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Black History Month Bingo
Wednesday, February 01, 2023
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
All Branches
For Black History Month, play a game of bingo that
facilitates discussions about race and offers opportunities
to learn about Black visionaries, leaders, and artists. Pick up a card at any MCPL location or download it here. Complete five squares in a row to earn a prize!
Just turn it in to an MCPL staff member at the
Downtown Library, Ellettsville Branch, or Bookmobile. All ages.
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Coffee with Friends: Susan Neville
Sunday, February 19, 2023
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join us in a conversation with Susan Neville, the author of essays and stories inspired by the history, culture, and people of Indiana. She has won numerous literary awards, including the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, the Richard Sullivan Prize from the Notre Dame Review, and her newest book, The Town of Whispering Dolls, won the Catherine Doctorow Award for Short Fiction. She is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships and the winner of two Pushcart Prize awards.
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Neville graduated from North Central High School in Indianapolis, DePauw University, Bowling Green State University, and in 2021, retired from teaching at Butler University after 38 years. She has not retired from writing, however, and recent essays and stories have appeared in the North American Review, Missouri Review, Image, Diagram, Southwest Review, and other journals. Age 18 and up.
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Tween Reads Book Club: Look Both Ways
Sunday, February 19, 2023
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Get to know other tweens through crafts and activities in this book club. Join us to chat about Look Both Ways by award-winning author Jason Reynolds as he conjures 10 tales (one per block) about what happens after the dismissal bell rings, and weaves them into one funny, poignant look at the detours we face on the walk home, and in life.
Ages 9–12. Please register, then pick up your book club copy (yours to keep) at the Downtown Library Children's Desk.