Schneider vs. Bax Netherlands, 96 min.
Schneider, a hitman, gets a call from Mertens on the morning of his birthday. He has a last-minute assignment for Schneider who refuses the request because it is his birthday. Mertens insists that it is an important matter. When they meet in Mertens' office, Schneider is told that the target is Ramon Bax, a writer. He lives alone in a secluded place. "It's an easy job. With a little luck you're back home before noon." Schneider accepts the assignment. What was promised to be a simple hit turns out to be more than expected.
The monthly series of foreign and independent films is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Films are not rated by the MPAA and are intended for a mature audience. Admission is free, popcorn is served, and a discussion follows the screening.
Schneider vs. Bax Netherlands, 96 min.
Schneider, a hitman, gets a call from Mertens on the morning of his birthday. He has a last-minute assignment for Schneider who refuses the request because it is his birthday. Mertens insists that it is an important matter. When they meet in Mertens' office, Schneider is told that the target is Ramon Bax, a writer. He lives alone in a secluded place. "It's an easy job. With a little luck you're back home before noon." Schneider accepts the assignment. What was promised to be a simple hit turns out to be more than expected.
The monthly series of foreign and independent films is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Films are not rated by the MPAA and are intended for a mature audience. Admission is free, popcorn is served, and a discussion follows the screening.
The Cookbook Club, which normally meets every other month on the last Tuesday of the month, has been moved to Tuesday, December 3rd to accommodate the Thanksgiving holiday. Please see the new date to sign up for this event.
The Cookbook Club, which normally meets every other month on the last Tuesday of the month, has been moved to Tuesday, December 3rd to accommodate the Thanksgiving holiday. Please see the new date to sign up for this event.
A secretly heartbroken woman who prefers books to people finds her world upended by the arrivals of a poet, a lover, and three suspicious deliveries that reveal that someone has found out about her mysterious past. The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Demers. New members are always welcome.
Click here to reserve the book.
A secretly heartbroken woman who prefers books to people finds her world upended by the arrivals of a poet, a lover, and three suspicious deliveries that reveal that someone has found out about her mysterious past. The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Demers. New members are always welcome.
Click here to reserve the book.
Volunteers from Wilbraham Monson Academy will be on hand in the library to answer your tech questions! Sign up ahead of time for one or all of our Tech Tuesdays: we'll be happy to help you get started with email, add an image to Facebook, help you with your smart phone and more. What do you need to learn? Let us know!
CONTACT: Mary Bell 413-596-6141 mbell@wilbrahamlibrary.org
Volunteers from Wilbraham Monson Academy will be on hand in the library to answer your tech questions! Sign up ahead of time for one or all of our Tech Tuesdays: we'll be happy to help you get started with email, add an image to Facebook, help you with your smart phone and more. What do you need to learn? Let us know!
CONTACT:
Mary Bell
413.596.6141
mbell@wilbrahamlibrary.org
We're reading and cooking from Genius Desserts: 100 Recipes That Will Change the Way You Bake, by Kristen Miglore. Copies of the book will be available at the Front Desk. Pick a recipe and let us know what you are bringing by Saturday, November 30th so we do not duplicate recipes. Signup is required.
The Cookbook Club meets every other month on the last Tuesday of the month. Newcomers are always welcome!
We're reading and cooking from Genius Desserts: 100 Recipes That Will Change the Way You Bake, by Kristen Miglore. Copies of the book will be available at the Front Desk. Pick a recipe and let us know what you are bringing by Saturday, November 30th so we do not duplicate recipes. Signup is required.
The Cookbook Club meets every other month on the last Tuesday of the month. Newcomers are always welcome!
In the third presentation of a three-part series on classical music, Rob Humberston will present a program about Classical Christmas music. Music for the Advent and Christmas season from the earliest times offers possibly the most appealing programming undertaken by musicians devoted to historical musical performance. Rob will share some unique and beautiful recordings of this interesting genre.
"Rob Humberston offers an intriguing journey through the history of music. His expertise, passion and enthusiasm for the subject will enrich your understanding of music, art and time, and the discussion will keep you coming back for more." Andrea Puglisi, Adult Services Director, Richard Salter Storrs Library
In the third presentation of a three-part series on classical music, Rob Humberston will present a program about Classical Christmas music. Music for the Advent and Christmas season from the earliest times offers possibly the most appealing programming undertaken by musicians devoted to historical musical performance. Rob will share some unique and beautiful recordings of this interesting genre.
