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Hard Times Discussion Series
[Southworth Events - Adults]
April 2, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Southworth Library, 24 W Main St, Dryden, NY 13053, USA
Hard Times: The Great Depression, The Dust Bowl and the American Spirit. Explore one of the most defining decades in our history and its current relevance with Dr. David Flaten, on the first Tuesday of the month at 6 pm. Register here to reserve your copies of the texts for the series. Attendance at all the programs is not required.
The content is separated into four sections looking at the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, FDR and the New Deal and how it has impacted generations.
- February 6: The Bottom Falls Out- Intro and selections from Hard Times by Studs Terkel
- March 5: 1932 & The New Deal- selections
- April 2: The Dust Bowl: Selections from The Worst Hard Time by Egan and film excerpts from the Ken Burn documentary The Dust Bowl
- May 7: What We Gained, Lost & Learned- Stories of endurance and strength from Terkel, Egan, Ted Gup, local history and other writings
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Lunchtime Learning: Salt of the Earth
[Southworth Events - Adults]
April 3, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Southworth Library, 24 W Main St, Dryden, NY 13053, USA
Explore the underground world and workings of the Cayuga Salt Mine in Lansing! Dave Plumeau (BS Mich Tech Univ in Geological Engineering) worked at the mine over 40 years. His love of the underground, problem solving, and mine roof control made Cargill a perfect fit! In his years at the mine, he managed hundreds of projects, trained dozens of young engineers and miners, and helped the mine become a world class operation.
Register here to save a spot for another great lunchtime learning event.
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Jennie's Book Club
[Southworth Events - Adults]
April 16, 2024 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Southworth Library, 24 W Main St, Dryden, NY 13053, USA
This month, we are reading Margaret Atwood's latest collection of short stories: Old Babes in the Woods. We will gather to discuss these stories on Tuesday, April 16 at 10am.
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Lunchtime Learning: History of Baseball in Tompkins County
[Southworth Events - Adults]
April 17, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Southworth Library, 24 W Main St, Dryden, NY 13053, USA
Charles DeMotte has a long-standing interest in the history of baseball and has written on local baseball as well as producing several books on baseball subjects. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in 1977 and his Master’s degree from The University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1970. Dr. DeMotte was born in Ithaca, NY and currently lives in nearby Freeville, NY.
Tompkins County has a rich baseball history. Dating from the 1860s, when the first recorded games were played, baseball was the favorite local game played at all levels of society. This talk will focus on the early years of baseball in Ithaca and Tompkins County through the World War One. At that time, baseball was truly the national pastime and fit into a pattern of life that is now lost.
Register HERE to save a spot.
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Books & Brew
[Southworth Events - Adults]
April 28, 2024 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Hopshire Farm and Brewery, 1771 Dryden Rd, Freeville, NY 13068, USA
Books and Brew: NEW DATE, NEW TIME!
Come on over to Hopshire Farm & Brewery for our genre-based book club on SUNDAY, APRIL 28 at 3 PM where we all read something from the same theme. It can be biography, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, an audio book or anything else! Some of us bring a snack to share as well- there is always plenty. All are welcome.
This month our 'Reading Through the Decades' is a focus on 1940-1959. World War II, the Decade of Triumph, the American Dream... read a book set in that time or about events, people or things from that time period and share it with the group OR you can read a book that was published then for a look at the classics!
If you need some suggestions, books are available at our display at the library.
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