Lima Public Library

Christmas Party & Concert
2023-12-08 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
The Friends of the Lima Public Library will be hosting a holiday party with light refreshments & Christmas concert.

Crossroads Crafters' Circle
2023-12-09 09:30 - 12:00, 2023-12-16 09:30 - 12:00, 2023-12-23 09:30 - 12:00, 2023-12-30 09:30 - 12:00
Bring your favorite craft and socialize with like-hearted people! All crafts and all folks welcome. Any open Saturday at the library. Arrive and leave as you please.

Story Time
2023-12-09 10:00 - 10:45, 2023-12-16 10:00 - 10:45, 2023-12-30 10:00 - 10:45
Join us for Story Time with Betsy for music, books, and a craft!
To sign up a Story Time update only newsletter, please fill out this Google form: https://forms.gle/xRXNFFE16ygj3asE6

Friends of the Lima Public Library - Game Night
2023-12-11 18:30 - 20:30

Online Author Talk: Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education: An Author Talk with Stephanie Land
2023-12-12 14:00 - 15:00
You’re invited to an afternoon chat with New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Land as she talks to us about her new memoir, Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education.
When Stephanie Land set out to write her first book, a memoir titled Maid, she never could have imagined what was to come. Handpicked by President Barack Obama as one of the best books of 2019, it was later adapted into the hit Netflix series Maid, which was viewed by 67 million households and was Netflix’s fourth most-watched show in 2021, garnering three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Stephanie’s escape from poverty and abuse in search of a better life inspired millions. Maid was a story about a housecleaner, but it was also a story about a woman with a dream.
In Class, Land takes us with her as she finishes college and pursues her writing career. Facing barriers at every turn, including a byzantine loan system, not having enough money for food, and navigating the judgments of professors and fellow students who didn’t understand the demands of attending college while under the poverty line—Land finds a way to survive once again, finally graduating in her mid-thirties.
Class paints an intimate and heartbreaking portrait of motherhood as it converges and often conflicts with personal desire and professional ambition. In clear, candid, and moving prose, Class offers a searing indictment of America’s educational system and an inspiring testimony of a mother’s triumph against all odds.
About the Author: Stephanie Land is the author of the New York Times bestseller Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive, called “a testimony…worth listening to,” by The New York Times and inspiration for the Netflix series Maid. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Atlantic, and many other outlets. Her writing focuses on social and economic justice and parenting under the poverty line. She is a frequent speaker at colleges and national advocacy organizations. Find out more at @Stepville or Stepville.com
Register here and be sure to put a question in the form. It may be answered live! You can catch the replay at the same link, if you can’t make it to the live call.

Friends Meeting
2023-12-19 18:30 - 20:00
Friends of the Lima Public Library Meeting

Board of Trustees Meeting
2023-12-20 18:30 - 20:00
Lima Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting

SPECIAL VISITOR Story Time
2023-12-23 10:00 - 10:45
We will be having a very special guest at this Story Time – can you guess?

Holiday Closing
2023-12-25
We will be closed on Monday 12/25 for Christmas. However you celebrate this season, we hope you have a safe and happy holiday!

Babysitters Training (Ages 11-15)
2023-12-29 13:00 - 17:00
This instructor-led 4 hr class is supplemented by a video presentation, lecture and group activities. Participants will learn the roles and responsibilities of a babysitter including skills in: the business of babysitting, accident prevention, first aid and care for choking victims. Students will receive a certification card upon completion.

Presented by EPIC Trainings. Please register ahead of time using this Google Form.

New Year's Day Closing
2024-01-01
We are closed for New Year’s Day.

Closed for scheduled maintenance
2024-01-06
The Lima Public Library will be closed on Saturday 1/6 for scheduled maintenance. Thank you for understanding!

Online Author Talk with Rebecca Serle
2024-01-10 20:00 - 21:00
Join us as we kick off the New Year talking to Rebecca Serle about her journey writing epic love stories to span generations. Learning the love story formula with Serle, we’ll chat with the author about her New York Times bestselling novels, One Italian Summer, In Five Years, The Dinner List, and many more.
Additionally, in a special preview, Serle will briefly discuss her forthcoming novel (due out on March 5, 2024) Expiration Dates. In Expiration Dates, Daphne Bell believes the universe has a plan for her. Every time she meets a new man, she receives a slip of paper with his name and a number on it—the exact amount of time they will be together. The papers told her she’d spend three days with Martin in Paris; five weeks with Noah in San Francisco; and three months with Hugo, her ex-boyfriend turned best friend. Daphne has been receiving the numbered papers for over twenty years, always wondering when there might be one without an expiration. Finally, on the night of a blind date at her favorite Los Angeles restaurant, there’s only a name: Jake.
Told with her signature warmth and insight into matters of the heart, Rebecca Serle has finally set her sights on romantic love. The result is a gripping, emotional, passionate, and (yes) heartbreaking novel about what it means to be single, what it means to find love, and ultimately how we define each of them for ourselves. Expiration Dates is the one fans have been waiting for. Start your year with love and register now!
About the Author: Rebecca Serle is the New York Times bestselling author of Expiration Dates, One Italian Summer, In Five Years, The Dinner List, and the young adult novels The Edge of Falling and When You Were Mine. Serle also developed the hit TV adaptation Famous in Love, based on her YA series of the same name. She is a graduate of USC and The New School and lives in Los Angeles with her husband. Find out more at RebeccaSerle.com.

