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A Discussion with Karen Smythe and Kasia Jaronczyk

in partnership with Words Worth Books

2025-06-11 19:00:00 2025-06-11 20:00:00 America/New_York A Discussion with Karen Smythe and Kasia Jaronczyk For Adults Eastside Branch - Program Room

Wednesday, June 11
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-06-11 19:00:00 2025-06-11 20:00:00 America/New_York A Discussion with Karen Smythe and Kasia Jaronczyk For Adults Eastside Branch - Program Room

Eastside Branch

Program Room

For Adults

About the Event

Join us for an evening with authors Karen Smythe and Kasia Jaronczyk as they discuss their newest releases, A Town With No Noise (Karen Smythe) and Voices in the Air (Kasia Jaronczyk).

Presented in partnership with Words Worth Books.

About Karen Smythe

Karen Smythe is the author of the novel This Side of Sad (Goose Lane Editions, 2017), the story collection Stubborn Bones (Polestar/Raincoast, 2001), and the critical study Figuring Grief: Gallant, Munro, and the Poetics of Elegy (McGill-Queen’s U.P., 1992). She lives in Guelph, Ontario.

About A Town With No Noise

Samara and J., a struggling young couple, are off to J.’s birthplace, Upton Bay, a small town turned upscale theatre and winery destination. Sam has been hired by an editor friend to write a promotional piece about the place while she and J. stay with his grandfather Otto, a prominent businessman in his day.

But their visit does not go as planned. Sam’s explorations of Upton’s tourist attractions lead her to ugly truths behind the quaint little town’s façade—discoveries that are counterpointed with vignettes of the town’s wealthy, elderly ruling class, painting a different picture than the one Sam’s friend expects her to provide. Tensions between Sam and J. worsen as J.’s true nature emerges and Sam begins to question both his values and his family’s past—especially after Otto tells them stories about his time as a German soldier during WW2.

Back in the city, Sam’s opinions and judgments about what is right and wrong are tested when a shocking truth surfaces about her grandmother’s flight from Norway after the war, profoundly changing Sam's understanding of who she is and who she wants to become.

In A Town with No Noise, fact and fiction combine to ask difficult questions about the communities we build, questions that are as relevant today as ever: Who stays? Who is chased away? And who decides?

About Kasia Jaronczyk

Kasia Jaronczyk is a Polish-Canadian writer, artist and microbiologist. She immigrated to Canada at the age of 14. Her debut short story collection Lemons was published in 2017 by Mansfield Press. She is a co-editor of the only anthology of Polish-Canadian short stories Polish(ed): Poland Rooted in Canadian Fiction (Guernica Editions, 2017). Her stories were short-listed for the Bristol Prize 2016 and long-listed for CBC Short Story Prize 2010. She has published in Canadian literary magazines such as TNQ, Room, Prairie Journal, Carousel, The Nashwaak Review, Postscripts to Darkness, and in anthologies Wherever I Find Myself, Essays by Canadian Immigrant Women (Miriam Matejova, Ed. Caitlin Press, April 2017) and The Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology (2016. Vol 9.).

About Voices in the Air

What would drive women to risk the lives of their children and innocent people to leave their mother country forever?

On April 30, 1982, two women and their families hijack a Polish passenger plane flying from Breslau to Warsaw in a bold attempt to escape Martial Law in Communist Poland and find safety in West Berlin. Among the hijackers are a cotton spinner whose husband wants to avoid a long prison sentence, a schoolteacher with a sick daughter, a pregnant fourteen-year-old who has visions of the Virgin Mary, and an ambitious young filmmaker. Inspired by real events, Voices in the Air is told from the point of view of these four women and a stewardess in love with the married pilot.  Will they find happiness beyond the Iron Curtain or was the hijacking not worth the risk?

Told using traditional narrative and documentary film-style interviews, Voices in the Air follows the main characters’ lives before and after the hijacking, and through real-life events as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the fight for women’s rights in modern Poland, the Covid pandemic and the refugee crisis on the Polish-Belarus border. A must-read novel exploring ambiguous moral choice, censorship, emigration, fate and regret.

AGE GROUP: | Adults 19+ |

EVENT TYPE: | Author Events |

TAGS: | Adult learning |

Eastside Branch

Phone: 519-886-1310

Hours
We're closed Tuesday July 01 due to Canada Day
Mon, Jun 30 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Jul 01 Closed
(Canada Day)
Wed, Jul 02 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Jul 03 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Jul 04 9:30AM to 5:30PM
Sat, Jul 05 9:30AM to 5:30PM
Sun, Jul 06 Closed

About the branch

Located at the RIM Park Manulife Sportsplex, the Eastside Branch boasts specialized creative spaces, quiet study areas, a nature education space and lots of natural light.

