July 1, 9:30am, Kids’ French Club – The kid’s club that’s not just for kids.  Stop by for an hour of French — it may be stories and games, it may be music, or maybe even food.  You never know what this week’s volunteers have planned, but given the wide range of French speakers in town, it’s sure to be something different each week.

July 2, 7 – 9 pm, Teen Night — Hang out with your friends, watch a movie, play a game, you decide!  SIGN UP REQUIRED: suitable for those 11 years old and up.

July 4, LIBRARY will be CLOSED except for the book sale.

July 4, 11am – 3pm, Book Sale – drop by during the holiday celebrations to pick up great bargains on gently used books, puzzles, audios and movies.

July 5, 10am-noon, Coffee Hour —  join us for a cup of coffee or tea, a sweet or two and good conversation. Suitable for all ages!

Looking Ahead

July 7, 4-6pm, Artist Reception — Home Grown Furniture features the woodworking of Peacham residents Tim McKay and Jeff Scott. All of the wood they use is grown and harvested on East Hill.

July 8 – 12, 9:30am – 11:am, Summer Reading “Day Camp” — Dig into gardens, caves, archeology and geology. Sign up required; children 5 and under must come with a parent.

July 8, 5:30pm, Henry Homeyer Author Program For the Young and Young at Heart — Henry Homeyer will talk about the writing process and read from his children’s book Wobar and the Quest for the Magic Calumet.  Suitable for children and their parents.  Followed by dessert in the garden.

July 8, 7:00pm, Peacham Library Annual Meeting – The 203rd annual meeting!  The meeting will be preceded by an author program for children and adults (see above) and dessert in the garden.  After the meeting gardener Henry Homeyer will kick off the Summer Series “Dig Into Gardening” with a talk on “How to Eat from the Garden All Year.”

July 12, 10am-noon, Coffee Hour –  join us for a cup of coffee or tea, a sweet or two and good conversation. Suitable for all ages!

July 15, 9:00am, Kids’ French Club – French fun, stories, games, music and food—for everyone!

July 15, 5:15 pm, Friends of Peacham Library Meeting – Planning future events including ice cream sales at PAMFest.

July 16, 1:15 pm, Tuesday Theatre — JR Tolkien’s book The Hobbit (or at least the first third or so, as this is the first movie in a trilogy) comes to life in this 2012 movie.

July 16, 7:00 pm, Readers’ Delight discussing Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer.  Contact the library if you would like to borrow a copy.

July 18, 7:00pm, Summer Series – Dave Jacobs, landscape architect, speaking on The Design and Building of Fine Landscapes.