Your Home Public Library will be closed on Monday, May 27th in observance of Memorial Day.  Normal hours will resume on Tuesday, May 28th from 9:00 AM to 8:30 PM.  Have a safe and happy holiday weekend!

Celebrate graduation month with us for a showing of Dead Poets Society on Thursday, June 6th at 6:00 PM, starring Robin Williams and Ethan Hawke.  The film tells the story of a stuffy boys academy in Vermont, where an unorthodox new English professor teaches his students the beauty of poetry and being true to yourself.  It runs 129 minutes and is FREE and open to the public.  For more information on this Academy Award nominated classic, click here.

Read the poem that inspired the most famous scene in the film, “O Captain!  My Captain!” by Walt Whitman.  It can be found in his anthology Leaves of Grass, right here at Your Home Public Library!

We will be holding a book sale on Saturday, May 18th from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM.  All blue dotted items will sell for just 10 cents each!  So come support the library and get some great bargains on used books.  The sale will also feature a 50/50 raffle, and who couldn’t use a little extra cash all for a great cause?  We hope to see you there.

The Library Board of Trustees will meet on Monday, May 13th at 5:30pm.  Meetings are open to the public.  If you wish to address the Board, please contact the Library Director to be placed on the agenda.

On Wednesday, May 15 at 7:00 PM, join us as Abigail Stevens presents her monthly herb class on our flowerbed nemesis and backyard bother…the weed.  Be sure to wear comfortable shoes & bring a jacket as we travel outside for a hands-on excursion where we will identify and learn about the many uses of these misunderstood plants.  To register, send an email to birchraven21@aol.com with ‘herb class’ in the subject line. Or, call us at 797-4816 for more information on this or any of our other exciting May programming.