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THOMASVILLE LIBRARY:

The Thomas County Public Library System is happy to announce the arrival of its new Library Director, Derek Kolb. Derek has over seven years of experience working in Public Libraries, serving as Director of Information Technology at both the Live Oak Public Libraries (Savannah, Georgia) and Palm Beach County Library System (Palm Beach, Florida). We at TCPLS believe that his transition to Library Director will be seamless and look forward to working together with Derek as the Thomas County Public Library System continues to evolve with and serve the community.

For ages 18+:

Book to Art Book Club

Tues., Aug 8, 3:00 p.m.

Interesting in joining a book club? Why not try our Book to Art Book Club! This Club meets every second Tuesday of the month to discuss a shared read and create an individual art piece inspired by the month’s book. New members are always welcome. To learn more or join, speak with Samantha Hanchett: marketing@tcpls.org

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. Yoga mats available. Registration is appreciated but not required.

Friends of the Library Used Book Sale

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

For ages 0 — 11:

Story Time: Toddlers & Tykes

Every Thursday, 10:30 a.m.

Join us for an hour of read-aloud stories, rhymes and songs designed to encourage language and literacy development in your child. Story Time wraps up with a fun, simple art and craft activity. An excellent space to meet other caregivers and children in the community. Intended for ages 2-4 years with their caregivers.

LEGO Club

Every Thursday, 4:00 p.m.

Calling all child LEGO masters and first-timers! Our LEGO group meets every week to create and build whatever they can imagine. A great place to meet and mingle with other children interested in 3D creation. We also offer larger LEGO bricks for those who may find the smaller bricks tasty. Intended for ages 4-11 years with their caregivers.

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.

Art & Crafts: Bookmarks

Thurs., Aug 17, Drop-In Activity

All ages welcome.

Coolidge Library –

Bingo

Tues., Aug 8, 2:30 p.m.

Intended for ages 13 and older.

Children’s Bingo

Tues., Aug 15, 4:00 p.m.

Intended for ages 4 – 12 with their caregivers.

Meigs Library –

Children’s Art & Crafts: Bird Feeders

Thurs., Aug 10, Drop-In Activity

Intended for ages 4 – 12 with their caregivers.

Children’s Art & Crafts: Fairy Garden

Tues., Aug 15, Drop-In Activity

Intended for ages 4 – 12 with their caregivers.

Ochlocknee Library –

Adult Art & Crafts: Paint-It-Pottery

Tues. & Thurs., Aug 8 & 10, 4:00 p.m.

Youth Art & Crafts: Confetti Bookmarks

Tues. & Thurs., Aug 15 & 17, 4:00 p.m.

Intended for ages 4 – 17. Minors under the age of 12 must be accompanied by a caregiver.

Pavo Library –

Story Time & Craft

Wed., Aug 9, Drop-In Activity

Stop in anytime during open hours (1:30 – 6:00 p.m.) for a read-aloud storybook and a fun paper-craft.

Today we will be reading the picture book, The Day the Crayons Quit, and folding a crayon out of origami.

Intended for ages 2 – 6 with their caregivers.

NEW RELEASES:

Zero-Sum, by Joyce Carol Oates

A brilliant young philosophy student bent on seducing her famous philosopher-mentor finds herself outmaneuvered; diabolically clever high school girls wreak a particularly apt sort of vengeance on sexual predators in their community; a woman stalked by a would-be killer may be confiding in the wrong former lover; a young woman is morbidly obsessed by her unfamiliar new role as “mother.” In the collection’s longest story, a much-praised cutting-edge writer cruelly experiments with “drafts” of his own suicide.In these powerfully wrought stories that hold a mirror up to our time, Joyce Carol Oates has created a world of erotic obsession, thwarted idealism, and ever-shifting identities. Provocative and stunning, Zero-Sum reinforces Oates’s standing as a literary treasure and an artist of the mysterious interior life.

Secrets in the Dark, by Heather Graham

Over a century after Jack, a new Ripper is on the loose. Following in the footsteps of notorious serial murderer Jack the Ripper, a killer is stalking the streets of London. The self-dubbed Ripper King strikes at night, leaving a trail of eviscerated bodies in his wake. Fresh off a case with potential ties to the recent rash of killings, FBI agents Della Hamilton and Mason Carter are all too familiar with a slayer set to rule with a lethal fist. And they’ll stop at nothing to end his reign.The killer’s MO may be nothing new, but his desire to be infamous makes him dangerous. Della and Mason know it’s only a matter of time before their investigation emboldens this new Ripper, forcing the agents to work quickly before another woman winds up dead. But now that the heat is on, their game of cat and mouse takes an unexpected turn, leading Della and Mason into a deadly trap they never saw coming…

A QUOTE TO THINK ABOUT:

“The most important things are the hardest to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that, isn’t it? The most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away. And you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you’ve said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it. That’s the worst, I think. When the secret stays locked within not for want of a teller but for want of an understanding ear.” ― Stephen King

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