February Events

  • Coding Club for Adults will be April 2nd, 9th, and 16th at 1 pm. Please come help us! We want to teach children to code this summer but we need to practice first. You don't need any experience at all! Just come have fun & learn for an hour each week! Sign up at the adult desk.
  • ​​Magnolia Cooking Club is meeting Wednesday, April 10th, at 4 pm. We're learning about cooking with fresh and dried herbs! Come learn something new!
  • Craft Night will be Wednesday, April 17th at 6 pm. Come make a peat pot Easter basket. $2 a basket. Please sign up!
  • Doctor Who Connected will be meeting Wednesday, April 24th, from 6—8 pm. A mixed ages group is having some nerdy fun with various activities. Refreshments are provided
  • Writers Workshop is on Saturday, April 27th at 11 am​ and anyone wanting encouragement with their writing project is invited! ​​
  • This summer adults are exploring A Universe of Stories. The first book for May's activities is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy​ by Douglas Adams. We will have copies available at the library for you to check out! Start reading now to get ready for summer!
  • May 25th at the Community Center at 11 am. Ray Boomhower  is talking about his book John Bartlow Martin: Voice for the Underdog. Martin remained a Midwestern writer while working for major newspapers. He also wrote books and speeches for presidential candidates. An event sponsored by the Indiana Humanities.
  • Saving Money on Prescriptions Medicines Sponsored by the Purdue Extension Kosciusko County Office May 20th at 1 pm ​Please sign up at the adult desk!

Weekly Events

  • Decluttering Support Group -- Tuesday, April 23rd, at 1 pm An hour-long group with facilitators. Topics to cover are about managing our possessions.
  • ​Learn Mahjong! Meeting Mondays at 1 pm to play a fun, sociable game! We have 3 sets so there's room for plenty of people to join in! No Mahjong on April 1st
  • String Theory -- This winter spend time knitting or crocheting on Thursdays at 5 pm. Bring your string or fiber-craft project and visit while you work. Get help. Share ideas.

Book Clubs

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There is no Turkey Creek Readers meeting this month. This summer adults are reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Get a head start on summer by reading that!
Food from Fiction, a winter book club where we encourage you to spend the winter with comfort food and a good book. April 26th we're going to North Manchester to eat lunch at a Mexican restaurant then dessert at Elizabeth Wamsley's art studio. Please sign up at the library. We are reading Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel. 

Staff Recommendations

Books
  • The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
  • The Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
  • Less by Andrew Greer (2018 Pulitzer Prize Fiction)
  • Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
  • Wonder by RJ Palacio
  • The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
  • Flavia de Luce ​series by Alan Bradley
  • Alice isn't Dead by Joseph Fink
  • Invisible Cities​ by Italo Calvino
Lisa See writes fascinating stories about the history of China and Japan during WWII and the immigration of China's people to America. If you like learning while reading, you'll find her very informative!
Movies
  • The Last of the Mohicans
  • Dances with Wolves
  • The King's Speech
  • The Heat
  • October Baby
  • Fireproof
  • Interstellar
  • Get Out
  • Sorry to Bother You
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Annihilation
  • Isle of Dogs
Physical materials include fiction, nonfiction, magazines, DVDs, audiobooks, and mobile hotspots. Digital materials include access to Hoopla and Overdrive.
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