Reader’s Circle: “The Hundred Waters”
Thursday, June 13
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Dobbs Ferry Waterfront Park (Weather Permitting)
This month, we will be reading “The Hundred Waters” by Lauren Acampora. Get the book at the Library!
Register with reference@dobbsferrylibrary.org for the exact location — please indicate the title and date of the program you are registering for!
Formerly a model and photographer trying to make it in New York, Louisa Rader is back in her affluent hometown of Nearwater, Connecticut, where she’s married to a successful older architect, raising a preteen daughter, and trying to vitalize the provincial local art center. As the years pass, she’s grown restless in her safe and comfortable routine, haunted by the flash of the life she used to live. When intense and intriguing young artist-environmentalist Gabriel arrives in town with his aristocratic family, his impact on the Raders has hothouse effects. As Gabriel pushes to realize his artistic vision for the world, he pulls both Louisa and her daughter, Sylvie, under his spell, with consequences that disrupt the Raders’ world forever.
Dungeons & Dragons Club (Ages 8 – 18): SPACE ON THURSDAYS / REGISTRATION
Thursday, June 13
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Ages 8 – 18
AVAILABLE SPACE ON THURSDAYS – last session June 20th
Registration is required via this Google form: https://forms.gle/UdDW3BzGVV9Wm6V19. You are not registered until a librarian contacts you with confirmation and scheduling details.
Questions? Participants aged 8-12 can email children’s librarian Gina at childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org, and participants aged 13-18 can email teen librarian Alex at teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org.
Teen Advisory Group (TAG) Monthly Meeting
Thursday, June 13
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Want to make a difference in your community and get volunteer credit hours? Apply to become a member of TAG at DFPL! We’ll meet monthly to discuss your ideas, work on projects to improve the library and its services, and have pizza.
Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZLt8GztO4dNyeqRG8RAOHk_vXTVN-iJCqOgfMXpHbuKWCvg/viewform
Virtual Program: LGBTQ+ History: Eleanor Roosevelt and Val-Kill
Thursday, June 13
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
“The people I love mean more to me than all the public things even if you do think that public affairs should be my chief vocation. I only do the public things because I really love all people, and I only love all people because there are a few people whom I love dearly and who matter to me above everything else.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
During Eleanor Roosevelt’s lifetime, most LGBTQ+ people lived their lives quietly or in secret, and history has often obscured details about sexuality and gender expression in its accounts of famous LGBTQ+ lives. But at Eleanor’s home at Val-Kill, she surrounded herself with influential women that today we recognize as lesbian. These women, including Nancy Cook, Marion Dickerman, Esther Lape, Elizabeth Read, and Lorena Hickok, played an important role not only in Eleanor’s personal life, but in her political development and activism.
Join us for a ranger talk from Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site at her home, Val-Kill, to learn more about Eleanor and the women who helped shape her career.
Registration is REQUIRED; Register here!
This program is presented in collaboration with the Dobbs Ferry, Greenburgh, Lewisboro, Ruth Keeler Memorial, and Town of Pelham Public Libraries.