Bridge
Play bridge? It is played here at the Library every Tuesday morning from 9:30 to 11:30 and new players are welcome!
Ladies Library Auxiliary
Meets on the first Friday of each month from 1 until 2:30 with a program and refreshments. This group started the Library and one of it’s members commissioned the building and paid for it in full in 1902. The group has a distinguished past. Come and be part of its present and future. Now, as always, it has as its members some of the most valuable women in the community.
Vicksburg Writer’s Roundtable for writers of novels, journals, articles, whatever, meets the second Saturday of each month from 1 to 2 with an optional writing time afterward. Newcomers from 18-98 welcome.
Quilting
One Monday evening from 7-8 and all day one Saturday each month the Quilter’s meet, work and share ideas or solutions. Call for the schedule.
Knitting
Knitters and novices meet twice a month. On the second Wednesday they meet in the afternoon from 4-6 in front of the fireplace and on the fourth Wednesday from 6-8 in the Lower Level.
Book Discussion
On the first Thursday of the month we meet in front of the fireplace with a good cup of coffee and a scone or muffin from 9-10 a.m. and discuss the life and works of an author chosen the prior month. It’s all fun and no deep thoughts. Join us. Call or come in for the author of the month.
Special Programs for Adults This Fall
Dates and times to be announced later.
Antiques Roadshow
Coffee Tasting
Making Centerpieces
Travelogue
Internet Access
The Library has 7 computers for the public available. 1 of these is for young children and the rest can be used by adults. They are free of charge and if you are new to the experience, one of our staff can help you begin by setting up a free e-mail account or showing you how to make travel reservations, buy and sell on e-bay, job hunt or write resumes. The librarians are also expert at searching for information on the internet and can help you find just about anything. Want to look up your health problems or symptoms? Shopping for a car? We know the sites with credibility.
DVDs
In our collection of 1900 DVDs are many that are made for adults. That is, the themes are adult ones that mirror the maturing, experiences, loss and romance of adult lives. (If you prefer the childish humor of some movies--well lots of us like them--you’ll find lots of them too.)
The collection contains many excellent foreign films. The subtitles take some getting-used-to but in the end you don’t even notice it and can enjoy the rewards of watching excellent stories from another cultural perspective.
Adult Winter Reading Program
Chase away the Winter doldrums. Enjoy your cabin fever. Beginning December 1st through March 31st the adults who want to snuggle up with good books or movies and be rewarded and eligible for great prizes join the Adult Winter Reading Program (AWRP).
There is a prize for reading 10 books and a prize for the most books read. For every 5 read over 10 you are eligible for a gift-basket drawing.
The grand prize is a trip for two to Chicago with tickets to a Broadway musical. What a great way to pass the time - visiting other characters and places from the warmth of your armchair!
Retired? There’s lots for you at the Library. Join one of our activities like our Book Discussion Group. They meet once a month in front of the fireplace, with gourmet coffee and scones, to discuss the books of an author chosen the previous month. Informal and fun.
Quilting, knitting and bridge meet regularly. Each winter an Adult Winter Reading Program features lots of great reading, prizes, drawings for beautiful gift baskets and a grand prize trip to Chicago to see a Broadway musical. Meanwhile you can browse through our
75 magazines or several newspapers, our travel book collection or read and send e-mail on one of our 6 public computers. Take audiobooks home to listen to while you cook, clean or putter around.