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Join Branigan Library in discussing what people are currently reading. For more information or to obtain the link to the online meeting, contact the Reference Librarian at calee@las-cruces.org.

Branigan Library is closed in recognition of the Labor Day holiday.

Watch episodes 9 through 12 of the Great Course series Food: A Cultural Culinary History on Kanopy, the Library's new streaming service. Then join us online for the discussion. For additional information, go to https://wakelet.com/wake/djWDJCUjJ8uJndTE-7h_A. To join the discussion, email dduffy@las-cruces.org for the Zoom credentials.

Join Branigan Library in discussing what people are currently reading. For more information or to obtain the link to the online meeting, contact the Reference Librarian at calee@las-cruces.org.

Thomas Branigan Memorial Library presents a book talk with guest author Sandra Marshall on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 @ 2:35pm via Zoom. Sandra Marshall is the author of the new historical fiction novel Death in the Time of Pancho Villa. Sandra Marshall is the winner of the nonprofit Malice Domestic’s 2018 William F. Deeck-Malice Domestic Grant for Unpublished Writers for the manuscript that became Death in the Time of Pancho Villa. Prior to becoming an author, she worked as an archaeologist and architectural historian in southwest New Mexico for decades. She is also one of the co-authors of Historic Architectural Styles, Las Cruces, N.M.: Celebrating 150 Years. This is her first work of fiction. To receive the Zoom link for this book talk contact library.reference@las-cruces.org

Join us for a Zoom discussion of the feature film Boy (2010). Boy is available via the Library's Kanopy account. Watch the movie and then join us for a zoom discussion. Email bsauer@las-cruces.org if you are interested in participating in the discussion. Boy is a dreamer who loves Michael Jackson. He lives with his brother Rocky, a tribe of deserted cousins and his Nan. Boy's other hero, his father, Alamein, is the subject of Boy's fantasies, and he imagines him as a deep sea diver, war hero and a close relation of Michael Jackson (he can even dance like him). In reality he's "in the can for robbery". When Alamein returns home after seven years away, Boy is forced to confront the man he thought he remembered, find his own potential and learn to get along without the hero he had been hoping for.

Join Branigan Library in discussing what people are currently reading. For more information or to obtain the link to the online meeting, contact the Reference Librarian at calee@las-cruces.org.

Watch episodes 13 through 16 of the Great Course series Food: A Cultural Culinary History on Kanopy, the Library's new streaming service. Then join us online for the discussion. For additional information, go to https://wakelet.com/wake/djWDJCUjJ8uJndTE-7h_A. To join the discussion, email dduffy@las-cruces.org for the Zoom credentials.

Join Branigan Library in discussing what people are currently reading. For more information or to obtain the link to the online meeting, contact the Reference Librarian at calee@las-cruces.org.

Branigan Library is starting a BOOK CLUB for teens ages 13 to 17! The first book we will read and discuss is a Graphic Novel titled "Nimona" by Noelle Stevenson. You must register for the program to get a copy of the book for September and the zoom login information - space is limited. The book club will meet for the first time on September 25th, at 4:00. Call 575-528-4225 or email library.childrens@las-cruces.org to register.

Thomas Branigan Memorial Library introduces the new Climate Reads Book Club. The book club is part of a national community of readers and writers participating in a year-long reading and discussion of books shedding light on the climate crisis and environmental justice. The project was created by the Brooklyn Public Library and Writers Rebel NYC. Las Cruces will host a local discussion with the first being held on Zoom on Tuesday, September 29th at 6 p.m. The kickoff book for September is Octavia Butler’s "Parable of the Sower". Copies of each monthly book will be available for checkout both in print and as an ebook. To be added to the Zoom invite list for the monthly discussion contact bsauer@las-cruces.org.

Join us for a Zoom discussion of the feature film Ex Libris. Watch the movie and then join us for a zoom discussion. Email bsauer@las-cruces.org if you are interested in participating in the discussion. Frederick Wiseman's new film EX LIBRIS goes behind the scenes of one of the greatest knowledge institutions in the world and reveals it as a place of welcoming cultural exchange and learning. With 92 locations throughout Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island, the library is committed to being a resource for all the inhabitants of this multifaceted and cosmopolitan city, and beyond.