Compassion for Animals is hosting a talk by acclaimed author and psychologist Dr. Melanie Joy, at 6:45 p.m. on June 5, in the large meeting room on the second floor. Dr. Joy's talk is based on her award-winning book Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism.
Please join us for a special reading of literary odds and ends to be held at the branch on Saturday, June 15, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., to celebrate reading, books, and readers and help kick off the system-wide Summer Reading Program.
We'll take turns reading a short poem or a short excerpt from a poem, a novel, a short story, an essay, a speech, a letter, or a play--aloud from the floor, every hour on the hour (for just a minute or two).
Please join us for a screening of Slaughterhouse-Five to be held Thursday, May 16, at 1:30 p.m. in the large meeting room on the second floor.
The West End Book Club will meet Tuesday, May 28, at 12:30 p.m. in the small meeting room on the second floor to discuss Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge, winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Please join us for a 3-part workshop on Jyoti meditation to be held May 6, May 13, and May 20. Each session will be
at 7 p.m., led by teacher/author/poet/playwright/composer David Newcomb.
David will show how meditation can grant us the peace we seek. We already have within us everything we need to be completely happy. Enjoy the spring by learning a simple technique leading to the deepest levels of peace and joy.
The West End Neighborhood Library is conveniently located within 10 walking minutes from the Foggy Bottom Metro. According to smartphone app Accupedo, you are expected to take roughly 535 steps, achieve a walking speed of 2 mph, travel 0.25 miles, and burn 19 calories all in the process!
Walking is the most accessible form of exercise to promote better health and fitness. Committing to a daily stroll will not only incorporate exercise into your schedule but also encourage positive energy for your lifestyle.
Marione Ingram is a writer, artist and civil rights activist who survived the Holocaust and the bombing of Hamburg, Germany. She immigrated to the United States and, having experienced racial discrimination in Europe, became engaged in the civil rights movement.
The West End Book Club will meet Tuesday, April 23 at 12:30 p.m. in the small meeting room on the second floor to discuss Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughter House Five, one of the world's great antiwar books and an American classic. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most.
I enjoy M.C. Beaton's stories about Hamish MacBeth, a small town Scottish police constable. He reminds me of TV's Andy Griffith, the sheriff of Mayberry, N.C.
