| |
|
|
6:30 PM
-
8:30 PM
|
A Dickens of a Christmas
A Victorian Celebration with the Fezziwigs
|
|
| |
|
 The Mobile Opera, Mobile’s Singing Children and the Mobile Public Library invite everyone to step back in time with the Ghost of Christmas Past and catch the spirit of Mr. Fezziwig’s party. The festive Holiday Buffet will be provided by Vincent Henderson. The evening will include music, dancing, parlor games, ornament making, and so much more! Mobile’s Singing Children will perform numbers from their large Christmas repertoire.
Tickets are $35 per person and $10 for children ages 6-12 accompanied by an adult. Funds from the ticket sales will benefit the Mobile’s Singing Children and the Mobile Public Library. For more information please call 208-7097.
|
| |
|
Location: Ben May Main Library
|
|
Saturday December 5, 2009
|
Go To Top
|
|
|
3:00 PM
|
Saturday Matinee - Star Trek Series
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
|
|
| |
|
 Kirk, Spock, McCoy and the Enterprise run into sabotage on the way to the Klingon-Federation peace talks. The film runs 110 minutes and is rated PG.
For more information or to register please call 470-7770.
|
| |
|
Location: Moorer/Spring Hill Branch
|
|
Tuesday December 8, 2009
|
Go To Top
|
|
|
10:00 AM
|
Classic Cinema
An Affair to Remember
|
|
| |
|
 A man and a woman, both engaged, meet on a cruise and plan to meet six months later atop the Empire State Building. The film runs 114 minutes and is Not Rated.
For more information call 208-7097.
|
| |
|
Location: Ben May Main Library
|
| |
|
|
|
4:00 PM
-
5:00 PM
|
Check Mate - Chess Club for Children
|
|
| |
|
 Check Mate is a chess club for ages 7 and above. The chess club will meet every Tuesday now through December 8 (except November 24). The instructor will be Nick Elmes. Beginners and experienced players are welcome. Registration is not required but encouraged.
For more information or to register, please call the Children's Department at 208-7086.
|
| |
|
Location: Ben May Main Library
|
| |
|
|
|
6:30 PM
|
Murder by Numbers Book Club
|
|
| |
|
 Mystery lovers – this book club’s for you!
This month’s topic of discussion is The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos.
For Washington, DC, cop Gus Malone, the murder of teenager Asa Johnson isn't just another case. For one thing, Asa was a friend of Gus's son, so the death has a personal impact on his family. Secondly, the details of the case are startlingly similar to those of several still-unsolved serial killings that took place 20 years earlier, when Gus was a young officer. Complicating matters is that Asa's body was discovered by Gus's former partner, Dan Holiday, who left the department under a cloud. Soon, Holiday and T.C. Cook, the legendary, now-retired lead detective who investigated the original murders, integrate themselves into Gus's case.
For more information, please call Lance Young at 208-7079.
|
| |
|
Location: Ben May Main Library
|
| |
|
|
|
6:30 PM
|
Not Your Average Book Club
|
|
| |
|
 Come join our book lovers club as we discuss a wide range of titles. This month's topic of discussion is The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman.
The 1939 Nazi bombing of Warsaw left its beloved zoo in ruins with many of its animals killed or wounded. Worse was to come when Berlin zoo director Lutz Heck had surviving rare species shipped back to Germany as part of a Nazi breeding program and held a New Year's Eve hunting party for German officers to finish off the remaining animals. Witnessing this horror was the zookeeper's wife, who wondered, as she recalled later in her memoirs, how many humans would die in the same manner in the coming months.
For more information, contact Michele Eli at 340-8561.
|
| |
|
Location: West Regional Branch
|
|
Wednesday December 9, 2009
|
Go To Top
|
|
|
9:30 AM
|
Basics of Word
|
|
| |
|
 Basics of Word -
The very basics of word processing with Microsoft Word. This class uses Microsoft Word 2007.
Call 340-8561 for more information.
|
| |
|
Location: West Regional Branch
|
| |
|
|
|
9:30 AM
|
Click Here - Computer Basics for Adults
|
|
| |
|
 Click Here
Computer Basics for Adults - provides an intro for novice users including the keyboard and the mouse.
Call 208-7079 for more information.
|
| |
|
Location: Ben May Main Library
|
| |
|
|
|
2:30 PM
|
Looking For Grants
|
|
| |
|
 Michael Reimer, Grant Collection Supervisor, will conduct an orientation class focused on looking for grants in the West Regional Computer Lab. Mr. Reimer will demonstrate two computer programs and a number of books that list grants. Registration is required due to the limited amount of computer workstations.
For additional information or to register, please call the Reference Department at 340-8561 or e-mail westref@mplonline.org.
|
| |
|
Location: West Regional Branch
|
|
Thursday December 10, 2009
|
Go To Top
|
|
|
6:00 PM
|
Advanced Word
|
|
| |
|
Advanced Word -
Class for experienced Word users who are interested in learning more. This class uses Microsoft Word 2007.
Call 340-8561 for more information.
|
| |
|
Location: West Regional Branch
|
| |
|
|
|
6:00 PM
|
Basics of Word
|
|
| |
|
Basics of Word -
The very basics of word processing with Microsoft Word.
Call 208-7079 for more information.
|
| |
|
Location: Ben May Main Library
|
| |
|
|
|
6:00 PM
|
Ebony Moments Book Club
|
|
| |
|
 Ebony Moments is a book discussion designed to increase the awareness of African-American authors, both past and present, and to promote the love of reading for all. This month’s topic of discussion is Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey.
From the host of the popular 'Steve Harvey morning show' comes a funny, honest, and foolproof guide for all women that takes them inside the heads of men and shows how men think about love, sex, and commitment.
For more information contact Betty Kidd at 653-5012.
|
| |
|
Location: West Regional Branch
|
 |
|
|
|
