Beginner & Intermediate Conversation – First and Third Thursdays, 10 am, Community Room, Lower Level
As part of our Daytime Academy at Fredricksen Library, we are offering language immersion conversation groups on a regular basis. Our expert leaders will guide you through discussion, conversation and culture of your chosen language. Some experience in the language is necessary. No registration required.  

Beginner & Intermediate Conversation – First and Third Thursdays, 10 am - 11 am in the Community Room, Lower Level
As part of our Daytime Academy at Fredricksen Library, we are offering language immersion conversation groups on a regular basis. Our expert leaders will guide you through discussion, conversation and culture of your chosen language. Some experience in the language is necessary. No registration required.  

Beginner & Intermediate Conversation – First and Third Thursdays, 10 am - 11 am in the Community Room, Lower Level
As part of our Daytime Academy at Fredricksen Library, we are offering language immersion conversation groups on a regular basis. Our expert leaders will guide you through discussion, conversation and culture of your chosen language. Some experience in the language is necessary. No registration required.  

1 pm - 2 pm via Zoom
Join us for Moving Forward, a book discussion series geared towards those who have suffered a loss or tragedy and could use an infusion of hope. In cooperation with Hospice of Central PA, we will be reading books focusing on the redemptive power of the human spirit. “In this profound and funny book, Lamott calls for each of us to rediscover the nuggets of hope and wisdom that are buried within us that can make life sweeter than we ever imagined.” Find the book in our catalog. Ages 18 and older, please. Registration is required.

1 pm - 2 pm via Zoom
Join us for Moving Forward, a book discussion series geared towards those who have suffered a loss or tragedy and could use an infusion of hope. In cooperation with Hospice of Central PA, we will be reading books focusing on the redemptive power of the human spirit. This month's book by Katherine May is “a moving personal narrative shot through with lessons from literature, mythology, and the natural world, May's story offers instruction on the transformative power of rest and retreat.” Find the book in our catalog. Ages 18 and older, please. Registration is required.

1 pm - 2 pm via Zoom
Join us for Moving Forward, a book discussion series geared towards those who have suffered a loss or tragedy and could use an infusion of hope. In cooperation with Hospice of Central PA, we will be reading books focusing on the redemptive power of the human spirit. Join us this month as we discuss Michelle Zauner’s “exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance.”  Find the book in our catalog. Ages 18 and older, please. Registration is required.

8 pm - 9 pm via Zoom
Thursdays, January 18 - February 22
Join us online as we discover and discuss some of the Arabian Nights tales that have been translated by Sir Richard Burton. Please read the listed stories ahead of each meeting, but please don’t read ahead. You must have read or listened to the sections to attend. Ages 18 and older, please. Registration is required.  

8 pm - 9 pm via Zoom
Thursdays, January 12 - March 30
Join us online as we discover and discuss The Odyssey, “Homer’s epic novel in which Greek hero Odysseus makes his long and treacherous journey home after the Trojan War.” Please read the listed section ahead of each meeting, but please don’t read ahead. You must have read or listened to the sections to attend. Ages 18 and older, please. Registration is required.  
January 12—Books 1 & 2
January 19—Books 3 & 4
January 26—Books 5 & 6
February 2—Books 7 & 8
February 9—Books 9 & 10
February 16—Books 11 & 12
February 23—Books 13 & 14
March 2—Books 15 & 16
March 9—Books 17 & 18
March 16—Books 19 & 20
March 23—Books 21 & 22
March 30—Books 23 & 24

10 am – 11 am Hybrid, In Person AND Zoom
Join us as we discuss the Classics. This month we read Walker’s fictional book about two African American sisters in rural Georgia as they “sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance, and silence.” You must have read or listened to the book to attend. Ages 18 and older, please. Registration is required.

*This program is sponsored in memory of Marie Schleicher.

10 am – 11 am Hybrid, In Person AND Zoom
Join us as we discuss the Classics. This month we read Arthur Miller's play that “explores the threshold between individual guilt and mass hysteria” in Salem, Massachusetts. You must have read or listened to the book to attend. Ages 18 and older, please. Registration is required.