This month at the Bacon Free Library, we will discuss The White Darkness by David Grann. David Grann tells the remarkable story of Henry Worsley, a devoted husband and father and a decorated British special forces officer who believed in honor and sacrifice. Worsley was fascinated with Ernest Shackleton, the 19th-century polar explorer, who never completed…

Cinephilia is an academic word literally meaning “love of cinema,” but it also contains hints of nostalgia and passion for a film art that was undoubtedly the defining media experience of the twentieth century. As such, cinema has a variegated and fascinating history which extends well beyond the Hollywood we are all familiar with.  Meant…

While the bigger kiddos are in school, here’s a chance for the little ones to learn their A-B-C’s at the Bacon Free Library. We’ll start with stories and songs that feature our letter of the week. Then we’ll do some simple crafts with the special letter – tracing, stamping, cutting, gluing, and coloring.   Also,…

We’ll be embracing Hygge, the Norwegian word for “cozy” this evening at the Bacon Free Library. Please register to join us for this adult craft program. We will be making decoupaged glass cylinder candles with paper napkins that look like birch bark. And, while they are drying, we will be doing a second activity –…

  Be prepared to laugh, dance, sing, and jam your way through 30 minutes of non-stop family fun! This performance is geared for kids ages 1 – 7, but fun for the whole family. With modern takes on children’s classics and classic original tunes, you’ll be humming and bopping your way all the way home.…

    Join the Bacon Free Library mystery book club for a virtual Zoom discussion of The Late Show by Michael Connelly. Copies of this book are available at the library, or you can borrow it as an ebook or digital audiobook through Libby. Please email [email protected] to register and receive the Zoom link.