Beyond the Stacks and Shelves, Events Abound
By Tom Meyer, Director, Lansdale Public Library
(Originally published in Events 2020 Issue of Discover Lansdale Magazine)
(Check the Lansdale Library website often for updates; the library is closed until at least March 28.)
You’ve probably heard of the big events the library puts on or is involved in. Our huge celebration of diversity is The International Spring Festival (canceled after publication). One of our big fundraisers, The Clean and Green Extravaganza, a shredding and electronics/metal recycling event, will be on Saturday, July 18 from 9 am to 1 pm. During Lansdale’s Founders Day (this year on Aug. 29), we host the beer garden as another fundraiser.
But are you aware of all of the events the library has on a weekly or monthly basis, as well as the other smaller special events we hold each year? Last year the Lansdale Library hosted nearly 500 events. There are monthly Book Discussion groups, weekly Story Times and Game Nights, club meetings, guest speakers, art workshops and more always happening at your library.
These events are listed on our website calendar as well as in our monthly What’s Happening at Lansdale Library newsletter. The newsletter is available on our website and in print at the library and various locations around Lansdale. You can sign up to receive an email of the newsletter on our website, and we post it on our social media channels. And be sure to follow the library on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Here are a few highlights of currently scheduled events (subject to change or cancellation as conditions warrant):
This year, we started a Thursday afternoon Book Discussion Group which meets on the first Thursday of each month at 1 pm. The upcoming books we will be discussing are Memory Man by David Baldacci on April 2 and The Boy Who Said No: An Escape to Freedom by Patti Sheehy on May 7. We are reading Memory Man, the first in the Amos Decker series, in preparation for David Baldacci’s visit on Friday, May 1 for Montgomery County’s One Book One County Author Talk at Congregation Keneseth Israel in Elkins Park. Details and tickets can be obtained through www.montcolibraries.org.
Do you need help planning an event? The library has resources to help you. Three books on event planning are available at the library: The Business of Event Planning: Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Successful Special Events by Judy Allen; The Complete Idiot's Guide to Meeting and Event Planning by Robin Craven; and Meeting & Event Planning for Dummies by Susan Friedmann.
In addition to the print resources, our electronic resources also have material on event planning.
And, if you need food to take to an event, check out our newest electronic resources, AtoZ Food America and AtoZ World Food. Thousands of recipes are available, along with food culture articles as well as historical and reference articles and an ingredients section.
Our website is the place to go to find out about our events, search for what we have available at the library, and to access the online resources available 24/7 to you with your library card in our E-Library. Find us at www.lansdalelibrary.org.
(Originally published in Events 2020 Issue of Discover Lansdale Magazine)
(Check the Lansdale Library website often for updates; the library is closed until at least March 28.)
You’ve probably heard of the big events the library puts on or is involved in. Our huge celebration of diversity is The International Spring Festival (canceled after publication). One of our big fundraisers, The Clean and Green Extravaganza, a shredding and electronics/metal recycling event, will be on Saturday, July 18 from 9 am to 1 pm. During Lansdale’s Founders Day (this year on Aug. 29), we host the beer garden as another fundraiser.
But are you aware of all of the events the library has on a weekly or monthly basis, as well as the other smaller special events we hold each year? Last year the Lansdale Library hosted nearly 500 events. There are monthly Book Discussion groups, weekly Story Times and Game Nights, club meetings, guest speakers, art workshops and more always happening at your library.
These events are listed on our website calendar as well as in our monthly What’s Happening at Lansdale Library newsletter. The newsletter is available on our website and in print at the library and various locations around Lansdale. You can sign up to receive an email of the newsletter on our website, and we post it on our social media channels. And be sure to follow the library on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Here are a few highlights of currently scheduled events (subject to change or cancellation as conditions warrant):
- On May 7 at 7 pm, hear about the first decades of the history of the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team. The presentation is a light-hearted view from the 1880s through the 1970s of their colorful, although not so successful, past.
- On May 14 at 6 pm, Discover Your Inner Artist with local artist, Susie Camm, as she runs a paint-along instruction class in acrylics.
- Every second and fourth Tuesday is Game Night at the library from 7 pm to 9 pm. On the first and third Tuesdays, we take game night to The Underground from 6 pm to 10 pm. The Underground is located downstairs at 408 W Main St.
This year, we started a Thursday afternoon Book Discussion Group which meets on the first Thursday of each month at 1 pm. The upcoming books we will be discussing are Memory Man by David Baldacci on April 2 and The Boy Who Said No: An Escape to Freedom by Patti Sheehy on May 7. We are reading Memory Man, the first in the Amos Decker series, in preparation for David Baldacci’s visit on Friday, May 1 for Montgomery County’s One Book One County Author Talk at Congregation Keneseth Israel in Elkins Park. Details and tickets can be obtained through www.montcolibraries.org.
Do you need help planning an event? The library has resources to help you. Three books on event planning are available at the library: The Business of Event Planning: Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Successful Special Events by Judy Allen; The Complete Idiot's Guide to Meeting and Event Planning by Robin Craven; and Meeting & Event Planning for Dummies by Susan Friedmann.
In addition to the print resources, our electronic resources also have material on event planning.
And, if you need food to take to an event, check out our newest electronic resources, AtoZ Food America and AtoZ World Food. Thousands of recipes are available, along with food culture articles as well as historical and reference articles and an ingredients section.
Our website is the place to go to find out about our events, search for what we have available at the library, and to access the online resources available 24/7 to you with your library card in our E-Library. Find us at www.lansdalelibrary.org.