"Rob Humberston offers an intriguing journey through the history of music. His expertise, passion and enthusiasm for the subject will enrich your understanding of music, art and time, and the discussion will keep you coming back for more." Andrea Puglisi, Adult Services Director, Richard Salter Storrs Library
Assistant Director Mary Bell will give a brief demonstration of how to use the online resource in the Brooks Room, followed by time in which participants use library computers or their own laptops to access the database and search for themselves. All participants will be given a starter kit with forms and tips for researching genealogy. Whether you've never looked at your family tree before or you've started but need a refresher on Ancestry, we'll have something for everyone!
Sign ups required as we have a limited number of computers.
CONTACT: Mary Bell 413-596-6141 mbell@wilbrahamlibrary.org
Assistant Director Mary Bell will give a brief demonstration of how to use the online resource in the Brooks Room, followed by time in which participants use library computers or their own laptops to access the database and search for themselves. All participants will be given a starter kit with forms and tips for researching genealogy. Whether you've never looked at your family tree before or you've started but need a refresher on Ancestry, we'll have something for everyone!
Sign ups required as we have a limited number of computers.
CONTACT:
Mary Bell
413.596.6141
mbell@wilbrahamlibrary.org
Volunteers from Wilbraham Monson Academy will be on hand in the library to answer your tech questions! Sign up ahead of time for one or all of our Tech Tuesdays: we'll be happy to help you get started with email, add an image to Facebook, help you with your smart phone and more. What do you need to learn? Let us know!
CONTACT: Mary Bell 413-596-6141 mbell@wilbrahamlibrary.org
Volunteers from Wilbraham Monson Academy will be on hand in the library to answer your tech questions! Sign up ahead of time for one or all of our Tech Tuesdays: we'll be happy to help you get started with email, add an image to Facebook, help you with your smart phone and more. What do you need to learn? Let us know!
CONTACT:
Mary Bell
413.596.6141
mbell@wilbrahamlibrary.org
Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe's new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved.
Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe's new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved.
Volunteers from Wilbraham Monson Academy will be on hand in the library to answer your tech questions! Sign up ahead of time for one or all of our Tech Tuesdays: we'll be happy to help you get started with email, add an image to Facebook, help you with your smart phone and more. What do you need to learn? Let us know!
CONTACT: Mary Bell 413-596-6141 mbell@wilbrahamlibrary.org
Volunteers from Wilbraham Monson Academy will be on hand in the library to answer your tech questions! Sign up ahead of time for one or all of our Tech Tuesdays: we'll be happy to help you get started with email, add an image to Facebook, help you with your smart phone and more. What do you need to learn? Let us know!
CONTACT:
Mary Bell
413.596.6141
mbell@wilbrahamlibrary.org
When the revered children's book author Mort Lear dies accidentally at his Connecticut home, he leaves his property and all its contents to his trusted assistant, Tomasina Daulair, who is moved by his generosity but dismayed by the complicated and defiant directives in his will. Tommy knew Morty for more than four decades, since meeting him in a Manhattan playground when she was twelve and he was working on sketches for the book that would make him a star. By the end of his increasingly reclusive life, she found herself living in his house as confidante and helpmeet, witness not just to his daily routines but to the emotional fallout of his strange boyhood and his volatile relationship with a lover who died of AIDS. Now Tommy must try to honor Morty's last wishes while grappling with their effects on several people, including Dani Daulair, her estranged brother; Meredith Galarza, the lonely, outraged museum curator to whom Lear once promised his artistic estate; and Nicholas Greene, the beguiling British actor cast to play Mort Lear in a movie.
When the revered children's book author Mort Lear dies accidentally at his Connecticut home, he leaves his property and all its contents to his trusted assistant, Tomasina Daulair, who is moved by his generosity but dismayed by the complicated and defiant directives in his will. Tommy knew Morty for more than four decades, since meeting him in a Manhattan playground when she was twelve and he was working on sketches for the book that would make him a star. By the end of his increasingly reclusive life, she found herself living in his house as confidante and helpmeet, witness not just to his daily routines but to the emotional fallout of his strange boyhood and his volatile relationship with a lover who died of AIDS. Now Tommy must try to honor Morty's last wishes while grappling with their effects on several people, including Dani Daulair, her estranged brother; Meredith Galarza, the lonely, outraged museum curator to whom Lear once promised his artistic estate; and Nicholas Greene, the beguiling British actor cast to play Mort Lear in a movie.
My Love, Don't Cross That River South Korea, 86 min.
