Librarians Shira, Jake, Sara and Matthew will help you “fall” into a good book as they share their picks for the best new reads. This GPL tradition is a wonderful way to build your gift list! Refreshments will be served.

Registration encouraged. Parking around the library can be tricky in the afternoons, so plan on coming early or parking in the commuter lots.

Red Hill Birding will lead small groups in a bird-watching expedition through Glencoe’s Turnbull Woods. With any luck we’ll spot resident woodland birds like woodpeckers, blue jays, and red-tailed hawks and migrating birds such as the golden-crowned kinglet, brown creeper, white-throated sparrow, and even some sandhill cranes. Registration required. For adults and teens.

Join us in the Hammond Room for a monthly film screening. Apparently the last film of the great English director and social realist, Ken Loach, “The Old Oak” has him on familiar ground, telling a story about the travails of common people. Loach’s work is deeply felt and has an almost documentary sense of reality. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.