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All sessions of the Financial Literacy mini series will be from 11:00 - 12:00pm in the Pressley Meeting Room. Participants receive an entry for a door prize of a $25 gift card to HEB each time they attend a Financial Literacy program in April!

 

 

April 27: Estate Planning for Health and Wealth

Are you part of the 67% of Americans that don't have a will and/or have done estate planning? Let's fix that with Austin Financial Center!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4th Thursday of the Month

 

6:30 - 8:30 pm

 

 

Come craft and chat with a community of like-minded crafters!

Please bring your own projects and supplies

For 18+

No registration required

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Every Monday

 

1-3pm

 

Maynard Conference Room

 

Ages: 18+


 

Please bring your own projects, sewing machine, and supplies.

No registration necessary - just show up!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Every Friday

 

3-5pm

 

Maynard Conference Room

 

Ages: 13+

 

Please bring your own supplies

Limited supplies are available for beginners

No registration required - just show up!

Knitters and Crocheters of all skill levels are welcome!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2nd Thursday of each month: 1:00 - 3:00 pm

Movies in the Pressley Meeting Room!

Light refreshments for yourself may be brought to the movie.


 

4th Thursday of each month: 1:00 - 3:00 pm

Card and Board Games in the Pressley Meeting Room!

No food allowed


   

 

May 09: Movie

In 1905, teenaged Dinah Sheldon is an aspiring artist and budding suffragette. Shirley Temple is a mischief-maker when she’s sent back to Maryland.

 

May 22: Games

Card and board games.

 

June 13: Movie

The teenage girls Esther and Rose are paired off, and the Smiths get to visit the World's Fair as one big happy family.

 

June 27: Games

Card and board games.

 

July 11: Movie

A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.

 

July 25: Games

Card and board games.

 

August 08: Movie

The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.

 

August 22: Games

Card and board games.

 

September 12: Movie

A newly appointed United States Senator  fights against a corrupt political system.

 

September 26: Games

Card and board games.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking to join a book club!

 

 

3rd Saturday of the month

11:00 - 12:30 pm

Maynard Conference Room

 

May 18: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

June 15: The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

 

 

Coffee & Friends

 

 

Wednesdays

 

3:00 - 4:00 pm


Take an afternoon break and join us for coffee and conversation!

 

 


 

May 01: Coffee and Conversation

 

May 08: Coffee and Conversation

 

May 15: Coffee and Conversation

 

May 22: Coffee and Conversation

 

May 29: Summer Reading: Adventure Begins

Our theme for the Summer Reading Program this year is Adventure Begins, and we are taking a camping route! Bring in a picture and/or a memory about when you've gone camping. Did it go well? Were there lots of bugs? Have you ever worked at a summer camp?

 

June 05: Make a Wish

If you had one wish and could relive a moment in time, what would it be? Where were you? Who were you with? Why is this moment so significant you what to relive it?

 

June 12: Memorable Travel Experiences

What is one of your most memorable travel experiences? Was it spontaneous or well planned? Did you experience a different culture? A favorite food? How did it enlighten you?

 

June 19: Library Closed for Juneteenth

 

June 26: Bed Turning Quilt Show

A bed turning is an old-fashioned activity where women used to get together to show off their quilts. Our Sewing and Quilting Group will be bringing several of the quilts they completed to show off. But you're invited to share, too! Bring a quilt or blanket you've made or is a family heirloom to share the story behind.

 

July 03: Parks and Recreation Month

July is National Parks and Recreation Month. Join Cami from Bastrop Recreation Center and hear how you can get involved in the fun they host in our community!

 

July 10: State Parks Volunteering

Here some of Kathy's great stories about her time as a state parks volunteer! Would you have what it takes?!

 

July 17: The Struggle is Real

What is something you really struggle with? Is it technology? Is it distance from family? Is it loss of some kind? Is it something related to aging? Is it lack of routine or the feeling you’ve lost purpose? Share your struggles and let’s grow together.

 

July 24: Christmas in July

Let's celebrate the best time of the year twice! Join us a for a fun Christmas-themed topic as we melt fast as snowmen in this Texas heat!

 

July 31: National Ice Cream Month

What does your favorite ice cream flavor say about you as a person?


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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