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Fannie Lou Hamer & Voter Registration Event

Aug 222024
 

September 17th is National Voter Registration Day. Are you registered to vote in our big election this November? Do you need help registering or have questions about the process? We will have a representative from Montgomery County Voter Services at the library to explain how Montco runs elections to maintain fairness and accuracy. We can show you how to register, give you important deadline information, and help you find your polling place.

For the main event, Yvonne Platts will bring famous African-American voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer to life. Ms. Hamer’s amazing story will remind each of us not to take the right to vote for granted. Light refreshments will be served. Crafts and coloring will be available for kids. Bring the whole family to learn an important part of our nation’s history.

Comic Fest 2024

May 102024
 

 

 

 

Thank you, Montgomery County, Norristown & surrounding neighbors for a great Comic Fest 2024!

Here are results of various contests and votes:

Cosplay Winners:

Under 10: Barbie             11-17: Queen of Hearts              18+: Drago

Art Contest Winners:

Fan Art: Jason Rodriguez, TMNT          Original Character: Anabel S., Lilac         Short Comic: Veyda Eisele

Fandom Voting (winner in bold):

Pikachu 77 vs. Charizard 76     Marvel 79 vs. DC 86     Ursula 34 vs. Maleficent 43     Naruto 40 vs. Sailor Moon 55     Jiji 34 vs. Totoro 39     Empire 46 vs. Rebels 62     One Piece 40 vs. Demon Slayer 48

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comic Fest was held at Norristown Public Library on SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 2024:

Comic Fest is an annual event that is fun for kids, teens, & adults. All are welcome. Entry is free.

Attendees received a program, free lanyard, and snack tickets. Between scheduled programs patrons saw costumes & characters, voted their fandom, shopped artist alley, played games, created  buttons & comic books, admired fan art, and more.  Members of Kyber Base were here in Star Wars costume. Sonic, Pikachu, and Belle also made appearances. Gamers enjoyed the giant game truck parked outside. Separate gaming was set up for younger children in the children’s department upstairs. All day teen and adult gaming was held in the community room. See below for timed elements of the day.

10-11am: Sonic character visit

10am-1:30pm: GameTruck outside our Powell Street entrance

11am-12noon: Pikachu character visit, trading card game tournaments

11:30: Comic Writing Workshop with Keville Bowen

12noon: Comic Art Drawing Class with Jason Rodriguez (ages 9-15)

1pm: Trivia

1:30: Artist Showdown

2pm: Cosplay Contest ($50 prizes in three age categories)

Artists in attendance included: Keville Bowen, Jason Rodriguez, Dawn Griffin, Jun Yi, Nic Hwang, Connor Peterson, Rose Moran, Zeta230, Steve Peters, and cosplay designer Cali Eisele.

Check out some photos from 2023 Comic Fest…

       

 

Look for us again in August 2025!

Cookbook Club

Apr 102024
 

The Norristown cookbook club is back by popular demand. Each month we choose a cookbook. It is put on display at the circulation desk at the Norristown Public Library. Choose a recipe, make free copies or order the book from another library (or find an ebook copy if available). Make the recipe at home and bring it to cookbook club to share. We will taste and discuss the chosen recipes.  Register by emailing Jeanne at JCove@mclinc.org or using the events tab on this website (click on the event listed in the July 8th block and look for the register button).

Meets Monday, September 9, 2024, to discuss The Complete Asian Cookbook by Charimaine Solomon (bring a plate, bowl, and silverware for yourself along with your dish to share)

 

Previous Cookbooks Discussed/Tasted at Norristown Public Library’s Cookbook Club:

August 12, 2024 – 660 Curries by Raghavan Iyer

July 8, 2024 – French Comfort Food by Hillary Davis

June 10, 2024 – Vegetable Revelations by Steven Satterfield & Salad Seasons by Sheela Prakash

May 13, 2024 – The World Central Kitchen Cookbook by José Andrés

 

Battle of Cannae / Principles of War Seminar Series

Apr 102024
 

 

 

 

Tuesdays, September 10th, 17th, and 24th at 1:30pm.

Ray Rossa will return to the library to lead a 3-part seminar including time each week for discussion and comments. Each session is 40-45 minutes followed by 5-10 minutes of discussion.

Battle of Cannae/Principles of War

The Battle of Cannae was the worst defeat ever suffered by the Roman army. Hannibal took the juggernaut, invincible Roman legions apart. Find out how the winners won and why the losers got crushed by applying the timeless Principles of War as the ultimate measuring tool. Napoleon, Genghis Khan, Hannibal, Alexander, Sun Tzu, Stonewall Jackson, Chester Nimitz and Von Manstein seemed to know by intuition how to outthink the enemy. What insights did they employ that their opponents did not know? The principles of War are thought to be universal and applicable throughout time. If so, are they unchangeable laws or guidelines to apply?

