Banned Books Book Club – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Staff Conference Room 101 E Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States

The Banned Book Club meets the last Thursday of the month at 12:30. In celebration of Native American Heritage Month the Banned Books Club will be reading, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.   Fourteen-year-old Arnold Spirit Jr.

CANCELED – Spectacular Sci-Fi!

Staff Conference Room 101 E Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States

Join us from 1pm – 2pm to talk about the books that laser-etch themselves onto your temporal lobe and send your circuits into overdrive! Get recommendations from other time-travelers and find your next amazing read! Spectacular Sci-Fi! is part of a new ongoing, rotating speculative fiction book club that meets every third Saturday.

Banned Books Club – American Psycho

Staff Conference Room 101 E Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States

The Banned Book Club meets the last Thursday of the month at 12:30. Bret Easton Ellis’American Psycho is a violent black comedy about a wealthy New Yorker leading a double life as a serial killer.  One of the most controversial and talked-about novels of all time, this cult classic about the darkest side of human nature feels no less shocking and relevant a quarter of a century later.…Learn More

Social Justice Reading Group – The 2024 Presidential Election

Staff Conference Room 101 E Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States

Social Justice Book Group will discuss books related to a topic of local, national or international importance. A librarian will introduce a book on the subject and group members are invited to introduce a book for discussion that they have read. The featured book for October is Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson.…Learn More

Terrifying Tomes!

Staff Conference Room 101 E Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States

Join us from 1pm – 2pm to talk about the books that haunt your grey matter and tingle your spine. Get recommendations from other ghouls and find your next revolting read! Terrifying Tomes! is part of a new ongoing, rotating speculative fiction book club that meets every third Saturday.…Learn More

The Banned Books Club – The House on Mango Street

Staff Conference Room 101 E Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States

The Banned Book Club meets the last Thursday of the month at 12:30. In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, we will read the classic coming of age novel The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. The novel is structured as a series of vignettes that cover a year in the life of Esperanza as she struggles with her identity, her poverty, and her dreams as she observes the people...

Social Justice Reading Group – U.S. Mexico Border

Staff Conference Room 101 E Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States

Social Justice Book Group will discuss books related to a topic of local, national or international importance. A librarian will introduce a book on the subject and group members are invited to introduce a book for discussion that they have read. The featured book for the month of September is The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border by Francisco Cantú.…Learn More

CANCELED – Fantastic Fantasy!

Staff Conference Room 101 E Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States

Join us from 1pm – 2pm to talk about the books that enchant your memory and have you under their spell! Get recommendations from other dragon-slayers and find your next magical read! Fantastic Fantasy! is part of a new ongoing, rotating speculative fiction book club that meets every third Saturday.…Learn More

Murderous Reads

Staff Conference Room 101 E Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States

Mystery Book Discussion - Each month will have a series of books, read any book in the series. We will meet in person AND over Zoom. This month's series is Kathy Reichs Temperance Brennan series. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us05web. zoom. us/j/85114060743?pwd=0yAaDaON16sZRr1YjZS38hbHk954GF.…Learn More

Latiné – X Lit on FILM – The Mambo Kings

Staff Conference Room 101 E Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States

Join us for a film screening of the movie The Mambo Kings, based on the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winning book, "The Mambo Kings Play Sings of Love" by Oscar Hijuelos.  Synopsis: Two brothers from Cuba seek success as musicians in the New York nightclub circuit of the 1950s.…Learn More

Banned Books Book Club – The Virgin Suicides

Staff Conference Room 101 E Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States

The Banned Book Club meets the last Thursday of the month at 12:30.  The Virgin Suicides by Jeffery Eugenides is set in 1970's Detroit during the decline of the auto industry, addresses the impact of economic instability on the mental health of teenagers.…Learn More

Social Justice Reading Group – – The Israeli-Hamas Conflict

Staff Conference Room 101 E Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States

Social Justice Book Group will discuss books related to a topic of local, national or international importance. A librarian will introduce a featured book on the subject and group members are invited to introduce a book for discussion that they have read.…Learn More

Murderous Reads

Staff Conference Room 101 E Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States

Mystery Book Discussion - Each month will have a series of books, read any book in the series. We will meet in person AND over Zoom. This month's series is the Nero Wolfe series by Rex Stout. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us05web. zoom. us/j/85114060743?pwd=0yAaDaON16sZRr1YjZS38hbHk954GF.…Learn More

Banned Books on FILM – The Virgin Suicides

Staff Conference Room 101 E Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States

Join us for a film screening of the movie, based on the banned book The Virgin Suicides, by Jeffery Eugenides.   Synopsis: A moody memory piece about five doomed teenage sisters in 1970s suburbia.  Watch the film trailer HERE.…Learn More

Spectacular Sci-Fi!

Staff Conference Room 101 E Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States

Join us from 1pm – 2pm to talk about the books that laser-etch themselves onto your temporal lobe and send your circuits into overdrive! Get recommendations from other time-travelers and find your next amazing read! Spectacular Sci-Fi! is part of a new ongoing, rotating speculative fiction book club that meets every third Saturday.…Learn More