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ADULT PROGRAMS

ADULT CRAFT: PAINTED CANDLES
Thursday, February 22, 11am & 5:30pm or
Friday, February 23, 11am & 5:30pm

Join Jen to make a pretty painted candle using colored wax. All materials are provided. Space is limited and sign up is required. Call 269.695.3681.

*DUE TO THE POPULARITY OF CRAFT CLASSES, THE SIGN UP FOR THIS CLASS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL FEBRUARY 1.

SEED LIBRARY OPENING
Saturday, March 2 at 1:00pm

Join us to celebrate the official opening of our Seed Library! Enjoy a presentation from Vite Greenhouses, sign up to be part of the Seed Library, and take home some seeds for your garden. No registration is required and light refreshments will be served. For more info, visit our Seed Library page.

SIT & KNIT
Friday,  March 8 at 5:30pm

Novice and expert knitters welcome! Learn to knit or bring your expert projects with you to show off. Some materials provided but you are welcome to bring in whatever you are working on. Enjoy conversation with fellow knitters while you work!

GROWN UP GAME NIGHT
Friday, March 15 at 5:30pm

Who says kids get to have all the fun? Come to the library to enjoy a classic board game night just for grown ups!

FINDING EDITH: SURVIVING THE HOLOCAUST IN PLAIN SIGHT
Thursday, March 21 at 5:30pm

Join us virtually or in-person in the library’s Community Room to hear from speaker Emily Cord Duthinh as she discusses her mother, Holocaust survivor Edith Mayer Cord, and her life. Edith was the author of Finding Edith: Surviving the Holocaust in Plain Sight, a coming-of-age story of a young Jewish girl hiding in Europe during World War II.

Register for the Zoom link here; no registration required to attend in person.

ASK A LEO! TECH HELP FROM TEENS
Tuesdays from 4:00-5:00pm
March 26, April 30, & May 28

Have questions about your phone or tablet? Wondering how to do something on the computer? Get one-on-one tech assistance from a member of the Buchanan Leo's Club! Registration preferred but not required; call the library to register.

INTRO TO PODCASTING
Saturday, March 30 at 11:00am

Join Meg, Karen, and Grant of the library’s Dewey Decibel System to learn how to create your very own podcast! Participate in a live recording and get your questions answered.

FINDING SHAKESPEARE IN THE GARDEN
Tuesday, April 23 at 6:00pm

Join us as we welcome Colleen Sehy, author of Finding Shakespeare in America as she explores typical elements of a Shakespeare garden and highlights some notable examples here in the United States.

ADULT CRAFT: MACRAMÉ PLANT HANGERS
Thursday, April 25, 11am & 5:30pm or
Friday, April 26, 11am & 5:30pm

Join Jen to learn how to make a macramé plant hanger. All materials are provided. Space is limited and sign up is required. Call 269.695.3681.

DUE TO THE POPULARITY OF CRAFT CLASSES, THE SIGN UP FOR THIS CLASS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL APRIL 1.

STORY CLUB- STORYTELLING WORKSHOP
Saturday, April 27 from 4-6pm

Hosted by the Story Club of Southwest Michigan, this workshop will help participants develop the courage, confidence and skill to step forward and deliver a well-told, true story to friends, family, colleagues, or even an audience at a future Story Club performance. Registration requested, call the library to sign up.

BUTTERFLY HOUSES WITH CHIKAMING OPEN LANDS
Thursday, May 2 at 5:30pm

Join Grace from Chikaming Open Lands to build and paint a colorful butterfly house! Registration required, call the library to sign up. This is a family program. One butterfly house kit available per family.

STAR WARS DAY
Saturday, May 4 from 1:00-3:00pm

Come celebrate May the 4th at the Buchanan District Library! Make a craft, listen to a story, go on a scavenger hunt, answer trivia, engage in a Wii lightsaber battle, and meet characters (Rumor has it Darth Vader may be there)! Fun for all ages. Dressing up is encouraged.

THE ART OF HERBAL TEA
Tuesday, May 14 at 3:00pm
At the Buchanan Area Senior Center

In partnership with the Buchanan Area Senior Center, join us as we welcome Bevin Cohen of Small House Farm for a special herbal tea workshop! Blend, brew, and enjoy an irresistible selection of herbal teas while Bevin shares his knowledge on the history and folklore of the various herbal ingredients. Create a custom herbal tea to take home and enjoy! Adults of any age are welcome at this program. Registration is required, click here to sign up.