Presenter Ray Rossa

Ray has had a strong interest in the military which developed throughout childhood to the present day. Subsequently, he served as an active-duty commissioned officer with the United States military and was assigned to the Armor School at Fort Knox, Kentucky. His active service in a combat unit provides a unique, first-hand experience background. After his honorable discharge his keen interest in military history continued to build. Consequently, Ray has invested thousands of hours researching military history topics both online and by studying the most authoritative printed texts. An experienced presenter, he is able to explain the most complex concepts in clear, logical and easy to understand terms and vivid word pictures.

He has delivered seminars for a wide range of organizations, including: historical societies, veterans’ and other service organizations, colleges, public libraries and senior living communities. He earned a Master of Arts degree in Psychology from West Chester University, West Chester, PA and taught credit and non-credit courses for DeVry University as well as Montgomery and Delaware County Community colleges.

Register at https://mnl.libcal.com/event/12901183

Email Jeanne at JCove@mclinc.org with questions. There is no fee.

 

Mostly Lesbian Books Club

Feb 272024
 

Join us for the Mostly Lesbian Books Club on the third Monday of each month at 6:30pm at the Norristown Public Library. All are welcome to attend this book club focusing on books with lesbian themes, characters, or authors.  You can borrow copies of the book through the library or get it elsewhere.  The group will decides on titles together two months ahead.  Questions? Email Jeanne at JCove@mclinc.org or call 610-278-5100 x400.

March 2024: The Librarian of Burned Books by Brianna Labuskes

April 2024: One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

May 2024:  Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

June 2024: Skye Falling by Mia McKenzie

Monday, July 15, 2024 at 6:30-7:30pm: She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingness. In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. When the Zhu family’s eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to how it will come to pass. The fate of nothingness received by the family’s clever and capable second daughter, on the other hand, is only as expected. When a bandit attack orphans the two children, though, it is Zhu Chongba who succumbs to despair and dies. Desperate to escape her own fated death, the girl uses her brother’s identity to enter a monastery as a young male novice. There, propelled by her burning desire to survive, Zhu learns she is capable of doing whatever it takes, no matter how callous, to stay hidden from her fate. After her sanctuary is destroyed for supporting the rebellion against Mongol rule, Zhu takes the chance to claim another future altogether: her brother’s abandoned greatness.

Monday, August 19, 2024 at 6:30-7:30pm: The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe

In The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer, singer-songwriter, actor, fashion icon, futurist, and worldwide superstar Janelle Monáe and an esteemed cohort of collaborating writers bring to the written page the Afrofuturistic world of her critically acclaimed album, exploring how different threads of liberation — queerness, race, gender plurality and love—become tangled with future possibilities of memory and time in such a totalitarian landscape … and what the costs might be when trying to unravel and weave them into freedoms.

Monday, September 16, 2024 at 6:30-7:30pm: TBD

 

AAA Activities Thursdays

Feb 272024
 

 

 

 

Most Thursdays at 2pm the library offers a space for adults of all abilities to gather for activities and socializing. No registration is necessary. Just drop in for a fun afternoon. (See schedule below.)

 

All are welcome. We always have coloring available for those who need a quiet break. The general themes are listed below:

1st Thursdays – Movement (includes stretching session, dance parties, active games, drumming movement, etc.)

2nd Thursdays – Art (learn about an artist or technique and create art)

3rd Thursdays – Karaoke (sing along with a mic and YouTube lyrics projected on a screen)

4th Thursdays – Bingo (group bingo, usually no prizes)

(5th Thursdays – no activity)

AAA Activities

Jan 052024
 

 

 

 

 

All are welcome to participate in AAA Activities days. Our regular Thursday “AAA Activities” begin at 2pm and end at 3 or 3:30pm depending on participants’ involvement and schedules.  The programs are appropriate for adults of all abilities. Drop in any week or email Jeanne ahead at JCove@mclinc.org if you have questions or concerns or plan to bring a large group.  We meet in the community room which is located off the lobby on the library’s main floor. Bathrooms are nearby in the lobby. Quiet coloring is available for those who need a break. There is no cost to participate.

1st Thursdays – Movement (includes stretching session, dance parties, parachute play, etc.)

2nd Thursdays – Art (learn about an artist or technique and create art)

3rd Thursdays – Karaoke (sing along with a mic and YouTube lyrics projected on a screen, participants take turns choosing and performing songs)

4th Thursdays – Bingo (group bingo, usually no prizes)

(5th Thursdays – no activity)

2024:

July 11 – Art

July 18 – Karaoke

July 25 – Bingo

August 1 – Movement (drum exercise, floor bowling)

August 8 – Art (giant painted birds)

August 15 – (no activity/vacation)

August 22 – Bingo

August 29 – no activity/5th week

Sept. 5 – Movement

Sept. 12 – Art

Sept. 19 – Karaoke

Sept 26 – Bingo

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