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11sep5:15 pmHappy Hour Book Group: “Disappearing Earth”5:15 pm Rubaiyat Restaurant, 117 W Water St
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The Happy Hour Book Group will meet at Rubaiyat on Wed. Sept. 11th at 5:15 p.m. to discuss Julia Phillips’ “Disappearing Earth.” One August afternoon, on the Kamchatka peninsula at
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The Happy Hour Book Group will meet at Rubaiyat on Wed. Sept. 11th at 5:15 p.m. to discuss Julia Phillips’ “Disappearing Earth.” One August afternoon, on the Kamchatka peninsula at the northeastern tip of Russia, two girls go missing. The police investigation turns up nothing, and in the girls’ tightly-woven community, everyone must grapple with the loss. But the fear and danger of the disappearance is felt most profoundly among the women of this isolated place. Taking us one chapter per month across a year on Kamchatka, “Disappearing Earth” connects the lives of characters—a witness, a neighbor, a detective, a mother—changed by the abduction.
For more information, contact Carmen Buss (Friday Book Group) or Kristin Torresdal (Happy Hour and History Book Groups) at 563-382-3717.
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(Wednesday) 5:15 pm
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Kristin Torresdal
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Friday Book Group
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Carrie Lee Auditorium
Carrie Lee School Park
Decorah Community Prairie
Decorah Fish Hatchery
Decorah Public Library
Luther College
Oneota Co-Op Kitchen
Phelps Park
Pulpit Rock Brewing Co.
Pulpit Rock Campground
Rubaiyat Restaurant
TBD
The Lingonberry
Wold Park
11sep5:15 pmHappy Hour Book Group: “Disappearing Earth”5:15 pm Rubaiyat Restaurant, 117 W Water St
Event Details
The Happy Hour Book Group will meet at Rubaiyat on Wed. Sept. 11th at 5:15 p.m. to discuss Julia Phillips’ “Disappearing Earth.” One August afternoon, on the Kamchatka peninsula at
more
Event Details
The Happy Hour Book Group will meet at Rubaiyat on Wed. Sept. 11th at 5:15 p.m. to discuss Julia Phillips’ “Disappearing Earth.” One August afternoon, on the Kamchatka peninsula at the northeastern tip of Russia, two girls go missing. The police investigation turns up nothing, and in the girls’ tightly-woven community, everyone must grapple with the loss. But the fear and danger of the disappearance is felt most profoundly among the women of this isolated place. Taking us one chapter per month across a year on Kamchatka, “Disappearing Earth” connects the lives of characters—a witness, a neighbor, a detective, a mother—changed by the abduction.
For more information, contact Carmen Buss (Friday Book Group) or Kristin Torresdal (Happy Hour and History Book Groups) at 563-382-3717.
Time
(Wednesday) 5:15 pm
Organizer
Kristin Torresdal
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The History Book Group will discuss David W. Blight’s “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” at 6:30 p.m. Thurs. Sept. 19th on the 2nd floor of the library. As a young
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The History Book Group will discuss David W. Blight’s “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” at 6:30 p.m. Thurs. Sept. 19th on the 2nd floor of the library. As a young man, Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery in Baltimore and would go on to become one of the major literary figures of his time. Douglass spoke widely, using his own story to condemn slavery. By the Civil War, he had become the most famed and widely travelled orator in the nation. In his unique and eloquent voice, written and spoken, Douglass established himself as a fierce critic of the United States as well as a radical patriot.
For more information, contact Carmen Buss (Friday Book Group) or Kristin Torresdal (Happy Hour and History Book Groups) at 563-382-3717.
Time
(Thursday) 6:30 pm
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Decorah Public Library
Organizer
Kristin Torresdal
20sep2:00 pmFriday Book Group: “Killers of the Flower Moon”2:00 pm Decorah Public Library
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The Friday Book Group will meet at 2:00 p.m. Fri. Sept. 20th on the 2nd floor of the library to discuss David Grann’s “Killers of the Flower Moon.” In the
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The Friday Book Group will meet at 2:00 p.m. Fri. Sept. 20th on the 2nd floor of the library to discuss David Grann’s “Killers of the Flower Moon.” In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian Nation in Oklahoma. When they began to be killed off, the newly created FBI took up the case—one of the organization’s first major homicide investigations. Director J. Edgar Hoover turned to former Texas Ranger Tom White, who put together an undercover team and began to expose one of the most sinister conspiracies in American history.
For more information, contact Carmen Buss (Friday Book Group) or Kristin Torresdal (Happy Hour and History Book Groups) at 563-382-3717.
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(Friday) 2:00 pm
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Decorah Public Library
Organizer
Carmen Busscbuss@decorah.lib.ia.us
25sep5:15 pmSpeculative Fiction Book Group: “Trail of Lightning”5:15 pm Decorah Public Library
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Decorah Public Library staff are piloting a new speculative fiction book discussion group in September and October. The group is open to the public, and anyone interested is encouraged to
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Decorah Public Library staff are piloting a new speculative fiction book discussion group in September and October. The group is open to the public, and anyone interested is encouraged to call the library at 382-3717 to reserve a book or sign up for future info via email.
The September session will be facilitated by Erin Larson and will meet Wed. Sept. 25th at 5:15pm at the library to discuss Rebecca Roanhorse’s “Trail of Lightning.” While most of the world has drowned beneath the sudden rising waters of a climate apocalypse, Dinétah (formerly the Navajo reservation) has been reborn. The gods and heroes of legend walk the land, but so do monsters. Maggie Hoskie is a Dinétah monster hunter, a supernaturally gifted killer. When a small town needs help finding a missing girl, Maggie is their last hope. But what Maggie uncovers about the monster who took her is more terrifying than anything she could imagine.
The October session will be facilitated by Kristin Torresdal and will meet Wed. Oct. 23rd at 5:15pm (location TBD) to discuss Brandon Sanderson’s “Skyward.” Defeated and driven almost to extinction, the remnants of the human race are trapped on a planet that is constantly attacked by mysterious alien starfighters. Spensa, a teenage girl living among them, longs to be a pilot. When she discovers the wreckage of an ancient ship which appears to have a soul, she realizes this dream might be possible—assuming she can repair the ship, navigate flight school, and persuade the strange machine to help her.
For more information, contact Kristin Torresdal at ktorresdal@decorah.lib.ia.us or Erin Larson at erin@decorah.lib.ia.us.
Time
(Wednesday) 5:15 pm
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Decorah Public Library
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Erin Larsonerin@decorah.lib.ia.us