By Karen Kelly | Special to the Times Vedette
The library has many regular adult programs going on. If one of them sounds interesting, just show up and see if you like it. Craft and Connect meets each Monday from 4-6 p.m. for anyone who has a hobby that they would like to pursue while talking with others. If you aren’t working on a project right now but would like to attend, bring an adult coloring page or check out a jigsaw puzzle.
MJB Library has two book clubs. Patrons are invited to attend one or both of them. Between the Covers meets the second Tuesday of each month at 3 p.m., and Reads Well With Others meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 5 p.m. The May book for the afternoon club is “We All Live Here” by Jojo Moyes.
“Blue Sisters” by Coco Mellors, evening book for May, tells the story of three estranged siblings who return to their family home in New York after their beloved sister’s death in this unforgettable story of grief, identity and the complexities of family. As they each navigate grief, addiction and ambition, they find they must return to New York to stop the sale of the apartment they were raised in. But coming home is never as easy as it seems. As the sisters reckon with the disappointments of their childhood and the loss of the only person who held them together, they realize that the greatest secrets they have been keeping might not have been from each other, but from themselves. “Blue Sisters” is a story of what it takes to keep living after loss –– and, ultimately, to fall in love with life again.
On the third Thursday of each month, cardmaking class takes place at 9 a.m., and Cookbook Club takes place at 6 p.m. Card making class, led by Judy Zimmerline, teaches how to create one-of-a-kind greeting cards. Everyone is welcome to come and learn this skill. All supplies and materials are provided for a $5 fee.
Cookbook Club members are asked to stop by the library and choose a recipe from the cookbook of the month to prepare and bring to the evening meeting. The group will share a meal and taste each other’s dishes while discussing the recipes and the cookbook.
For those who enjoy card games, cribbage meets each Monday from 9-11 a.m. Bridge meets from 9-11 a.m. every Wednesday. Canasta meets at 1 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday. No experience is necessary to be able to join the card clubs.
Our youth programs include weekly preschool story hour for preschoolers and their caregivers on Fridays at 10 a.m. Creation Corner will meet on Wednesday, May 27 at 4 p.m.
Starting June 1, Summer Reading Program will begin with a kickoff party at 4 p.m. at Riverside Park. This come and go event will feature a number of activities to start the Summer Reading Program.
Registration is now open and can be completed at the library website. See the calendar of events for June on the website for events for the Summer Reading Program.