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Ask the Techs! Tuesday, March 7th at 10:15AM Tuesday, March 21st at 10:15AM Peirce Conference Room Catch the volunteer experts at the Agawam Library on the first and third Tuesday mornings! This is your opportunity to ask your computer and other device questions of knowledgeable peers. If there are other “techies” interested, they will be most welcome to come and join in providing help with devices. The library hopes to develop this program into a great group of folks who gather and help one another with computer/device questions and issues. This is a drop-in program and no registration is necessary!
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Thursday, March 9th at 6:30PM
Tuesday, March 28th at 6:30PM Judith Clini Community Room Do you have a great sense of humor? Are you interested in meeting new friends? Join us for lots of games and brief discussions on the basics of improv comedy. Practice public speaking, cooperation and team-building, grand philosophical ideas of wellness and wholesome optimism, and also sometimes shouting a whole bunch! This is a great chance to come out of your shell - we're just making it up as we go along!
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Judith Clini Community Room Genealogy and history buffs are invited to join us for an evening with Kate Kelley, the Photo Angel! Kate spends her spare time going to flea markets and antique stores buying old photographs. She uses online tools to try to identify the people in the photos and then tracks down relatives of those featured. Her goal is to reunite the photos with long lost family members. “It’s heartbreaking to see pictures of somebody’s relatives [for sale],” Kelley said. “It became my mission to rescue them, and return them.” This program is sponsored in part by the Agawam Center Library Association.
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Tuesday, March 14th at 10:00AM Monday, March 20th at 7:00PM Peirce Conference Room Looking to talk books with other literature lovers in a cozy and informal environment? This is your chance to visit the library, enjoy a cup of hot chocolate or tea, and join a group discussion about books. Participants are invited to share their favorite book, or a book they're currently reading or listening to. Let us know why you like it, why it's your favorite, or why you would (or wouldn't!) recommend it! Patrons may also bring a book to swap.
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Wednesday, March 15th at 6:30PM
Judith Clini Community Room Confused about all of the choices for digital content at the library these days? Let us help! Join Library Associate Erica LeFebvre for a demonstration of Hoopla-another digital sources for books, music, movies and more from the Agawam Library! Be sure to bring your library card to make sure you can get access to all we have to offer.
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Judith Clini Community Room Back by popular demand! Our February craft night filled up so quickly, we decided to run it again! Create a charming decorative gnome that is sure to brighten up your home. The library will provide all necessary materials. This fun and easy project is for crafters of all experience levels.
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Monday, March 27th at 6:30PM
Judith Clini Community Room Join us for another performance by longtime New England musician/author Matt York. Matt will perform the songs of Johnny Cash and tell stories about Cash's career spanning from the 1950's to his passing in 2003. He will discuss Cash's emergence as a groundbreaking artist in the 1950's, his marriage to June Carter and many of his other career highlights. York was recently nominated for the Boston Music Award for Best Country Artist and his album Gently Used was just named one of Worcester Magazine's best albums of 2022. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam Local Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
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Judith Clini Community Room Join us for a fun afternoon of Jeopardy-style trivia and a cup of tea (or hot chocolate!) Adults of all ages will enjoy an afternoon of testing their general knowledge. Show off your trivia skill and you could win a prize!
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Virtual Author Talks in March
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You’re invited to a conversation with New York Times bestselling author David Epstein as he chats about his most recent book, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. Attendees can also submit questions for the author in advance that may be asked during the event.
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A talk that will leave you starving for more! Join us as we chat with celebrity chef Jernard Wells about his newest cookbook Southern Inspired: More Than 100 Delicious Dishes from My American Table to Yours. Attendees can also submit questions for the author in advance that may be asked during the event.
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Join us for an exciting trip through time as we chat with New York Times bestselling historical fiction author Pam Jenoff about her newest book Code Name Sapphire! Attendees can also submit questions for the author in advance that may be asked during the event.
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Book Discussion Groups in March |
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Tuesday, March 7th at 7:00PM Peirce Conference Room Join us to discuss the fascinating contemporary novel We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange! Registration is not required and new members are always welcome to join. Regular print and large print copies of the book are available to pick up at the library circulation desk.
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Peirce Conference Room Join us to discuss the powerful memoir Untamed by Glennon Doyle! Registration is not required and new members are always welcome to join. Regular print and large print copies of the book are available to pick up at the library circulation desk.
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Peirce Conference Room Join us to discuss the bestselling novel The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid! Registration is not required and new members are always welcome to join. Regular print and large print copies of the book are available to pick up at the library circulation desk.
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Looking for a novel full of family, fiery women, and lucky/unlucky in love vibes that reminds you of Lessons in Chemistry? If so, The Vibrant Years will give you all those rom-com feels and then some. It’s funny and warmhearted about a gregarious and gorgeous grandmother (spoiler, she steals the show), her daughter, and her granddaughter (a very successful app developer) who ban together to confront pesky HOAs, bosses who squash dreams, exboyfriends and ex-husbands, and ultimately, work together to try and develop an app to help those looking for love. Inevitably hijinks ensue!
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If part of what you love about Lessons in Chemistry is the fact that Elizabeth Zott defies convention and expectation at every turn, to great hilarity and charm, than you check out Killers of a Certain Age. Four assassins -part of an elite, all-female squad called the Sphinxes; are ushered into retirement with an all-expenses-paid luxury cruise. One explosive—and unscheduled—disembarkation later, they make their way back to their country mansion to find out who has put a hit out on them.
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