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Upcoming Programs
All programs are cancelled while the library is closed. Please look to our youTube page and Facebook for online programming.
Click here to join the Writing Workshop, a live virtual program happening Monday, March 30th from 5-6pm.
Whether you’re a seasoned writer or just starting out, you are welcome to join the Westbank Writing Workshop. Meet with other writers, and try your hand at some writing prompts. Topics for this year:
Click here to join Heartfulness Meditation, a live virtual program happening Tuesdays from noon-1pm.
If you’re having difficulties, please refer to Zoom’s support information. Westbank Library is unable to provide tech assistance during the program. Please contact questions@westbanklibrary.com if you would like to schedule tech help or if you would like additional information regarding this library program.
Heartfulness Meditation can help you to live a heart-centered life, manage your emotions, and find inner peace and balance. When we become mindful of our feelings, we can let them inspire us. This practice awakens our potential for a simple, joyful existence.
Want to learn more? Check out the book The Heartfulness Way .
Click here to join BookTalk, a live virtual discussion happening Tuesday, March 31th at 1pm.
Led by long-term volunteer Jane Dunham, this book club reads and discusses literary fiction (with an occasional non-fiction book thrown in). In addition, each year the group reads a classic and a book by a Texas author. Join the group on the last Tuesday of the month at 1 p.m. at Westbank Library. This group is on hiatus in November and December.
2020 Selections:
- January 28 – White Teeth by Zadie Smith
- February 25– The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith
- March 31– Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
- April 28 – The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
- May 26– The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
- June 30 – The Storyteller’s Secret by Sejal Badani
- July 28 – Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
- August 25 – The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
- September 29 – My Antonia by Willa Cather
- October 27 – The Tobacconist by Richard Seethaler and Charlotte Collins
Click here to join First Friday Genealogy, a live virtual program happening Friday, April 3rd at 10am.
Whether you are a beginner just starting to explore your ancestors or deep in your research, in this group you can explore databases, trade knowledge and tips, and share wonderful stories with each other. Join Susan Marking, our amateur experienced genealogist, who facilitates this group on the first Friday of each month at 10:00 a.m. at Laura’s Library.
Below are just a few resources to get you started on your research:
- Family Tree Magazine
- Databases: https://www.westbanklibrary.com/databases/
- America’s Genealogy Bank
- HeritageQuest Online
- Ancestry Library *accessible through only our libraries’ computers
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