Sunday, March 1, 2 PM – Family Movie Matinee Horton Hears a Who (2008) Rated G , 86 minutes. Directed by Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino. Featuring: Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett and Amy Poehler.
Monday, March 2, 7 PM – Page to Stage: a conversation with Matt Conner. Matt Conner has been performing, composing, teaching, and music directing in the DC-area for the last eleven years. Join him at the library and hear more about his newest musical, The Next Generation project, and Matt’s life in theatre.
Tuesday, March 3, 7 PM Shirlington Screens: Frida (2002) Rated,120 minutes.Directed by Julie Taymor. Faeatruing: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Antonio Banderas, Edward Norton.
Wednesday, March 4, 7 PM – Networking Workshop
Master the 3 key moments in every relationship. Steer small talk to uncover resources and opportunity. Become the natural and only choice when opportunity arises. Know what to do and say in a variety of professional situations.
Thursday, March 5, 1 PM – Shirlington Screens: A League of Their Own (1992) Rated PG, 128 minutes. Directed by Penny Marshall. Featuring: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Rosie O’Donnell, Madonna, Bill Pullman, Garry Marshal.
Saturday, March 7, noon – Songs for Tots with Tara Chiusano.
Recommended for kids aged 2 – 6. Join singer and story-teller, Tara Chiusano, for a lively and interactive program for young children. The program is a combination of traditional and original songs that encourage early-literacy, teach colors, counting, and some English and Spanish phrases.
Monday, March 9, 7 PM – Monday Night Musicals: Brigadoon (1954) Not Rated, 108 minutes. Directed by Vincente Minnelli. Featuring: Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, and Cyd Charisse.
Wednesday, March 11, 4 PM – Intro to Google
Thursday, March, 12, 1-4 PM – Wii for Adults.
Want to learn how to golf or bowl without leaving the house? Can’t get a chance to play with your kid’s game system? Would you like a chance to practice Wii games before your next visit with the Grandchildren? Come try the fun Wii sports at the Shirlington Library in sessions especially for adults.
Saturday, March 14, 1-4 PM – Got a Gadget and wii party.
Got an iPod, MP3, or cell phone but don’t know how to use it? Let a “Tech Savvy Teen” show you how. Stay for games on the Wii for all ages.
Sunday, March 15, 2 PM – Tween & Teen Screens: The Dark Knight. (2008)
Rated PG-13, 152 minutes. Directed by Christopher Nolan. Featuring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart and Gary Oldman.
Monday, March 16, 6:30 PM – Intro to Email
Tuesday, March 17, 7 PM – Shirlington Screens: Waitress (2007) Rated PG-13 ,108 minutes. Directed by Adrienne Shelly. Featuring: Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, and Andy Griffith .
Wednesday, March 18 – Author Talk, Maurice Jackson, Let This Voice Be Heard. Anthony Benezet (1713-84), universally recognized by the leaders of the eighteenth-century antislavery movement as its founder, was born to a Huguenot family in Saint-Quentin, France. As a boy, Benezet moved to Holland, England, and, in 1731, Philadelphia, where he rose to prominence in the Quaker antislavery community.
In this wide-ranging intellectual biography, Maurice Jackson demonstrates how Benezet mediated Enlightenment political and social thought, narratives of African life written by slave traders themselves, and the ideas and experiences of ordinary people to create a new antislavery critique.
“Maurice Jackson has given us an invaluable examination of a remarkable man who stood at the very foundation of the antislavery movement in the 18th century. Anthony Benezet’s extraordinary story of generosity and commitment is told in Jackson’s thoroughly researched, readable book.” Edward P. Jones, author of The Known World.
Thursday, March 19, 1 PM – Shirlington Screens: Bend it like Beckham (2002) Rated PG-13, 112 minutes. Directed by Gurinder Chadha. Featuring: Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Juliet Stevenson.
Sunday, March 22, 3 PM – Author Talk, David Lozell Martin, Losing Everything.
In Losing Everything, his first book of nonfiction, acclaimed novelist David Lozell Martin tells his wildest, most outlandish story yet — his own.
Deeply personal yet surprisingly universal, Martin’s story is for anyone who has wandered astray. If not a road map, his journey is a guide, providing hard-earned wisdom to illuminate the path home.
David Lozell Martin’s previous novels include international bestsellers Lie to Me and Tap, Tap and the critically acclaimed The Crying Heart Tattoo, The Beginning of Sorrows, and Crazy Love. Facing Rushmore is his eleventh book. Martin lives in the Washington, D.C. area.
Monday, March 23, 6:30 PM – Intro to Internet
Tuesday, March 24, 7 PM – Author Talk: Derek Hira, New Urban Renewal.
Two of the most celebrated black neighborhoods in the United States—Harlem in New York City and Bronzeville in Chicago—were once plagued by crime, drugs, and abject poverty. But now both have transformed into increasingly trendy and desirable neighborhoods with old buildings being rehabbed, new luxury condos being built, and banks opening branches in areas that were once redlined. In The New Urban Renewal, Derek S. Hyra offers an illuminating exploration of the complicated web of factors—local, national, and global—driving the remarkable revitalization of these two iconic black communities.
Wednesday, March 25, 7 PM – Author Talk: E. Ethelbert Miller, The 5th Inning.
The 5th Inning is poet and literary activist E. Ethelbert Miller’s second memoir. Coming after Fathering Words: The Making of an African American Writer (published in 2000), this book finds Miller returning to baseball, the game of his youth, in order to find the metaphor that will provide the measurement of his life. Almost 60, he ponders whether his life can now be entered into the official record books as a success or failure.
The 5th Inning is one man’s examination of personal relationships, depression, love and loss. This is a story of the individual alone on the pitching mound or in the batters box. It’s a box score filled with remembrance. It’s a combination of baseball and the blues.
Thursday, March 26, 2 PM – Intro to Email
Saturday, March 28, 2 PM – Reel Life Reels: Pysanka: The Ukrainian Easter Egg (1976) and Sheep in Wood (1971) Directed by Slavko Nowytski. Discussion with the film maker follows the screenings.
“Pysanka: The Ukrainian Easter Egg” the award-winning film reveals the myth and magic behind the batik-type process of making pysanky which have survived the centuries. Pysanka, winner of the Gold Hugo, best Educational – Chicago International film festival.
“Sheep in Wood” this short features the late Jaques Hnizdovsky, who creates his woodcut of two rams in combat, complemented by an original music score by the renowned French composer Marian Kousin.
Monday, March 30, 6:30 PM – Poetry Workshop.