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Mon, Jul 07, 10:00am - 11:30am
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
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Eastside Branch - Program Room
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Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
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Mon, Jul 07, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
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Mon, Jul 07, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
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Tue, Jul 08, 10:30am - 11:15am
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
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Tue, Jul 08, 10:30am - 12:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
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Tue, Jul 08, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
McCormick Branch
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Tue, Jul 08, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Study Room 1
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Tue, Jul 08, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
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Tue, Jul 08, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For Adults

Tue, Jul 08, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 6 to 9 years old.
This event is full

Tue, Jul 08, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For adults in their 20s and 30s.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 09, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 6 to 9 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 09, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old.
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Wed, Jul 09, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Library
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Wed, Jul 09, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 10 to 13 years old.
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Wed, Jul 09, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
McCormick Branch
For Adults
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Wed, Jul 09, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Main Library
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Wed, Jul 09, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Older Adults

Wed, Jul 09, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
McCormick Branch
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Wed, Jul 09, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For newcomer youth ages 14 to 21 years old.Register

Wed, Jul 09, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 10 to 12 years old.
This event is full

Thu, Jul 10, 10:30am - 11:00am
McCormick Branch
For babies ages 11 to 23 months old with a caregiver.
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Thu, Jul 10, 10:30am - 11:30am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For Families

Thu, Jul 10, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 3 to 4 years old with a caregiver. This program is intended for children entering kindergarten in September 2025.

Thu, Jul 10, 1:00pm - 1:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For babies ages birth to 12 months old with a caregiver.

Thu, Jul 10, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 5 to 9 years old.

Thu, Jul 10, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Jul 10, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Jul 10, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For newcomer youth ages 14 to 21 years old.Register

Thu, Jul 10, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For Families

Thu, Jul 10, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Main Library
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Sat, Jul 12, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
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Sat, Jul 12, 11:00am - 12:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Discovery Room
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Sat, Jul 12, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Adults and Older Adults

Sat, Jul 12, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
McCormick Branch
For teens ages 13 to 18 years old.
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Sat, Jul 12, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Families

Mon, Jul 14, 10:30am - 11:15am
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For children ages birth to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Mon, Jul 14, 10:30am - 11:30am
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 3 to 4 years old with a caregiver. This program is intended for children entering kindergarten in September 2025.

Mon, Jul 14, 10:30am - 11:30am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 3 to 4 years old with a caregiver. This program is intended for children entering kindergarten in September 2025.

Mon, Jul 14, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
McCormick Branch
For babies ages birth to 12 months old with a caregiver.

Mon, Jul 14, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For babies ages 6 to 18 months with a caregiver.

Mon, Jul 14, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Mon, Jul 14, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 5 to 9 years old.
This event is full

Mon, Jul 14, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Adults

Tue, Jul 15, 10:30am - 11:15am
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages birth to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Tue, Jul 15, 10:30am - 12:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Older Adults

Tue, Jul 15, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Tue, Jul 15, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Adults

Tue, Jul 15, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For teens ages 13 to 18 years old.

Tue, Jul 15, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old.
This event is full

Tue, Jul 15, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 6 to 9 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 16, 10:30am - 11:00am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For babies ages birth to 12 months old with a caregiver.

Wed, Jul 16, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 6 to 9 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 16, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old.

Wed, Jul 16, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 6 to 12 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 16, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 10 to 13 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 16, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 10 to 12 years old.

Wed, Jul 16, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 5 to 9 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 16, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Families
This event is full

Thu, Jul 17, 10:30am - 11:00am
McCormick Branch
For babies ages 11 to 23 months old with a caregiver.
This event is full

Thu, Jul 17, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 3 to 4 years old with a caregiver. This program is intended for children entering kindergarten in September 2025.

Thu, Jul 17, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Older Adults

Thu, Jul 17, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 5 to 9 years old.

Thu, Jul 17, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Jul 17, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Jul 17, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For Families

Thu, Jul 17, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Main Library
Everyone welcome

Sat, Jul 19, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For Families

Sat, Jul 19, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 3 to 5 years old with a caregiver.
This event is full

Sat, Jul 19, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
McCormick Branch
For Adults

Mon, Jul 21, 10:30am - 11:15am
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For children ages birth to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Mon, Jul 21, 10:30am - 11:30am
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 3 to 4 years old with a caregiver. This program is intended for children entering kindergarten in September 2025.

Mon, Jul 21, 10:30am - 11:30am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 3 to 4 years old with a caregiver. This program is intended for children entering kindergarten in September 2025.

