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New Ulm Public Library is pleased to present a St. Nicholas Eve Celebration on Monday, December 5 at 6:30 p.m. Join us for stories and songs to honor St. Nicholas. There will be a craft to complete or take home, and a special visit from St. Nicholas and Krampus. This program is free and open to the public.
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Join us on Thursday, December 29 at 2 p.m. for a showing of The Bad Guys, rated PG. The movie has a 100 minute running time. Popcorn will be served, please bring your own water bottles. Movie screenings at the library are free and open to the public and are sponsored by the Optimist Club of New Ulm.
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Check out these other great December youth programs:
- Storytime with Ms. Kathryn, Mondays at 10:30 a.m.
- Teen Tuesdays*, Tuesday, December 6 at 4 p.m.
- Pajama Party Storytime, Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.
- No Pajama Party Storytime on December 28
- Creative Kids*, Thursday, December 8 at 3:30 p.m.
- Friday's Special Storytime, Friday, December 9 at 10 a.m.
- Wacky Wonders*, Thursday, December 15 at 3:30 p.m.
*Registration required. Visit www.newulmlibrary.org and choose Library Events or call 507-359-8331 to register or for more information on any of these library programs.
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New Ulm Public Library is partnering with Community and Seniors Together (CAST) to expand on our Evaluating the News Seminar Series! We'll meet at the New Ulm Community Center (600 North German Street) on Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. beginning December 1 and concluding December 29. This series will examine the media coverage of one historical and one current event as case studies to practice news literacy skills through analysis and comparison of news coverage by time and place. We hope you’ll join us for this next series!
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Learn to make a scrubbie on Wednesday, December 14 at 6 p.m. with Library Aide Leah! Basic knitting experience is needed to participate in the class. Supplies are provided. The class is limited to 12 participants, so registration is required. Call 359-8331 or visit our website to register. Thanks to the Friends of the New Ulm Public Library for making this class possible!
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Check out these other great December adult programs:
- Memoir Writing Group, Monday, December 5 at 10 a.m.
- Pathfinder Role Playing Game Campaign, Tuesdays at 4:15 at Red Dragon Gaming
- New Ulm Chess Club, Tuesdays at 6 p.m.
- Needleworking Group, first and third Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m.
- New Ulm Film Society, Tuesday, December 13 at 6:30 p.m.
- Genealogy Club, Thursday, December 15 at 6:30 p.m.
- MN Valley Civil War Round Table, Tuesday, December 20 at 6:30 p.m.
Don't forget to check out our December book group meetings:
Copies of the book group selections are available at the library's service desk.
For more information on any of these programs, call the library at 507-359-8331 or visit our online calendar.
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Puppy Bus by Drew Brockington
Moving and going to a new school are never easy but what if you started that first day by getting on the wrong bus? That’s what happens to the boy in this story. He doesn’t realize it until the puppy he is sharing a seat with licks his face and offers him a paw. Besides the fact that lunch was awful and the bathroom was really confusing, the puppies’ acceptance made his day so much easier. By the time he stepped off the bus he was begging to return the next day. This is a hilarious tale about a boy letting go of his anxiety on the first day of school and fitting in just fine even though everything is different than it was before. What a charming story. You will love the surprise ending! - Kathryn
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The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth
This is the story of 62-year-old Steven who is married to Pam, a woman suffering from dementia. In the course of his wife’s illness Steven meets Heather, an interior designer, and hires her to re-design their house to make it more usable for Pam. Pam’s dementia takes a turn for the worse, though, and she is placed in a facility. Once Pam is out of the home, Steven and Heather become involved romantically to the point where they begin making wedding plans. Steven decides he needs to divorce Pam in order to be able to marry Heather. A particularly uncomfortable moment occurs when Steven finally introduces his daughters, Tully and Rachel, to Heather; and they are horrified to realize that their future stepmother is younger than they are. This book addresses many current social issues including kleptomania, rape, alcoholism and abuse. The author does an incredible job of introducing the characters and allows the reader to get to know them and their issues. When the sisters begin to trust one another and share experiences that have affected their lives, they realize that the perfect childhood and family they remember may not have been very perfect. This book is hard to put down and I was able to finish it in two days. - Pam
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The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
Lucrezia is the grand duke of Florence, Italy’s third daughter. Labeled as odd and defiant by her large family, she is nevertheless married at the age of 15 to the much older duke of Ferrara for political advantage. Soon, she learns that she is seen mainly as a vessel to birth an heir by her husband and as a pawn to be played by others in her new home. While she acknowledges her fate, Lucrezia just longs to paint and enjoy nature…but soon realizes her new husband is plotting her death. This exquisitely-written tale shifts in time, rendering a sense of aristocratic life in mid-1500s Italy. There is a pall of doom overlaying the story, but the characters and time period and location are all so finely wrought that the reader is absorbed into a breathless race to the inevitable finish. Lovely. - Sue U.
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Feed These People: Slam-Dunk Recipes for Your Crew by Jen Hatmaker
Jen Hatmaker’s first cookbook is filled with easy recipes, lots of spice and her signature Texas snark - bless her heart. Reading it made me smile and we loved the recipes we tried: Kirk’s Mom’s Spiced Jamaican Patties from chapter 5, “Food for Your Picky Spouse or Spawn” and, the Herb-Crusted Pork Tenderloin with Orange Chipotle Honey Glaze from Chapter 8 “Food for When You Want to Seem Fancy” were both really tasty. Next up, Red Curry with Whatever You Have from Chapter 7, “Food for When You Have No More Damns to Give.” - Ann
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Friends, Lovers, and the Big, Terrible Thing: A Memoir by Matthew Perry
I’m not sure how I feel about this memoir. On the one hand, many children suffer through far worse in their childhoods and don’t turn to drugs and alcohol. On the other hand, everyone has a different capacity for hurt and suffering. What one person can easily tolerate, another cannot survive. Matthew Perry felt deeply that he was abandoned by his parents as a result of their divorce and subsequent marriages to others. When he would be put on a plane to fly from Canada to visit his father (the Old Spice Sailor in commercials) in California, he would wear a sign that said “Unaccompanied Minor.” That might have been the title of this memoir. Throughout his acting career, including the hugely popular Friends sitcom, he was addicted to alcohol and various drugs. He went through countless rehabs, and spent a fortune on drugs and trying to get off drugs. He also suffered from fear of commitment and fear of rejection. He would end relationships so that he would not be left and feel rejected. In the end (?), hypnotism seems to have provided the cure he’d been looking for. - Carole
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