Programs

Wed. Dec. 14th 4-5pm                                                                                                                                                           Grades K-5                                                                                                                                                                          Sequins, craft sticks, pompoms, glue! Scissors, buttons, paint-sticks too! Join us for an after-school hour of holiday-themed crafts and a collaborative art project. Please inform the library at 354-8232 if your child is no longer able to attend. This will allow a child on the wait-list to attend.

Mon. Dec. 19th 3-4pm                                                                                                                                                           Grades K-5                                                                                                                                                                          Sequins, craft sticks, pompoms, glue! Scissors, buttons, paint-sticks too! Join us for an after-school hour of holiday-themed crafts and a collaborative art project. Please inform the library at 354-8232 if your child is no longer able to attend. This will allow a child on the wait-list to attend.

December 6th 4-5 p.m.                                                                                                                                                            For Students Grades 6-12                                                                                                                                                              Readers in Grades 6-12 are invited to write a letter to the author of a favorite book, expressing how the book affected them personally. At this program, students will review how to write a letter, brainstorm ideas of what book and author to write about, and start on a first draft of the letter.                                                                                                                                      Letters should be completed and typed at home or with one of the library's public access computers, then returned to the library to be submitted.                                                                                                                                                                    For questions contact Lindsay at logle@yukonok.gov.

December 15th 4-5 p.m.                                                                                                                                                                For Students Grades 6-12                                                                                                                                                     Create Creepy Christmas Crafts! We will make ornaments featuring some of our favorite characters.

Tues., December 13th 7-8pm                                                                                                                                                        A favorite library tradition returns this year! Participants will bring 40 unwrapped cookies, candies, or bars to share and will receive a box to take home their goodies. This year a prize will be awarded to the “Best In Show.” Send recipes to Lindsay at logle@yukonok.gov by December 9 to be included in this year’s recipe book.

Jan. 12 - Mar. 9 10:30 am - 12 pm                                                                                                                                               The books in this series feature five stories that explore how we live within the limits we find in our individual reality. Local scholars will present the books and lead a thought-provoking discussion about them.                                                                Coffee and breakfast snacks will be provided. Limited copies of the books are available to pick up at the front desk of the library.                                                                                                                                                                         January 12th - When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi                                                                                               January 26th - Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut                                                                                                  February 9th - Gilead by Marilynne Robinson                                                                                                                 February 23rd - Jump and Other Stories by Nadine Gordimer                                                                                              March 9th - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead