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The History of Honey & Beekeeping in Antiquity

July 31, 2025 6:30pm – 7:30pm

Honey has been revered since ancient times, used by the Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Chinese cultures for it’s medicinal properties.  Learn about the religious significance of honey and beekeeping across various faiths, highlighting it’s symbolic and ritualistic roles in this engaging 60 minute lecture.

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Tweens Make: Shower Steamers (Grades 3-5)

July 15, 2025 2:30pm – 3:30pm

Level up your self care and learn how to make a shower steamer from scratch. Shower steamers are like bath bombs but no bath needed! Place it in the shower and let the warm water release a relaxing fragrance.

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Modern Calligraphy

July 28, 2025 6:30pm – 8:00pm

In this presentation, we will discuss the importance of hand lettering in a digital world and why it is still relevant. We’ll discuss three different ways modern calligraphy can be written and of course, how to write this modern calligraphy style. We also discuss how you can use the lettering in everyday life. Handouts will be provided.

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Happy Half Birthday Jane Austen ~ Tea

July 14, 2025 3:00pm – 4:30pm

Join us as we wish a Happy 250th Half Birthday to Jane Austen. Join us for a presentation focused on the social and cultural traditions of the Regency era in celebration of Jane Austen. The Barnes Museum will bring along a small display of related artifacts. Please bring your favorite tea cup and a refreshment will be served. We will not be able to provide any dietary restrictions. Registration Required.

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Firebird

Juliette Cross

Happy Wife

Meredith Lavender

A Mother's Love

Danielle Steel

Atmosphere

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Typewriter Beach

Meg Waite Clayton

The Love Fix

Jill Shalvis

The View from Lake Como

Adriana Trigiani

So Far Gone

Jess Walter

Murder Takes a Vacation

Laura Lippman

Don't Open Your Eyes

Liv Constantine

I'll Be Right Here

Amy Bloom

Last Night Was Fun

Holly Michelle

When Javi Dumped Mari

Mia Sosa

Worth Fighting for

Jesse Q. Sutanto

Finders Keepers

Sarah Adler

The Lamplighter's Bookshop

Sophie Austin

A Rare Find

Joanna Lowell

The Summer That Changed Everything

Brenda Novak

A Tarnished Canvas

Anna Lee Huber

Just Beachy

Wendy Wax

Sounds Like Love

Ashley Poston

Eliza and the Duke

Harper St. George

All Roads Lead to Rome

Yamile Saied Méndez

What Happens in the Highlands

Anna Bradley

Writing Mr. Wrong

Kelley Armstrong

Never Been Shipped

Alicia Thompson

The Lost Book of First Loves

RaeAnne Thayne

The Love Fix

Jill Shalvis

The Expat Affair

Kimberly Belle

Slow Burn Summer

Josie Silver

Cruel Summer

Maisey Yates

Overruled

Lana Ferguson

How Freaking Romantic

Emily Harding

Crash Test

Amy James

The Spirit of Love

Lauren Kate

The Dirty Version

Turner Gable Kahn

Let's Make a Scene

Laura Wood

Notorious

Maureen Dowd

Alive Day

Karie Fugett

The Art Spy

Michelle Young

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