Programs for Wednesday, April 17th, 2024

1. Mobile Library - YMCA Stop - 10:00 AM
   Mobile Library
   Bookmobile (1)
   YMCA of Coastal Carolina
   5000 Claire Chapin Epps Drive
   Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
   
2. Storytime at Futrell Park - 10:30 AM
   Futrell Park
   McLeod Playground (1)
   
   Storytime at Futrell Park
   For children of all ages
   Meet at designated location for stories, songs, and music.
3. Mobile Library - Pepper Geddings Recreation Center Stop - 12:00 PM
   Mobile Library
   Bookmobile (1)
   Pepper Geddings Recreation Center
   3205 N. Oak Street
   Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
4. Mobile Library - Racepath Community Center Stop - 2:00 PM
   Mobile Library
   Bookmobile (1)
   Racepath Community Center
   1688 Racepath Street
   Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
5. Through the Lens of Time - 2:00 PM
   Chapin Memorial Library
   Non-Fiction Area (102)
   Through the Lens of Time: Myrtle Beach History
   Various Wednesdays • 2:00pm • Admission Free
   
   
   Apr. 17: John Skeeter
   May 15: Bo Bryan
   
   
   Join us for a local history series featuring first-hand recollections from long-time Myrtle Beach area residents. Seating is on a first come, first served basis. The series will be live-streamed via our Friends of Chapin Memorial Library Facebook page. Registration not required.
6. Kids Cooking - 4:00 PM
   Chapin Memorial Library
   Main Meeting Room (101)
   
   Kids Cooking
   In this program, students will use the Charlie Cart classroom kitchen to learn how farmers make predictions about the best time to plant produce and create delicious avocado toast!   
7. Virtual Author Talk with Xochitl Gonzalez - 8:00 PM
   Online
   Streamed Event (1)
   A Literary Examination of Power, Love, and Art with Xochitl Gonzalez
   Wednesday, April 17th • 8:00pm • Ages: Adult 18+
   Online event • Registration required
   
   Click here to register for this online event!
   
   We cannot wait for you to join us as we chat with award-winning and bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez about her newest novel Anita de Monte Laughs Last.
   
   Anita de Monte Laughs Last is a propulsive, witty examination of power, love, and art, daring to ask who gets to be remembered and who is left behind in the rarefied world of the elite. In 1985 Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn’t. By 1998 Anita’s name had been all but forgotten―certainly by the time Raquel, a third-year art history student was preparing her final thesis. On College Hill, surrounded by privileged students whose futures are already paved out for them, Raquel feels like an outsider. Students of color, like her, are the minority there, and the pressure to work twice as hard for the same opportunities is no secret. But when Raquel becomes romantically involved with a well-connected older art student, she finds herself unexpectedly rising up the social ranks. As she attempts to straddle both worlds, she stumbles upon Anita’s story, raising questions about the dynamics of her own relationship, which eerily mirrors that of the forgotten artist.
   
   Moving back and forth through time and told from the perspectives of both Anita and Raquel, this is sure a novel (and a conversation) that you don’t want to miss. Register now!
   
   About the Author: Xochitl Gonzalez is the New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies Dreaming. Named Best of 2022 by The New York Times, TIME, Kirkus, Washington Post, and NPR, Olga Dies Dreaming was the winner of the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize in Fiction and the New York City Book Award. Gonzalez is a 2021 MFA graduate from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Her nonfiction work has been published in Elle Decor, Allure, Vogue, Real Simple, and The Cut. Her commentary writing for The Atlantic was recognized as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A native Brooklynite and proud public school graduate, Gonzalez holds a BA from Brown University and lives in her hometown of Brooklyn with her dog, Hectah Lavoe.