Category: Friends News
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At the Library – March 2024
Kim Rinaldi, Senior Branch Manager Hello Friends! I was checking our weather forecast today and noticed that, as we head into March, we will finally say goodbye to the unseasonably cold spell and warm back up to our typical island temps. And with spring in bloom this month, it’s the perfect time to enjoy your…
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Speakers in February Drew Capacity Audiences…and Then There Was the Gala!
The Friends continued to offer a remarkable roster of speakers during February, delighting standing-room only audiences. Ann Beattie kicked off the month’s programs on February 5 with a discussion of her recent short story collection, Onlookers, which focuses on the idealic town of Charlottesville, Virginia, where she lives, after white nationalists held a rally there…
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Book Sales Promote Important Outreach Efforts
In an effort to promote literacy, the Friends’ Book Sales receive and recycle hundreds of books to groups within the local community — notably, children’s books for childcare centers, large print for MARC (The Monroe County Association for ReMARCable Citizens) readers, and elementary school books for Boys & Girls Club readers. Through these donated books,…
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Marsha Williams Honored as Volunteer of the Year by the CFFK
For her service to the Friends of the Key West Library, our own Marsha Williams was among those honored on February 2, 2024, by the Community Foundation for the Florida Keys at its annual Unsung Heroes Luncheon, which recognizes volunteerism, at the Marriott Beachside Hotel. Williams was a Friends board member from 2013 to 2020,…
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Message from the President
Be Our Valentine! Happy February, Friends! Your Friends’ board has been operating at warp speed for the last several months. In January, the book sales committee threw a fabulous sale. (Members can come a half hour early for best selection.) For the last three Mondays, the authors arranged by our Speakers’ Series committee have given…
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The Judy Blume Talk and Annual Gala are Sold Out…Join the Waitlist
Gala tickets and Talk Only tickets for the Friends event on February 19, are sold out. We’re looking forward to the discussion with Judy Blume and Pat Scales and to drinks and nibbles under the lights in our beautiful Palm Garden. If you meant to sign up for either the Talk Only or the Talk…
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At the Library – February 2024
by Kim Rinaldi, Senior Branch Manager Hello Friends! Season is in full swing at the Key West Library and I have so much to tell you! I will ask that you visit our website at www.keyslibraries.org for information on our events in February – which are abundant and awesome! No time for that? Simply signup…
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Friends Historian Betty Darst Draws SRO Crowd for Talk on Amelia Earhart
It has been more than 86 years since celebrity pilot Amelia Earhart disappeared from the skies leaving her “forever 39” years old. Friends Historian Betty Darst recently shared stories of the people Amelia met, including Orville Wright. For her presentation, Darst visited the Amelia Earhart archives at Purdue, where she had been invited to do a…
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“Music in the Palm Garden” Brings Artists from All Over the World
The Key West Library’s first “Music in the Palm Garden” concert was just over eight years ago, and we’ve been fortunate to have artists from all over the United States (and one act from Finland) play in our pastoral Palm Garden. In January, the library hosted the Daniel Bennett Group, a trio from New York…