Mon, Jul 21, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
McCormick Branch
For babies ages birth to 12 months old with a caregiver.

Mon, Jul 21, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Mon, Jul 21, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 5 to 9 years old.

Mon, Jul 21, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 3 to 7 years old. Children ages 3 to 5 years old must be accompanied by a caregiver.
This event is full

Mon, Jul 21, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For adults in their 20s and 30s.

Tue, Jul 22, 10:30am - 11:15am
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages birth to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Tue, Jul 22, 10:30am - 12:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Older Adults

Tue, Jul 22, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Tue, Jul 22, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old.
Registration opens Wednesday, July 2 2025 at 7:00pm

Tue, Jul 22, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Adults
Registration opens Wednesday, July 2 2025 at 7:00pm

Tue, Jul 22, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 6 to 9 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 23, 10:30am - 11:00am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For babies ages birth to 12 months old with a caregiver.
Registration opens Wednesday, July 2 2025 at 7:00pm

Wed, Jul 23, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 6 to 9 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 23, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 10 to 13 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 23, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
McCormick Branch
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old.
Registration opens Wednesday, July 2 2025 at 7:00pm

Wed, Jul 23, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old.
Registration opens Wednesday, July 2 2025 at 7:00pm

Wed, Jul 23, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Older Adults

Wed, Jul 23, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For Families

Wed, Jul 23, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Adults
Registration opens Wednesday, July 2 2025 at 7:00pm

Thu, Jul 24, 10:30am - 11:00am
McCormick Branch
For babies ages 11 to 23 months old with a caregiver.
This event is full

Thu, Jul 24, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 3 to 4 years old with a caregiver. This program is intended for children entering kindergarten in September 2025.

Thu, Jul 24, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 5 to 8 years old.
Registration opens Thursday, July 3 2025 at 7:00pm

Thu, Jul 24, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Jul 24, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Jul 24, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For Families

Thu, Jul 24, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Main Library
Everyone welcome

Sat, Jul 26, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For Families

Sat, Jul 26, 10:30am - 11:30am
John M. Harper Branch
For kids ages 4 and up with a caregiver.

Sat, Jul 26, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Families

Sat, Jul 26, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
McCormick Branch
For teens ages 13 to 18 years old.
Registration opens Thursday, July 3 2025 at 7:00pm

Sat, Jul 26, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Families

Mon, Jul 28, 10:30am - 11:15am
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For children ages birth to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Mon, Jul 28, 10:30am - 11:30am
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 3 to 4 years old with a caregiver. This program is intended for children entering kindergarten in September 2025.

Mon, Jul 28, 10:30am - 11:30am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 3 to 4 years old with a caregiver. This program is intended for children entering kindergarten in September 2025.

Mon, Jul 28, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
McCormick Branch
For babies ages birth to 12 months old with a caregiver.

Mon, Jul 28, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For babies ages 6 to 18 months with a caregiver.
Registration opens Monday, July 7 2025 at 7:00pm

Mon, Jul 28, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Mon, Jul 28, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 5 to 9 years old.
Registration opens Monday, July 7 2025 at 7:00pm

Mon, Jul 28, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Adults

Tue, Jul 29, 10:30am - 11:15am
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages birth to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Tue, Jul 29, 10:30am - 12:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Older Adults

Tue, Jul 29, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Tue, Jul 29, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Teens and Adults
Registration opens Tuesday, July 8 2025 at 7:00pm

Tue, Jul 29, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old.
Registration opens Tuesday, July 8 2025 at 7:00pm

Tue, Jul 29, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 6 to 9 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 30, 10:30am - 11:15am
McCormick Branch
For kids ages birth to 5 years old with a caregiver.
Registration opens Wednesday, July 9 2025 at 7:00pm

Wed, Jul 30, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 6 to 9 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 30, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 6 to 12 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 30, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 10 to 13 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 30, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
McCormick Branch
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old.
Registration opens Wednesday, July 9 2025 at 7:00pm

Wed, Jul 30, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For families with children ages birth to 8 years old with their caregiver(s).

Wed, Jul 30, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Adults
Registration opens Wednesday, July 9 2025 at 7:00pm

Thu, Jul 31, 10:30am - 11:00am
McCormick Branch
For babies ages 11 to 23 months old with a caregiver.
This event is full

Thu, Jul 31, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 3 to 4 years old with a caregiver. This program is intended for children entering kindergarten in September 2025.

Thu, Jul 31, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Jul 31, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Jul 31, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
McCormick Branch
For Adults
Registration opens Thursday, July 10 2025 at 7:00pm

Thu, Jul 31, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For Families

Thu, Jul 31, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Main Library
Everyone welcome