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Story Hour(ish) January

A story time for grown-ups

2025-01-08 18:00:00 2025-01-08 19:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Story Hour(ish) January Join us online or in person at the Bonney Lake Library! This month we'll enjoy stories from Stephen Leacock, O. Henry, Susanna Clarke, Jeremy Lichtman, Victoria McCurdy, Omar El Akkad, & more! Virtual Pierce County Library - Virtual Room 1

Wednesday, January 08
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-01-08 18:00:00 2025-01-08 19:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Story Hour(ish) January Join us online or in person at the Bonney Lake Library! This month we'll enjoy stories from Stephen Leacock, O. Henry, Susanna Clarke, Jeremy Lichtman, Victoria McCurdy, Omar El Akkad, & more! Virtual Pierce County Library - Virtual Room 1

Join us online or in person at the Bonney Lake Library! This month we'll enjoy stories from Stephen Leacock, O. Henry, Susanna Clarke, Jeremy Lichtman, Victoria McCurdy, Omar El Akkad, & more!

Join us online or in person at the Bonney Lake Pierce County Library for Story Hour(ish): A story time for grown-ups!  Librarian Patrick will share an hour(ish) of short stories, poems and other readings.

This program is intended for adults; stories may not be suitable for all audiences.

Join us for a selection of new stories from 2024!

This month's stories will be: "Borrowing a Match" by Stephen Leacock, "Conscience in Art" by O. Henry, "The Duke of Wellington Misplaces His Horse" by Susanna Clarke, "The Truffles of Mars" by Jeremy Lichtman, "This is How You Fail to Ghost Him" by Victoria McCurdy, "A Recent Survey of American Happenings Told Through Six Commercials for the Tennyson ClearJet Premium Touchless Bidet" by Omar El Akkad, "My Life as an Heiress" by Nora Ephron, "Wikipedia Brown and the Case of the Missing Bicycle" by B.J. Novak.

  1. Register for the program. Take care entering your email address properly.
  2. You will immediately receive an email including the Zoom link from donotreply@mylocallibrary.info. If you do not receive this link within an hour, contact us at VirtualPCLS@pcls.us
  3. When the Zoom program is scheduled to begin, log in and enjoy the program. If you have any problems logging in, contact us at VirtualPCLS@pcls.us

Other Zoom Info

  • The Pierce County Library recommends using the latest version of Zoom, with all current updates. Check for the latest version by clicking here.
  • The Library System expects that all participants in Library virtual events and classes follow the Library Rules of Conduct. If an individual does not follow the Rules of Conduct, the library has the right to ask that individual to leave the virtual program.
  • If you have registered for the event and are having trouble accessing the event, please email VirtualPCLS@pcls.us.

Public Notice & Disclaimer

During this program, you may be using a third-party platform, Zoom, for the purpose of communication, collaboration, projects, etc. This service may collect some personally identifying information about you, such as name, username, email address, and password. This service will treat the information it collects about you pursuant to its own privacy policy, which can be found here:  Zoom Privacy Policy.

AGE GROUP: | Teens (13-18) | Adults (18+) |

EVENT TYPE: | Story time |

Virtual Pierce County Library

virtualpcls@pcls.us
Phone: 253-548-3300

Hours
Mon, Jan 06 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Tue, Jan 07 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Wed, Jan 08 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Thu, Jan 09 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Fri, Jan 10 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Jan 11 11:00AM to 3:00PM
Sun, Jan 12 Closed

About the branch

Upcoming events

Tue, Jan 07, 10:00am - 11:00am
Virtual Room 3
Learn, connect, and practice English language skills. For ESL learners and English speakers wanting to connect with and support ESL learners.

Wed, Jan 08, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Virtual Room 1
Join Teen Council to make friends, play games, plan fun events and work on library projects virtually! Volunteer hours available, open to ages 13-19.

Wed, Jan 08, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Virtual Room 2
Learn about the different programs Pierce County Library System has for teens!

Wed, Jan 08, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Virtual Room 1
Join us online or in person at the Bonney Lake Library! This month we'll enjoy stories from Stephen Leacock, O. Henry, Susanna Clarke, Jeremy Lichtman, Victoria McCurdy, Omar El Akkad, & more!

Thu, Jan 09, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Virtual Room 3
Learn, connect, and practice English language skills. For ESL learners and English speakers wanting to connect with and support ESL learners.

Thu, Jan 09, 7:00pm - 7:35pm
Virtual Room 2
Ven en tus pijamas a disfrutar libros bilingües, canciones y mucho mas antes de ir a domir! Join in your pajamas and enjoy bilingual books, songs and more before bedtime with Miss Bryna and Amigos!

Fri, Jan 10, 3:30pm - 5:45pm
A virtual game run on the Teen Discord Server: PCLTeens. Make a character and join your fellow teens on a gothic horror adventure. Monsters lurk in the night, with untold secrets to find.
This event is full

Sat, Jan 11, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Virtual Room 3
Join community members and library staff on Zoom to share poems you love, poems that you are currently reading, or poems you have written!