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The Word About Town The Word About Town Volume 6, Issue 2 February 2018 A Wealth of Information Awaits You Learn About Digital Security The library will host a series of digital security lessons, called CryptoParties, de- signed to educate those without prior knowledge of cyber awareness. The first CryptoParty will be Wednesday, February 14 at 3:30 p.m. This session will cover "Understanding Internet Browsing." We will discuss how internet browsing works, who is tracking you, how they use that information, and how to browse anonymously. Registration encouraged—please call (520) 723-6030. Other CyberParties will include device encryption and encrypted communication. Preserve Your Memories at Our Writing Workshop Aspiring writers of short stories and longer works, join us for a writing work- shop with local writer Gene Carter on Monday, February 5 at 10:00 a.m. Mr. Carter became interested in preserving his own history when he took a local writing course at Central Arizona College, after working a number of years as a veterinarian. This is a great event for patrons from all backgrounds who would like to learn how to record their own stories and history and share with others. Registration encouraged—please call (520) 723-6030. Inside this Issue: Special Points of Interest... Cooks + Books Cook Book Club 2 Writing Workshop—February 5 The Stitch-U-Ation Needlework Club 2 Sugar Code It!—February 6 & 20 Library Lovers Month 2 Knights of the Square Table—February 7 African American Pioneers of AZ 3 FRANK Talk: Is this Racist? 3 CryptoParty—February 14 Knights of the Square Table 7 Valentine’s Day Story Time—February 14 Computer Coding 7 African American Pioneers of AZ—February 15 Tween Titans 7 Mini Book Sale—February 15 Sensory Screenings 8 Cooks + Books Cook Book Club—February 20 Viet Nam Veterans Event 10 FRANK Talk: Is this Racist?—February 28 PagePage 2 2 TheThe Word Word About About Town Town Discuss Our Latest Picks in Our Adult Book Club The Pinal Page Turners will meet Doc by Mary Doria Russell. Tuesday, February 13 at 5:30 p.m. To sign out a book club selection, Their February book club title is We simply visit the library before the Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel scheduled meeting date. You need to Shriver. have a valid contact number prior to The Remix will meet Thursday, February 22 signing out a book and should have a library at 2:00 p.m. Their February book club title is card. Cooks + Books Cook Book Club Do you like to browse cookbooks and try out new recipes? Or are you just learning how to cook? Then you will want to join our newest book club, Cooks + Books. The first meeting will be on Tuesday, February 20 at 5:30 p.m. During this initial meeting, we will discuss the format of the book club and what to expect. And of course, there will be food! To sign up, visit the library prior to the scheduled meeting date. Cooks + Books will meet regu- larly the third Monday of the month at 5:30 p.m. starting March 19. Join the Stitch-U-Ation Needlework Club Enjoy friendly conversation and No experience necessary. The club will meet learn to knit, crochet, and em- the 4th Friday of the month from 2:00 p.m. broider in our new needlework to 3:30 p.m. The next meeting will be Friday, club—The Stitch-U-Ation. February 23. Basic supplies provided, but you are welcome For adults only. to bring your own projects. Color Those Worries Away! Coloring is not just for kids. It’s fun and also helps you relieve stress and anxiety. Adults are invited to join us on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month from 1:30 p.m. — 3:00 p.m. We supply coloring sheets and colored pencils. Feel free to bring your own, as well. No need to register. Simply drop by, mingle, color, and enjoy a snack. Call (520) 723-6030 or email [email protected] with questions. Volume 6, Issue 2 Page 3 Celebrate Library Lovers Month with Us February is National Library Lovers Month, a time for people to celebrate all the things they love about libraries. Some things you can do to show your love are get- ting a library card (free to first time card holders!), volunteering your time at the library, and using all the resources we are delighted to deliver to you. We would also like to show our appreciation to our wonderful patrons. On Library Lovers Day, Wednesday, February 14, we will have a special treat available at the library, while supplies last. Thank you for your support! Learn about African American Pioneers of Arizona Join us Thursday, February 15 at 12:00 p.m. Dr. Eugene Grigsby, Betty Fairfax, Judge Jean for an AZ Speaks presentation about African