York Public Library

THIS WEEK ADULTS
June 22nd - 27th

Monday
• Walking Club - 11:00am - 12:00pm
• Chess Club - 5:15pm - 6:45pm

Tuesday
• Garden Squad! Library Grounds Volunteer Group - 11:00am -12:00pm
• Virtual Author Talk: Simple, Sustainable, and Powerfully Delicious Meals with Sana Javeri Kadri and Asha Loupy - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
• YPL Writers Group - 5:30pm - 7:00pm
•Virtual Program - We Were Always Here: Uncovering Q***r History in Every Era - 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Friday
• Week in Review - 3:00pm - 4:00pm

For more information and to register for our programs, please visit yorkpubliclibrary.org/events

The first Teen Movie Monday is coming up! Teens in grades 6+ can join us THIS Monday (6/22) at 5:00 for a chill movie in the YA Hangout Room! https://www.facebook.com/events/4732760820383403/4732760840383401/

This week in Youth Services
Monday: Budding Builders, ages 3-5 ,10:30-11:30; Teen Movie Monday, Grades 6+, 5:00-6:45
Tuesday: Preschool Storytime, 10:30-11
Wednesday: Snack Attack-Strawberries, grades K-3, 3:00 Registration Required
Thursday: Teen Summer Challenge Hangout, Grades 6+ 3:00-6:30, Bead Buddies & Jewelry Making
Friday: Baby/Toddler Storytime, 10:30-11

For more details, please visit yorkpubliclibrary.org

A Bit About A Book:
LEAVE YOUR MESS AT HOME by Tolani Akinola

"Longe, eldest daughter, estranged from the family, is secretly back home in Chicago for the first time in a decade. She’s a newly single and recently disgraced influencer trying to quietly put her life back together again. The other three Longe siblings aren't doing much better.

Anjola is in love with her best friend, who just got engaged to someone else; Karen, a college junior and the baby of the family, is grappling with her sexuality and self-image; and Ola, the golden child with a baby of his own on the way, is questioning his marriage and how to raise a Black son in America.

Sola’s unexpected return sets them on a crash course towards each other, and when the four siblings find themselves together again at their Nigerian immigrant parents' Thanksgiving table, a decade’s worth of secrets and a lifetime of resentments explode to the fore.

In the wreckage of their fateful reunion, each Longe is forced to reckon with the past, take stock of what really matters, and find a way back to each other. Big-hearted, hilarious, and poignant, Leave Your Mess At Home is an insightful debut about forgiveness, unconditional love, and becoming who you want to be, asking the what do we owe to our families, and what do we owe to ourselves?"

Reserve it today at: minerva.maine.edu/record=b4226990~S44

JUNE 19 - The Library will be closed tomorrow, June 19th in honor of JUNETEENTH, or Freedom Day, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.

Want to learn more about this day in history? Check out the digital resources available to you on Digital Maine Library at:
https://research-ebsco-com.wv-o-ursus-proxy11.ursus.maine.edu/c/wynsys/search/results?q=JUNETEENTH&proxyApplied=true&auth-callid=8bf17e8e-42a4-4eae-884b-53aed18b876c&skipResultsFetch=true&sqId=sq%3A54d8f85f-3d7f-4215-b114-7880c398659f

E-Bikes at York Public Library!

Recently, two York Public Library patrons checked out our E-Bikes and spent time exploring York and enjoying local sights. We're delighted to offer this unique resource that helps residents experience the community in a fun, healthy, and sustainable way.

The bikes are on loan through the Bicycle Coalition of Maine and available this summer for 48-hour checkouts to anyone 18+ with a York Public Library card in good standing. Where will your next ride take you? 🚴‍♀️💙

More information at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1boygamhxewhR3kX2xsyP0Q3Q-hKL1u5z/view

Thursday June 18th at 5:00pm

In Recognition of Juneteenth: In Person and Virtual Author Talk with Chris Boucher: Harry "Bucky" Lew, basketball's first Black professional

IN RECOGNITION OF JUNETEENTH

This is an in person Author talk - If you cannot get to the library due to physical limitations and would like to join virtually please email [email protected] for the Zoom link to join virtually.

