Lafayette Reads Together 2020

Get a copy of Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

• Free copies of the book, donated by the Lafayette Public Library Foundation, will be available at all public library branches beginning Monday, January 13.

Join the Facebook group/online discussion

• Facebook.com/groups/LafayetteReadsTogether

Join LPL's virtual Dry book club on Goodreads

• LafayettePublicLibrary.org/yavirtualbookclub

An Evening with Author Neal Shusterman

• Tuesday, February 11 (Ages 12 & up)
  • Main Library, 6:15-7:30 PM

Shadow of Drought (film screening and discussion)

• Thursday, February 13 (Ages 14 & up)
  • South Regional, 6:30-7:30 PM
• Tuesday, March 3 (Ages 14 & up)
  • Main Library, 6:30-7:30 PM

Book Club discussions on Dry

• Sunday, February 16 (Ages 21 & up)
  • The Tap Room, 1:00-2:30 PM
• Wednesday, February 19
  • North Regional, 1:30-2:30 PM
• Saturday, February 29(Ages 14 & up)
  • Carpe Diem! Gelato, 2:00-3:00 PM

Create your own paracord bracelet

• Tuesday, January 21 (Ages 12-18)
  • North Regional, 3:30-5:00 PM
• Thursday, February 6 (Ages 12-18)
  • West Regional, 4:00-5:30 PM
• Wednesday, February 19 (Ages 12-18)
  • Main Library, 4:30-5:30 PM

Arduino water level sensor

• Friday, January 24 (Ages 12 & up)
  • Main Library, 4:30-6:00 PM

Outdoor survival movies

• Thursday, February 6 Jeremiah Johnson (Ages 12 & up)
  • Main Library, 6:00-8:00 PM
• Thursday, February 20 Limbo (Ages 12 & up)
  • Main Library, 6:00-8:00 PM
• Thursday, February 27 The Revenant (Ages 12 & up)
  • Main Library, 6:00-8:30 PM

Desalination station

• Friday, February 7 (Ages 12 & up)
  • Main Library, 4:00-6:00 PM
• Tuesday, March 3 (Ages 12 & up)
  • North Regional, 3:00-5:00 PM

Survival challenge

• Monday, February 17 (Ages 14 ;& up)
  • South Regional, 5:00-8:00 PM
• Thursday, February 27 (Ages 14 & up)
  • North Regional, 1:00-4:00 PM
• Monday, March 2 (Ages 14 & up)
  • West Regional, 4:00-7:30 PM
• Tuesday, March 3 (Ages 14 & up)
  • Main Library, 5:00-08:30 PM
• Thursday, March 5 (Ages 14 & up)
  • East Regional, 4:00-7:30 PM

Backyard foraging

• Saturday, March 14 (Ages 12 & up)
  • ​North Regional, 2:00-3:00 PM

Tiny air plant pot

• Monday, February 3 (Ages 14 & up)
  • Main Library, 6:00-8:00 PM

Drone school

• Thursday, January 30 (Ages 12-18)
  • South Regional, 4:30-6:00 PM
• Wednesday, February 5 (Ages 12-18)
  • Main Library, 4:30-6:00 PM

Architecture and sustainability (panel discussion)

• Wednesday, February 5 (Adult)
  • Hilliard Art Museum, 6:00-8:00 PM

Wilderness survival 101

• Wednesday, March 4 (Ages 12 & up)
  • Main Library, 6:00 PM

Drought-proof your yard

• Saturday, March 7 (Ages 18 & up)
  • West Regional, 2:00-3:00 PM

Dehydrated foods

• Wednesday, March 11 (Ages 13 & up)
  • South Regional, 5:30 PM

LRT student art at ArtWalk

• Saturday, March 14
  • Acadiana Center for the Arts, 6:00 PM