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SUMMARY:Book Club
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/book-club-7-2024-12-07-2025-01-04/
LOCATION:Clausen Cabin\, 3629 Main Street\, Ester\, 99725
CATEGORIES:Announcements,Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250125T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250125T160000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250111T224238Z
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SUMMARY:Children's Book Club
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/childrens-book-club-2-2025-01-25/
LOCATION:Clausen Cabin\, 3629 Main Street\, Ester\, 99725
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250201T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250201T163000
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CREATED:20240620T031016Z
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UID:7061-1738422000-1738427400@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Blue Highways\, A Journey into America\, by William Least Heat Moon \nHailed as a masterpiece of American travel writing\, Blue Highways is an unforgettable journey along our nation’s backroads.\n\nWilliam Least Heat-Moon set out with little more than the need to put home behind him and a sense of curiosity about “those little towns that get on the map — if they get on at all — only because some cartographer has a blank space to fill: Remote\, Oregon; Simplicity\, Virginia; New Freedom\, Pennsylvania; New Hope\, Tennessee; Why\, Arizona; Whynot\, Mississippi.” \nHis adventures\, his discoveries\, and his recollections of the extraordinary people he encountered along the way amount to a revelation of the true American experience.
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/book-club-7-2024-12-07-2025-02-01/
LOCATION:Clausen Cabin\, 3629 Main Street\, Ester\, 99725
CATEGORIES:Announcements,Events
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CREATED:20241130T042850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250111T224051Z
UID:7172-1739025000-1739026800@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Children's Book Club
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/childrens-book-club-2025-02-08/
LOCATION:Clausen Cabin\, 3629 Main Street\, Ester\, 99725
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250222T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250222T160000
DTSTAMP:20250111T223957Z
CREATED:20240101T215150Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250111T223957Z
UID:7200-1740229200-1740240000@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Open hours
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/open-hours-16-2025-02-22/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250227T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250227T190000
DTSTAMP:20250111T223828Z
CREATED:20240306T191828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250111T223828Z
UID:7104-1740672000-1740682800@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Open Hours
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/open-hours-geb-program-specialist-2025-02-27/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250301T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250301T163000
DTSTAMP:20250111T223533Z
CREATED:20240620T031016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250111T223533Z
UID:7305-1740841200-1740846600@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Siddhartha\, by Herman Hesse \nWhen Herman Hesse visited India in the early days of the 20th century\, he was captivated by the people\, their customs\, their culture\, and their religion. On returning to Germany\, he wrote a masterpiece on a young man’s search for identity and meaning in a civilization that has lost its way. Loosely based on the early life of the Buddha\, the book documents the journey of self-discovery and spiritual awakening of a character called Siddhartha. \nThe name Siddhartha was the one the Buddha was known by before his renunciation. Siddhartha in Sanskrit is translated as “Siddha” (achieved) and “artha” (what was searched for). The novel follows Siddhartha from a life of comfort of privilege to his quest for truth in a world plagued by sorrow and suffering. \nThe themes of Siddhartha are universal in that they are an account of a young person’s search for meaning — one that all readers can relate to. As Hesse skillfully takes us on a journey\, he uses his poetic prose to challenge our preconceived notions of what a spiritual life and meaningful self-enrichment entail. Blind adherence to all systems of belief is shunned in favor of living in the moment and appreciating its ever-changing nature. Generations of readers have and will continue to find wisdom in the pages of Siddhartha.
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/book-club-7-2024-12-07-2025-01-04-2025-03-01/
LOCATION:Clausen Cabin\, 3629 Main Street\, Ester\, 99725
CATEGORIES:Announcements,Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250422T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250422T190000
DTSTAMP:20250422T003739Z
CREATED:20250422T003739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T003739Z
UID:7720-1745337600-1745348400@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Open Hours
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/open-hours-10/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250423T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250423T200000
DTSTAMP:20250422T002543Z
CREATED:20250422T002543Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T002543Z
UID:7714-1745433000-1745438400@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Board of Directors Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Planning meeting for Spring Fundraiser
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/board-of-directors-meeting-2/
CATEGORIES:Board,Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Syrilyn Tong":MAILTO:president@esterlibrary.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250427T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250427T180000
DTSTAMP:20250531T035321Z
CREATED:20250422T004413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250531T035321Z
UID:7723-1745769600-1745776800@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Writing Circle
DESCRIPTION:Join us for some quiet time.
