Learning at the Library

In 2018, the Maynard Community Library started hosting Learning at the Library classes in our meeting room. September through May, the library has a guest speaker once a month. Classes start at 7:00 and the public is welcome to attend. To view a schedule, click on the link below or on the homepage.

Past presenters have shared information about the Underground Railroad, cake decorating, British Monarchy, understanding your DNA, immigration test, food for your brain, gardening, Maynard Cemetery and Founders, Prohibition in Iowa, country school education, music and what to do with it, and the West Central Charter School.

Also including Iowa prisoners of war, vaccines, Iowa's Fallen Vietnam Soldiers, Fayette County, Amish Culture, organ donations, humans versus machine.

Please click on the link below to play the recording:

Social Media Brain, Carol Holtz, April 20, 2026

Education About Diabetes, Caitlin Reinking, March 16, 2026

Let's Talk About Hospice, Cedar Valley Hospice, November 17, 2025

Radon, The Invisible Silent Threat, Ron Lenth, October 20, 2025

National Alliance On Mental Illness, Susan & Norman Fredrich, September 8, 2025

Ups & Downs: The Stock Market, Gene Holtz, April 7, 2025

Rosie the Riveters of Iowa, Linda McCann, March 3, 2025

Black Hawk County Sheriff, Tony Thompson, Anyplace But Here, October 21, 2024

Happier At Home, Andrea Scott, September 16, 2024

Alzheimer’s, Dementia and Public Health, Greg Wood, IDPH, April 17, 2023

Talking Trash, Recycling in Fayette County, Rod Martlatt, February 20, 2023