The Trove and Edge are asking for donations of items to be used in their upcoming programs. All items need to be in good condition. Donations can be brought to the Trove any time during our hours of operation. Items needed:
 

• Barbies, Kens, and similar sized dolls, as well as clothes that fit those dolls

• Matchbox or Hot Wheels type cars

• Action Figures – any kind

• Board Games and RPG manuals

• Construx, Mega Blox, KNEX, always accepting LEGOs
 

Thank you,
Brian Kenney
Library Director
bkenney@whiteplainslibrary.org

Join Andrea Deierlein from Thrive Reiki on Monday, July 22nd at 2:00 p.m. for some fun and relaxation. We’ll learn how mindfulness techniques, such as breathing and meditation, can promote calmness and creativity. We’ll also explore mind-body awareness with exercises and games. This program is for grades 6-12. Registration is recommended; to register, visit our online calendar here.

The Small Business Administration (SBA) will be here on Tuesday, July 23rd at 1:30 p.m. to present a workshop designed to show you how to utilize social media marketing to grow your business. You will learn research processes and strategies to help you harness the power of social media marketing. Registration is required; to register, please visit our online calendar here.

Wicked good reads: genre spotlight on horror.

In search of inspiration (and accuracy), a student of murder pays a visit to the body farm: when the thriller writer Lisa Gardner needed to research a new book, she toured the facility that has made death into a science.

Last month, the House of SpeakEasy book truck was on a mission: to spotlight community conversations about the literary arts throughout as much of the country as possible.

The Case of Yiyun Li: a review of two books by author Rachel Cusk.

The accidental tour guide: Laura Lippman — novelist, reporter, and Baltimorean — on her city’s many lives and layered literary myths.