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/writing-circle-3-2/
LOCATION:Clausen Cabin\, 3629 Main Street\, Ester\, 99725
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250428T183000
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DTSTAMP:20250422T002701Z
CREATED:20250422T002701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T002701Z
UID:7716-1745865000-1745872200@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Board of Directors Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/board-of-directors-meeting-3/
CATEGORIES:Board
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250429T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250429T190000
DTSTAMP:20250531T235722Z
CREATED:20250531T235721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250531T235722Z
UID:7796-1745938800-1745953200@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Knit Night and Open Hours
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/knit-night-and-open-hours-2/
LOCATION:Clausen Cabin\, 3629 Main Street\, Ester\, 99725
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250501T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250501T190000
DTSTAMP:20250422T011555Z
CREATED:20250422T011555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T011555Z
UID:7729-1746115200-1746126000@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Open Hours
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/open-hours-19/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250503T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250503T163000
DTSTAMP:20250422T011932Z
CREATED:20250422T011932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T011932Z
UID:7733-1746284400-1746289800@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Adult Book Club
DESCRIPTION:We’ll be discussing James\, by Percival Everett. \nWhen the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans\, separated from his wife and daughter forever\, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile\, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father\, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know\, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond. \nWhile many narrative set pieces of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain in place (floods and storms\, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river’s banks\, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin…)\, Jim’s agency\, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light. \nBrimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a “literary icon” (Oprah Daily)\, and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime\, James is destined to be a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature.
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/adult-book-club/
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250503T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250503T230000
DTSTAMP:20250422T011252Z
CREATED:20250422T011252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T011252Z
UID:7725-1746298800-1746313200@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Spring FUNdRAISER
DESCRIPTION:Come on out to the Library’s annual Spring FUNdRAISER!  7:00 PM-11:00 PM\, Saturday May 3\, 2025 at the Golden Eagle Saloon. \nWe’ll have a live band\, lots of things to auction off (silent auction)\, such as a round trip fly and drive tour to the Arctic Circle\, a Stan Stephens cruise to Meares Glacier\, Alaska Railroad tickets\, restaurants\, and much\, much more!
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/spring-fundraiser/
LOCATION:Golden Eagle Saloon\, 3530 Main Steet\, Fairbanks\, 99709\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Fundraising
ORGANIZER;CN="Syrilyn Tong":MAILTO:president@esterlibrary.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250504T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250504T180000
DTSTAMP:20250422T012127Z
CREATED:20250422T012127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T012127Z
UID:7735-1746374400-1746381600@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Writing Circle/Open hours
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/writing-circle-open-hours/
LOCATION:Clausen Cabin\, 3629 Main Street\, Ester\, 99725
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250506T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250506T190000
DTSTAMP:20250422T013253Z
CREATED:20250422T013253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T013253Z
UID:7741-1746543600-1746558000@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Knit Night/Open Hours
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/knit-night-open-hours/
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250508T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250508T190000
DTSTAMP:20250422T013719Z
CREATED:20250422T013719Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T013719Z
UID:7747-1746720000-1746730800@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Open Hours
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/open-hours-22/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250510T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250510T160000
DTSTAMP:20250422T013406Z
CREATED:20250422T013406Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T013406Z
UID:7744-1746882000-1746892800@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Open Hours
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/open-hours-21/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250510T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250510T160000
DTSTAMP:20250422T013952Z
CREATED:20250422T013952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T013952Z
UID:7750-1746887400-1746892800@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Children's Book Club
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/childrens-book-club-3/
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250524T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250524T160000
DTSTAMP:20250422T014054Z
CREATED:20250422T014054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T014054Z
UID:7753-1748097000-1748102400@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Children's Book Club
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/childrens-book-club-4/
CATEGORIES:Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250604T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250604T190000
DTSTAMP:20250603T202451Z
CREATED:20250603T202451Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250603T202451Z
UID:7800-1749056400-1749063600@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Open Hours
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/open-hours-20/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250607T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250607T163000
DTSTAMP:20250422T014336Z
CREATED:20250422T014336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T014336Z
UID:7756-1749308400-1749313800@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Adult Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Title to be announced!
