Friends of the West Palm Beach Public Library, Inc. Events

Friday with the Friends - Book Club (12 Jul 2013)

Fri, 12 Jul 2013 15:30:00 GMT

A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard

"This little memoir...was written plainly and simply by Dugard herself, without the help of a ghostwriter. And in that, it is powerful beyond its voyeurism…reading the experience in her own words is a revelation." The Washington Post

11:30 - 12:00 - Book Chatter

12:00 - 1:00 - Moderated Book Discussion

The discussion will be moderated by the Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach Book Goddess, Tina Maura.

This is a brown-bag lunch event. Bring your own lunch or purchase lunch before you arrive from any downtown Merchant.

This event is free and open to Friends members and the public. All are welcome.

Friday Night Jazz - Summer Edition! (12 Jul 2013)

Fri, 12 Jul 2013 21:30:00 GMT

Friday Night Jazz - July 2013

Featuring...To Be Announced Soon!

Wine and sparkling water will be available for a small fee and light snacks are complimentary. The is our special Summer Edition, join us again in the Fall for our six month Friday Night Jazz series which will take place from November through April 2013.

Presented by the Friends of the West Palm Beach Public Library.

Friends Members $ 5.00/General Public $ 10.00

PLEASE NOTE: Registration for this event is not necessary, seating is first come, first served. We look forward to seeing you at Friday Night Jazz, doors will open at 5:15 pm.

Friday with the Friends - Book Club (09 Aug 2013)

Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:30:00 GMT

Home by Toni Morrison

When Frank Money joined the army to escape his too-small world, he left behind his cherished and fragile little sister, Cee. After the war, his shattered life has no purpose until he hears that Cee is in danger. As he journeys to his native Georgia in search of Cee, it becomes clear that their troubles began well before their wartime separation. Together, they return to their rural hometown of Lotus, where buried secrets are unearthed and where Frank learns at last what it means to be a man, what it takes to heal, and--above all--what it means to come home. Amazon.com

11:30 - 12:00 - Book Chatter

12:00 - 1:00 - Moderated Book Discussion

The discussion will be moderated by the Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach Book Goddess, Tina Maura.

This is a brown-bag lunch event. Bring your own lunch or purchase lunch before you arrive from any downtown Merchant.

This event is free and open to Friends members and the public. All are welcome.

Friday with the Friends - Book Club (13 Sep 2013)

Fri, 13 Sep 2013 15:30:00 GMT

Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

The acclaimed, award-winning author of the national bestseller The Financial Lives of the Poets returns with his funniest, most romantic, and most purely enjoyable novel yet. Hailed by critics and loved by readers of literary and historical fiction, Beautiful Ruins is the story of an almost-love affair that begins on the Italian coast in 1962...and is rekindled in Hollywood fifty years later. Amazon.com

11:30 - 12:00 - Book Chatter

12:00 - 1:00 - Moderated Book Discussion

The discussion will be moderated by the Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach Book Goddess, Tina Maura.

This is a brown-bag lunch event. Bring your own lunch or purchase lunch before you arrive from any downtown Merchant.

This event is free and open to Friends members and the public. All are welcome.

Friday with the Friends - Book Club (11 Oct 2013)

Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:30:00 GMT

End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe

Mary Anne loves a good book as ardently as she loves her kids and her causes, chief among them a campaign to build a library in Afghanistan. When her health starts to fail, Will joins her for hospital appointments. They wait, they talk, and they read together--everything they’ve ever wanted to discuss. Amazon.com

11:30 - 12:00 - Book Chatter

12:00 - 1:00 - Moderated Book Discussion

The discussion will be moderated by the Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach Book Goddess, Tina Maura.

This is a brown-bag lunch event. Bring your own lunch or purchase lunch before you arrive from any downtown Merchant.

This event is free and open to Friends members and the public. All are welcome.

Friday with the Friends - Book Club (08 Nov 2013)

Fri, 08 Nov 2013 16:30:00 GMT

Shine, Shine, Shine by Lydia Netzer

“Over the moon with a metaphysical spin. Heart-tugging…it is struggling to understand the physical realities of life and the nature of what makes us human….Nicely unpredictable…Extraordinary.” Janet Maslin, The New York Times

11:30 - 12:00 - Book Chatter

12:00 - 1:00 - Moderated Book Discussion

The discussion will be moderated by the Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach Book Goddess, Tina Maura.

This is a brown-bag lunch event. Bring your own lunch or purchase lunch before you arrive from any downtown Merchant.

This event is free and open to Friends members and the public. All are welcome.

Friday with the Friends - Book Club (13 Dec 2013)

Fri, 13 Dec 2013 16:30:00 GMT

The Man Who Invented Florida by Randy Wayne White

When solitary marine biologist Doc Ford focused his telescope on the woman in the white boat, he didn't know his life was about to be capsized: that his conniving uncle Tucker Gatrell would discover the Fountain of Youth, that The National Enquirer would write about it, and that the law would beat down his door in search of three missing men. But Doc Ford is about to find these things out-- the hard way. Because in the shadowy world of Southwest Florida, where gators yawn, cattle craze, and Indian bones are buried, mysteries great and small have found the man to solve them...Amazon.com

11:30 - 12:00 - Book Chatter

12:00 - 1:00 - Moderated Book Discussion

The discussion will be moderated by the Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach Book Goddess, Tina Maura.

This is a brown-bag lunch event. Bring your own lunch or purchase lunch before you arrive from any downtown Merchant.

This event is free and open to Friends members and the public. All are welcome.