Newcomers are always welcome!
Movie of the Book Club
The Movie of the Book Club meets every third Tuesday at the ShowPlace 8 Theaters to watch a new movie that is based on a book or connected to literature. A discussion at Perkins Restaurant on Henderson Street follows.
The next movie outing will be the evening of Tuesday, 9/16. We will meet at Showplace 8 to see a new movie, with literary connections if one is playing. If you would like to receives email updates about what movies we are going to see and the exact times of the showings, please send an email message to reference@galesburglibrary.org.
Mark your calendar with the following dates for upcoming movie outings:
| September 16 | October 21 | November 18 |
| December 16 | January 20, 2009 | February 17, 2009 |
At the October outing we will celebrate the two-year anniversary of the club. Ten lucky attendees will win a $5 gift certificate to the Showplace 8 Theaters.
To see a list of upcoming movies based on books or with literary connections, click here.
Book Clubs
Tuesday, September 9, 1:00 pm
Charlie
York leads an idyllic life in the shadow of Angel’s Rest, a mountain in the
Virginia Alleghenies. Then, one afternoon in 1967, Charlie’s father is killed by
a shotgun blast and his mother is arrested for murder. Put in the care of Lacy
Albert Coe, an old black man, Charlie hears the music of Coe’s many stories as
he searches for answers.
Discuss Angel’s Rest, a touching story of loss, grief, prejudice, and the power
of love, with the Tuesday Book Club on Tuesday, September 9, at 1:00 p.m.
The discussion will be followed at 2:00 pm by a showing of the documentary Mountain Memories: An Appalachian Sense of Place (© Real Earth Productions). Nature photographer Jim Clark is profiled in this half hour film from 2002. The program contains over 100 stunning images from the Allegheny Highlands of West Virginia. You are welcome to view the documentary even if you do not attend book club.
The Tuesday Book Club meets upstairs at the library once a month, on every second Tuesday at 1:00 pm.
Thursday, September 11, 6:30 pm, Kaldi's Coffeehouse
Charming
Southern eccentrics populate this story of a proper Presbyterian wife who finds
her true self after the sudden death of her husband of 44 years. Julia is
becoming accustomed to the role of rich widow when another shock intrudes: Hazel
Puckett appears on the front porch wearing “heels too high, a dress too short,
and hair too yellow,” with a nine-year-old boy in tow who looks just like her
late husband. Miss Julia takes her husband’s “last legacy” into her home. The
novel offers a fast-paced and funny take on gender, race and family in the
South.
The Thursday Book Club
meets at Kaldi's Coffeehouse once a month, on every second Thursday at 6:30 pm.
Newcomers to the book clubs are always welcome! Copies of the books are normally available at the Circulation Desk about one month before the meetings. Click here to see a list of titles the clubs have recently read as well as the discussion questions. For more information, call Jane at the Reference Desk at 343-6118, or email reference@galesburglibrary.org.
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Updated August 22, 2008.