Are you paying a ton for streaming services? Maybe it’s time for you to try Kanopy, your public library streaming option. With thousands of popular and award-winning, thoughtful films available for free to library cardholders, how can you go wrong? Create your free account at Kanopy.com and then add the app to your smart device or smart TV and, once you authenticate with your library card number, you are ready to stream. With 10 view credits a month per cardholder, there are lots of options to choose from, and the children’s channel streams for free with no limit. All you need is your up to date library card. For more information, please call the library at 906-387-2125 so you can get streaming as soon as possible.
Don’t forget that the National Park Service will be doing a Ranger Read Along on Monday, Feb. 27 at 10:30 a.m. featuring the book Owl Moon by Jane Yolen. Join a park ranger from PRNL for a story about going owling for the first time, play owl-themed games, and make a wintery craft to take home! Welcome to families with children ages seven and under.
Are you a knitter? Looking to meet other knitters, swap yarns, get tips, or work on your latest project in community with fellow knitters? Come knit at the library! North Shore Needles meets at the library every Friday at 11:00am. Please feel free to drop-in and stay a while!
Are you not very confident in your sewing abilities and would like some tips on how to do some mending yourself? Munising Library has a workshop for you! Mending 101 will take place in the library meeting room with local seamstress Joan Vinette on Thurs., Feb. 23 at 3:30 p.m. Please RSVP and plan to bring an item that needs mending.
There’s still time to start reading The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune, the February Alger Reads Book Club selection. Discussion at the library will be on Tues., Feb. 28. at 6 p.m. That also happens to be National Cupcake Day, so there may or may not be cupcakes! Please join us.
NEW BOOK: Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo.
In December 1848, a young enslaved couple named Ellen and William Craft set out on a journey of self-emancipation like no other. With suspense, drama, and historical rigor, Master Slave Husband Wife tells a true American love story—one that challenged the nation’s core precepts of life, liberty, and justice for all—and challenges us even now. –from the publisher
