E- Bike Lending – We will again be lending out e-bikes from Vital Communities until September 16. Contact the library to learn more and to reserve your bike!
Visible Mending – Thursday, October 10, 6:30 – 8 p.m. Be a part of slow fashion and stitch, patch and repair your clothing, instead of buying new. Learn the art of visible mending to make beautiful repairs to your wardrobe.
Witches of Orford – Join us for our annual Halloween tradition, with treats and fun for all ages! Thursday October 31, 5-7 pm
Make a Tote Bag – Thursday, November 14, 6:30 – 8 p.m.. Learn to sew and make a simple project.
Unite Against Book Bans: Freedom to Read. Stop in during Banned Book Week – Sept 22 -28 and make folding craft with some of our discarded (but not banned!) books.
Book Discussion with Author Michael Wejchert: Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong : December 9 @ 7 p.m.
NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD WINNER
Hidden Mountains is the story of a climbing adventure gone wrong in a remote Alaskan mountain range, the impossible rescue attempt that followed, and the fraught cost of survival.
In 2018, two couples set out on an expedition to Alaska’s Hidden Mountains, one of the last wild ranges in North America. A rarity in modern climbing, the peaks were nearly unexplored and untouched, a place where few people had ever visited and granite spires still awaited first ascents. Inspired by generations of daring alpinists before them, the four friends were now compelled to strike out into uncharted territory themselves.
This trip to the Hidden Mountains would be the culmination of years of climbing together, promising to test the foursome’s skill and dedication to the sport. But as they would soon discover, no amount of preparation can account for the unknowns of true wilderness. As they neared the top of an unclimbed peak, rockfall grievously injured one of the team while he was out of sight, leaving him stranded and in critical condition.
Over the course of the next nine hours, the other three climbers worked to reach their companion. What followed was a pulse-pounding rescue attempt by Alaska’s elite pararescue jumpers in one of the most remote regions in the country—raising difficult questions about wilderness accessibility, technology’s role in outdoor adventure, and what it means to weigh risk against the siren song of the mountains.
With visceral prose, Michael Wejchert recounts the group’s rescue and traces the scars left in the wake of life-altering trauma. Weaving the history and evolution of rock and alpine climbing with outside tales of loss and survival in the mountains, Wejchert gives a full picture of the reward—and cost—of following your passions in the outdoors.
Weekly Programming
Story Hour – Saturdays, October 19*, November 9 @ 10 a.m.
Mah Jongg – Mondays 1-3 p.m.
German Conversation – Mondays 4-5 p.m.
Knitting – 2- 3:30 p.m.Sept 25, October 9 & 23, November 13
Bridge – Thursdays 3-5 p.m.
French Conversation – Thursdays 4-5 p.m.
Crokinole – 5:30 -7 p.m.September 19; October 3 & 17; November 7 & 21
Tech Help – Second Saturdays 9:30 – 11 a.m., September 14, October 12, November 9
Book Discussions @ 7 p.m. Pick up copies of the book at the library
September 23 : Olga Dies Dreaming, Xochiti Gonzalez
October 28 : Pageboy, memoir by Elliot Page
December 9 : Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong, Michael Wejchert. The author will join us for this discussion.