The Friends of the Harlem Library group hosted a wine and cheese festival last week. Actually, it was more than just wine and cheese with two "groaning" tables of holiday goodies and treats to go along with multiple opportunities to taste, and bid on, some interesting wines. The wines were donated by Sagebrush Flats Winery and the goodies were courtesy of Friends members.

It was a fun evening, but there was a serious purpose. Nellie Obrecht, a co-chair of the Friends, explained the Friends group was in a multi-year fundraising effort to buy new shelving for the library. Obrecht said, "We n...