Harry “Bucky” Lew leapt over pro basketball’s color wall in 1902 and continued to integrate every single role in the game over the next 25 years. He was the first Black player, coach, manager, referee, and franchise owner in otherwise white leagues across New England.

Join Author Chris Boucher to hear more about these early inspirations for the full integration of major league sports.

A lifelong basketball fan, Chris Boucher hadn’t heard of Bucky Lew until he started researching early basketball in his backyard. He was shocked to learn all his hometown hero accomplished and now hopes to get Lew his proper due.

This event is free and open to the public. Register:
https://yorkpl.librarycalendar.com/event/harry-bucky-lew-basketballs-first-black-professional-17485

Tuesday, June 23rd at 2:00pm

Virtual Author Talk: Simple, Sustainable, and Powerfully Delicious Meals with Sana Javeri Kadri and Asha Loupy

Join us as we chat with Sana Javeri Kadri and Asha Loupy about The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook, which celebrates beautiful, simple, and seasonal cooking with 85 recipes adapted from India and Sri Lanka’s best family spice farms.

Diaspora Spice Co. sources the most flavorful, fresh spices in the world from 150 regenerative farms across South Asia—from elders, indigenous communities, young changemakers, and brilliant multi-generational farming families across India and Sri Lanka who are leading the way in sustainable and climate change–resistant agriculture. Filled with culinary storytelling, The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook highlights these farmers and their spices with profiles and evocative photography, plus 85 recipes for simple, seasonal, and powerfully delicious meals.

CEO and founder Sana Javeri Kadri and recipe writer Asha Loupy realized that eating with the people who grow our spices unveils a whole new dimension in our cooking. Adapted for a global pantry, these recipes share the warmth of true South Asian home cooking at its truest and tastiest.

Sana and Asha also note which recipes are the most beginner friendly, freezer friendly, good for a dinner party menu (like a Diwali feast!), and which lend themselves to be pantry building blocks, all for a super easy-to-navigate cookbook.

Register now for this free author talk:
https://yorkpl.librarycalendar.com/event/virtual-author-talk-simple-sustainable-and-powerfully-delicious-meals-sana-javeri-kadri-and

This virtual program is made possible through York Public Library's participation in the Library Speakers Consortium.

Tuesday, June 23rd at 6:30pm

Virtual Program - We Were Always Here: Uncovering Q***r History in Every Era

York Public Library is coordinating with Joshua Hyde Library in Sturbridge Massachusetts to offer this online program.

From the Friends of Dorothy to Boston marriages, LGBTQIA+ people have been living as their authentic q***r selves in every era, in every culture. Genderq***r inclusion consultant, Ali Kane (she/they) will share q***r stories from the 1600s to the 1960s. From these accounts, you will gain a glimpse into q***r lives throughout history, as well as explore how these truths were uncovered and strategies for preserving q***r history today. Through case studies, you will learn how historians continue to grapple with validating these experiences within 21st Century understanding of identity, gender, and family.

Visit us online to register and to attend this free program:
https://yorkpl.librarycalendar.com/event/online-program-we-were-always-here-uncovering-q***r-history-every-era-19309

JUNE 19 - The Library will be closed Friday, June 19th in honor of JUNETEENTH, or Freedom Day, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.

Want to learn more about this day in history? Check out the digital resources available to you on Digital Maine Library at:
https://research-ebsco-com.wv-o-ursus-proxy11.ursus.maine.edu/c/wynsys/search/results?q=JUNETEENTH&proxyApplied=true&auth-callid=8bf17e8e-42a4-4eae-884b-53aed18b876c&skipResultsFetch=true&sqId=sq%3A54d8f85f-3d7f-4215-b114-7880c398659f