@Body.8 Days Head: LITERARY EVENTS

ALLENTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY

1210 Hamilton St., Allentown. 610-820-2400

Doll Display of Harriet Backenstoe and Dorothy Knauss, Dec. 2 - 30

William Allen High School Chorale, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Dec. 12

Used Book Sale, Dec. 16 - 21

Adult Winter Reading Program, Jan. 2 - Feb. 28

Vellamo, 2 p.m. Jan. 11

Lap-sit Story Time, 10 a.m. Thursdays: Up to 2-year-olds

Time for Twos, 6 p.m. Wednesdays; 10:15 a.m. Fridays: 2-year-olds

Preschool Story Time, 10 a.m., 6:45 p.m. Wednesdays, 2 p.m. Thursdays: 3- to 5-year-olds

Family Story Time, 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays

@Body.8 Days Head: ARTSQUEST CENTER

Musikfest Café, 101 Founders Way, SteelStacks, Bethlehem. 610-332-3378

Writers' Salon, 7 p.m. Dec. 10

@Body.8 Days Head: BETHLEHEM PUBLIC LIBRARY

11 W. Church St., Bethlehem. 610-867-3761

NaNoWriMo Write-In Saturdays, 1 p.m. Nov. 30

Back Porch Stories, noon Mondays

Infant Story Time, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays

Family Story Time, 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays

Preschool Story and Craft, 2 p.m. Thursday

Toddlers at Play: Family Place Play Group, 11 a.m. Fridays

Homework Help, Reading Practice, 4 - 6 p.m. Monday - Thursday

@Body.8 Days Head: EMMAUS PUBLIC LIBRARY

11 E. Main St., Emmaus. 610-965-9284

Stars and Rainbows Story Time, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays: Ages 3, 4

@Body.8 Days Head: LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE

4525 Education Park Drive, Schnecksville. 610-799-2121

Sorina Higgins, 6 p.m. Dec. 5, Room 144, Science Hall: "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" lecture

@Body.8 Days Head: LEHIGH COUNTY SENIOR CENTER

1633 Elm St., Allentown. 610-437-3700

Current Events Discussion Group, 2 p.m. Thursdays

@Body.8 Days Head: LUTHER CREST

800 Hausman Road, South Whitehall Township. 610-398-8011

Shared Wisdom Discussion Group, 3:30 p.m. Thursdays

@Body.8 Days Head: LOWER MACUNGIE LIBRARY

3450 Brookside Road, Macungie. 610-966-6864

Baby Lap-sit, 9:30 a.m. Fridays

Ones Story Time, 10:30 a.m. Fridays

2s Story Time, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. Thursdays

3s Story Time, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays

4s Story Time, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays

@Body.8 Days Head: MORAVIAN BOOK SHOP

428 Main St., Bethlehem. 610-866-5481

Brad Hackett, noon Nov. 29: "If All I Had to Do Was Coach" book-signing

Evan Burian, 1 p.m. Nov. 29: "Ancient Rivals and Thanksgiving Day Football," "Football Legends of Pennsylvania" book-signings

Nathaniel Popkin, 6 - 8 p.m. Nov. 29: "Lion and Leopard" book-signing

Josh Berk, John Grogan, Alissa Gross, Kay Winters, 1 p.m. Nov. 30: "Indie Bound Indies First! Author Event"

Anna Maria Caldara, 2 p.m. Nov. 30: "Lenape Culture in Stone and Wood" book-signing

Kids' Story Time Book & Cookie Club, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays

@Body.8 Days Head: MORAVIAN COLLEGE

Main and Church streets, Bethlehem. 610-861-1300

Stephanie Powell Watts, 8 p.m. Dec. 4: "The State of the American Short Story" lecture, reading, discussion

@Body.8 Days Head: MORAVIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

Bahnson Center, 1200 Main St., Bethlehem. 610-861-1516

Unpacking the Scriptures: Discipleship, 6 - 9 p.m. Jan. 9, 16, 23, 30. Registration required

Ministry Journeys of the New Testament, 9 a.m. - noon Jan. 11, 18, 25, Feb. 1. Registration required

@Body.8 Days Head: PARKLAND COMMUNITY LIBRARY

4422 Walbert Avenue, Allentown. 610-398-1361

Family Story Time, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays

Preschool Story Time, 1 p.m. Thursdays

Drop In Story Time, 10:30 a.m. Fridays

@Body.8 Days Head: WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY

3700 Mechanicsville Road, Whitehall. 610-432-4339

Hanukkah Sand Art, 4 p.m. Dec. 2

Adult Book Discussion, 1 p.m. Dec. 3

Holiday Family Story Time and Craft, 11 a.m., 7 p.m. Dec. 4

World War II Army Nurse, 2:30 p.m. Dec. 7

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