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Starting a book club? We can help!
Do you belong to a book club? Would you like to start one, but don't know how? If you can gather a small group of interested readers, we can supply free books and some discussion questions you can use as you host your own gatherings! Our current book is "Galapagos" by Hoosier author Kurt Vonnegut, in which a small group of apocalypse survivors stranded on the Galapagos Islands are about to become the progenitors of a brave new human race. Vonnegut's humor, accessible writing style, and Hoosier roots make his work a natural for book club discussion! You could even make it part of your own Granfalloon celebration.
You don't need to be an IU student or faculty member to participate, and you do not need to return the books when you're finished.
Textile Arts Exhibit at Wylie House Museum
A new exhibit is hangin’ around historic Wylie House! If you drive by on 2nd Street, you might see some of the museum’s textiles that represent the creative and feminine aspects of different types of embroidery, crocheting, and cutwork. Come on in if you’d like a closer look! While you’re here, add your own personal flair to the exhibit by contributing to an embroidery square with other members of the community.
This exhibit, created by IU Curatorship Master’s student Lily Jervis, runs at Wylie House Museum through June 18. Selected textiles and the interactive community embroidery will be out on the museum’s upper porch from Wednesday-Saturday during museum hours, 10am-4pm (weather permitting).
Rest and Recharge with IU Libraries!
The Herman B Wells Library extends a special welcome to families accompanying their new IU students to New Student Orientation this summer! In our Rest and Recharge Lounge, within the Learning Commons on the first floor of the West Tower, you can charge your phone, grab a take and make kit, or kick back and relax with a novel from the Undergraduate Browsing Collection.
Or cross the lobby to the Scholars' Commons in the East Tower, where you can find Arbutus yearbooks from past years - if you're an IU alum, see if you can find yourself!
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask us.