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Come join the Connie Morella Mystery book club! We will be reading mysteries, thrillers and whodunits together every month. This October, we will be discussing A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones. Sheriff Sunshine Vicram finds her cup o' joe more than half full when the small village of Del Sol, New Mexico, becomes the center... |
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Join us every Wednesday at the B-CC Regional Services Center to practice conversational English in small groups. Share your experiences and culture with other non-native English speakers in a friendly environment. For more information, please view our flyer here. Prose, poetry, and spoken word Open Mic @ The Writer’s Center! All writers are welcome to come and share 4-5 minutes of their latest work. Sign-up starts at 6:45pm, and readings begin promptly at 7pm. Limited to 20 readers, so arrive early if you plan to read. Sponsored by Poet Lore, America’s oldest poetry magazine. FREE... |
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Just in time for Halloween, the Writer’s Center presents a FREE virtual chat about the craft of writing gothic and horror-adjacent fiction! Gothic fiction frequently blends realism with the otherworldly through the presence of doppelgangers, ghosts, the uncanny, and atmospheric prose that elicits dread and unease. We’re joined by authors Lacey N. Dunham and Laura... |
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Homework can turn home life into a battle zone! Benefit from practical tools and tips to help students keep up with the demands of school work. The Huntington Learning Center... |
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Join us for a reading from author Paul Goldberg, followed by a Q&A, book sales and signing. Paul Goldberg’s most recent novel, The Dissident, was shortlisted for the 2024 Wingate Literary... |
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Join us every Wednesday at the B-CC Regional Services Center to practice conversational English in small groups. Share your experiences and culture with other non-native English speakers in a friendly environment. For more information, please view our flyer here.
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The Writer’s Center welcomes writer and long time instructor, GG Renee Hill for a reading from her new publication, Story Work: Field Notes on Self-Discovery and Reclaiming Your Narrative. FREE & open to the public. RSVP here. GG Renee Hill is an author whose books have helped thousands of people overcome the emotional obstacles keeping them from...
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Nina Willner discusses her narrative nonfiction book, The Boys in the Light, that follows the parallel journeys of Company D and Eddie Willner, the author's father, as they are caught up on two sides of World War II. In conversation with Rabbi Eliana Fischel. This event is part of the "Wednesdays at Wonderland" series in partnership with... |
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Travel back in time with our historical fiction book club! From political intrigue to daring romances, every month we visit a different period in time. Join us this November for Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson. "Born on a plantation in Charles City, Virginia, Pheby Brown was promised her freedom on her eighteenth birthday. Instead she finds herself...
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The Writer’s Center presents a FREE virtual chat about the craft of writing! We’re joined by author Sara Kehaulani Goo for a discussion of her new memoir, Kuleana. Sara is in conversation with Amy Freeman, author and Development Director at The Writer’s Center. RSVP here to receive login information (our virtual events are held via Zoom). FREE and open...
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Join us for an engaging and important discussion with local author Chris Palmer, who will talk about his book Achieving a Good Death: A Practical Guide to the End of Life that provides readers with the knowledge and skills to help achieve a peaceful, gentle, and dignified death. |
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You may know Daryl Davis as a talented musician, but he is also renowned for his decades-long work engaging and transforming members of the Ku Klux Klan—work that began with a chance conversation in a country music bar. In his newly revised book, The Klan Whisperer, Daryl shares powerful stories and lessons from these encounters. Join... |
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The Writer’s Center welcomes author Robert W. Fieseler for a reading from his new publication, American Scare, Florida’s Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer Lives. Robert is joined by author Ronald Collins. FREE & open to the public. RSVP here. Robert W. Fieseler is a journalist investigating marginalized groups and a scholar excavating forgotten histories. A National Lesbian...
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The Writer’s Center welcomes poet jason b. crawford for a reading from their new, award winning collection, YEET! jason is joined by poet Abi Pollokoff reading from her debut collection night myths • • before the body. FREE & open to the public. RSVP here. jason b. crawford (They/He) born in Washington, DC, and raised in Lansing, MI, is the author of Year of... |
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Join us every Wednesday at the B-CC Regional Services Center to practice conversational English in small groups. Share your experiences and culture with other non-native English speakers in a friendly environment. For more information, please view our flyer here.
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Catherine Newman, bestselling author of Sandwich, will discuss her new sequel novel Wreck, which picks up with Rocky and her family at home two years later. Full of laughter and heart, Wreck explores the hidden rules of family, the heavy weight of uncertainty, and the difficult fact that people - no matter how much you love them - are...
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Prose, poetry, and spoken word Open Mic @ The Writer’s Center! All writers are welcome to come and share 4-5 minutes of their latest work. Sign-up starts at 6:45pm, and readings begin promptly at 7pm. Limited to 20 readers, so arrive early if you plan to read. Sponsored by Poet Lore, America’s oldest poetry magazine. FREE... |
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Interested in joining? The Book Club meets the second Thursday of each month from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm, meeting room 2. The book chosen for this month's discussion is The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict. A powerful novel based on the incredible true story of the glamour icon and scientist Hedy Lamarr whose...
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Join us for an evening with bestselling author Ann Packer, who will discuss her new novel, Some Bright Nowhere, that explores a long marriage and the profound emotional complexities of love, caregiving, and facing the end of life. Ann will be in conversation with author, editor, and podcaster Dan Kois. |
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Join us for a lecture with Hank Levine! In September, Bethesda Historical Society Secretary Hank Levine took us through how, between 1750 and 1920, geography and advances in transportation set the stage for the development of modern Bethesda. Now Hank returns to tell the story of how in the century after the end of World... |
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A special Open Mic to uplift the voices and work of the teenagers in our community. Prose, poetry, and spoken word Open Mic @ The Writer’s Center! All writers are welcome to come and share 4-5 minutes of their latest work. Sign-up starts at 1:45pm, and readings begin promptly at 2pm. Limited to 20 readers,... |
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Join the Mystery/Thriller Book Club for our November read: Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann. All are welcome! |
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Join us every Wednesday at the B-CC Regional Services Center to practice conversational English in small groups. Share your experiences and culture with other non-native English speakers in a friendly environment. For more information, please view our flyer here. |
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Local author Thomas Dann discusses his new debut novel, Midnight in Memphis, a Southern noir crime thriller set in Memphis in the 1950s in which two detectives forge an unlikely alliance as they strive to bridge the racial divide and catch a killer hell bent on revenge. |
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Starting from a common base to have real discussions about the environment, this book discussion club is a great way to deepen ideas, have respectful debates while listening to the points of view of others and broaden our understanding and vision on this important topic. Together, we may discover new forms of commitment and imagine... |
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Come join the Connie Morella Mystery book club! We will be reading mysteries, thrillers and whodunits together every month. This November, we will be discussing Squeeze Me by Carl Hiassen. From the author of Skinny Dip and Razor Girl, a hilarious, New York Times best-selling novel of social and political intrigues, set against the glittering backdrop of Florida's gold coast.... |
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Join us every Wednesday at the B-CC Regional Services Center to practice conversational English in small groups. Share your experiences and culture with other non-native English speakers in a friendly environment. For more information, please view our flyer here. |
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The Heritage Film Festival is a community-based event that brings together short films of all genres from novice and seasoned filmmakers to celebrate independent media. Join us as we celebrate the Festival's 20th year with a screening of short films, and an opportunity to ask questions and discuss with the filmmakers! Light refreshments will be... |
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