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Coffee & Connect

Wednesday, November 12, 2025 10:00am

Lucile H. Bluford Branch

In Person

Join us for coffee, tea, and light conversation. You never know who might stop by!...

Senior Social Hour

Wednesday, November 12, 2025 3:00pm

Sugar Creek Branch

In Person

We meet every Wednesday from 3-4pm. Come join us for conversation, and a game if everyone wants to play. Just an hour to get out of the weather and...

Homes We Need, Barriers We Built

Thursday, November 13, 2025 6:00pm

Plaza Branch

Online

In Person

Development regulations often make housing, particularly starter homes, more expensive, if not impossible to build. Allison Thurmond Quinlan, an archi...

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Scribble Sprint: Freewrite and Narrative Techniques

Saturday, November 15, 2025 2:00pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

Finding hours to put pen to paper is often the biggest block to creativity. Carve out dedicated time to silence your inner critic and learn to writ...

Medicare & You: Understanding Your Options

Monday, November 17, 2025 1:00pm

Southeast Branch

In Person

Join us for an informative session on Medicare! Whether you're approaching eligibility or already enrolled, this program will help you understand c...

Author Spotlight: Write like Octavia Butler

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 1:00pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

Octavia Butler, American science fiction author, wrote bestseller Kindred, as well as Parable of the Sower, and Wild Seed. Butler expanded Science...

Social Spanish Club

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 5:30pm

Irene H. Ruiz Branch

In Person

Would you like to learn and practice Spanish? Join us at the Ruiz Branch each Tuesday evening from 5:30-6:30 p.m. for casual lessons and open conve...

Coffee & Connect

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 10:00am

Lucile H. Bluford Branch

In Person

Join us for coffee, tea, and light conversation. You never know who might stop by!...

Senior Social Hour

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 3:00pm

Sugar Creek Branch

In Person

We meet every Wednesday from 3-4pm. Come join us for conversation, and a game if everyone wants to play. Just an hour to get out of the weather and...

Docupoetry: Compressing Time and Space in the Political Poem

Thursday, November 20, 2025 12:00pm

Central Library

In Person

What can a lyric poem achieve that traditional journalistic reporting can't? Is there such a thing as an apolitical poem? How can poetry bend time...

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