Book Discussion Group

Windflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Join us in reading William Kent Krueger's coming of age tale, Ordinary Grace. In the summer of 1961, 13-year-old Frank Drum's childhood innocence is shattered by a series of events, starting with the mysterious death of a boy his own age near the railroad trestle. Recalling the events 40 years later, Frank ruminates on the nature of faith, God, mercy, ...

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Adult Craft Night: Felting (RSVP Required)

Windflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Let’s get together and learn the cozy art of felting! Select the afternoon session or the evening session when you sign up bu clicking on one of the links below. Class space is limited so sign up early! All supplies will be provided. Adults 18 and older only, please. (Adults; Windflower Room) Click Here to RSVP for 2:00 pm Session ...

Book Discussion Group

Windflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Join us this February in reading Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell’s enchanting re-imagination of Shakespeare’s family life before, during, and after his rise to fame as the world’s most well-known playwright. A limited number of books are available; please visit the 3rd floor Ask Here desk to check out a copy while supplies last! (Adults; Windflower Room)

Book Discussion Group

Windflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Join us this January in reading Heidi Perks’ chilling, twisty psychological thriller Her One Mistake. Charlotte and Harriet become fast friends, but the friendship fractures when Harriet’s daughter disappears while under Charlotte’s care. As the police intensify their investigation into the disappearance and more pressure is applied to each woman, dark secrets surface to expose a disturbing outcome. A limited ...

Book Discussion Group

Windflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

In December we’ll be reading The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames. This epic tale about Italian immigrants coming to America just before the breakout of World War II explores themes of poverty, assimilation, and family. A limited number of books are available; please visit the 3rd Floor Ask Here desk to check out a copy ...

Book Discussion Group

Windflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Join the library’s November Book Discussion Group by reading The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal. A family inheritance divides two sisters, but a family brewery could reunite them years later. A limited number of books are available; please visit the 3rd floor Ask Here desk to check out a copy while supplies last! (Adults; Windflower Room)

Book Discussion Group

Windflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Join us in celebrating the spirit of Halloween as we read horror writer Grady Hendrix’s The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires. Patricia Campbell is an overwhelmed and disenchanted 90s housewife whose one bright spot in life is the friendships she’s sowed in her true crime book club. Her not-so-idyllic existence is disrupted when a charming stranger moves to ...

Lunch & Learn: Launching Your Small Business

Windflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Bring your lunch and meet Kenny Overby, your new Laramie County SBDC Regional Director! Kenny will cover the keys to successfully planning, launching, and measuring success in your new venture. Let business counselors help you enjoy starting your business. (Adults; Windflower Room)

AARP Educational Series: Decluttering (RSVP Required)

Windflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

If you’re looking to get rid of some unwanted stuff around your home, join us for this free downsizing and decluttering event. You’ll hear about important organizing tips while exploring how streamlining your items could help you feel happier, less stressed, and more productive. Register through AARP’s website at aarp.cvent.com/WY_events. (Adults; Windflower Room)

Book Discussion Group

Windflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

In September, we’ll be reading An American Marriage by Tayari Jones. An Oprah’s Book Club selection, the novel poses, and attempts to answer, difficult questions about justice, loyalty, and family ties in modern American society. A limited number of books are available; please visit the 3rd floor Ask Here desk to check out a copy while supplies last! (Adults; Windflower ...

AARP: Decluttering (RSVP Required)

Windflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

If you are looking to get rid of some unwanted stuff around the home, join us to learn organizing tips while exploring how streamlining your items could help you feel happier, less stressed, and more productive. Register through AARP’s website at aarp.cvent.com/WY_events. (Adults; Windflower Room)

AARP: Understanding Your Social Security Benefits (RSVP Required)

Windflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

You’ve earned your Social Security because you worked hard and paid into it. Join us to find out how you can learn about your earnings, what age you can collect Social Security, how to maximize your money, and if Social Security will be there for you. Register through AARP’s website at aarp.cvent.com/WY_events. (Adults)

Book Discussion Group

Windflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Join us in reading Robert Penn Warren’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1964 novel All the King’s Men. Following the political ambitions of Willie Stark in the Great Depression-era South, Warren’s novel parallels the life of Louisiana populist Huey P. Long, who was serving as a United States senator when we was assassinated in 1935. A limited number of books are available; please ...

Book Discussion Group

Windflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Join us in reading The House of the Spirits, the debut novel by renowned Chilean author Isabel Allende. This vastly sweeping epic follows three generations of women through the struggles of a war-torn landscape and fractured family relationships. A limited number of books are available; please visit the 3rd floor Ask Here desk to check out a copy while supplies ...

Book Discussion Group

Windflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Kick off your Summer Reading Challenge and join us this June in discussing Liane Moriarty’s bestselling novel Big Little Lies. The lives of three women with different backgrounds become entangled when they enroll their young children in the same school. As their friendship progresses and small secrets morph into big revelations, the women find themselves caught up in an irreversible ...

Book Discussion Group

Windflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Join us this May in reading The Secret Life of Violet Grant by Beatriz Williams. In 1912, Violet Schuyler travels to Europe to pursue a physics career. Fifty-two years later, her grand-niece, Vivian Schuyler, receives a mysterious package that leads her to investigate the shadowy life of a relative she never knew she had until now. A limited number of ...

Book Discussion Group

Windflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Join the April Book Discussion Group in reading JoJo Moyes’ historical novel The Giver of Stars. Alice Wright travels from England to Kentucky to marry her American fiancé. She soon finds meaning and pride in her new life as a pack horse librarian during the Great Depression. A limited number of books are available; please visit the 3rd floor Ask ...

Book Discussion Group

Windflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Catch up on your spring to-be-read list and join us in reading Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. An intriguing mystery is woven throughout Owens’s rich description of North Carolina’s coastal marshlands in this coming-of-age tale about the lovely yet odd young Kya. Come to the library’s 3rd floor Ask Here desk to retrieve your copy of the book ...

Book Discussion Group

Windflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

February’s read will be James McBride’s quirky historical fiction novel The Good Lord Bird which depicts the events of “Bleeding Kansas” through the eyes of young narrator Henry Shackleford. Henry takes up with illustrious abolitionist John Brown and eventually finds himself swept up in the historical Harpers Ferry raid of 1859. Come to the library’s 3rd floor to retrieve your ...

Book Discussion Group

Windflower Room 2200 Pioneer Ave - 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY, United States

Join us this January in reading Gillian Flynn’s gritty thriller, Gone Girl. Nick and Amy Dunne spin a not-so-fun tale of the unraveling of their deeply dysfunctional marriage. Go to the 3rd floor Ask Here desk to get your copy of the book and join us on the last Tuesday of the month for tea and scones. (Adults; Windflower Room)