Adult Programming

Mac Reads: Shane McCrae

Nicholson Library at Linfield University

5:30pm Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Shane McCrae presents his memoir, Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping. Award-winning poet and Linfield graduate, McCrae’s book tells the story of being kidnapped from his Black father and raised by his white supremacist grandparents.

Mac Reads: Nicholas Kristof

at McMinnville Community Center, 600 NE Evans St.

6:30pm Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Description:

Yamhill County raised, New York Times columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner, and best-selling author Nicholas D. Kristof, presents Chasing Hope: A Reporter’s Life, an intimate and gripping memoir about a life in journalism.

Collage Workshops

March 16, April 13, May 18

2-4pm

Library Carnegie Room

Unleash your imagination this Spring at a Collage Workshop. Led by local instructor, Marie Buckley, this program allows participants of all skill levels to tap into their creativity, connect with fellow crafters, and explore the art of college-making. At every session, you’ll discover the joy of combining various materials such as paper, magazine clippings, and more from the library archives to create captivating collages.

Supplies will be provided, so all you need to bring is your enthusiasm.

Register

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Sundays in Spring: Library Seminar Series

Join us for presentations spanning local, state, and national history most Sundays in April

2pm in the McMinnville Public Library Carnegie Room

April 7th – Author Talk: Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley with David G. Lewis

April 14th – Presentation: My Grandmother Was On The Titanic with Judee Kunzee

April 21st – Film Screening: Jim Gilbert’s An Oregon Story – Saving Our Beaches, Farmland and More

Note – Shane McCrae will be giving an author talk on Tuesday, April 30th as part of MacReads at 5:30pm in the Linfield Nicholson Library

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Oregon Book Awards Author Talk

Recipient of the 2023 Oregon Book Award, Sindya Bhanoo and 2024 finalist Marcelle Heath will speak about their works at the Linfield Nicholson Library on March 19th from 5:30-6:30pm.

Ken Kesey Award for Fiction 2023, Sindya Bhanoo of Corvallis for Seeking Fortune Elsewhere: Stories (Catapult)

Ken Kesey Award for Fiction 2024 Finalist, Marcelle Heath of Portland for Is That All There Is? (Awst Press)