LOTS OF LIBRARY TODAY: FOREIGN POLICY TO HEALTH SCREENING

Foreign Policy Association Great Decisions Discussion Program

Wednesday, September 14

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

This fall, Maplewood Library will be hosting Great Decisions, America’s largest discussion program on world affairs. Participants read the materials provided and meet to discuss the most critical global issues facing America today. There will be 8 discussion meetings on Wednesday mornings from September 14 to November 9. Participants are expected to attend all sessions. Discussion Program materials will be provided by the library. Open to all. 
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Participants need to make a serious commitment to reading the material provided as well as the supplementary articles available online.
Space is limited. To register, please email dakaslow@comcast.net
For more information go to www.fpa.org/great_decisions/

Hilton Baby Lit

11:00 am – 11:30 am

Hilton Branch * Ages Birth – 2 1/2 * Drop In

Hilton Free Adult Health Screening

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Hilton Branch -Blood pressure and carotid bruit screening,  medication, weight & health counseling, Free and open to adults 18 and over. Staffed by Maplewood Health Dept. nurses. For an appointment, call 973-762-8120 ext. 4300.  Drop-ins are also welcome.

Read Around the World: Vietnam

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Main Library – Explore thought-provoking fiction from around the globe. Our Read Around the World book club meets once a month to discuss titles from foreign locales.  All titles are available from Maplewood Library or through the BCCLS consortium.
This month’s selection is The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen.  The winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, The Sympathizer is a blistering exploration of identity, politics, and America, wrought in electric prose. The narrator, a Vietnamese army captain, is a man of divided loyalties, a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist sleeper agent in America after the end of the Vietnam War. A powerful story of love and friendship, and a gripping espionage novel, The Sympathizer examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature, film, and the wars we fight today.