Get out your calendar! You don't want to miss the happenings at your Morro Bay Library in November.
One highlight is the fabulous Friends of the Library Book Sale Fundraiser on Saturday, November 5. This is the final sale of 2011. Help us break the $4,000 mark! Books make the best gifts for the holidays!
It's election time! All Friends members are invited to the Annual Membership Meeting and Elections on Friday, November 18. Your civic participation will be rewarded with lunch from Shine Café.
And, as usual, the Morro Bay Book Discussion group has yummy programs for your body and your mind—read on!
Here's what's happening at your Morro Bay Library in November.
Wednesdays
The Morro Bay Book Discussion Group meets at the Library on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. – Noon in the John Kim Room.
November 2, 10 a.m. - Noon The Crowning Glory of Calla Lilly Ponder by Rebecca Wells. A tale of family and friendship, tragedy and triumph . . . perfect for book discussion groups!
November 9, 10 a.m. - Noon Join us before our Book Discussion group for a Special Presentation on Senior Nutrition by Two Cal Poly Nutrition Interns: Jamie Foley & Anna Sitkoff. Enjoy nutritious treats, as well!Following the presentation, we will discuss The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee. For 4,000 years, cancer has stalked us. The author plunges us into a sweeping history with a colorful cast of renegade scientists, their patrons, and patients. What can we learn?
November 16, 10 a.m. - Noon Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
Ever get so fed up with the holidays that you'd like to skip the whole thing?
November 23, No Book Discussion this Week
November 30, 10 a.m. - Noon U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton
" . . . there are more ugly twists in the human heart than there are letters in the alphabet." Entertainment Weekly.
With the 4th Fridays Mystery Readers group on hiatus for the rest of the year, let's have fun by reading and discussing a mystery on a Wednesday!
Thursdays
November 3, 10 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. - Children's Storytime.
This program also meets at the same time on November 10 & 17.
November 3, 4-5 p.m. Supervisor Bruce Gibson - Open Office Hours with the Community. No appointment is necessary to meet with Supervisor Gibson. Come on in.
November 24, Library Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
Fridays
November 18, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Annual Membership Meeting & Elections of 2012 Board Positions, Morro Bay Friends of the Library. Brief business meeting and elections followed by a presentation by a vibrant local business: Sunshine Health Foods and Shine Café. Light lunch provided by Shine Café. This event is for Friends Members Only. Not a member? Join today! Send email to Membership
November 25, Library Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
Saturdays
November 5, BOOK SALE! Morro Bay Community Center.
Friends Members Only shopping from 9 - 10 a.m. Public Sale from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.$3 per bag sale from 1 - 2 p.m.
The Book Sale is the biggest fundraiser for your Morro Bay Library!
November 5, 1 p.m. Meet Photojournalist Thom Halls - The Catch Display
We have been enjoying the beautiful Catch display that has been on loan from the History Center of San Luis Obispo. Mr. Halls currently teaches photojournalism and picture editing at Fresno City College. His work has appeared in magazines and newspapers around the world. He loves to portray life in common settings where people live unnoticed. This simple approach, he hopes, reveals the importance of each life on its own terms. Meet Mr. Halls who has captured the fisherman's world in his photos. He'll share insight about photography and his experiences with the fishermen of our area.
Books (for the Wednesdays program only) are available for checkout in advance at the Morro Bay Library. The Fall Series 2011 Booklist, The Winter Series 2012 Booklist, 4th Fridays Mystery Readers 2012 Booklist, and Special Events Series Flyers are available for download at MorroBayBookDiscussionGroup.org or at the library. For more information contact the Group Facilitator, email Karen Robert or call 225-3131.
The Morro Bay Friends of the Library fund all expenses of the library programs listed above. The MBFOL's purpose is to establish and maintain an association of persons interested in libraries; to focus public attention on Morro Bay Library branch needs; to support and cooperate with the county, city and state to enhance library services and facilities; and to stimulate gifts, endowments and bequests. For more information contact Christine Johnson, President or go to Morro Bay Friends of the Library.