Adult Beanstack Reading Challenges

The Buchanan District Library wants to encourage everyone to be life-long readers, and to that end we're posting more Beanstack Challenges throughout the year. Visit our Beanstack Challenges page for more details on our current challenges!

BUCHANAN BOOK CLUB

Come join our book discussion! Meets the first Wednesday of the month *at 6:00-7:00pm* at the library. Please email l.hauch@buchananlibrary.org if you'd like to join the club/contact list.

January 3- The Searcher by Tana French
February 7- The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
March 6- The Maid by Nita Prose
April 3- Atlas of a Lost World by Craig Childs
May 1- Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
June 5- Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
July 10*- The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride (*Not July 3)
August 7- The Power of Babel by John McWhorter
September 4- Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
October 2- Strangers to Ourselves  by Rachel Aviv
November 6- Middlemarch by George Eliot
December 4- The Black Count by Tom Reiss (meeting location TBA)

Don't have the book and the library's copy is checked out? We can get it for you through MeLCat interlibrary loan! Go to www.mel.org or ask at the Front Desk to request it.

Let us know what you think! If you attended one of our programs, please take a moment to give us your feedback using the form below.

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ARCHIVED PAST EVENTS

Jack Knight Presentation with Patricia Lammersfeld

Jack Knight Presentation with Patricia Lammersfeld

James H. (Jack) Knight, a former Buchanan resident and Buchanan High School student, flew for the U.S. airmail starting in 1919. Patricia Lammersfeld has collected cherished memorabilia about her famous grandfather, and will offer a slide presentation about his life and place in our country’s aviation history. This event took place at the library on  Wednesday, June 1, 2022.

Beginning Genealogy with Judy Nimer Muhn

Beginning Genealogy with Judy Nimer Muhn

Join Judy Nimer Muhn, writer, speaker, blogger, presenter and researcher for Beginning Genealogy: Effective Strategies & Tools. Millions of people are trying to develop their family tree but how many know the effective, time-tested ways to do this? If you are beginning, learn the fundamental tips that will keep you on track and getting results! Judy has been researching her family tree from the age of 12, specializing in French-Canadian, Acadian, Native American and Michigan research. Beginning as a professional genealogist in Europe in 1993, she has lectured at the National Genealogical Society’s conferences in 1998 and 2000, as well as conferences in Europe and around the United States. She is currently writing a book of the matri-lineal descent of her oldest female ancestor in Normandy, France. Traveling extensively around the world, Judy has visited and researched in the villages and archives of Germany, France, Quebec, and Ontario where her or her husband’s family lived. Program handouts: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yhxX... https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wgqP...
This event took place via Zoom on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 7:00pm. A recording of the is below and on YouTube.

Meet the Author: Susan Ruth

Meet the Author: Susan Ruth

Susan Haedtler Ruth shares stories about five female family members from her new book, Mayflower to Michigan and Beyond: My Family’s Journey. These five women descend from immigrants who arrived in this country between 1620 and 1855. Two of them settled in Chicago; two in Buchanan; and the fifth, Susan’s mother, was a bridge between the two cities. Born in Chicago, she later moved to her family’s 1850s homestead on Portage Prairie. Each story is unique, but they share common themes of adventure, sadness, and joy.
This event took place via Zoom on Tuesday, November 17, 2020, at 7:00pm. A recording of the is below and on YouTube.

Meet the Author: Gabrielle Robinson

Meet the Author: Gabrielle Robinson

On September 24, the Buchanan District Library hosted a special program with South Bend-based author, Gabrielle Robinson. She discussed her latest book, Api’s Berlin Diaries: My Quest to Understand my Grandfather’s Nazi Past, and talked about how you can capture your own family history through writing. Gabrielle tells stories about people that reveal their personal situation within its historical context.One reason for her fascination with the intersection of the personal and historical stems from her own experience. Born in Berlin in 1942, her father’s fighter plane was shot down in 1943. After her family was bombed out twice, they fled Berlin in 1945. After her mother’s death, Gabrielle Robinson found diaries her grandfather had kept while serving as a doctor in Berlin in 1945—only to discover that her beloved Api had been a Nazi. Moving and provocative, Api’s Berlin Diaries offers a first hand and personal perspective on the far reaching aftershocks of the Third Reich and the author’s own inconvenient past. You can learn more about Gabrielle and her writing by visiting her website, https://www.gabriellerobinson.com/.
This event took place via Zoom on Thursday, September 24, 2020, at 7:00pm. A recording of the is below and on YouTube.

Online Resources

Checkout the online resources available for adults here.