10:00 am - 11:00 am Online via Zoom
Curl up with the Classics with our daytime book discussions. A story of classic simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale, The Pearl explores the secrets of man’s nature, greed, the darkest depths of evil, and the luminous possibilities of love. You must have read or listened to the book to attend. Registration begins May 1. Ages 18 and older, please.

10:00 am - 11:00 am online via ZOOOM
Curl up with the Classics with our daytime book discussions. Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid....He is the hero; he is everything. He must be a complete man and a common man and yet an unusual man. 

You must have read or listened to the book to attend. Ages 18 and older, please.

If you are interested in attending this online book discussion about The Big Sleep, please register here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9WJDSR8. You will be contacted with more information.

10:00 am - 11:00 am in the Small Meeting Room, Lower Level
Curl up with the Classics with our daytime book discussions. Dickens’ story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. How did it make you feel? Registration begins February 1. This program is part of the Daytime Academy made possible by a grant from Harsco Corporation, honoring the memory of Derek C. Hathaway and his passion for lifelong learning.

10:00 am - 11:00 am in the Small Meeting Room, Lower Level
Curl up with the Classics with our daytime book discussions. It's New York in the 1940s, where the martinis flow from cocktail hour till breakfast at Tiffany's. And nice girls don't, except, of course, Holly Golightly. Pursued by Mafia gangsters and playboy millionaires, Holly is irrepressibly 'top banana in the shock department', and one of the shining flowers of American fiction. Registration begins February 1. This program is part of the Daytime Academy made possible by a grant from Harsco Corporation, honoring the memory of Derek C. Hathaway and his passion for lifelong learning.

10:00 am - 11:00 am in the Small Meeting Room, Lower Level
Curl up with the Classics with our daytime book discussions. This month's choice, A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemmingway, is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. You must have read or listened to the book in order to attend. Registration begins November 1. This program is part of the Daytime Academy made possible by a grant from Harsco Corporation, honoring the memory of Derek C. Hathaway and his passion for life-long learning.

10:00 am - 11:00 am in the Masland Board Room, Lower Level
Curl up with the Classics with our daytime book discussions. This month's choice, Murder at the Vicarage, marks the debut of Agatha Christie’s unflappable and much beloved female detective, Miss Jane Marple. You must have read or listened to the book in order to attend. Registration begins November 1. This program is part of the Daytime Academy made possible by a grant from Harsco Corporation, honoring the memory of Derek C. Hathaway and his passion for life-long learning.

10:00 am - 11:00 am in the Masland Board Room, Lower Level

Curl up with the Classics with our daytime book discussions. This month's choice is a series of Christmas short stories by Washington Irving. This collection of stories from Washington Irving includes some of America's best-known works of fiction. We will be focusing on the following stories: “Christmas,” “The Stage-Coach,” “Christmas Eve,” “Christmas Day,” and “The Christmas Dinner.” Registration begins November 1.  

10:00 am - 11:00 am in the Masland Board Room, Lower Level

Curl up with the Classics with our daytime book discussions. This month, discover the intricate interweaving of epic drama with personal tragedy in Dickens’ classic, A Tale of Two Cities. You must have read or listened to the book to attend. Register online. Ages 18 and older, please.