Sipping flavored coffee and discussing a good book is a pleasant way to spend an afternoon, but you don’t have to wait for Oprah Winfrey to host an intimate living-room book chat. You can find one at many of Broward County’s libraries.
The Dania Beach group at the Paul DeMaio Branch serves Danish, doughnuts, coffee and orange juice when they meet on the first Saturday of the month. The Stirling Road Branch in Hollywood offers a bare-bones dialogue from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday as they discuss Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler, a novel about an unlikely union. “The marriage is clumsy because the two people involved are so different in character,” said Reference Librarian Miriam Kallett.
The Galt Ocean Mile Reading Center’s book discussion includes refreshments and meets from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday with the topic Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees.
The West Regional Book Club in Plantation is serving up Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie,10 a.m. to noon Friday.
The book discussion at the African-American Research Library in Fort Lauderdale at 2 p.m. Saturday addresses Diane McKinney-Whetstone’s Tumbling, a portrait of a black community in South Philadelphia in the 1940s and ’50s.
Other Saturday meetings include The Main Library’s group discussing The Vodou Element by Alix Perrault, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. and The Jan Moran Collier City Learning Library’s discussion of Erica Simone Turnipseed’s A Love Noire, from 1 to 3 p.m.
Deerfield Beach
PERCY WHITE BRANCH, 837 E. Hillsboro Blvd., 954-360-1380.
Wednesday: Preschool story time, 10-10:30 a.m.
Thursday: Family story time, 7-7:30 p.m.
CENTURY PLAZA BRANCH, 1856A W. Hillsboro Blvd., 954-360-1330.
Tuesday: Tots and toddlers, ages to 35 months, 10:30-11 a.m. Preregister. Call 954-360-1330.
Wednesday:
Stories and crafts, ages 3-6, 10:30-11 a.m. Preregister. Call 954-360-1330.
Deerfield Beach Association of Retired People, 2-3 p.m.
NE
Lighthouse Point
CITY BRANCH, 2200 NE 38th St., 954-946-6398.
Call for program information.
Pompano Beach
BEACH BRANCH, 221 N. Pompano Beach Blvd., 954-786-2197.
Wednesday: sept8 Basic computer literacy I, 8:30-9:30 a.m. Preregister. Call 954-786-2197.
JAN MORAN COLLIER CITY LEARNING LIBRARY, 2800 NW Ninth Court, 954-968-3820.
Tuesday:
Story time, ages 3-5, 10-11 a.m.
Crossroads Cafe, intermediate English practice, 10-11:30 a.m. Preregister. Call 954-968-3820.
The Magic Circle, ages 3-5 in daycare or school, 10-11 a.m. Preregister. Call 954-968-3820.
After-school program, grades 1-6, 2-4:30 p.m. Preregister. Call 954-968-3820.
Wednesday:
Lifelong learning fair, 4-6 p.m.
Unleash your creativity, for teens, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Healthy Kids Club, health education workshop, 3-4 p.m.
Thursday:
Crossroads Cafe, intermediate English practice, 10-11:30 a.m. Preregister. Call 954-968-3820.
The Magic Circle, ages 3-5 in daycare or school, 10-11 a.m. Preregister. Call 954-968-3820.
NORTHWEST BRANCH, 1580 NW Third Ave., 954-786-2186.
Tuesday: After-school program, 2-5 p.m.
Thursday: Story-time fun, 10-10:30 a.m.
POMPANO BEACH BRANCH, 1213 E. Atlantic Blvd., 954-786-2181.
On display: Children’s art expo.
Tuesday:
Preschool story time, ages 2-5, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
After-school program, ages 5-13, 2-5 p.m. Preregister. Call 954-786-2181.
Friday: After-school program, ages 5-13, 2-5 p.m. Preregister. Call 954-786-2181.
Coconut Creek
NORTH REGIONAL/BCC LIBRARY, 1100 Coconut Creek Blvd., 954-201-2600
On display:
Temari Embroidering by Sharon Theiman, during library hours.
Zodiac by Donna Wisneski.
Tuesday: English Cafe, conversational practice class, 7-8:30 p.m.
Wednesday: sept8 Blood pressure screening, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Friday: Parent/toddler free play, ages to 35 months, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Preregister. Call 954-201-2626.
Saturday:
Learn about volunteer opportunities in the literacy program, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
South Florida Poetry Fiesta, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
