Tuesday Evening Book Group
Tuesday Evening Book Group
Tuesday Evening Book Group
Tuesday Evening Book Group - "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
Books are available at the library; new members always welcome.
Knitting Class
Explore the world of yarn and knitting! Join us for four consecutive Thursday afternoons to learn some of the basics. Terms such as cast-on, knit and purl stitches, and binding-off will be taught. Please bring a pair of wooden or bamboo knitting needles ten inches or shorter in length; yarn will be supplied. Registration necessary; space is limited.
Monday Afternoon at the Movies - "Mary Poppins"
Starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. The Travers children get the attention of their all-business father by tormenting every new nanny in the Banks household. When Mr. Banks advertises conventionally for another nanny, the kids compose their own ad, asking for someone with a little kindness and imagination. Mary Poppins answers the children's ad by arriving at the Banks home from the skies, parachuting downward with her umbrella. She immediately endears herself to the children. Rated G; 140 min. (1964)
Monday Afternoon at the Movies - "Get Low"
Starring Robert Duvall, Bill Murray and Sissy Spacek. A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive. Rated PG-13; 103 min. (2009)
Monday Afternoon at the Movies - "The Good Lie"
Starring Reese Witherspoon and Arnold Oceng. Sudanese refugees given the chance to resettle in America arrive in Kansas, where their encounter with an employment agency counselor forever changes all of their lives. Rated PG-13; 110 min. (2014)
Discussion and refreshments to follow.
Monday Afternoon at the Movies - "Dancing at Lughnasa"
Starring Meryl Street and Michael Gambon. This affecting, bittersweet tale examines the emotional lives of the five unmarried Mundy sisters in 1936 rural Ireland. Rated PG; 95 min. (1998)
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