Catch Cartoonist Roz Chast Oct. 20 at Springfield Art Museum; Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale Oct. 26-30 at E*Plex; Fall Harvest Cooking Demo Oct. 22 at Midtown Carnegie Branch
October 20, 2016 —
She’s a cartoonist with an edge and a witty message for us. That’s Roz Chast, who will make a rare visit to Springfield at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, in the Springfield Art Museum as part of the library’s groundbreaking series “Death & Dying: Conversations on End-of-Life Matters.”
Groundbreaking? Yes. As our guest speakers so far have noted, it’s rare that a library district partners with a hospice foundation to host a series with nationally known authors and celebrities to start the conversation about end-of-life issues we all will face.
Chast, who has written more than a dozen books including “Cant’ We Talk about Something More Pleasant?” cartoons her way through the realities of getting old in America and dealing tenderly with aging parents.
She will be available for a Q&A session and her books will be available for purchase and signing at the event. You can see the full series schedule at thelibrary.org/death.
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The Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale is about to begin with the Friends Night Preview Sale from 5-8 p.m. Oct. 25 in the E*Plex at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds. Friends members go right in, or you can pay $5 at the door for early-bird bargains and join the Friends that night.
Regular sale hours are 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Oct. 26-30 and 1-5 p.m. Oct. 30. Bring cash or checks for all those 50 cents-and-up bargains for all ages. Says Friends member Mike Marsh, “We are now loading our eighth trailer. The last sale was six trailers, so we have more books than ever.” The Friends also go a significant donation of Civil War books and new and like-new fiction from an online book dealer.
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Get some great fall harvest holiday cooking ideas from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, upstairs in the Midtown Carnegie Branch with Bart Tindle, talented chef for an MSU sorority. Don’t miss another gardening/cooking class! If you’d like occasional emails about upcoming sessions, simply send your email to kathleeno@thelibrary.org.