Welcome to Der Town

Teens grades 8th through 12th: Are you interested in making an impact on your community? Possible projects include working with library staff to: - Plan library programs for teens - Curate book displays - Assist with social media - Write book or media reviews - Design a literacy-based project for the greater community Why join? - To build leadership skills - To earn community service hours, which is beneficial for - college applications and job resumes - To get to know other teens and library staff in your community - To help make the library a better place for teens - To have a positive impact on our community Meetings are on the first Thursdays of the month from October to March (except Jan 1), with the last meeting on April 9th. Location will alternate between Leavenworth and Peshastin Library.

Music series featuring acoustic instruments, honest vocals, and songs that stay with you long after the last note.

Wolf Land is a film about finding common ground in unlikely places. The team spent 2.5 years documenting the lives of “wolf protecting cowboy” and range rider Daniel Curry and rancher Jerry Francis in the remote wilderness of northeast Washington. Washington has had its share of conflict on this issue, and human/wildlife conflict is a story that's typically told in polarizing extremes. This film's goal was to document two people in the middle of this conflict working together to protect what's most dear to each of them. For Daniel, that is endangered wolves and for Jerry, his cattle and way of life. We hope that this hyperlocal film, produced in the Northwest, has themes of coexistence that can touch audiences with a range of perspectives on this issue. Courtesy Cascade Public Media. Doors to the Red Barn open at 6:30pm for a community social with beer and wine available for purchase. The film will start just after 7:00pm. Run time is 71 minutes and will be followed by a Q+A with producer Sarah Hoffman. Sarah Hoffman (she/her) is an Emmy award winning documentary filmmaker who focuses her work on human stories in the realm of science and environment. Her work has appeared in the Seattle International Film Festival, BendFilm, Friday Harbor, Local Sightings and Tacoma Film Fest. She was awarded Best Short at the Portland Ecofilm Festival in 2020. Wolf Land is Sarah’s first feature film. She is currently a Senior Video Producer at Cascade PBS. Prior to joining the company, she worked as a photojournalist and video producer at newspapers around the country including The Dallas Morning News and the Omaha World-Herald. Photo by Sarah Hoffman/Cascade PBS. Film Copyright 2025 Cascade Public Media. All Rights Reserved.

Biweekly City Council Meetings begin "study session" which seeks to inform Council Members and the public about various important issues with the formal meeting starting at 7:00PM

The Design Review Board reviews and approves design applications for various elements, including: commercial buildings, signage, fences, + lighting to ensure compliance with the city's Old World Bavarian Theme ordinance and maintain the cohesive visual identity of Der Town.

Followed by Adult Skate 8:30-9:00

Anna Lappé is the Executive Director of the [Global Alliance for the Future of Food](https://futureoffood.org/), a strategic alliance of philanthropic foundations working together and with partners globally for food system transformation. For more than twenty-five years, Anna has been an advocate, author, and funder for justice and sustainability across the food chain. The founder or co-founder of three U.S.-based organizations, including Real Food Media, a communications strategy nonprofit, and the Small Planet Fund, which supports food and farming advocacy movements worldwide, Anna is a national bestselling author who has contributed to more than a dozen books and is the author or co-author of three, including the critically acclaimed Diet for a Hot Planet. Anna is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, working with Alliance members around the world and a global team across 8 countries and nearly as many time zones.

This month's book: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. Pick up a copy in February from the library to be prepared for the meeting! Join us for curious and respectful conversations about books that have been banned or challenged across the decades. We'll discuss why the books have been banned, what we think about them, and what they have to tell us about the time in which they were banned and their relevance today. What you need to know: - Meetings will take place on the second Saturday of the month, January through May, 10-11am. - No long-term commitment required! Just sign up for the books you are interested in reading. - Register and stop by the library during the month prior for your copy of the book.

Hip Hop Orchestra fuses classical music with hip-hop, creating a groundbreaking, high-energy sound that redefines both genres. The Hip-Hop Orchestra Experience is part concert, dance party, and club night featuring original music that samples from classical and hip-hop—all presented in an underground setting like the New York scene that birthed hip-hop. Their music uniquely challenges the MCs and classical musicians, pushing the boundaries of both hip-hop and concert music, creating something completely new. The program includes seminal works of Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven, deconstructed and reimagined with funky rhythms and rapid-fire rhymes.This performance is happening in collaboration with Numerica Performing Arts Center and will be heald at their theater in Wenatchee.

Join artist, Amber Zimmerman for this one day workshop. Touch Drawing is a simple yet profound process that offers a way to connect creativity, feelings, and personal growth. This is an expressive and creative process that can be healing and rewarding. Even people who don’t think of themselves as artists can enjoy seeing their inner thoughts take shape on paper. Paper is placed over wet paint, and images are made by pressing fingertips on the page. The hands move in response to feeling and touch. This opens a way to express emotions and ideas. A series of drawings is created, with each one helping the artist go a little deeper into themselves. We will move through guided sessions, some of which will include sound bathing to help bring depth and connection. We will be using water-based oil paints. Aprons are provided, but comfortable clothing that is ok to get paint on is recommended. Open to Age 16 and up.