On Nov. 17 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. the Plumb Memorial Library will hold a Thanksgiving Story Time with Amos, our "Read-to-Me" greyhound. Amos' human Holly and the Plumb Library Junior Friends will read Thanksgiving-themed stories while children and Amos listen.

 

After the stories, a craft and snack will be available. All ages are welcome, though younger children will need adult supervision. Registration is required. Register through the Events Calendar on the Plumb Library website. 

 

The Nonfiction Book Group will discuss "Blood Brothers: The Story of the Strange Friendship of Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill" by Deanne Stillman  on Nov. 15 at 6:30 p.m. This book documents the unlikely friendship between Buffalo Bill Cody and Sitting Bull, tracing the events of their brief but important collaboration during Cody's 1880s Wild West Show and the impact of Little Big Horn, the contributions of Annie Oakley and Sitting Bull's assassination in 1890.  

 

The COA Book Group will discuss"Killers of the Flower Moon"  on Nov. 20 at 10:15 a.m. at the Rochester Council on Aging. David Grann, the best-selling author of "The Lost City of Z" presents a true account of the early 20th-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the FBI investigations that eventually uncovered one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.  

 

Cafe Parlez Book Group will discuss "The Bartender's Tale" by Ivan Doig on Nov. 29 at 6:30  p.m.  Running a venerable bar in 1960 Montana while raising his twelve-year-old son, single father Tom Harry finds his world upended by the arrival of a woman from his past and her beatnik daughter, who claims Tom as her father  

 

Plumb Library will be closing at 2:00 p.m. on Nov. 21 for carpet cleaning, and will be closed Nov. 22, and Friday, Nov. 23 for Thanksgiving.  They will be open regular hours on Saturday, Nov. 24.