Williams, Rev. Warren Stewart, Councilman American Pioneers of Arizona, facilitated by Calvin Goode, and Carol Coles Henry. Dr. Akua Duku Anokye, ASU. Registration encouraged. Call (520) 723-6030 Featuring compelling documentaries based or email [email protected]. on interviews, this presentation shares sto- AZ Speaks is made possible by Arizona Hu- ries about prominent African Americans manities. who contributed to the life and culture of Arizona. Such luminaries include the late Participate in a FRANK Talk Round Table Discussion about Race Dr. Kathy Nakagawa of young people are still unprepared to discuss Arizona State University racial topics, while parents and educators will facilitate the FRANK struggle to develop strategies to discuss race. Talk “Is This Racist? Racial Literacy and So- This timely FRANK Talk will discuss ways to cial Media ” on Wednesday, February 28 at equip parents and educators to have these 5:30 p.m. conversations. FRANK Talks are made possi- This discussion will focus on race and ra- ble by Arizona Humanities and the Arizona cism young people encounter on a daily ba- State Library, Archives, and Public Records. sis, through Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Registration encouraged. Call (520) 723- and blogs. Even with so much exposure, 6030 or email [email protected]. Library Closed The Coolidge Public Library will be closed You can still access many library resources Monday, February 19 for Presidents’ Day and when we are closed! Check out cloudLibrary will reopen Tuesday, February 20 at 8:00 eBooks or RBdigital magazines and a.m. Items can be returned during closures in audiobooks. Go to www.coolidgeaz.com/ the book drops. library and click on Digital Resources. PagePage 4 4 TheThe Word Word About About Town Town The Woman in the Window — Adult Fiction By A. J. Finn Anna Fox lives alone—a recluse in her New York City home, unable to venture outside. She spends her day drinking wine (maybe too much), watching old movies, recalling happier times . and spying on her neighbors. Then the Russells move into the house across the way: a father, a mother, their teenage son. The perfect family. But when Anna sees something she shouldn’t, her world begins to crumble—and its shocking secrets are laid bare. What is real? What is imagined? Who is in danger? Who is in control? In this diabolically gripping thriller, no one—and nothing—is what it seems. Twisty and powerful, ingenious and moving, The Woman in the Window is a smart, sophisticated novel of psychological suspense that recalls the best of Hitchcock. — Provided by publisher The Immortalists — Adult Fiction By Chloe Benjamin It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children--four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness—sneak out to hear their fortunes. Their prophecies inform their next five decades. Golden-boy Simon es- capes to the West Coast, searching for love in '80s San Francisco; dreamy Klara becomes a Las Vegas magician, obsessed with blurring reality and fantasy; eldest son Daniel seeks security as an army doctor post-9/11, hoping to control fate; and bookish Varya throws herself into longevity research, where she tests the boundary between science and immortality. The Immortalists probes the line between destiny and choice, reality and illusion, this world and the next. It is a deeply moving testament to the power of story, the nature of belief, and the unrelenting pull of familial bonds. — Provided by publisher Grist Mill Road — Adult Fiction By Christopher J. Yates Grist Mill Road is a dark, twisted, and expertly plotted Rashomon-style tale. The year is 1982; the setting, an Edenic hamlet some ninety miles north of New York City. There, among the craggy rock cliffs and glacial ponds of timeworn mountains, three friends— Patrick, Matthew, and Hannah—are bound together by a terrible and seemingly sense- less crime. Twenty-six years later, in New York City, living lives their younger selves never could have predicted, the three meet again—with even more devastating results. — Provided by publisher Volume 6, Issue 2 Page 5 Timekeepers; How the World Became Obsessed with Time — Adult Non Fiction By Simon Garfield Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana. The Beatles learn to be brilliant in an hour and a half. An Englishman arrives back from Calcutta but refuses to adjust his watch. Beethoven has his symphonic wishes ignored. A US Senator begins a speech that will last for 25 hours. The horrors of war are frozen at the click of a camera. A woman de- signs a ten-hour clock and reinvents the calendar.
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