Plumb Library Knitters and Crocheters meets at the library every Monday at 6:30 pm. Beginners are welcome and chocolate is always served.
Children ages 3-7 can sign up to read and dance with Plumbarina, Plumb Library’s talented ballerina! Plumbarina will read a story and teach children basic ballet on SaturdayOctober 19at 10:30 am. Register on the Event Calendar at plumblibrary.com. Plumbarina is a Plumb Library Storytime Graduate, a member of the Jr. Friends of Plumb Library, and a member of the kids’ book club, BookBuds. Plumbarina has had classical ballet training for four years at New Bedford ballet and three years at the Dance Academy. She has danced in many Nutcracker performances and with the Spindle City Jr. Ballet company dances: “Alice in Wonderland” and “Peter and the Wolf”.
The Friends of Plumb Library are conducting their Fall Clothing Drive until Friday, October 25. Acceptable items include all clothing, bedding, linens, jewelry, accessories, shoes, or handbags. All items must be bagged up and brought to the library during business hours. Please call the library at 508-763-8600 for more information or if you can volunteer your time to help the Friends move the items to Savers on Saturday, October 26 at 9:00 am.
The COA Book Group will discuss The Woman in the Windowby A.J. Finn on Tuesday, October 15at 10:15 am at the Rochester COA on Dexter Lane. Books are available at the library or bring your own copy. An agoraphobic recluse languishes in her New York City home, drinking wine and spying on her neighbors, before witnessing a terrible crime through her window that exposes her secrets and raises questions about her perceptions of reality.
Just the Facts Nonfiction Book Group will discussStranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel on Thursday October 17at 6:30 pm at the library. This book documents the true story of a man who endured a hardscrabble, isolated existence in a tent in the Maine woods, never speaking with others and surviving by stealing supplies from nearby cabins, for 27 years, in a portrait that illuminates the survival means he developed and the reasons behind his solitary life.
Cafe Parlez will discuss Melmothby Sarah Perry on Thursday October 31at 6:30 pm. A follow-up to “The Essex Serpent” finds Helen, an English translator working in Prague, disregarding an obscure local monster legend before a friend’s disappearance reveals that Helen is being watched.