Events

It is difficult to ignore the resurgence of white nationalist movements in the United States, many of which employ symbols and slogans from Greco-Roman antiquity. A long-established neo-Nazi website incorporates an image of the Parthenon into its logo, and rioters wore Spartan helmets in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. These juxtapositions may appear incongruous to people who associate the ancient world with enlightened political ideals and sophisticated philosophical inquiry. But, as Curtis Dozier points out in this thought-provoking book, it’s hard to imagine a historical period better suited to rhetorical use by white nationalists. Indeed, some of the most widely admired voices from ancient literature and philosophy endorsed ideas that modern white supremacists promote, and the social and political realities of the ancient world provide models for political systems that white supremacists would like to establish today. Read More

Saturday March 7, 5-7pm: Join Us for Opening Reception of “Exalting the Doodle”.  Celebrate the opening of this art exhibition, meet the three artists: Vera Kaplan, Nansi T. Lent, and Joel Kaplan, view art, and enjoy nibbles and light refreshments. A sampling of artists’ art/images coming soon. More Info 

Cave Mountain: A Disappearance and a Reckoning in the Ozarks Booksigning Event with author Benjamin Hale in conversation with Ryan Chapman

A compelling true crime story about two young girls who went missing in the same Arkansas woods twenty-three years apart and the strange circumstances connecting them.

This story begins in 2001 on top of Cave Mountain in the Arkansas Ozarks. A six-year-old girl named Haley—Benjamin Hale’s cousin—got lost on a mountain trail, prompting what was at the time the largest search and rescue mission in the state’s history. Her disappearance—and her account, after she was found, of the “imaginary friend” she met in the woods—would eventually become connected to another story that took place in the same wilderness more than twenty years earlier: a dark and bizarre story of a cult, brainwashing, murder, and the apocalyptic visions of a teenage prophet. Read More

Bring your littles to meet authors Esmé Shapiro, Ruthie & Julie Fogliano of Because of a Shoe for a story time and activity hour for Ages 3-7.

About Ruthie

Ruthie is a prince (a dog) who has it all: a bone, a fish, and a piece of cake he’s been saving for three years. He lives in a castle (a house), is beloved by his queen (his owner), and enjoys beauty-naps, butterberry pancakes and staying squeaky clean with a daily bubble bath. But still, Ruthie longs to explore beyond the castle walls. Read More

About Because of a Shoe

Even when it’s time to put on our favorite shoes and leave the house, and even when that time turns into a tantrum where someone can’t stop screaming, or flopping on the floor, or throwing a shoe across the room, and someone is making their maddest face and everyone else is waiting . . . Even then, nothing can come between the loving bond of a mother and their child. Not even a shoe. Read More

Saturday April 26, 4:30-5:30pm: Join Us for Artist Talk & Closing of “Exalting the Doodle”.  Artists: Vera Kaplan, Nansi T. Lent, and Joel Kaplan with speak about their art, and enjoy light refreshments. A sampling of artists’ art/images coming soon. More Info