Register at https://libraryc.org/lima/37076

Crossroads Crafters' Circle
2024-01-13 09:30 - 12:00, 2024-01-20 09:30 - 12:00, 2024-01-27 09:30 - 12:00, 2024-02-03 09:30 - 12:00
All crafts & folks welcome. Come and go as you like!

Story Time (Saturday)
2024-01-13 10:00 - 10:45
Join us for Story Time!

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Closing
2024-01-15
We are closed for MLK Jr. Day.

Alzheimer's Association Education Session: 10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer's and Dementia
2024-01-16 14:00 - 15:00
Alzheimer’s and other dementias cause memory, thinking and behavior problems that interfere with daily living. Join us to learn how to recognize common signs of the disease; how to approach someone about memory concerns; the importance of early detection and benefits of a diagnosis; possible tests and assessments for the diagnostic process, and Alzheimer’s Association resources.

Friends of the Lima Public Library Meeting
2024-01-16 18:30 - 20:30
6:30-8:30 PM

Board of Trustees Meeting
2024-01-17 18:30 - 20:30
The Lima Public Library Board of Trustees will meet at 6:30 PM.

Online Author Talk with Rajiv Nagaich, J.D. L.L.M
2024-01-23 14:00 - 15:00
Start your New Year off right and learn how to avoid the hidden traps in retirement planning advice! Did you know that a large financial portfolio, an estate plan, and long-term care insurance won’t be enough to prevent your dream retirement from becoming a disaster in the United States? Or do you know someone forced into institutional care after a health crisis, lost assets due to unplanned medical and long-term care costs, or became a burden on loved ones? According to Elder Law Attorney and bestselling author Rajiv Nagaich, these results are called “retirement plan failure.” Over his 20-plus years of experience in United States elder law, Rajiv has developed a step-by-step guide to retirement planning by connecting the various dots of the retirement planning process. The LifePlanning approach is a system that brings together legal, financial, and housing issues into a coordinated effort that can work to make sure you don’t end up being forced into institutionalized care, going broke, and being a burden on your family. In this enlightening and informative webinar, Rajiv explains why “retirement plan failure” happens and how you can keep it from happening to you.
About the Author: Rajiv Nagaich, J.D. L.L.M., author of Your Retirement: Dream or Disaster, is an elder law attorney, speaker, and retirement planning visionary. He hosts two popular public television specials (Master Your Future and The Path to Happily Ever After) and the AgingOptions Radio Show, dispensing retirement planning advice to people in the Pacific Northwest for twenty years. Rajiv was inducted as a Fellow by the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) in 2014. He is a three-time NAELA Pacesetter Award winner and a commissioner at the Law and Aging Commission at the American Bar Association. Rajiv is the founding partner of Life Point Law in Federal Way, Washington, and the Chief Executive Officer of AgingOptions.

Register at https://libraryc.org/lima/37423

Game Night
2024-01-29 18:30 - 20:30
Game Night is back the 2nd & 4th Mondays of the month at 6:30 PM. Presented by volunteers, Arjay and Tracy

Online Author Talk with Dr. Robert Lustig
2024-01-30 14:00 - 15:00
Launch your New Year healthy with Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric neuroendocrinologist who has long been on the cutting edge of medicine and science. He challenges our current healthcare paradigm which has gone off the rails under the influence of Big Food, Big Pharma, and Big Government.
You can’t solve a problem if you don’t know what the problem is. One of Lustig’s singular gifts as a communicator is his ability to “connect the dots” for the general reader, in order to unpack the scientific data and concepts behind his arguments, as he tells the “real story of food” and “the story of real food.”
Dr. Lustig’s book, Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine, weaves the interconnected strands of nutrition, health/disease, medicine, environment, and society into a completely new fabric by proving on a scientific basis a series of iconoclastic revelations, among them:

Medicine for chronic disease treats symptoms, not the disease itself
You can diagnose your own biochemical profile
Chronic diseases are not “druggable,” but they are “foodable”
Processed food isn’t just toxic, it’s addictive
The war between vegan and keto is a false war—the combatants are on the same side
Big Food, Big Pharma, and Big Government are on the other side

Making the case that food is the only lever we have to affect biochemical change to improve our health, Lustig explains what to eat based on two novel criteria: protect the liver, and feed the gut. He insists that if we do not fix our food and change the way we eat, we will continue to court chronic disease, bankrupt healthcare, and threaten the planet. But there is hope: his book and this webinar explain what’s needed to fix all three. Dr. Lustig offers a doable plan for us to heal and restore our health and well-being with real food and, in the process, boost our immunity to viruses like Covid-19.
About the Author: Robert H. Lustig, M.D., M.S.L. is an Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology and a Member of the Institute for Health Policy Studies at UCSF. Dr. Lustig is a neuroendocrinologist with expertise in metabolism, obesity, and nutrition. He is one of the leaders of the current “anti-sugar” movement that is changing the food industry. He has dedicated his retirement from clinical medicine to help fix the food supply in any way he can, to reduce human suffering, and to salvage the environment. Dr. Lustig graduated from MIT in 1976 and received his M.D. from Cornell University Medical College in 1980. He also received his Masters of Studies in Law (MSL) degree at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 2013. He is the author of the popular books Fat Chance (2012), The Hacking of the American Mind (2017), and Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine (2021). He is the Chief Science Officer of the non-profit Eat REAL, he is on the Advisory Boards of the UC Davis Innovation Institute for Food and Health, the Center for Humane Technology, Simplex Health, Levels Health, and ReadOut Health, and he is the Chief Medical Officer of BioLumen Technologies, Foogal, Perfact, and Kalin Health.

Register at https://libraryc.org/lima/37770
