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Jane Austen’s 250th and More!
We’re celebrating Jane Austen’s 250th birthday with a variety of charming classes and events:
Stirring Up History: Jane Austen’s Kitchen (In-Person)
Thursday, November 13, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
In honor of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, join historic cook Diane Schwindt for an evening of “Stirring up History.” You’ll sample a few of Austen’s favorite recipes and learn all about daily life during the Regency era. Click here to register starting 10/20.
How to Write a Jane Austen Inspired Romance Novel (In-Person)
Saturday, November 22, 10:30 a.m. – 12 noon
Learn how Jane Austen influenced the themes, structure, and characters of the romance genre. You’ll also participate in writing exercises and prompts that will help you apply different aspects of Austen’s writing to your own romance novel. Taught by award-nominated journalist, writer, and producer Erin Coughlin. Click here to register starting 10/20.
A Lively Mind: Jane Austen at 250 (Online)
Wednesday, December 3, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday with an in-depth look at the Morgan Library & Museum’s recent exhibition A Lively Mind: Jane Austen at 250, with co-curator Dale Stinchcomb. The exhibition explores fresh perspectives on Austen’s life, authorship, and global legacy through an extraordinary array of original manuscripts and artwork from a dozen institutional collections, including iconic artifacts from Jane Austen’s House in Chawton, England. Click here to register starting 10/14.
Beginner Hand-Sewing: Jane Austen Bookmarks (In-Person)
Monday, December 8, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. OR 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. OR 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Learn the art of hand sewing in this relaxed workshop. Instructor Michelle Reis will guide you through basic stitches as you create a fabric bookmark with a Jane Austen theme. This class is perfect for complete beginners and a great way to acquire a new, useful skill. Participants are encouraged to bring a sewing needle, quilting pins, scissor and a thimble. Click here to register for the 5:30 p.m. class starting 11/3
Click here to register for the 6:30 p.m. class starting 11/3
Click here to register for the 7:30 p.m. class starting 11/3
More exciting literary events with notable writers!
Scholars & Spies: Authors Michelle Young and Elyse Graham in Conversation (In-Person)
Sunday, November 9, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Authors Michelle Young and Elyse Graham will discuss the brilliant but forgotten heroes who used their unique position as academics to sabotage the Nazis, gather critical intelligence, and help turn the tide of World War II. A book signing and Q&A will follow. Born and raised in Three Village, Michelle Young is an award-winning journalist and professor whose recent book is The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland. Elyse Graham is a historian and professor at Stony Brook University whose latest work is Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II. Click here to register starting 10/20.
RAGTIME AT 50! A Celebration with Caroline Doctorow (In-Person)
Saturday, November 15, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Fifty years ago, E.L. Doctorow’s Ragtime emerged as a groundbreaking novel that intertwined fact and fiction to depict early 20th-century America. Addressing themes like immigration, racial animosity, and labor rights, the story remains relevant today. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Doctorow’s daughter, singer-songwriter Caroline Doctorow, will host a multimedia event featuring family photographs and stories, readings, a discussion on writing, and a live performance of a song related to the book’s Tony Award-winning Broadway adaptation. Click here to register starting 10/20.
Did you know we also have a monthly Evening Book Discussion?
Questions? Email askus@emmaclark.org
Visit the Library Café
Social Work Service
Graduate Student in Social Work from SBU Answers Your Questions – Each Week at the Library
Stony Brook University’s School of Social Welfare student intern, James, is on-site at the Library each week during designated hours to answer questions, help with filling out forms, or seek referrals. Inquiries that he may assist with include, but are not limited to, employment/job search, housing, paying utility bills, applying for benefits, education, medical assistance, mental health issues, bullying, domestic abuse, substance use, LGBTQIA+ topics, care coordination, and voting pre-registration.
This service is open to all ages. The social work intern meets with patrons in the Small Study Room on the Lower Level. Appointments are not required but strongly encouraged. Appointments can be made as early as a week in advance. Click here to reserve your timeslot. Or call 631.941.4080 and ask for the Reference Desk.
Conversations will be kept confidential; this is a safe and welcoming environment.
The social work intern is training to become a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. He is at Emma Clark Library to answer questions but is not a therapist; referrals will be given to people looking for clinical therapy. He is a mandated reporter for cases of neglect, abuse, or harm.
Resources from the SBU Social Work Interns:
Food Pantries and Soup Kitchens
Questions? Email askus@emmaclark.org
November/December Newsletter is here!
Library Drives This Holiday Season
Pajamas for Those in Need
We’re hosting a drive for local charities, collecting new pajamas for all ages from November 1 – 30. Pajamas must be new (with tags). All sizes are welcome.
Give Warmth
We’re collecting new or handmade mittens, scarves, hats, gloves, or socks for local charities in our community from December 1 – January 18. All sizes are welcome.
Bins will be located in the Library lobby. Anyone (resident or nonresident) is welcome to donate during Library hours.
We are closed on Veterans Day (Tuesday, November 11), Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 27), Christmas Day (Thursday, December 25), and New Year’s Day (Thursday, January 1).
We will close early at 3:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving Eve (Wednesday, November 26); Sunday, December 14 (in order to accommodate the Electric Holiday Parade, which will assemble in front of the library); Christmas Eve (Wednesday, December 24), and New Year’s Eve (Wednesday, December 30).
Questions? Email askus@emmaclark.org or call 631.941.4080.
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