Please note: The public library is closed today, Friday, Nov. 29, in recognition of Thanksgiving weekend. Enjoy the holiday.
TaleSpinners Storytime will meet at the library this coming Monday, Dec. 2, at 10:30 a.m. Preschool-aged children and their caregivers are invited to attend this 30-minute activity for ages 7 and under. We are excited to see you and your little one at the library.
Happy Lamb Knitting Club meets this Tuesday, Dec. 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. Yarn artists of all skill levels are welcome to attend. Share your knitting knowledge, or learn something new.
Alger Reads Book Club also meets this coming Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 6 p.m. to discuss “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants” by Robin Wall Kimmerer. This vibrant reading group w e l comes new members. Stop by and check it out.
Join us at the library for Wednesday Holiday Crafts, where we host a craft session each Wednesday throughout the month of December. Starting at 1 p.m. each Wednesday (excluding Christmas), we’ll have an array of holiday-themed crafts: a sparkle atlas snowflake, holly jolly wooden rounds and melted snowman rocks. We provide the materials, and you get to make and take your craft. As always, this is a free activity that all are welcome to attend and participate in.
Finally, on Saturday, Dec. 7, AC3 is hosting a Holiday Create Space. Come get creative at the library with friends. Supplies will be provided to create gift tags or greeting cards.
New book
This week’s new book is “Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering” by Malc o l m Gladwell. Here is the publisher’s synopsis: Why is Miami … Miami? What does the heartbreaking fate of the cheetah tell us about the way we raise our children? Why do Ivy League schools care so much about sports? What is the Magic Third, and what does it mean for racial harmony? In this provocative new work, Malcolm Gladwell returns for the first time in 25 years to the subject of social epidemics and tipping points, this time with the aim of explaining the dark side of contagious phenomena. Through a series of riveting stories, Gladwell traces the rise of a new and troubling form of social engineering. He takes us to the streets of Los Angeles to meet the world’s most successful bank robbers, rediscovers a forgotten television show from the 1970s that changed the world, visits the site of a historic experiment on a tiny culde-sac in northern California and offers an alternate history of two of the biggest epidemics of our day: COVID and the opioid crisis. “Revenge of the Tipping Point” is Gladwell’s most personal book yet. With his characteristic mix of storytelling and social science, he offers a guide to making sense of the contagions of the modern world. It’s time we took tipping points seriously.
