The West End Book Club will meet Tuesday, March 26 at 12:30 p.m. in the small meeting room on the second floor to discuss The Book Thief, the extraordinary New York Times #1 bestseller by Markus Zusak.
Copies are available at the reference desk. Please pick one up and join us!
The DC Public Library will be open during its regular hours on Thursday, March 7.
New Date: Monday, March 11, at 7 p.m.
The West End Public Library would like to take this time and give special thanks to youth intern Anna Taylor.
As a student of School Without Walls in Northwest Washington, Ms. Taylor dedicated four hours each week to help make our library a destination place and a valued source for information.
We appreciated Ms. Taylor's excellent work ethic and calming presence throughout her tenure at West End Library and wish her continued success in future endeavors.
Among the many skills we learn as children, I think by far this skill is the most entertaining. We have all been in the situation where somebody is telling us a story and the only thought in our head is "can you please be done, my beverage is empty."
Narrative Skills help us to tell our story, hopefully in an engaging way. Interesting stories have descriptions of things and events, sequencing and foreshadowing and/or help the listener/reader make predictions (what might happen next).
Why Is It Important?
The West End Book Club will meet Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 12:30 p.m. in the small meeting room on the second floor to discuss Cane by Jean Toomer in celebration of February as Black History Month. Copies are available at the reference desk. Please pick one up and join us!
Please join us for a discussion of My Beloved Son by Catherine Cookson, to be held Wednesday, March 13 at 6:30 p.m. in the small meeting room on the second floor.
The talk is next in the series on the subject of mothers and sons in Western Literature, sponsored by the West End Library Friends.
The presenter will be Ori Z. Soltes, resident scholar in theology and fine arts at Georgetown University. Refreshments will be served.
Please join us for a discussion of Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 6:30 p.m. in the small meeting room on the second floor.
The talk is next in the series on the topic of mothers and sons in Western literature, sponsored by the West End Library Friends. The presenter will be Ori Z. Soltes, resident scholar in theology and fine arts at Georgetown University. Refreshments will be served.
Ten Questions (some of them multiple questions) for thought and discussion:
Please join us for a three-part series on the peace and pleasure of Jyoti meditation and the joy of happiness to be held Feb. 4, Feb. 11, and Feb. 25, each date a Monday at 7 p.m., and to be led by David Newcomb, practitioner/teacher of the art as well as author/poet/playwright/composer.
