April Events at FLPL

Local photographer Robert Rausch visited Cuba mid-December on assignment for The New York Times. Some of the photographs from his visit were featured in the NYT in January; however, those images only illustrated part of the rich culture and experience that Robert captured while in Cuba.

Join us at Florence-Lauderdale Public Library for a photography slideshow and talk from Robert Rausch. See images beyond the few that made it to publication.

Robert Rausch is a Clio award-winning photographer who is the owner and founder of the GAS Design Center in Tuscumbia. In addition to the NYT, his photography can also be seen in Southern Living, Travel & Leisure, Garden and Gun, and Food and Wine. He is also an Adjunct Instructor of Art at the University of North Alabama.

This event is presented by Florence-Lauderdale Public Library in association with Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts. For more information, call 256-764-6564, ext. 28.

How to Meditate: Mastering Your Inner Thoughts
with Danielle Snoddy of Shoals Yoga
Tuesday, April 12, 6:00 pm
Florence-Lauderdale Public Library
Getting to know the ‘here and now’ could be the key to a calmer, healthier, and happier you. Danielle Snoddy, owner and teacher at Shoals Yoga, will guide you through a free introduction to mindfulness meditation. When you first begin to practice mindfulness, you will find your mind racing from this memory to that moment. But mindfulness meditation teaches you to observe, and to learn to change the way you relate to your inner thoughts Therein lies the route to better and more peaceful mental health. In a world of no stillness, even a little calm goes a long way. Everyone welcome. For more information, call 256-764-6564, ext. 28.

Local author Renea Simpson will be at FLPL to sell and sign copies of her book Simpsonly the Best Spiritual Truths. 

Most people don’t realize spiritual truth as “love in action.” Simpsonly the Best Spiritual Truths are Renea’s written works of love in action from her perspective.

As God’s Word, the Bible is love in action, and so is everyday living. From morning, when our eyes open, until nighttime, when we retire to bed and close our eyes for sleep, we are accountable for all the hours in between. So the question is, in those hours, did our behavior and our words show love, or did they show hate? At the end of the day, only we can give an honest analysis of ourselves, for all is accounted of by God.

For more information on this book signing, call 256-764-6564, ext. 28