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/adult-book-club-2/
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250802T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250802T163000
DTSTAMP:20250803T055525Z
CREATED:20250803T055525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250803T055525Z
UID:7847-1754146800-1754152200@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Adult Book Club
DESCRIPTION:This month’s selection: Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide\, by Nicholas D. Kristof \nFrom Amazon: With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides\, we undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia to meet the extraordinary women struggling there\, among them a Cambodian teenager sold into sex slavery and an Ethiopian woman who suffered devastating injuries in childbirth. Drawing on the breadth of their combined reporting experience\, Kristof and WuDunn depict our world with anger\, sadness\, clarity\, and\, ultimately\, hope. \nThey show how a little help can transform the lives of women and girls abroad. That Cambodian girl eventually escaped from her brothel and\, with assistance from an aid group\, built a thriving retail business that supports her family. The Ethiopian woman had her injuries repaired and in time became a surgeon. A Zimbabwean mother of five\, counseled to return to school\, earned her doctorate and became an expert on AIDS. \nThrough these stories\, Kristof and WuDunn help us see that the key to economic progress lies in unleashing women’s potential. They make clear how so many people have helped to do just that\, and how we can each do our part. Throughout much of the world\, the greatest unexploited economic resource is the female half of the population. Countries such as China have prospered precisely because they emancipated women and brought them into the formal economy. Unleashing that process globally is not only the right thing to do; it’s also the best strategy for fighting poverty. \nDeeply felt\, pragmatic\, and inspirational\, Half the Sky is essential reading for every global citizen.
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/adult-book-club-3/
LOCATION:Clausen Cabin\, 3629 Main Street\, Ester\, 99725
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250805T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250805T190000
DTSTAMP:20250803T060122Z
CREATED:20250803T060121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250803T060122Z
UID:7853-1754409600-1754420400@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Knit Night/Open Hours
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/knit-night-open-hours-2/
CATEGORIES:Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250807T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250807T200000
DTSTAMP:20250803T055825Z
CREATED:20250803T055825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250803T055825Z
UID:7850-1754589600-1754596800@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Paint-in
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for an adult paint workshop!
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/paint-in/
LOCATION:Clausen Cabin\, 3629 Main Street\, Ester\, 99725
CATEGORIES:Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250825T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250825T203000
DTSTAMP:20250803T061610Z
CREATED:20250803T061610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250803T061610Z
UID:7863-1756146600-1756153800@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Monthly Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/monthly-board-meeting/
LOCATION:Clausen Cabin\, 3629 Main Street\, Ester\, 99725
CATEGORIES:Board,Meetings
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250904T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250904T200000
DTSTAMP:20250902T195250Z
CREATED:20250902T195250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250902T195250Z
UID:7876-1757008800-1757016000@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Adult paint workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join us for some fun times painting whatever your heart desires!
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/adult-paint-workshop/
LOCATION:Clausen Cabin\, 3629 Main Street\, Ester\, 99725
CATEGORIES:Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250906T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250906T160000
DTSTAMP:20250902T204122Z
CREATED:20250803T060453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250902T204122Z
UID:7855-1757170800-1757174400@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Adult Book Club
DESCRIPTION:The Sisters Brothers\, by Patrick deWitt \nFrom Amazon: \nHermann Kermit Warm is going to die. The enigmatic and powerful man known only as the Commodore has ordered it\, and his henchmen\, Eli and Charlie Sisters\, will make sure of it. Though Eli doesn’t share his brother’s appetite for whiskey and killing\, he’s never known anything else. But their prey isn’t an easy mark\, and on the road from Oregon City to Warm’s gold-mining claim outside Sacramento\, Eli begins to question what he does for a living-and whom he does it for. \nWith The Sisters Brothers\, Patrick deWitt pays homage to the classic Western\, transforming it into an unforgettable comic tour de force. Filled with a remarkable cast of characters-losers\, cheaters\, and ne’er-do-wells from all stripes of life-and told by a complex and compelling narrator\, it is a violent\, lustful odyssey through the underworld of the 1850s frontier that beautifully captures the humor\, melancholy\, and grit of the Old West and two brothers bound by blood\, violence\, and love.
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/adult-book-club-4/
LOCATION:Clausen Cabin\, 3629 Main Street\, Ester\, 99725
CATEGORIES:Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250906T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20250906T170000
DTSTAMP:20250902T210015Z
CREATED:20250902T210015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250902T210015Z
UID:7892-1757174400-1757178000@www.esterlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Lynda Sather\, local author\, presentation
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin us to hear local author Lynda Sather talk about her latest book\,” A Smack of Jellyfish: Fear\, Fish and Finding Yourself in Alaska”\, a coming-of-age story about a young woman experiencing Petersburg\, Alaska for the first time in 1973. \nThis will be a 20-minute talk about her book\, and the process of writing fiction versus memoir\, followed by a Q & A session afterwards. \nHere is more of a description of the book: \nA Smack of Jellyfish \n 
URL:https://www.esterlibrary.org/event/lynda-sather-local-author-presentation/
CATEGORIES:Announcements,Events
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