Monday Afternoon at the Movies - "Flags of Our Fathers"

Date: 
Mon, 10/27/2014 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Contact: 
Contact: Help Desk @ 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Adult

Starring Ryan Phillipe, Jamie Bell and Paul Walker. The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in WWII.
Part of the OrangeREADS 2014 celebration of "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand.

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Monday Afternoon at the Movies - "Lost Boundaries"

Date: 
Mon, 10/20/2014 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Contact: 
Contact: Help Desk @ 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Adult

Lost Boundaries (1949) is an American film starring Mel Ferrer and Susan Douglas Rubes. The film is based on a book by William Lindsay White. It relates the true story of Dr. Albert Chandler Johnston, a graduate of Rush Medical College whose family passed for white while living in New Hampshire. The movie won the 1949 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay. Unrated; 99min.
Discussion with Carleton Carpenter and Mary Krauze and refreshments to follow film; all are welcome.

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Monday Afternoon at the Movies - "Rabbit Proof Fence"

Date: 
Mon, 10/13/2014 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Contact: 
Contact: Help Desk @ 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Adult

Starring Kenneth Branagh, Everlyn Sampi and Tianna Sansbury. In 1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a trek across the Australian Outback. Rated PG; 94 min.

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Monday Afternoon at the Movies - "The Fault in Our Stars"

Date: 
Mon, 10/06/2014 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Contact: 
Contact: Help Desk @ 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Adult

Starring Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort. Hazel and Gus are two teenagers who share an acerbic wit, a disdain for the conventional, and a love that sweeps them on a journey. Rated PG; 113 min.

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Book Hipsters

Date: 
Fri, 09/12/2014 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Contact: 
Contact: Help Desk @ 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Teen

Book Hipsters will meet and discuss the books they've read recently, as well as old favorites. Meet other bookworms and discover new books to read.

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String Trio and Storytelling with the Amaranthus Ensemble

Date: 
Sun, 11/23/2014 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Contact: 
Children's Dept. 986-1047
Age Group: 
Adult
Children

The Amaranthus Ensemble will present a beautiful visual and musical interpretation of two favorite children's stories: I am a Bunny by Richard Scarry and Walter the Wolf by Marjorie Sharmat. This is a family program.
* This project made possible with funds from Orange County Tourism, Orange County and the Albert Wisner Public Library Foundation.

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Learn to Knit a Scarf

Date: 
Tue, 10/21/2014 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Contact: 
Contact: Help Desk @ 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Teen

Have you always wanted to learn to knit? Sally Pellegrini will get you started with a simple scarf project. All materials will be provided. Meets for three sessions. Open to grades 6 through 12.

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