The UpBEAT Book Club allows for lively discussion of a book selected by the UpBEAT Book Club.  This program is for adults ages 55 and older and is held on the second Monday of each month.  The book club continues to meet virtually. This month’s book is A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.... Read More

The comic book store is now a common feature of American towns and cities across the nation. Our guest author, Dan Gearino will read from his book, Comic Shop, and trace the history and development of comic book stores and their impact on the art form. He will also discuss the current challenges the comic book... Read More

Paul Gaus is a native Ohioan, who has had a life-long fascination with the Amish culture, particularly as expressed in the county where he grew up, Holmes, which has the largest Amish population in the world. Taking inspiration from fellow mystery-writer and friend, the late Tony Hillerman, Gaus writes mysteries that authentically and respectfully explore... Read More

Winner of the National Book Award (2016), The Pulitzer Prize (2017) and the Arthur C. Clarke Award (2017), Colson Whitehead's novel of slaves seeking escape from thralldom in 19th Century America is actually a work of historical science fiction, a parallel world where the Underground Railroad is literally a functioning secret railroad beneath the ground... Read More