From WOOD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
In observance of Labor Day, Wood County District Public Library (251 N. Main St., Bowling Green) and will be closed Sunday, September 4 and Monday, September 5. The Walbridge Branch Library (108 N. Main St., Walbridge) will be closed and the Bookmobile will be off the road, Monday, September 5. Regular hours resume on Tuesday, September 6.
Join radio host Clint Corpe and library staff on Friday, September 9 for a live remote broadcast from the library of the Morning Show (WBGU 88.1 FM, 6 am – 9 an). Hear the latest news of what’s going on at the library, including updates on the Walbridge Library renovation project, get ideas for your next great read, and get the inside scoop on fall activities in the works at WCDPL.
The first two weeks in September offer a wide range of books and book groups for readers to choose from. First up, on Wednesday, September 7, the Read for Inspiration group, led by Deb Born, meets at 10:30 am in 2nd Floor Reading Lounge to discuss Lynn Austin’s Until We Reach Home.
The Monday Mysteries group discusses Terry Pratchett’s Thud!, a mystery/fantasy set in the author’s popular Discworld. Mary Boone and Doris Ann Norris lead the discussion, which starts at 7 pm in the Carter House (307 N. Church St.).
On Tuesday, September 13 the Diversity in America book group, led by Jim Litwin, meets at 6:30 pm in the 1st Floor Meeting Room to discuss Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Coates, for whom “history has always been personal,” offers readers a “new framework for understanding race: its history, our contemporary dilemma, and where we go from here.”
Events are free and open to all. For more details about these and other programs for adults at WCDPL, call the library at 419-352-5050.
