You are invited to an intimate conversation with Nina Totenberg as she talks about her nearly fifty-year friendship with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her book Dinners With Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships…
Now is the time to seize the day! Join us for a special screening of Disney’s Newsies (1992 - PG rated) the true story of a courageous group of newsboys who become unlikely heroes when they team up to fight an unscrupulous newspaper tycoon. Determined to make their dreams come true, they find the courage to challenge the powerful!
With Pier One Theatre! Kathleen Gustafson and Tyler Munns will bring ideas and themes from Jess Walter’s book to life with skits for high school students.
This is event is held at Homer Highschool Mariner Theatre.
February 22nd, 3pm
At Homer High and via Zoom
Read with your community! Book copies of The Cold Millions and companion titles (The Big Both Ways and Wobblies!) are available for checkout at Homer Public Library. Stop by the circulation desk for the books and a calendar of Big Read events.
With Pier One Theatre! Enjoy original performances featuring historical speeches and songs from labor movements related to our Big Read book. Director Kathleen Gustafson along with Musical Director Tyler Munns and community members, will stage community performances two nights in a row.
This is event is held at Beluga Lake Lodge. Seating is limited - Preregister at the library to get your free ticket.
We’ve created a community-wide initiative to read fifteen books throughout the year. Anyone can participate, although the books were chosen with adults or mature teens in mind.
Each book you've read (and reported) enters you into a monthly drawing for a prize. Any person who reads and enters fifteen or more books by the end of the year will be eligible to win the grand prize!
Why is feedback so difficult, and how can we make it easier? The idea is simple: You don't have to choose between being a pushover and a jerk.Kim Scott, New York Times bestselling author of Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity, will explain the Radical Candor feedback framework and how you can practice it today. She'll offer practical, tactical tips for how to solicit criticism, give praise and criticism, gauge how what you're saying is landing, and build a culture of Radical Candor...
You’re invited to join us as we talk to New York Times bestselling author Jason Mott about his recent novel Hell of a Book. This magnificent work of fiction is deeply honest, at times electrically funny, and is a book that goes to the heart of racism, police violence, and the hidden costs exacted upon Black Americans and America as a whole...
