Adams Memorial Library

Houseplants: Bringing Joy To Our Homes
2024-07-16 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Adams Memorial Library, 1112 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA, 15650, United States
Looking to garden this summer but don’t want to go outside? Then we have the perfect program for you about houseplants!
Come learn about some easy to care for plants, how to find the right plant for the right place, and ways to keep your plants happy and healthy.
Seating is limited, please register in advance!
To register, stop by the Upstairs Circulation Desk, call 724-539-1972, or sign-up online at https://forms.gle/ZAT9hoYenc5bDV9u9

Mystery Book Club
2024-07-25 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-08-22 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-09-26 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-10-24 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-11-21 18:00 - 19:30 | Adams Memorial Library, 1112 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA, 15650, United States
Join this outside group every fourth Thursday of each month from 6:00PM to 7:30PM for discussion on thrillers, mysteries, whodunits, and more!
Stop by the circulation desk or call 724-539-1972 for more information!

Knifty Knitters
2024-08-06 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-08-20 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-09-03 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-09-17 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-10-01 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-10-15 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-11-19 10:00 - 11:00 | Adams Memorial Library, 1112 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA, 15650, United States
Knifty Knitters meets at the library every first and third Tuesday of every month! This group, made up completely of volunteers, knits and crochets for various charities. New knitters are always welcome, regardless of experience–members will teach!
For more information, stop by the circulation desk or call 724-527-1972!
We can’t wait to see you!

Virtual Author Talk: Dr. Jennifer Levasseur of the Smithsonian
2024-08-07 14:00 - 15:00
Step inside one of the greatest international achievements with a virtual behind-the-scenes guide to space exploration with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum curator Dr. Jennifer Levasseur on Wednesday, August 7th at 2 PM ET via digital live-stream in partnership with Adams Memorial Library!
To sign up for this FREE virtual event, please click HERE!
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Virtual Author Talk: Shelby Van Pelt
2024-08-21 19:00 - 20:00
We invite you to come and chat with New York Times bestselling author Shelby Van Pelt about her beloved novel Remarkably Bright Creatures. You don’t want to miss this deep dive exploration of friendship, reckoning, hope, and so much more!
Charming, compulsively readable, and full of wit, Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a beautiful exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope–a reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.
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Virtual Author Talk with Garrett Graff: A 9/11 & D-Day Talk
2024-09-10 14:00 - 15:00
Garrett Graff, an expert on capturing the human drama through history, is joining us online to discuss the oral histories of 9/11 and D-Day, all told in the words of those who experienced those dramatic and tragic days.

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Virtual Author Talk with Nate Klemp
2024-09-18 14:00 - 15:00
Drawing on personal stories, scientific findings, and traditional wisdom, Klemp will explore why we close down when faced with stressors or threats―then reveal why training ourselves to fully engage even with discomfort, pain, and sadness will lead to our greater well-being in the long run
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Virtual Author Talk with Liane Moriarty
2024-09-21 19:00 - 20:00
If you knew your future, would you try to fight fate? If you were told you only had a certain amount of time left to live, would you do things differently? Would you try to dodge your destiny? Join us as we chat with mega-bestselling author Liane Moriarty about her newest novel Here One Moment. Moriarty’s Here One Moment is a brilliantly constructed tale that looks at free will and destiny, grief and love, and the endless struggle to maintain certainty and control in an uncertain world.
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Stan Gordon: Paranormal in Our Own Backyard
2024-09-28 13:00 - 14:30 | Caldwell Memorial Library, Derry Area High School 988 N. Chestnut St Ext, Derry, PA, 15627, United States
Local cryptozoologist Stan Gordon will be updating us on his new research findings into UFOs, Bigfoot, Cryptids, and the other unexplained phenomena in our local area and statewide.

This program is free but registration is required due to limited seating.
PLEASE NOTE: This program is at our branch in Derry!

To register, call Caldwell Memorial Library at 724-694-1401 ext. 3110 or Adams Memorial Library at 724-539-1972. You can also register online by clicking HERE.

Virtual Author Talk: A Journey into the Hidden World of Tropical Bats
2024-10-02 14:00 - 15:00
We are kicking off October with three Smithsonian-affiliated scientists to teach us about the remarkable world of tropical bats with bat experts, Dr. Rachel Page, Dr. Dina Dechmann, and Dr. Teague O’Mara!
Join us online on Wednesday, October 2nd at 2 PM via digital live-stream!
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It's Time to Get Spooky! with the Greensburg Ghost Society
2024-10-02 18:00 - 19:30 | Adams Memorial Library, 1112 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA, 15650, United States
The Greensburg Ghost Society will be paying us a visit to explain to us how they investigate paranormal claims. They’ll tell us how they use all sorts of tools and techniques from photographs and audio recordings to EMF meters and spirit boxes to detect and communicate with entities from the spiritual realm. While their main goal is to gather empirical evidence that supports the existence of ghosts and other supernatural phenomena they hope to help individuals find peace of mind by providing rational explanations for their experiences.

To sign up for this event, please stop by the circulation desk or call 724-539-1972.

