On Tuesday, February 18 at 3:00 pm, it’s “The Return of Tuesdays with Teachers” for ages 5 and up. Join Ms. Sollauer and Ms. Johnson of RMS for a story and craft about snowflakes. Registration is required.
On Tuesday, February 18 and Friday, February 21 starting at 10:30 am, it’s Zumbini for ages 0-4 with Ms. Samantha Enos. This program combines music, dance and educational tools for 45 minutes of can’t-stop, won’t-stop bonding, learning, and fun! Registration is required. Space is limited to 10 children aged 0-4.
Welcome to Fort Storytime on Wednesday, February 19 at 10:30 am for ages 4 and up. Ms. Samantha, Library Page, will read stories in a blanket fort. After the stories are read, an edible craft will be made and eaten. Space is limited, so registration is required.
The Steam Team returns with Slime on Thursday, February 20 at 3:00 pm for grades K-3. Ms. Allison, a member of the Junior Friends, will present a STEAM-themed story, then make slime. Registration is required.
On Friday, February 21 at 3:00 pm, the Steam Team presents “The Science of Welding” with Ms. Emma, Old Colony welding student and member of the Junior Friends. Registration is required.
On Saturday, February 22 at 11:00 am, Ms. Cathy and her dog Merida will present a class on Dog Safety with the 4H. Our dogs often tell us when they are uncomfortable with what we are doing, but we don’t “speak dog”. Come learn about dog safety with the Plymouth County 4-H Dog Safety program, featuring pet therapy dog, Merida and Cathy Acampora, author of A Dog for Me and Please Don’t Hug Me. Books will be available for purchasing and signing. This class is only for ages 7 and up. Space is limited, so registration is required.
All programs will take place at the Plumb Memorial Library, 17 Constitution Way, Rochester. Register on the library’s Events Calendar found on our website: www.plumblibrary.com.
The Rochester Council on Aging Book Group will be discussing Silas Marner by George Eliot on Tuesday, February 18 at 10:15 am at the COA on Dexter Lane. Books are available at the library. Disappointed in friendship and love, and embittered by a false accusation, weaver Silas Marner retreats from the world with his loom, but soon finds his monastic existence forever changed by the arrival of an orphaned girl, whom he takes in and raises as his own daughter.
Just the Facts Nonfiction Book Discussion Group will discuss One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy by Carol Anderson on Thursday, February 20 at 6:30 pm at the Plumb Library. The New York Times best-selling author of White Rage presents a timely history of voter suppression that exposes America’s insidious history of policies that have blocked African-American voting participation, placing particular focus on the Supreme Court’s 2013 Shelby ruling.
Cafe Parlez Book Discussion Group will discuss The Library of the Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick on Thursday, February 27 at 6:30 pm. A shy librarian whose kind heart is often exploited receives a mysterious book of fairy tales from the beloved grandmother she believed dead and embarks on a perspective-changing journey of astonishing family secrets.
Book Buds Kids Book Discussion group will discuss Stargazing, a graphic novel by Jen Wang on Friday, February 28 at 4:00 pm. Chinese-American student Christine is devastated when her artistic best friend, Moon, falls dangerously ill amid revelations that she has been having visions about celestial beings telling her she does not really belong on Earth.