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A variety of events and programs geared for adults.
Books Build Bridges: Connecting Communities Through Reading
by Danielle Acton
September 1 – October 14
HEPL’s new community read initiative, Books Build Bridges, will engage readers of all ages this fall. Our aim is to build community through shared experience, to provide diverse reading opportunities, and to engage our communities with noted authors.
The featured novels for the inaugural Books Build Bridges Community Read are:
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones and Dear Martin by Nic Stone
To participate in Books Build Bridges, you can pick up a free copy of the featured novels (yours to keep, available while supplies last) at the library beginning September 1. Or, borrow a copy from our shelves or digitally through OverDrive/Libby or Hoopla! Roy, a newlywed couple standing on the threshold of the American Dream. When Roy is arrested and sentenced to 12 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, their lives implode. And when his conviction is overturned five years later, both must navigate the unimaginable
An Oprah’s Book Club Selection, An American Marriage by Tayari Jones was named a notable book by The New York Times and The Washington Post and was included on former President Obama’s Best of 2018 roundup, in addition to being awarded the Women’s Prize for Fiction, the Aspen Words Prize, and an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in Fiction. It has been published in over 20 countries, with over a million copies in print around the world.
In this “moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young AfricanAmerican couple” (Barack Obama, on selecting the novel for his summer reading list), Jones introduces us to Celestial and Registration required.
fallout of their enforced estrangement.
“Tayari Jones is a bard of the modern South, a writer whose skill at weaving stories is matched only by her compassion for her characters. While An American Marriage confronts thorny issues around race and the criminal justice system it is, at heart, a love story. It’s also a meditation on the creation of art, the meaning of family and the conflict between duty and desire. Jones has crafted a complex, layered story that’s both intimate and broad, a literary page-turner that’s impossible to put down.” —The Los Angeles Times
Books Build Bridges: An American Marriage Virtual Book Discussion with Tayari Jones Saturday, October 3 | 2-3 pm. | Virtual
Tayari Jones will be our guest via Zoom as we discuss the bestselling novel An American Marriage, moderated by HEPL librarians.
Books Build Bridges: Virtual Author Visit with Tayari Jones Wednesday, October 14 | 7-8:15 pm. | Virtual
In order to maintain social distancing Tayari Jones will be visiting virtually. Attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions to Ms. Jones after listening to her compelling and thought-provoking talk, “An American Marriage: A Love Story Torn Apart by Social Injustice.”
At this virtual event, we will watch and discuss 13th, a documentary by Ava DuVernay that gives an in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation’s history of
Thursday, September 24 | 7-8 pm. | Virtual
How did early Midwestern feminists, backgrounds, conceive of Women Voters and the Women’s Franchise Zoom presentation and meeting invitation. racial inequality. 13th is rated TV-MA and contains intense violence, strong language, and brief nudity.
At this virtual event, we will watch and discuss Strong Island. The forces of family, grief and racial injustice converge in this Oscar-nominated documentary exploring the murder of filmmaker contains strong language and descriptions of violence.
Intersectionality in the Midwest Suffrage Movement
from various of freedom? Using correspondence, yearbooks, bulletins and other archival sources from the Indiana League League of Indiana, Jamie Wagman will discuss how women worked for gender equality and how race and class affected women’s actions and rights. Registration with email required for Yance Ford’s brother. Strong Island is rated TV-MA and
Jamie Wagman is an Associate Professor and Chair of History and Gender and Women’s Studies at Saint Mary’s College.
Jamie Wagman
Registration required.
Virtual TaijiFit Every Thursday, August through October | 9:30-10:30 am. | Virtual
Our very popular Tai Chi program is now virtual, allowing even more people to participate safely by maintaining social distancing from home! Tai Chi has been shown to improve balance, strength, mood, mental acuity, chronic pain, and other health conditions. Engage your mind and energize while stretching and moving your entire body.
This low-impact, 45-minute exercise led by Christine Bhe of Tai Chi Wellbeing is suitable for all ages and fitness levels.
Registration with email required for Zoom meeting invitation. It’s okay to register each month even if you can’t attend all sessions for the month.
