Events

We will be making Hindu Rakhi Bracelets to celebrate Raksha Bandhan, a Hindu festival traditionally celebrated on the full moon in late July or early August.

For Raksha Bandhan, sisters tie sacred red threads, or rakhi, around their brothers' wrists. "Raksha" means "protection" and "Bandhan" means "tying together" or "fastening". The Rakhi itself is a red thread with beads, stones, or other embellishments, that symbolizes the unbreakable bond between siblings. The tradition of tying Rakhis can extend beyond siblings, to friends and neighbors tying Rakhis as an expression of love.

We'll have red thread, beads, baubles and all things sparkly for you to make a Rakhi bracelet for someone special.

This program is part of our summer "Show Your Colors" series designed specifically for elementary school age children. Small beads and threading needles will present a choking hazard.

Join us on Zoom for a drink and book discussion. We'll make The Bootleg Cocktail and then discuss This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger (or bring a drink of your choice).

The E-book and audiobook are available on Libby and the book is available at the library.

Must be 21 or older. Zoom meeting details will be emailed prior to the event.

Upcoming Meeting: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler - Thursday, September 4 at 6 pm.

Summary: 1932, Minnesota--the Lincoln School is a pitiless place where hundreds of Native American children, forcibly separated from their parents, are sent to be educated. It is also home to an orphan named Odie O'Banion, a lively boy whose exploits earn him the superintendent's wrath. Forced to flee, he and his brother Albert, their best friend Mose, and a brokenhearted little girl named Emmy steal away in a canoe, heading for the mighty Mississippi and a place to call their own. Over the course of one unforgettable summer, these four orphans will journey into the unknown and cross paths with others who are adrift, from struggling farmers and traveling faith healers to displaced families and lost souls of all kinds. With the feel of a modern classic, This Tender Land is an en­thralling, big-hearted epic that shows how the magnificent American landscape connects us all, haunts our dreams, and makes us whole.