Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 15:56:05 +0000
From: Susan Clayton
Subject: This Week at Chatham County Libraries
Tuesday, Oct. 6
10am Preschool Story Time
5:30-6:15pm Reflective Reading & Meditation Forum
Chatham Community Library is offering a six week forum designed to deepen our reflection and personal understanding. Each session will consist of a short reading, followed by 15-20 minutes of silent meditation/contemplation, and close with a few moments for shared insights. The readings will draw from the writings of some of the world’s most profound thinkers. We will start with a reading from HD Thoreau’s Walden. Jeshua Pacifici will host the forum.
Tuesday, October 6th
Tuesday, October 13th
Tuesday, October 20th
Tuesday, October 27th
Each session will start at 5:30pm and conclude at 6:15pm.
6:45-8pm Tuesday Evening Book Club- This month’s book is Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson. From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania
On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were surprisingly at ease, even though Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone. For months, German U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic. But the Lusitania was one of the era’s great transatlantic “Greyhounds”-the fastest liner then in service-and her captain, William Thomas Turner, placed tremendous faith in the gentlemanly strictures of warfare that for a century had kept civilian ships safe from attack.
Germany, however, was determined to change the rules of the game, and Walther Schwieger, the captain of Unterseeboot-20, was happy to oblige. Meanwhile, an ultra-secret British intelligence unit tracked Schwieger’s U-boat, but told no one. As U-20 and the Lusitania made their way toward Liverpool, an array of forces both grand and achingly small-hubris, a chance fog, a closely guarded secret, and more-all converged to produce one of the great disasters of history.
It is a story that many of us think we know but don’t, and Erik Larson tells it thrillingly, switching between hunter and hunted while painting a larger portrait of America at the height of the Progressive Era. Full of glamour and suspense, Dead Wake brings to life a cast of evocative characters, from famed Boston bookseller Charles Lauriat to pioneering female architect Theodate Pope to President Woodrow Wilson, a man lost to grief, dreading the widening war but also captivated by the prospect of new love.
Gripping and important, Dead Wake captures the sheer drama and emotional power of a disaster whose intimate details and true meaning have long been obscured by history.
Thursday, Oct. 8
9-12 & 1-3pm Genealogy Assistance. Reservations requested. Contact the Reference Desk at 919-545-8086.
Friday, Oct. 9
9:30am Toddler Story Time
10:30am Preschool Story Time
5:30pm CCL Family Movie Night -Join us for a FREE family friendly movie once a month! Bring snacks and a blanket to lie on if you’d like. For more information, contact the children’s desk at (919) 545-8085.
Judith Viorst<http://www.fandango.
Saturday, Oct. 10
3:30pm Spanish Book Club for Adults. Conducted entirely in Spanish.
5-8pm CCL 5th Birthday Celebration! You don’t want to miss this! Chatham Community Library is turning 5 years old and we are having a party!
There will be singing, dancing, food, crafts, and lots of fun for everyone! The festivities will take place in the courtyard area just outside the end of the library building facing the college from 5 to 8pm.
Music will be provided by Pittsboro’s own Tommy Edwards and The Bluegrass Experience as well as our own staff member Wes Collins, who was one of six winners out of 800 entries this year at the 2015 Kerrville New Folk Music Songwriters Competition. Tommy was twice named World Champion Bluegrass Guitarist and has recorded and performed live with an array of bluegrass greats. He has recorded multiple solo discs as well as many albums with the Bluegrass Experience. Tommy and friends formed The Bluegrass Experience in 1971 and by 1972 they had won the World’s Championship Bluegrass Band prize. All the musicians are incredible and you will be amazed!
The awesome Deli-icious Food Truck will be here to offer some wonderful food options for dinner as will Barney’s Famous Hot Dogs. For dessert, we will have everyone’s favorite- the Mapleview Ice Cream truck!
Here is a sampling of the Deli-icious Food Truck menu and a link to see the rest of the mouth-watering treats.
Veggie Quesadilla, Crab & Chicken Quesadillas; Vegetarian Paninis- NC Caprese, Purple People Eater (Eggplant, mushrooms, onions, red peppers, and Swiss); Meaty Paninis- Roast Beef, Chicken with chipotle mayo & avovado, Ham & Swiss with caramelized onions & spinach; and Sides & Small Plates such as Crab Quiche, Pasta Salads, Pad Thai, Watermelon Gazpacho, a variety of Grit Cakes with seasonal vegetables, Pulled Pork Tacos, Cucumber & Tomato Salad, and Korean Style Dumplings.
http://www.deliicioustruck.
The Scrap Exchange will provide crafting fun for the kids from 5-7pm and there will also be bouncy houses and face painting!
Chatham County Sheriff’s Department will be on hand with Ident-A-Kid kits to do identification cards for your children.
Bring your lawn chairs or blankets and come celebrate our first 5 years with us. There will be some cool giveaways while supplies last. We can’t wait to see you here!
Wren Library, Siler City
Wednesday, Oct. 7
10:30 am Preschool Story time
Goldston Library, Goldston
Thursday, Oct. 8
10:30 am Preschool story time
“Love, butter & the company of cats is the recipe for a good life”. Julia Child.
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