This month, Classics Book Club will read One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. This club meets the third Friday of each month at 10:30am in the library and on Zoom. Please email Margaret Berggren at margaret.berggren@gmail.com for more information and the unique Zoom link. “One Hundred Years of Solitude is the first…
Author Suzy England will discuss her book Letters for Lucien. In the novel, Houston society is shocked when confirmed bachelor Mathew Ellis marries Sunny Porter. Deliriously happy, the couple revels in the excitement of a pending birth—until tragedy strikes. Can the couple survive the unexpected loss? Copies of England’s book will be available for purchase…
Use our genealogy databases, share information with other enthusiasts, and receive help with your research from skilled volunteer Jane Schwendinger.
Families will follow detailed step–by–step instructions to write programs and build robots. Attendance is first come, first served and is limited to 8 parent/child pairs. Children must be at least 5 years old. Please pick up your pass 30 minutes before the program begins.
Do you have questions about your computer, phone, tablet, or other technology? Drop in for one-on-one technology assistance from our volunteer tech coaches! Sessions are from 12pm to 2pm Monday through Thursday on a first come, first served basis. Do you have questions but can’t make it into the library? Email our tech coaches at…
Attorney Rachel Bosworth of Thrash, Carroll, and Vanway Law Group will share legal tips and tools to protect your estate, provide for your loved ones, and efficiently navigate the world of wills, trusts, probate, and incapacity. Rachel Bosworth The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas J.D. with honors, May 2006, Order of the…
Learn movements and exercises designed for people with Parkinson’s disease. All people with Parkinson’s and their care partners are welcome to attend. For more information about the organizers, visit powerforparkinsons.org.
Facilitated by John N. Doggett Looking back at the covid-19 pandemic, there are many lessons to take away in terms of domestic and international policies. Although this pandemic seems to have waned, how can we apply these lessons to future pandemics? Will countries cooperate, and will a consensus emerge on how to manage global health…
Facilitated by Rachel Wellhausen Areas of the seas beyond national jurisdiction comprise the high seas, which are facing a degradation of ecosystems due to climate change and the increase in human activities, such as shipping, overfishing, pollution, and deep-sea mining. The recently negotiated High Seas Treaty, also known as the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction treaty,…
Facilitated by Rodger Baker Despite its large size, Indonesia remains virtually invisible to most Americans. But as one of the world’s largest democracies, the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, and as an economic driver of ASEAN, why does it fly below the radar? What are current issues in U.S.-Indonesian relations, and what role can the country…