It's our favorite season! Back to school, back to sharpened pencils and crisp(er) air, back to a routine and a few less folks on the road. But September also brings with it our favorite library holiday: Banned Books Week. This year, we're stepping it up and making it Banned Books Month. In its honor, we have a special challenge to encourage you to consider why books get banned and to support the freedom to read for everyone in our community.
We have a great new art exhibit being installed later this week and a ton of programs happening throughout the month including the return of the Italian Conversation group! We're also kicking off a costume swap that will run through the end of October--time to trade out your dress-up clothes! And we highly encourage everyone to read Phuc Tran's memoir and come to his author talk on September 16th, he'll have you laughing, crying, and remembering why books are so essential to our daily life.
Yours, York Public Library
BANNED BOOKS ACTIVITIES
ALL AGES BANNED BOOK CHALLENGE
Do one or all of the following activities this month to earn a raffle ticket for our Banned Books Challenge. Six lucky winners will receive a $25 gift card toThe Booktenders.
Read a banned book. Need a recommendation? We've got lists, displays, and suggestions galore!
Defend a banned book. Fill out a short review in defense of a book.
Take an "I read banned books" picture for our socials. Tag us on Facebookor Instagram or email it to us at info@yorkpubliclibrary.org
For anyone who has ever felt like they don't belong, Sigh, Gone shares an irreverent, funny, and moving tale of displacement and assimilation woven together with poignant themes from beloved works of classic literature.
In 1975, during the fall of Saigon, Phuc Tran immigrates to America along with his family. By sheer chance they land in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a small town where the Tran family struggles to assimilate into their new lives. In this coming-of-age memoir told through the themes of great books such as The Metamorphosis, The Scarlet Letter, The Iliad, and more, Tran navigates the push and pull of finding and accepting himself despite the challenges of immigration, feelings of isolation, and teenage rebellion, all while attempting to meet the rigid expectations set by his immigrant parents.
Phuc Tran has been a high school Latin teacher for more than twenty years while also simultaneously establishing himself as a highly sought-after tattoo artist. Tran graduated Bard College in 1995 with a BA in Classics. Most recently, he taught Latin, Greek, and German at the Waynflete School in Portland, Maine. He owns Tsunami Tattoo in Portland, Maine, where he lives with his family.
Some of our community's most talented quilters have joined together to create something beautiful in honor of the Library's 100th Birthday: a Community Quilt! You are invited to its unveiling and hear from some of its creators at our Community Quilt Reception on Friday, September 16 at 4:00 pm by the fireplace. Refreshments will be provided. Please join us!
Quilters include: Sudie Blanchard, Windy Burns, Ellie Butler, Elizabeth Cromley, Katie Koeze, Susan Mancinelli, Nancy Morgan, Diana Parton, Rosalind Revilock-Frost, Julie Steedman, and Mary-Anne Szeniawski.
We extend our sincere thanks to Betsey Telford-Goodwin and her team at Rocky Mountain Quilts for assembling the quilt and donating several pieces of vintage fabric; to Sarah Haskell for acting as artistic consultant; and to Julie Steedman for envisioning and leading this collaborative project.
ART EXHIBIT
The Remains of the Day: A Layering of Life's Remnants
Artist Berri Kramer's work will be on display throughout the Library during the months of September and October. Please join us for a reception on Tuesday, September 13 at 5pm.
UPCOMING YOUTH PROGRAMS
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Solar S'mores
Thursday, Sept. 1 3:00 PM
Stop by for an afterschool treat made with science! Build the perfect s'more and hand it over to be warmed up in the library's solar oven. Who knew you could build an oven with a pizza box? SCIENCE knew! This is a drop-in program for grades 5-12, while supplies last! If the weather doesn't cooperate, we'll try again on Sept. 15
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Storytime @ York Land Trust
Monday, Sept. 26 @ 10:30 AM
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September Scavenger Hunts
Youth Services Department
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teens
Ongoing Programs
Preschool Storytime: Tuesdays at 10:30 PM, Children's Room, Register Here!
Baby and Toddler Time: Wednesdays at 10:30 AM, Children's Room, Register Here!
Lego Builders: Wednesdays at 3:00 PM, Children's Room
YA Art Studio: Thursday at 4:00 PM, Young Adult Program Room, Register Here!
Read with a Dog: Tuesday, Sept. 27, 1:00 - 2:00 PM, Children's Room, Register Here!
Game Night: Wednesday, Sept. 27 at 4:00 PM, throughout the Library
