THOMASVILLE LIBRARY:

For ages 18+:

Beginner Yoga Class

Every Wednesday, 9:45 a.m.

A free introductory yoga class that moves slowly through a simple flow sequence, focusing on alignment and breath while working on strength, balance and flexibility. Great for beginners. Registration is appreciated but not required.

One Blood, Blood Drive

Tues., July 18, 11:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Donate blood to the One Blood blood bank during its visit to the library. Donors will receive a $20 e-gift card and swag bag for their donation.

Make an appointment using sponsor code 61687 or simply stop by that day.

Friends of the Library Used Book Sale

Every Tuesday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

For ages 12 — 17:

Video Game Open Play

Mon., July 17, 3:30 p.m.

Join us in the Young Adult Department for an afternoon of gaming. We have XBox, Nintendo Switch, and online games. Not to mention cards and board games for the analogers. Intended for ages 12 – 17.

Open Art Hour

Tues., July 18, 4:00 p.m.

Our YA Department will be throwing an “open studio” hour for all those interested in unleashing their inner artist.

Paint, pastels, collage, or sketch whatever you like with materials you do not have to pay for.

Intended for ages 12 – 17.

Ice Cream Social

Thurs., July 20, 3:30 p.m.

Socialize with old friends and new. Make your own ice cream sandwich. Watch a movie. Play a card game. Whatever. Our YA Dept. will be just taking it easy with ice cream. Ice cream supplied by a generous in-kind donation from Bluebell Ice Creamery. Intended for ages 12 – 17.

At the branches:

Boston Library

Quiddler Club

Every Tuesday, 2:00 p.m.

Intended for ages 18+.

Call the Boston Library to join: 229-498-5101.

Coolidge Library –

Free Banks Italian Ice

Mon., July 17, 4:00 p.m.

Stop by the library to grab yourself a FREE italian ice from Banks Italian Ice truck. Cool down from the summer heat, check out a new book and enjoy!

Story Time & Craft

Wed., July 19, 2:30 p.m.

Intended for ages 2 – 6 with their caregivers.

Movie for Young Adults

Tues., July 25, 4:00 p.m.

Stop in for a film and free popcorn. Intended for ages 12 – 17. Call the Coolidge branch for more details:

LEGO Club

Wed., July 26, 4:30 p.m.

Build and create whatever you can imagine with our assortment of LEGO bricks. We also have Play-Doh on hand for those that find the LEGO bricks tasty.

Intended for age 4-17.

Pavo Library –

Afternoon Movie for Kids

Wed., July 19, 2:00 p.m.

Stop in for an afternoon movie screening and some popcorn.

Today the library is playing the file: Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile.

Rated PG; run time 1hr 47 min. Intended for ages 2 – 12 with their caregivers.

NEW RELEASE:

The Guest, by Emma Cline

A young woman pretends to be someone she isn’t in this stunning novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Girls.

Summer is coming to a close on the East End of Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome. A misstep at a dinner party, and the older man she’s been staying with dismisses her with a ride to the train station and a ticket back to the city. With few resources and a waterlogged phone, but gifted with an ability to navigate the desires of others, Alex stays on Long Island and drifts like a ghost through the hedged lanes, gated driveways, and sun-blasted dunes of a rarified world that is, at first, closed to her. Propelled by desperation and a mutable sense of morality, she spends the week leading up to Labor Day moving from one place to the next, a cipher leaving destruction in her wake.

The Ferryman, by Justin Cronin Founded by a mysterious genius, the archipelago of Prospera lies hidden from the horrors of a deteriorating outside world. In this island paradise, Prospera’s lucky citizens enjoy long, fulfilling lives until the monitors embedded in their forearms, meant to measure their physical health and psychological well-being, fall below 10 percent.

Then they retire themselves, embarking on a ferry ride to the island known as the Nursery, where their failing bodies are renewed, their memories are wiped clean, and they are readied to restart life afresh. Proctor Bennett, of the Department of Social Contracts, has a satisfying career as a ferryman, gently shepherding people through the retirement process–and, when necessary, enforcing it. But all is not well with Proctor. For one thing, he’s been dreaming–which is supposed to be impossible in Prospera. For another, his monitor percentage has begun to drop alarmingly fast. And then comes the day he is summoned to retire his own father, who gives him a disturbing and cryptic message before being wrestled onto the ferry

A QUOTE TO THINK ABOUT:

”Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.”–Naguib Mahfouz

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