Library Programs for Adults
For a little library, we are very busy!
From book clubs to tech help, the Youngstown Free Library
welcomes everyone to try something new and connect with your
friends and neighbors!
Book Clubs
Evening Book Club meets the second Wednesday of
every month at 7 PM at the Youngstown Free Library with a live
Zoom option available as well. Books are chosen by its members,
and everyone is welcome to join anytime! This friendly group
reads all over the Library, from fiction to non-fiction, and
from classics to biographies.
• Wednesday, July 9 from 7-8:15 PM: The Berry
Pickers by Amanda Peters
• Wednesday, August 13 from 7-8:15 PM: Harlem Shuffle
by Colson Whitehead
• Wednesday, September 10 from 7-8:15 PM: Life After Life
by Kate Atkinson
• Wednesday, October 8 from 7-8:15 PM: author study of Louise
Erdrich
• Wednesday, November 12 from 7-8:15 PM: Sabrina by
Nick Drnaso
• Wednesday, December 10 from 7-8:15 PM: Small Things Like
These by Claire Keegan
Here is the list of
all titles we'll be reading and discussing until the end of
the year, as well as the dates of upcoming Evening Book Club
get-togethers.
Afternoon Book Club meets the third Tuesday of
every month at 1:30 PM at the Lewiston Senior Center. Books are
chosen by its members, and everyone is welcome to join anytime!
This group loves to read historical fiction and non-fiction, and
sometimes we have freshly baked cookies at meetings!
• Tuesday, July 15 from 1:30-3 PM: The Thursday
Murder Club by Richard Osman
• Tuesday, August 19 from 1:30-3 PM: The First Ladies
by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray
• Tuesday, September 16 from 1:30-3 PM: The Stranger in
the Woods: the extraordinary story of the last true hermit
by Michael Finkel
• Tuesday, October 21 from 1:30-3 PM: Tell Me Everything
by Elizabeth Strout
• Tuesday, November 18 from 1:30-3 PM: James by
Percival Everett
• Tuesday, December 16 from 1:30-3 PM: This Time Tomorrow
by Emma Straub
Here
is the list of all the titles we'll be reading and discussing
until the end of the year, as well as the dates of upcoming
Afternoon Book Club get-togethers.
Non-Fiction Book Club meets virtually every
other month, usually on a Monday afternoon. If you'd like to
receive the Zoom link, please contact Sonora at 745-3555 or
smiller@nioga.org.
• Monday, August 11 from 1:30-3 PM: Guns, Germs, and
Steel: the fates of human societies by Jared Diamond
When you are ready to read, you can
request the book title you'd like here. Please plan to
request your book(s) 1-2 weeks before you plan to start
reading.
Tech Help
Discover & Explore Your Digital Library
meets the fourth Wednesday of most months at 6 PM at the
Youngstown Free Library. Welcome back to your local library, and
how it's evolved to help YOU! Learn how to use your digital
library to stream and/or download e-books, audiobooks, graphic
novels, music, magazines, TV, and movies.
Bring your tablet, smartphone, or laptop and prepare to spend an
hour or so getting your accounts set up and your questions
answered. No registration needed.
• Wednesday, October 22 at 6 PM
Tech Help with Sonora & Adam meets the
first Tuesday of every month at 1:30 PM at the Lewiston Senior
Center. It's a one-on-one appointment program to answer your
questions about your cell phones, tablets, and laptop computers.
• Tuesday, July 1 from 1:30-3 PM
• Tuesday, August 5 from 1:30-3 PM
• Tuesday, September 2 from 1:30-3 PM
Registration is required; please call Melinda at the
Senior Center to sign up for a half-hour slot: 716-754-2071.