The presenter will provide an introduction to the e-book, audiobook, and streaming services offered through the Athens Regional Library System, including Libby and Hoopla. Attendees are encouraged to bring their personal devices. If assistance is needed to download the apps, please plan to arrive early for the class.

Learning to play Mahjong seems daunting, but it really isn’t. Designed for the total beginner, this class will introduce participants to the American version of the game and provide some background on the history of Mahjong. Included are the basics of the game and National Mahjong League rules. Attendees will gain the confidence to join a group and play regularly.

Jonathan Swift is best known as the author of the sharply satirical Gulliver's Travels, but he was also a poet. Among his most interesting poetic works is a series of birthday poems addressed to his longtime friend and companion, Esther Johnson, whom he called Stella. The poems, focused on friendship and the passage of time, range in tone from the gently satirical to the deeply heartfelt. This class will provide biographical background against which to read and interpret several of these poems as they reveal the emotional side of the typically-acerbic Swift.