This week on The Book Drop, we sit down at a restaurant changing lives through culinary training and meaningful work, and we celebrate Omaha Restaurant Week with a look at the library’s historic menu collection. This is The Book Drop.

All the books and resources we talk about in this episode can be found here or by visiting omahalibrary.org/podcast. 

Happening at the Library: 

• Hobbit Day | Saturday, Sept. 6, 2 to 4 p.m.at W. Clarke Swanson Branch
• Omaha Reads: Bilingual Poetry Workshop | Monday, Sept. 8, 6 to 7:30 p.m. at W. Clarke Swanson Branch
• Omaha Reads: Community Conversation | Wednesday, Sept. 10, 6 to 7:30 p.m. at W. Clarke Swanson Branch
• Composting Basics | Tuesday, Sept. 9, 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Bess Johnson Elkhorn Branch

Explore all upcoming events at omahalibrary.org/events.