Virtual Author Talk with Silvia Moreno-Garcia
2024-10-09 19:00 - 20:00
Moreno-Garcia chats with us about Latin American Genre fiction, her writing process and journey, as well as her newest book The Seventh Veil of Salome.
Set in 1950s Hollywood, The Seventh Veil of Salome follows Vera Larios Nancy Hartley, two actresses trying to make it to the top in the Golden Age of Holly Wood. Vera, an unknown Mexican ingénue, has just won a star-making role in a big budget movie about Salome, and is quickly becoming the talk of the town. Nancy, an envious actress whose career has stalled and who will do anything to win the fame she believes she richly deserves.
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The Waldorf Effect
2024-10-10 18:00 - 19:30 | Adams Memorial Library, 1112 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA, 15650, United States
For almost 100 years the Waldorf Estate, a former hotel located in Lehighton, Pennsylvania, has been home to the grisly tale of Oliver Sommersby who murdered 25 people over the course of ten years. Even after his gruesome reign came to an end all those who have spent time within the Waldorf have experienced all sort of strange phenomena.

Producer, author, and psychic, Laurissa Rex will share her research into the hauntings surrounding the Waldorf Estate, including the 24 hours her and her team spent inside its walls.

More on the Waldorf Estate will soon be appearing in her upcoming TV series, 24 Hours in Hell and book, The Waldorf Effect.

To sign up, please stop by the circulation desk or call 724-539-1972.

Finding Our Foremothers
2024-10-16 18:00 - 19:30 | Adams Memorial Library, 1112 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA, 15650, United States
It is often hard to track down female ancestors. Not just because of a change of name for marriage, but also because of other legal and social aspects. Using actual case histories, learn how you too can find some of your own family’s hidden history.

To sign up for this event, stop by the Circulation Desk or call 724-539-1972.

Virtual Author Talk with Lori Gottlieb
2024-10-22 14:00 - 15:00
Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk with Someone.
Even as a therapist, after a crisis causes her world to come crashing down, Lori needed therapy herself. Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose office she suddenly lands. In her book, Lori explores the inner chambers of her patients’ lives and finds that the questions they are struggling with are the very ones she is now bringing to Wendell.
Gottlieb reveals our blind spots, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope between love and desire, meaning and mortality, guilt and redemption, terror and courage, hope and change.
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Paranormal Virtual Author Talk with Stanley Milford, Jr.
2024-11-07 19:00 - 20:00
Navajo Ranger, Stanley Milford, Jr. chats about the chilling and clear-eyed memoir of his investigations into bizarre cases of the paranormal and the unexplained in Navajoland.
In his book, The Paranormal Ranger, Milford recounts the stories of these cases from the clinical and deductive perspective of a law enforcement officer.

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Sobre la migración infantil desde Centroamérica: En conversación con Javier Zamora
2024-11-09 14:00 - 15:00
(Solamente en Español) – (Event ONLY in Spanish) For the English version, click HERE.

Sintoniza una conversación especial con el autor más vendido del New York Times Javier Zamora mientras conversa con nosotros sobre su fascinante historia de supervivencia y perseverancia, tal como se cuenta en sus memorias premiadas Solito.
Solito no solo nos ofrece un recuento íntimo e inmediato de un viaje sinuoso y casi imposible, sino la milagrosa bondad y el amor que se entrega en los momentos más inesperados. Solito es la historia de Javier, pero es también la historia de millones más que no tuvieron otra opción más que irse de casa.
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Premier Screening: Leonardo Da Vinci by Ken Burns
2024-11-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Adams Memorial Library, 1112 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA, 15650, United States
This film tells the story of Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, best known as Leonardo da Vinci, a fifteenth century Italian polymath of soaring imagination and profound intellect. He left behind artistic works of staggering beauty and detailed sketches of futuristic contraptions of warfare and flight that today are marveled at for their technical ingenuity and foresight. The documentary will follow the life of da Vinci, featuring his inventions, art, and most of all, his mind.
Thanks to the Latrobe Art Center and PBS, we will be able to have a special screening of this wonderful film by the renowned Ken Burns.
This event is free, but requires registration. To register, please stop by the library or call 724-539-1972!

Corporate funding for LEONARDO da VINCI was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and by The Better Angels Society and by its individual members The Paul and Sandra Montrone Family; Stephen A. Schwarzman; Diane and Hal Brierley; Carol and Ned Spieker; Michael and Sandy Collins; Mario J. Gabelli; The Lynch Foundation; McCloskey Family Charitable Trust; Cappy and Janie McGarr; and John and Leslie McQuown. Funding was also provided by Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha Darling; the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; and the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation.

On Childhood Migration from Central America: A Virtual Conversation with Javier Zamora
2024-11-14 16:00 - 17:00
Tune in for a special conversation with New York Times bestselling author Javier Zamora as he chats with us about his riveting tale of survival and perseverance as told in his award-winning memoir Solito.
Solito provides an immediate and intimate account not only of a treacherous and near-impossible journey, but also of the miraculous kindness and love delivered at the most unexpected moments. Solito is Javier Zamora’s story, but it’s also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home. Register today to learn more about this gripping and moving story!
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Native Rights and Culture in Fiction: A Virtual Conversation with Mona Susan Power
2024-11-20 19:00 - 20:00
You’re invited to join us as Mona Susan Power chats about her newest novel A Council of Dolls which tells the story of three women through the dolls they carried. This conversation highlights how her work explores Native Rights and Native American culture, in particular using an important symbol that anchors comfort and companionship in Native life: dolls.

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