Once again, Fleet Week is at the library! Get ready to get your nautical on as we have events and programs ready to test your knowledge and excitement about guys that live on boats.
Most of our events this week are geared toward helping you understand what life is like on a ship for long stretches of time. We're having a YMCA dance party, cooking navy beans for all that good protein, and mixology with actual sailors! Speaking of actual sailors, we have "Dancing" Robert Gouchet and Andy Turner from the shrimp boat "Taco's Revenge" to answer all your questions Wednesday evening.
Continuing into the weekend, we are having a remote control air and watercraft show. Look out, Top Gun, the skies and bayous around the library will be full of high flying naval action.
Let's get navy on shore leave!
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Events at the Library
Fleet Week Story Time
Mon-Fri, 12pm, 3pm, 5pm - Join children's librarian Natalie as she leads you through songs like "What Would You Do With a Drunken Sailor" and books such as "Death From Above: The Horror of Pearl Harbor."
YMCA Dance Party
Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 4pm - Get ready for an afternoon of making letters with your arms as we spend two hours singing the greatest song of all time, "YMCA," while moving our bodies.
Sailor Q&A
Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 1pm - Veterans "Dancing" Robert Gouchet and Andy Turner from the shrimp boat "Taco's Revenge" will be available to answer all your questions about love, life, and war.
Elmore Leonard Book Club: Unknown Man #89 (1974)
Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 6pm - Jack Ryan gets involved in a money making scheme that goes horribly wrong in this slow burn crime drama as we continue our series on Elmore Leonard's bibliography.
Fleet Week Mixology Class
Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 6pm - Learn to mix drinks using materials sourced from military and maritime vessels like the "Oily Pete" and the "One Who Brung Ya." Please drink in moderation or we have been warned you may wake up on a ship.
Teen Program: Cooking Navy Beans
Thursday, Oct. 15 at 4pm - Ever gotten home before your parents and wanted to cook a delicious meal? Join us Thursday afternoon to learn all about the most nautical legume of them all.
RC Air Show
Saturday, Oct. 17 at 10am - Professionals from Remote Power will be here with miniature high flying fun!
RC Boat Show
Saturday, Oct. 17 at 2pm - Professionals from Remote Power will be here with miniature wave riding fun!
Teen Movie: Under Siege (1992)
Saturday, Oct. 17 at 5pm - Steven Segal stars in this stupid movie that's pretty much Die Hard on a boat, but Tommy Lee Jones is having a blast! For the kids.
Adult Movie: A Few Good Men (1992)
Saturday, Oct. 17 at 7pm - Love the show JAG? You'll fucking love this shit starring everyone in Hollywood.
Battleship Contest
Sunday, Oct. 18 at 12pm - Do you have a battleship you think can defeat all comers? Bring it down to the library come Sunday and get ready for war.
Coming next week: Horror from the Woods!
Preteen: Running in the Woods, Oct 20 at 4pm
How to be an Old Coot, Oct 21 at 1pm
Teen Book Club: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Oct 21 at 6pm
How to Make Your Own Pet Cemetary, Oct 21 at 6pm
Teens: Smoking Pot, Drinking Beer, and Having Sex: Fun at Camp Mass Acre, Oct 22 at 4pm
Cave Diving Secrets with Critter Bob, Oct 24 at 10am
Gardening When Plants Get Violent, Oct 24 at 2pm
Teen Movie: Grizzly (1976), Oct 24 at 5pm
Adult Movie: The Killing of Jacob Marr (2010), Oct 24 at 7pm
Parents: When Your Kid Really Likes Corn, Oct 25 at 12pm
Circulation Station
What we've been reading/watching
Rosemary's Baby (1974) - Classic movie directed by a predator, get your spooky season started with this apartment horror meant to ask the question: babies ew?
Verity (2026) - Too tame to be interesting, too weird to be unseen.
Islands (2025) - A noir murder mystery hiding a reflection on lonliness and empty promises.
One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot (2021) by Marianne Cronin - a beautiful little story built on reflection and loss. You will cry.
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (DC Comics, 2022) - Fuck yeah, this gorgeous art deco take on True Grit deserves to be held in your hand.
King Sorrow (2025) by Joe Hill - A too-long yet engaging tale of friendship and fighting dragons.
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Tech Serv's Stewpot
Could be a recipe or a random rant from a crazy person shoved in the back of the library and left alone too long! Probably both.
Back in my day I had me some sailors on fleet week. Met them in a bar down by the docks. Place called the Yellow Fin. Used to invite those boys back to my place for a game of adrenaline rush. That's when you put a knife to your sensitive parts and take shots until someone falls over.
Anyway, the best way to cook beans is in a pot over heat until they are ready.