Click here to join Heartfulness Meditation, a live virtual program happening Tuesdays from noon-1pm.

If you’re having difficulties, please refer to Zoom’s support information. Westbank Library is unable to provide tech assistance during the program. Please contact questions@westbanklibrary.com if you would like to schedule tech help or if you would like additional information regarding this library program.

Heartfulness Meditation can help you to live a heart-centered life, manage your emotions, and find inner peace and balance. When we become mindful of our feelings, we can let them inspire us. This practice awakens our potential for a simple, joyful existence.

Want to learn more? Check out the book The Heartfulness Way or go to heartfulnessatwork.eventbrite.com to participate in other events.

Click here to join Young Adult Book Club, a live virtual discussion group happening at 4:45pm.

Teen-facilitated YA book club for fans of Young Adult literature. In 2022, we’re focusing on a “page to screen” theme, reading books that have been made into films! Does the movie do the book justice? Does it tell the story even better?

We’ve got some bestsellers and blockbusters lined up, interspersed with more obscure works. Please note, some books and films contain mature content.

2022 Book Selections:

• January 6th: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• February 3^rd: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
• March 3^rd: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
• April 7^th: Cruel Intentions/Dangerous Liaisons (Penguin Classics) by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
• May 5^th: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
• June 2^nd: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
• June 16^th: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
• July 7th : I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan
  
• July 21st: Wonder by R.J. Palacio
• August 4^th: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
• September 1^st: The House of the Spirits: a novel by Isabel Allende
• October 6^th: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
• November 3^rd: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
• December 1^st: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

This month’s meeting will take place onsite at Laura’s Library in The Commons and on Zoom.

Click here to join First Friday Genealogy, a live virtual program happening first Fridays at 10am.

Whether you are a beginner just starting to explore your ancestors or deep in your research, in this group you can explore databases, trade knowledge and tips, and share wonderful stories with each other. Join Susan Marking, our amateur experienced genealogist, who facilitates this group on the first Friday of each month at 10:00 a.m. at Laura’s Library.

Below are just a few resources to get you started on your research:

• Family Tree Magazine
• Our catalog
• Databases: https://westbanklibrary.com/databases/
  • America’s Genealogy Bank
  • HeritageQuest Online
  • Ancestry Library *accessible through only our libraries’ computers

Ground rules for genealogy meetings

• Please keep your camera on for the discussion and provide your name.
• Mute if there is background noise.
• Respect the privacy of others by not reporting what you hear in this conversation with any specificity or attribution. 
• Be respectful and listen when others are speaking.
• Allow everyone’s voice to be heard that wants to be heard.
• We don’t invite controversy and avoid blame and speculation in conversation