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Spend an evening with local author Merrie H. Reagan and her memoir, Life Flashes. This genre-bending book is a stunning combination of diary, memoir, biography, and spiritual commentary, all woven together over a fourteen-year period.

Eileen Ryan of Beyond Plastics will give a presentation on the environmental, ecological, and human health crisis of plastic pollution. This presentation will also cover individual, local, and statewide solutions.

While whaling was a male occupation, over 400 women accompanied their husbands on whaling voyages. Nancy Gentile from the New Bedford Whaling Museum brings some of their tales to the Ames Free Library.

Find out what's going on at AFL this month and beyond! Tune in on our YouTube channel to hear AFL librarians reporting on upcoming programs. These previews are filmed and produced by ECAT.

A host of board games, card games, and video games are set out for our monthly game night in the Info Café at Queset House.

The Ames Game Café welcomes players of any level of experience ages 12 and up.

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Your Village is a free group for postpartum birthing parents to experience feeling seen, heard, and understood by sharing and/or listening to others.