Events Calendar / December 02, 2025

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Kids Chess Club

This Chess Club is an informal group welcoming everyone from new players to junior chess masters! Chess boards are provided, but you can bring your own. Staff are available to help with questions, but will not be teaching chess. For Elementary and Middle School students.

1st Tuesday of every Month, 5PM | MAIN, HOMEWORK CENTER

3rd Tuesday of every Month, 5PM | MCAULIFFE, COMMUNITY ROOM

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Walk-in Career Services with Resident Career Coach Ed Lawrence

Have career-related questions? Need help with a resume? Maybe you want to practice your interview skills. Stop by our Walk-in Career Services and meet with resident career coach Ed Lawrence for expert advice.

Find Ed every Tuesday evening from 6–8PM at the Main Library in the former Homework Center on the first floor. No appointment necessary and always free!

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Main Library Book Discussion: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

"Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally. During her uncle's absence in Antigua, the Crawford's arrive in the neighbourhood bringing with them the glamour of London life and a reckless taste for flirtation. Mansfield Park is considered Jane Austen's first mature work and, with its quiet heroine and subtle examination of social position and moral integrity, one of her most profound."

The Main Library Book Discussion meets on the first Tuesday of each month. Books chosen are generally literary fiction or narrative nonfiction. Participants take turns leading the discussion. This discussion currently meets online via Zoom. Register here: https://bit.ly/fpl-adultbookdiscussion.