Free online programs offered by Phoenixville Public Library
Here’s a roundup of upcoming online programs offered by the Phoenixville Public Library:
Phoenixville Public Librarywill host a free virtual event, “Melissa’s Halloween Stories and Library Ghost Tour”, on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 7:00 PM. Join the Library’s own Melissa Tapley as she shares short, spooky stories and petrifying poetry to celebrate the Halloween season. She will also explore the Library with ghost hunting gadgets to see if any spectral residents wish to make themselves known. Melissa is a “Fright
Night” and “Cult Cinema” host at The Colonial Theatre andwas crowned “Miss Blobfest Universe” during the virtual “Blobfest 2020” broadcast. As a Halloween and horror enthusiast, she enjoys sharing her love of the creepy and macabre with others. This event is free and open to the public, and will be held online via Zoom. Registration is required at https://ccls.libcal.com/calendar/Phoenixville/stories-and-ghosts or by calling 610-933-3013 x132. E-mail mpinto@ccls. org for more information.
*** Phoenixville Public Library will host a free, virtualMedicare seminar, “Updating Your Medicare for 2021”, on Monday, Oct. 26 ,at 7:00 PM. ThomasWand, a counselor with APPRISE, Pennsylvania’s health insurance counseling program, will be the presenter. Medicare is making a number of changes for 2021. Open Enrollment, your chance to examine andmodify your coverage for next year, continues through December 7. Find out about next year’s changes and learn more about how Medicare can work better for you in this free seminar. This event is free and open to the public and will take place online/by phone via Zoom. Registration is required at https://ccls.libcal.com/calendar/Phoenixville/updating-Medicare or by calling 610-933-3013 x132. E-mail mpinto@ccls.org for more information. *** Books on Tap, Phoenixville Public Library’s book discussion group for adults in their 20s and 30s, will meet virtually on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 7:00 PM. The group will discuss “The Sculptress” by Minette Walters. In prison, they call her the Sculptress for the strange figurines she carves — symbols of the day she hacked her mother and sister to pieces and reassembled them in a blood-drenched jigsaw puzzle. Sullen and menacing, Olive Martin is burned-out journalist Rosalind Leigh’s only hope of getting a new book published. As she interviews Olive in her cell, Roz finds flaws in the Sculptress’s confession. Is she really guilty — as she insists? Nothing can stop Roz’s pursuit of the chilling convoluted truth — not even the thought of whatmight happen if Olive were to go free. A copy of the book may be reserved at https://catalog.ccls.org. This event is free and open to the public and will take place online/by phone via Zoom. Email Christine Shaffer at shaffer.m.christine@gmail. com for more information and to receive an invitation to this event.
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Have you ever thought of writing your memoir, but didn’t know how to get started? Phoenixville Public Library will host a free, virtual workshop, “Writing Your Memoir”, onWednesday, Oct. 28, at 10:00 AM. Local author Elizabeth Doan is the presenter. Would you like to be able to leave a narrative of your experiences for your family and friends? Would you like to tell themwhat it was like to live in theworld when you were a child, or