Events Calendar / February 20, 2025

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McAuliffe Book Discussion (Morning): Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

The classic novel of despair, forbidden emotions, and sexual undercurrents set against the austere New England countryside. Ethan Frome works his unproductive farm and struggles to maintain a bearable existence with his difficult, suspicious and hypochondriac wife, Zeena. But when Zeena's vivacious cousin enters their household as a hired girl, Ethan finds himself obsessed with her and with the possibilities for happiness she comes to represent.

Next discussion on 3/18: North Woods by Daniel Mason

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Musicals at McAuliffe: Bye Bye Birdie

When rock star Conrad Birdie gets drafted, his manager organizes a nationwide contest in which one lucky girl wins a farewell kiss on The Ed Sullivan show.

(G, 1963, 1hr 52m)

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Alphabet Soup: Queer Teen Hangout

A twice monthly meeting for LGBTQIA+ and allied teens to hang out and do crafts. On the first Thursday, we’ll be at the Main Library, and on the third Thursday, we’ll meet at the McAuliffe Branch.

Grades 6-12