Upcoming Events
Teen Game Club
Hang out with your friends and get to play against other teens at Teen Game Club! Everything from our card games (Uno, Sushi Go!, etc.) to our video games (Switch, PS4 & Xbox One) will be available to play. Feel free to also bring your own games! Open to grades 7-12, no registration required.
3:00pm - 5:00pm View DetailsBaby & Me Playtime
Looking for a low-key storytime for your infant and an opportunity to make friends? Baby and Me Playtime will introduce you to a book and song or rhyme for your baby then give you time to socialize with other babies and their caregivers afterwards. For ages birth to 2.
Registration recommended. Limited walk-in availability.
4:00pm - 5:00pm View DetailsLive Author Talk Watch Party: On Childhood Migration from Central America with Javier Zamora
Join us for this live watch party in the Johnson Room featuring an author talk with New York Times bestselling author Javier Zamora as he chats with us about his riveting tale of survival and perseverance as told in his award-winning memoir Solito.
Zamora’s adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone amid a group of strangers and a “coyote” hired to lead them to safety, Javier expects his trip to last two short weeks.
At nine years old, all Javier can imagine is rushing into his parents’ arms, snuggling in bed between them, and living under the same roof again. He cannot foresee the perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, pointed guns, arrests and deceptions that await him; nor can he know that those two weeks will expand into two life-altering months alongside fellow migrants who will come to encircle him like an unexpected family.
Solito provides an immediate and intimate account not only of a treacherous and near-impossible journey, but also of the miraculous kindness and love delivered at the most unexpected moments. Solito is Javier Zamora’s story, but it’s also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home. Register today to learn more about this gripping and moving story!
Virtual Author Talk: On Childhood Migration from Central America with Javier Zamora
Tune in for a virtual author talk with New York Times bestselling author Javier Zamora as he chats with us about his riveting tale of survival and perseverance as told in his award-winning memoir Solito.
Zamora’s adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone amid a group of strangers and a “coyote” hired to lead them to safety, Javier expects his trip to last two short weeks.
At nine years old, all Javier can imagine is rushing into his parents’ arms, snuggling in bed between them, and living under the same roof again. He cannot foresee the perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, pointed guns, arrests and deceptions that await him; nor can he know that those two weeks will expand into two life-altering months alongside fellow migrants who will come to encircle him like an unexpected family.
Solito provides an immediate and intimate account not only of a treacherous and near-impossible journey, but also of the miraculous kindness and love delivered at the most unexpected moments. Solito is Javier Zamora’s story, but it’s also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home. Register today to learn more about this gripping and moving story!
Register at https://libraryc.org/scrantonlibrary/60496.
4:00pm - 5:00pm View DetailsIntroduction to Life Coaching for Divorced Women
This will be my second time introducing women to coaching that are navigating through divorce and that can use the support from a life coach. I hope to reach out to more women this time in our community and near by communities. 6:00pm - 7:00pm View Details