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Join A Book Club, Build A Circuit At The Roden Library This Month

By Alex Nitkin | March 2, 2017 5:39am
 Book clubs will meet at Roden Library to discuss titles including
Book clubs will meet at Roden Library to discuss titles including "Romeo and Juliet," "The Pyramid" and "The Egoist."
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NORWOOD PARK — Kids can discover the scientific world and adults can rediscover great literature this month, thanks to a packed calendar of free programs and events being offered at the Roden Library.

The library at 6083 N. Northwest Highway will kick off its bimonthly book club at 6:15 p.m. Thursday, when readers will come together to discuss William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet."

At 6 p.m. Tuesday, the library will host a performance of "Fatelessness," described by librarians as a "physical score performed to a radio play." The show was adapted last year by Theatre Y from the Imre Kertesz novel of the same name, which follows a Jewish teenager trying to survive the Holocaust.

The library's Masterpiece Book Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. March 9 to discuss Henning Mankell's "The Pyramid," which weaves together five mystery stories centered on a young detective.

Kids between first and fifth grade are invited to join the Junior Explorers Club at 4 p.m. March 15, when they'll use Play-Doh to "teach the basics of electrical circuits in a fun, hands-on way," according to the library.

The book club will return at 6:15 p.m. March 16 to discuss George Meredith's Victorian romance novel "The Egoist."

Visitors of all ages can join the library's Fun & Games activity at 6 p.m. March 23, when they'll get to socialize through coloring, board games and card games. Light refreshments will be served.

Another discussion group will meet at 6:30 p.m. March 28 to chew over Elizabeth Strout's "My Name is Lucy Barton," which "shows how a simple hospital visit becomes a portal" to a mother-daughter relationship, according to an event description.

The Junior Explorers Club will return at 4 p.m. March 29 to build "stomp gliders." Elementary school students will get to design their own paper airplanes, then "use the power of compression to send it soaring through the sky."