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Adult Programs


Adult Summer Reading @ Your Library
Summer Reading Registration begins Monday, June 1. Sign up at the Reference Desk on the second floor. Play Picnic Basket Bingo and enter to win prizes!!



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Staycationing in Portland and Oregon
Monday, July 6 • 7-8:30 p.m. • Community Room

Learn about free and cheap vacation options for all ages around the Portland Metro area and around the state.

Hiking Oregon's Most Beautiful Trips and Trails
Tuesday, July 7 • 7-8:30 p.m. • Community Room

Oregon author and hiking expert William Sullivan will take us on a virtual tour of Oregon's outdoor beauty. Discover the joys of hiking and to learn about some of Oregon's best natural areas.

Feng Shui Design: Transform Your Home & Life
Thursday, July 9 • 7-8:30 p.m. • Community Room

Learn how to arrange your living space to harness the life energy all around you. Feng Shui consultant Linda King will explain how this ancient Chinese art can help create not only beautiful spaces, but also ones that are healing and empowering.

World Music Concert Series @ the Library:
Innisfree
Sunday, July 12 • 5-6 p.m. • Gazebo Behind Library (Community Room in the case of rain)

The World Music Concert Series begins with Celtic music by Innisfree.

The World Music Concert Series is made possible through the generous support of the Friends of the Tigard Library.
Morning Book Discussion Group
Tuesday, July 14 • 10:30 a.m.-Noon • Gazebo Behind Library

The Morning Book Group will discuss But Enough About Me: A Jersey Girl’s Unlikely Adventures Among the Absurdly Famous by Jancee Dunn.

This group meets the second Tuesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. in the Grace Tigard Houghton Room on the second floor of the Library. New members are always welcome.

Rope-Splicing & Knot-Tying Workshop
Wednesday, July 15 • 7-8 p.m. • Community Room

Learn to splice rope and tie a variety of useful knots in this hands-on workshop with expert Jeff Frisch. Rope and splicing tools will be provided.

Hogwarts Summer School
Thursday, July 16 • 6-8 p.m. • Community Room Hogwarts Summer School

Are you a Harry Potter fan? Brush up on your HP knowledge with crafts, trivia and games. Costumes encouraged. This is an all-ages event, so bring the whole family, even Muggles, if you dare!
Mystery Book Discussion Group
Thursday, July 16 • 6:30-7:30 p.m. • Houghton Room

The Virgin of Small Plains The Mystery Book Group will discuss The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard.
To check the availability of this book as well as other library resources, please visit http://www.wccls.org/polaris/view.aspx?title=the+virgin+small+plains&author=pickard

The group meets on the third Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the Grace Tigard Houghton Room on the second floor of the Library. New members are always welcome.

World Music Documentary Film Series
Gypsy Caravan: When the Road Bends
Wednesday, July 22 • 7-8:30 p.m. • Community Room

This film presents five bands from four countries in an explosion of song and dance that celebrates the best of Gypsy music and the diversity of the Romani people.
Evening Book Discussion Group
"Read the Classics" Series
Things Fall Apart Wednesday, July 22 • 7-8:30 p.m. • Houghton Room

The three-part "Read the Classics" book group series continues this month with Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart. First published in 1958, the novel centers on Okonkwo, a "strong man" of an Ibo village in Nigeria and his tribal world. Cultures clash when European missionaries arrive near the end of the 18th century. Things Fall Apart illustrates the ensuing consequences for a culture, a nation and for Okonkwo. This was the first African novel written in English to receive worldwide praise.

To check the availability of this book as well as other library resources, please visit http://catalog.wccls.org/polaris/view.aspx?title=things+fall+apart&author=achebe

The group meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Grace Tigard Houghton Room on the second floor of the Library. New members are always welcome.

Meet Author Jim Lynch—Border Songs
Friday, July 24 • 7 p.m. • Community Room

Award winning author Jim Lynch will speak about his latest novel, Border Songs, at the Library. Set in Washington State on the Canadian border, the novel features a cast of quirky characters, centering on 23-year-old Brandon Vanderkool. Six foot eight and severely dyslexic, Brandon has always had an unusual perspective, which comes in handy when his father pushes him off their dairy farm and into the Border Patrol. Uncomfortable in this uniformed role, he indulges his passion for bird-watching and often finds not only an astonishing variety of species but also a great many smugglers hauling pot into Washington State, as well as potentially more dangerous illegal activity.

The novel has earned the Washington writer favorable reviews in Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Review, and Library Journal, which says of Lynch's book: "playing on our current fears, he shows us that the divides among people aren't good, then offers a tenderly convincing ending that's not sentimental." Jim Lynch lives in Olympia and is the critically acclaimed author of The Highest Tide, which won the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award in 2006. Lynch will also sign copies of Border Songs during this free event.

To check the availability of this book in the catalog, please visit http://catalog.wccls.org/polaris/view.aspx?title=border+songs&author=lynch

World Music Concert Series @ the Library:
Jan Michael Looking Wolf
Sunday, July 26 • 5-6 p.m. • Gazebo Behind Library (Community Room in the case of rain)

The World Music Concert Series continues with award-winning Native American flutist Jan Michael Looking Wolf.

The World Music Concert Series is made possible through the generous support of the Friends of the Tigard Library.
World Music Documentary Film Series
Buena Vista Social Club
Wednesday, August 5 • 7-8:30 p.m. • Community Room

Director Wim Wenders reveals the astonishing life stories and unforgettable music of this brilliantly talented Cuban group.
Meet the Author:
Derek Kirk Kim
Derek Kirk Kim Thursday, August 6 • 6-7 p.m. • Community Room

Graphic novel artist and author Derek Kirk Kim (The Eternal Smile and Same Difference and Other Stories) will give both a reading and a presentation. Teens and adults are invited to get graphic at this interactive event.
World Music Concert Series @ the Library:
Son Cubano
Sunday, August 9 • 5-6 p.m. • Gazebo Behind Library (Community Room in the case of rain)

Son Cubano, a duo of Cuban-born musicians Virginia Lopez and Ivan Alamo, will perform traditional songs of Cuba as the World Music Summer Concert Series continues. The Cuban Son is one of the most important forms of Caribbean music of the 20th century and represents a fusion of African and Hispanic cultural influences. Its most characteristic instruments are the Cuban guitar, known as the tres, and the double-headed bongo drum. Also typical are the claves and the Spanish guitar. Son is to Cuba what the tango is to Argentina, or the samba to Brazil.

The World Music Concert Series is made possible through the generous support of the Friends of the Tigard Library.
Morning Book Discussion Group
The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute Tuesday, August 11 • 10:30 a.m.-Noon • Gazebo Behind Library

The Morning Book Group will discuss The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride.

This group meets the second Tuesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. in the Grace Tigard Houghton Room on the second floor of the Library. New members are always welcome.

World Music Documentary Film Series
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - On Tip Toe
Wednesday, August 19 • 7-8:30 p.m. • Community Room

Academy-Award nominated documentary on the South African band and its leader Joseph Shabalala.
World Music Concert Series @ the Library:
Njuzu Mbira
Sunday, August 23 • 5-6 p.m. • Gazebo Behind Library (Community Room in the case of rain)

The World Music Concert Series concludes with African music by Njuzu Mbira.

The World Music Concert Series is made possible through the generous support of the Friends of the Tigard Library.
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