh, William! by Elizabeth Strout

Monday, December 2, 2024 at 11:30am - 12:30pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Books & Reading
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Oh William! by Elizabeth StroutLucy Barton is a writer, but her ex-husband, William, remains a hard man to read. William, she confesses, has always been a mystery to her. Another m...

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:

Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout

Friends Book Shop

Friends of Ferguson Library Book Shop Bag Sale

Friday, December 6, 2024 at 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Auditorium at Harry Bennett Branch
Program Type:
Friends Events, Books & Reading
Age Group:
All ages, Babies & Toddlers (ages birth-4), Kids (grades K-5), Tweens (grades 5-8), Teens (grades 6-12), Parents, Families, Adults
Event Details:

The Friends Book Shop is holding its signature bag sale at the Harry Bennett Branch. For $15, fill a bag with as many books and media as you can carry. Items also available for $1 ...

Library Branch: Harry Bennett Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: All ages, Babies & Toddlers (ages birth-4), Kids (grades K-5), Tweens (grades 5-8), Teens (grades 6-12), Parents, Families, Adults
Program Type: Friends Events, Books & Reading
Event Details:

The Friends Book Shop is holding its signature bag sale at the Harry Bennett Branch. For $15, fill a bag with as many books and media as you can carry. Items also available for $1 apiece.

Disclaimer(s)

Friends-Sponsored

This program is brought to you by the generous support of the Friends of the Ferguson Library.

Friends Book Shop

Friends of Ferguson Library Book Shop Bag Sale

Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 10:00am - 4:00pm
Auditorium at Harry Bennett Branch
Program Type:
Friends Events, Books & Reading
Age Group:
All ages, Babies & Toddlers (ages birth-4), Kids (grades K-5), Tweens (grades 5-8), Teens (grades 6-12), Parents, Families, Adults
Event Details:

The Friends Book Shop is holding its signature bag sale at the Harry Bennett Branch. For $15, fill a bag with as many books and media as you can carry. Items also available for $1 ...

Library Branch: Harry Bennett Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: All ages, Babies & Toddlers (ages birth-4), Kids (grades K-5), Tweens (grades 5-8), Teens (grades 6-12), Parents, Families, Adults
Program Type: Friends Events, Books & Reading
Event Details:

The Friends Book Shop is holding its signature bag sale at the Harry Bennett Branch. For $15, fill a bag with as many books and media as you can carry. Items also available for $1 apiece.

Disclaimer(s)

Friends-Sponsored

This program is brought to you by the generous support of the Friends of the Ferguson Library.

The Underground Railroad

Harry Bennett Branch Book Discussion via Zoom: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Monday, December 9, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Books & Reading
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadCora, a young slave on a Georgia cotton plantation, escapes with Caesar, a fellow slave, after he convinces her to flee on the literal U...

Register
Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Required
Event Details:

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The New Yorker Magazine Discussion

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Auditorium at Harry Bennett Branch
Program Type:
Books & Reading
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

All are welcome to join a friendly group discussion of the latest articles from The New Yorker. Also available via Zoom.Join the discussion here at the scheduled time. 

Register
Required
Library Branch: Harry Bennett Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Required
Event Details:

All are welcome to join a friendly group discussion of the latest articles from The New Yorker. 

Also available via Zoom.

2666

Spanish Book Discussion / 2666 de Roberto Bolaño

Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Auditorium at Harry Bennett Branch
Program Type:
Books & Reading
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

2666 de Roberto BolañoCuatro académicos tras la pista de un enigmático escritor alemán; un periodista de Nueva York en su primer trabajo en México; un filósofo viudo; un detective ...

Library Branch: Harry Bennett Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:

2666 de Roberto Bolaño

Silent Book Club

Silent Book Club Meeting

Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Auditorium at Harry Bennett Branch
Program Type:
Books & Reading
Age Group:
All ages
Event Details:

Join us for our very own chapter of the Silent Book Club (SBC), a community of readers and introverts with 300 chapters around the world who gather in person and online to read tog...

Register
Required
Library Branch: Harry Bennett Branch
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: All ages
Program Type: Books & Reading
Required
Event Details:

Join us for our very own chapter of the Silent Book Club (SBC), a community of readers and introverts with 300 chapters around the world who gather in person and online to read together in quiet camaraderie.

Among Others

Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Book Discussion Via Zoom: Among Others by Jo Walton

Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Books & Reading
Age Group:
Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Event Details:

Rescheduled from November 19.This month's book discussion exploring the unknown realms of fantasy, science fiction and horror will be on Among Others by Jo Walton.Startling, unusua...

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12), Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:

Rescheduled from November 19.

Teens

T-MAD Meeting

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Third Floor Auditorium at Main Library
Program Type:
Books & Reading
Age Group:
Teens (grades 6-12)
Event Details:

Teens Making a Difference program, where you learn about upcoming events, share reading suggestions, get free books and make a difference in the community. Participation counts as ...

Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Third Floor Auditorium
Age Group: Teens (grades 6-12)
Program Type: Books & Reading
Required
Event Details:

Teens Making a Difference program, where you learn about upcoming events, share reading suggestions, get free books and make a difference in the community. Participation counts as volunteer work. Pizza and chips will be served.

A More Perfect Union

South End Branch African and African American Authors Hybrid Book Discussion: A More Perfect Union by Tammye Huf

Monday, December 23, 2024 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
South End ROOM HOLD at South End Branch
Program Type:
Books & Reading
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

A More Perfect Union by Tammye Huf When Henry O'Toole escapes the Irish famine and sails to America, he doesn't expect the anti-Irish prejudices that await him. Determined to ne...

Library Branch: South End Branch
Room: South End ROOM HOLD
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:

A More Perfect Union by Tammye Huf