A Halloween extravaganza, crime scene investigation, author talk, and more!
October
What's new at the library
Accepting Vendors for 2024 Handmade Holiday Market
Are you a local artist? Apply to sell your handmade items at our Handmade Holiday Market on Saturday, December 7! Learn more about this event and apply here.
Thank You to Our Friends of the Library Group!
October 20-26 is National Friends of the Library Week, and we want to take this opportunity to thank our dedicated group of volunteers who help fundraise for library programs and services!
Drop a used costume in the box in the library to benefit the Northridge Area Swimming Association! They will be accepting costumes through October 19, and there will be a costume swap event on October 19.
Our book club for older adults meets every other Thursday morning at Greencroft. In October we're starting a new book: A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles. We have large-print copies available for pick-up at the library and at Greencroft.
Come out this afternoon to meet a firefighter in uniform, tour the truck, and learn more about keeping your family safe! We're partnering with the Middlebury Fire Department on this event for Fire Safety Month.
Join us after we close for a crime-scene investigation and presentation with detectives from the Elkhart County Sheriff's Office. Please submit a waiver if you plan to attend (available at the library). All ages welcome.
Local author, Megan, will discuss her journey to becoming a published author and answer all your questions about writing and publishing her new book, Silent Sister. Signed copies available for the first 20 registrants, plus refreshments for all!
We'll have a library full of spookiness, learning, and fun: costumes, a not-so-spooky storytime, a ghostly photo booth, trick-or-treating, crafts and ghoulish art projects, and much more!
Staff Picks
DEB RECOMMENDS . . .
Finding Margaret Fuller
by Allison Pataki
A historical fiction highlighting the life and works of reformist Margaret Fuller. Unknown by most, Fuller was at the heart of the Transcendentalist movement, surrounded and revered by her peers, such as Thoreau and Emerson. I found this to be an enjoyable telling of such a phenomenal force of a person. It left me wishing and hoping for a different ending.
