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IN LIBRARY All About Compost | Thursday, May 7, 7-8pm

An illustration of a compost bin full of soil with leaves coming out of the top

Can banana peels, grass clippings, and vegetable scraps enhance your home garden? They can, if turned into compost! Learn how to transform leftovers and garden waste into food for your soil for free, and without bad odors or attracting pests. Led by Lorilin Meyer, an assistant horticulturist at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Cosponsored by the Glencoe Sustainability Task Force.

IN LIBRARY Adult Craft Class: Mini Birdhouse Painting | Friday, May 8, 2-3:30pm OR Monday, May 11, 6:30-8pm

Two photos of wooden birdhouses with cotton hanging loops coming out of the roof. The house on the right is painted red and white with small flowers along the bottom edge, and the house on the left is mostly bare with a sky blue patch of paint on the roof and a bright red patch of paint on the front

Celebrate spring and let your creativity go wild by painting your own miniature wooden birdhouse! Materials will be provided. Please note that these “houses” are intended for decorative use due to their small size.

Registration is required. For adults and teens (13+).

IN LIBRARY Monday at the Movies: Secret Mall Apartment | Monday, May 18, 1-3pm

A still from the documentary "Secret Mall Apartment" in which artist Michael Townsend stands in the secret apartment

Join us for a screening of the 2024 documentary film “Secret Mall Apartment.” In 2003, a group of young Rhode Islanders established a fully furnished secret apartment in the Providence Place mall. What at first seems like a prank or protest against urban gentrification becomes a deeper, more resonant story that takes several unexpected turns.

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