Library News: April 18th, 2024
This week, the library is highlighting several new non-fiction books. Recently, the Marcellus Township Library hosted a class for patrons interested in baking sourdough bread. Attendees left the class with their own sourdough starter along with encouragement to go out and bake! To help novices to this craft along, the library has two new books on the subject. Consider signing up for our next sourdough class May 29, 2024 at 6 pm!
Flour Power: The Practice and Pursuit of Baking Sourdough Bread by Tara Jensen. This book is for you, even if you have never baked before. The book includes more than eighty recipes for sourdough, rye, and whole grain bread which will enrich both beginners and advanced bakers as they learn about the craft. There is one recipe for Trail Mix Sourdough Bread that looks fantastic!
BReD: Sourdough Loaves, Small Breads and other Plant-Based Baking by Ed Tatton with Natasha Tatton, Vegan chef and artisan bread-maker Ed Tatton shares techniques and 100 recipes for making naturally leavened sourdough loaves, small breads, and earth-friendly small baked goods. Recipes for panettone buns, hot cross buns, sticky buns, English muffins, brioche and babka are included. There are step-by-step visuals on making and maintaining a sourdough starter, levain, mixing, shaping and baking methods.
Another new non-fiction book is a memoir:
Everyone But Myself by Julie Chavez. Julie is an elementary school librarian and the mother of two boys. Like many mothers, she ran herself ragged to meet the needs of everyone else. The signs of mounting anxiety and depression had been present for a while, but she did her best to ignore them. Then, one night, while her husband was away on business, Julie experienced a debilitating panic attack that threw life as she knew it into a tailspin. The terrifying aftershocks left her grappling with questions about the origin of her anxiety and where it would lead next. Julie gives a funny, unflinchingly honest account of love and loss, comically negligent doctors, husbands who can not read minds, family outings gone wrong, and then the life-affirming joy of a life well loved and well lived.
Upcoming events:
Mondays:
Yoga with Instructor Dave Sivley. Mondays at 6PM, April 8th-May 20th. Please bring a yoga mat, towel, water and $5 payable to Instructor Dave!
Tuesdays:
Teen Advisory Board Meeting, April 23rd. Drop in any time 3-5:00 PM to enjoy snacks, make a fun craft, and share your thoughts to influence future library collections & programs! Grades 7-12 are encouraged to attend!
Wednesdays:
Preschool Story Hour, 10:15 AM. Stories, music, movement & crafts for ages 0-5 and their parents/caregivers.
Author Presentation & Meet and Greet. This Troubled Ground by US Air Force Veteran and author Les Carroll, Lt. Col. (Ret.), USAFIANG, Wednesday, April 24th, from 5:30PM-6:30PM. Ret. Lt. Col. Les Carroll will be here to present his novel which was inspired by true events in Afghanistan. He will answer questions and signed copies of his book will be available for purchase.
Game Night AND Movies & Popcorn, April 24th, the last Wednesday of each month at 6:00 PM. We'll have fresh popcorn and a movie during game night! All ages are welcome!
Sourdough for Beginners. Learn the art of sourdough from expert Lindsey Morehouse of The Dough and More! Wednesday, May 29th at 6PM. Paid registration of $10 is required, and space is limited. This workshop will cover the essentials and you'll leave with a starter of your own.
Thursdays:
First Thursday Book Club 2023, May 2nd, 2024, 12 NOON-1 PM. Join others to chat about what you have been reading & to receive recommendations!
Fridays:
Lego at the Library, Fridays 3:00-4:30 PM. Build & create with our Lego & Duplo collections! All ages are invited!
Local Author Fair, May 3rd, 5-7:00 P.M. Are you a local author? Contact the library to reserve a spot at your local author fair. Bring copies of your book(s) to sign and sell. Meet and greet your fans and new readers.
Saturdays:
Tech Time @ the Library, April 20th and 27th, from 10 AM to 1 PM. Drop in the library to ask Justin your IT related questions and learn to navigate your device or our computers!