Events
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1 event,National Prime Rib Day “I believe books should be like a prime rib steak—good and thick.” E.A. Bucchianeri |
1 event,National Blueberry Pie Day “You’ll never regret eating blueberries or working up a sweat.” Jacquelyn Mitchard |
1 event,National Zipper Day “Nobody notices it when your zipper is up, but everyone notices when it’s down. Cynthia Lewis |
3 events,National Raisin Day “A grape falls off a vine...and dries. Everything happens for a raisin.” Jomny Sun
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Help with your laptops, tablets, or phones. You may also borrow a laptop for use at home. Stop by the library with your questions.
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Asahi is an exercise program developed in Finland. The movements are completed with attention to your breathing. Wear comfortable clothing (no mats needed) and join us for ASAHI: A Simple And Healthy Idea. All ages are welcome. The Friends of the Library are sponsoring this weekly event. |
2 events,National Salad Day “A well-made salad must have a certain uniformity; it should make perfect sense for those ingredients to share a bowl.” ---Yotam Ottolenghi |
1 event,National Truffles Day “You gotta have swine to show you where the truffles are.” ---Edward Albee |
1 event,National Raspberry Tart Day “Every good jam tart deserves the finest preserve.” ---Rachel Khoo |
1 event,National Orange Juice Day “Breakfast without orange juice is like a day without sunshine.” ---Anita Bryant |
1 event,National Enchilada Day “My mom cooked the same food everyday-tortillas, beans and meat. If it was enchiladas, it was tortillas, beans and meat. If it was burritos, it was still-tortillas, beans and meat.” ---Felipe Esparza |
1 event,National Beverage Day “There is not a man, woman or child on the face of the earth who doesn’t enjoy a tasty beverage.” ---David Letterman |
2 events,National Roast Leg of Lamb Day “My wife and I use a lot of garlic and rosemary with roast lamb. It has to be New Zealand lamb. The domestic variety is too gamy, in my experience.” ---Alfred Molina
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Asahi Nordic Exercise meets weekly on Wednesdays at 4pm here at the Mellen Library. Join us for this "A Simple And Healthy Idea" gathering. No special equipment needed. The focus is on movement, breathing, and balance. We have been doing the exercises while standing. You may choose to do exercises from a chair. There is no need for a… |
1 event,National Coconut Cream Pie Day “Give everyone a chance to have a piece of the pie. If the pie’s not big enough, make a bigger pie.” ---Dave Thomas |
1 event,National Foodies Day “The only thing I like better than talking about food is eating.” ---John Walters |
1 event,National “To go in the water and stare at shrimp for three minutes and not think about anything else in the world, it’s just euphoric.” ---Ashlan Gorse Cousteau |
1 event,National Eat What You Want Day Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.” ---Mark Twain |
2 events,National Nutty Fudge Day “Families are like fudge-mostly sweet, with a few nuts.” ---Les Dawson
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"Hang the Moon" by Jennette Walls is our discussion book for May The evening book club meets the second Monday of the month at the library at 6pm. A book list for the 2024-25 season may be found on this website. Or you may pick-up a book mark with all the dates and titles on… |
1 event,National Fruit Cocktail Day “A fruit salad is delicious precisely because each fruit maintains its own flavor.” ---Sean Covery |
2 events,National Buttermilk Biscuit Day “A positive attitude and a sense of humor go together like biscuits and gravy.” ---Dolly Parton
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Asahi Nordic Exercise meets weekly on Wednesdays at 4pm here at the Mellen Library. Join us for this "A Simple And Healthy Idea" gathering. No special equipment needed. The focus is on movement, breathing, and balance. We have been doing the exercises while standing. You may choose to do exercises from a chair. There is no need for a… |
1 event,National Bread Pudding Day “You feel sorry for ME? I am not the one who has never tasted bread pudding.” ---Stephanie Perkins |
2 events,National Mimosa Day “Champagne and orange juice is a great drink. The orange improves the champagne. The Champagne definitely improves the orange.” ---Philip the Apostle |
1 event,National Walnut Day “They say that there are moments that open up your life like a walnut cracked, that change your point of view so that you never look at things the same way again.” ---Jodi Picoult |
1 event,National Cheese Souffle Day “Aspiring to a souffle, he achieves a pancake at which the reader saws without much appetite.” ---John Leonard |
1 event,National Devil’s Food Cake Day “I bake a chocolate cake from scratch every week.” ---Victoria Osteen |
1 event,National Quiche Lorraine Day “I am convinced that I am the one who introduced quiche to America.” ---James Beard |
3 events,National Strawberries and Cream Day “Personally, I am very fond of strawberries and cream, but I have found that for some strange reason, fish prefer worms. I thought about what they wanted. I didn’t bait the hook with strawberries and cream.” ---Dale Carnegie
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Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus is our discussion book for May The morning book club meets the third Wednesday of the month at the library at 9am. A book list for the 2024-25 season may be found on this website. Or you may pick-up a book mark with all the dates and titles on…
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Asahi Nordic Exercise meets weekly on Wednesdays at 4pm here at the Mellen Library. Join us for this "A Simple And Healthy Idea" gathering. No special equipment needed. The focus is on movement, breathing, and balance. We have been doing the exercises while standing. You may choose to do exercises from a chair. There is no need for a… |
2 events,National Vanilla Pudding Day “The man who invented instant pudding was moved to action by an inability to wait for pudding.” ---Dana Gould
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Programs are planned for 3-5 yr. olds. Those a bit older & younger are welcome, but not all activities will be suitable for the littlest of our littles. Programs will last about an hour. June 26th, Thursday at 9am Celebrating the Color Green & Making Frogs on a Log |
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1 event,National Iced Coffee Day “I like my coffee with cream and my literature with optimism.” ---Abigail Reynolds |
3 events,National Cherry Dessert Day “Cherry cobbler is shortcake with a soul.” ---Edna Ferber |
3 events,National Grape Popsicle Day “People can do great things. However, there are some things they can’t do. I, of instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort.” ---Brandon Sanderson Food Fun Drawing will take place on May 27th at 5pm. Check out the Library calendar on our website or Facebook page and bring in a food item from one of the National Food Celebration Days from May. That item gets you a drawing ticket entry. Non-perishable items only please. Creativity is encouraged. The winner of… |
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Asahi Nordic Exercise meets weekly on Wednesdays at 4pm here at the Mellen Library. Join us for this "A Simple And Healthy Idea" gathering. No special equipment needed. The focus is on movement, breathing, and balance. We have been doing the exercises while standing. You may choose to do exercises from a chair. There is no need for a… |
1 event,National Biscuit Day “Biscuits are sweet things in Britain, and apparently in America a biscuit is something like a scone, something savory that you’d have with soup.” ---Mini Grey |
2 events,National Mint Julep Day “and I’ll make you a Mint Julep. Then you won’t seem so stupid to yourself...” ---F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby)
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We will paint along with The Art Sherpa to create "Little Boy Fishing on Pier". Call or stop by the library to register and receive the supply list. |
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