This week at the Library, you can join us at:
Tabletop Games – Monday, May 15, 6 – 7:45 p.m.
Join us for a fun-filled event at the Gardner Library with family and friends and become a part of the Johnson County tabletop gaming community. Discover new games from our collection or bring your personal favorite to share – you might get creative with a round of Dixit, collaborate to escape the Forbidden Island or strategize your way to victory as King of Tokyo! Come and go as you please. Refreshments are provided.
Healthy Living Classes – Tuesday, May 16 – May 31, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Community health workers from the Johnson County Department of Health & Environment will be onsite at the Central Resource Library every Tuesday from 10:30-11:30 to provide information about healthy living.
Online ELL Conversation Class Interviews for summer session/Entrevistas para clases de conversación ELL en linea para sesión de verano – Tuesday, May 16, 6:30 – 7:45 p.m.
Are you an English-language learner? ELL classes are available online. Beginning in June 2023, basic level II, intermediate, and intermediate II classes will be offered online. With a limit of 10 students per class, registration will begin in April. Each student must be enrolled and have an online interview to be accepted. The interviews, to determine proficiency, will take place on May 16, 2023, at 6:30 pm.
¿Eres un estudiante de inglés? Las clases de ELL están disponibles en línea. A partir de junio de 2023, las clases de nivel básico II, intermedio e intermedio II se ofrecerán en línea. Con un límite de 10 estudiantes cada clase, las inscripciones comenzarán en abril. Cada estudiante debe estar inscrito y además debe tener una entrevista en línea para ser aceptado. Las entrevistas para determinar la competencia se llevarán a cabo el 16 de mayo de 2023 a las 6:30 p.m.
Come join us at the Central Resource Library for three writing programs, featuring Corinne Corley, essayist, and Linzi Garcia, poet:
- Two Writers / Ten Questions with Corinne Corley and Linzi Garcia, Moderated by Will Leathem – Wednesday, May 17, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Will Leathem, writer/bookseller/publisher, will challenge Corley and Garcia to consider the same questions about words and writing from their disparate viewpoints. Will their words and their worlds collide or dance? Will the contrast be stark or vibrant? Young and old; modern and traditional; fresh and experienced; looking forward and looking backward. Eavesdrop as they learn about each other and share their place in the universe. - You Should Be a Writer with Corinne Corley and Linzi Garcia – Thursday, May 18, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Corley and Garcia will share their personal perspectives about the tools of the trade, and invite attendees to dialogue on structure, grammar, vocabulary and other old-fashioned but necessary nuts-and-bolts of the writing craft. This “lecture” is a precursor to the practical applications which we will explore in the May 20 workshop. - You Should Be a Writer Workshop with Corinne Corley and Linzi Garcia – Saturday, May 20, 9 – 11 a.m.
This workshop will apply the moderators’ techniques for writing with the goal of illustrating that each writer has their own strategies. Yours must work for you. We will finish each other’s sentences, and we will cut and paste until each of our stories unfold. When our time together draws to a close, we will acknowledge that the story never ends; it merely turns the corner and beckons you forward. You will leave this workshop with a sense that the quality of your life depends on the time you spend with the words flowing from your fingertips.
Walk and Read at Meadowbrook Park – Saturday, May 13 – May 21, All day, anytime
Family and friends of all ages are invited to join Johnson County Library for a walk in a park! Walk and Read creates a reading opportunity for all, in various parks throughout Johnson County. Those who participate will read two stories posted around a path, one going each direction. When you finish one story, you can turn around to the other side of the sign and begin the next story, which will lead you back around the path. The Walk and Read program encourages physical activity, literacy and family time. The paths are stroller and wheelchair friendly, allowing for all to join in the fun! Dates are subject to adjustment due to inclement weather conditions. Two stories, “The Mommy Book" by Todd Parr and “Be a Star, Wonder Woman!" by Michael Dahl, will be posted at Meadowbrook Park.