A blockbuster in its native Korea, where it would go on to become the country’s most successful film of all time, MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER presents an unforgettable story of true love that transcends both generations and cultures. “100-year old lovebirds,” Jo Byeong-man and Kang Kye-yeol, have been inseparable companions for 76 years. Observing this fragile couple for 15 months, director Moyoung Jin acts as a fly-on-the-wall, capturing the tender moments of their twilight days - as the two face the inevitable reality that their time together will soon be approaching an end.
The monthly series of foreign and independent films is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Films are not rated by the MPAA and are intended for a mature audience. Admission is free, popcorn is served, and a discussion follows the screening.
My Love, Don't Cross That River South Korea, 86 min.
A blockbuster in its native Korea, where it would go on to become the country’s most successful film of all time, MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER presents an unforgettable story of true love that transcends both generations and cultures. “100-year old lovebirds,” Jo Byeong-man and Kang Kye-yeol, have been inseparable companions for 76 years. Observing this fragile couple for 15 months, director Moyoung Jin acts as a fly-on-the-wall, capturing the tender moments of their twilight days - as the two face the inevitable reality that their time together will soon be approaching an end.
The monthly series of foreign and independent films is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Films are not rated by the MPAA and are intended for a mature audience. Admission is free, popcorn is served, and a discussion follows the screening.
Volunteers from Wilbraham Monson Academy will be on hand in the library to answer your tech questions! Sign up ahead of time for one or all of our Tech Tuesdays: we'll be happy to help you get started with email, add an image to Facebook, help you with your smart phone and more. What do you need to learn? Let us know!
CONTACT: Mary Bell 413-596-6141 mbell@wilbrahamlibrary.org
Volunteers from Wilbraham Monson Academy will be on hand in the library to answer your tech questions! Sign up ahead of time for one or all of our Tech Tuesdays: we'll be happy to help you get started with email, add an image to Facebook, help you with your smart phone and more. What do you need to learn? Let us know!
CONTACT:
Mary Bell
413.596.6141
mbell@wilbrahamlibrary.org
Volunteers from Wilbraham Monson Academy will be on hand in the library to answer your tech questions! Sign up ahead of time for one or all of our Tech Tuesdays: we'll be happy to help you get started with email, add an image to Facebook, help you with your smart phone and more. What do you need to learn? Let us know!
CONTACT: Mary Bell 413-596-6141 mbell@wilbrahamlibrary.org
Volunteers from Wilbraham Monson Academy will be on hand in the library to answer your tech questions! Sign up ahead of time for one or all of our Tech Tuesdays: we'll be happy to help you get started with email, add an image to Facebook, help you with your smart phone and more. What do you need to learn? Let us know!
CONTACT:
Mary Bell
413.596.6141
mbell@wilbrahamlibrary.org
Criminal psychotherapist Theo Faber becomes dangerously obsessed with uncovering the truth about what prompted his client to violently murder her husband in a way that triggers mass public speculation.
Criminal psychotherapist Theo Faber becomes dangerously obsessed with uncovering the truth about what prompted his client to violently murder her husband in a way that triggers mass public speculation.
Volunteers from Wilbraham Monson Academy will be on hand in the library to answer your tech questions! Sign up ahead of time for one or all of our Tech Tuesdays: we'll be happy to help you get started with email, add an image to Facebook, help you with your smart phone and more. What do you need to learn? Let us know!
CONTACT: Mary Bell 413-596-6141 mbell@wilbrahamlibrary.org
Volunteers from Wilbraham Monson Academy will be on hand in the library to answer your tech questions! Sign up ahead of time for one or all of our Tech Tuesdays: we'll be happy to help you get started with email, add an image to Facebook, help you with your smart phone and more. What do you need to learn? Let us know!
CONTACT:
Mary Bell
413.596.6141
mbell@wilbrahamlibrary.org
Men Go To Battle USA, 90 min.
An instant-classic Western” (The New Yorker), director Zachary Treitz brings contemporary indie filmmaking sensibilities to this Civil War dramedy. Most Americans predict that the Civil War will end by Christmas, but bumbling brothers Henry and Francis Mellon couldn't care less. Bracing for another winter on their struggling farm in rural Kentucky, the brothers have become suffocatingly close. Francis' practical jokes become more and more aggressive and Henry is one his last never. After humiliating himself in front of the daughter (SPRING BREAKER’s Rachel Korine) of the town's preeminent family, Henry disappears in the night. Months later, Francis learns that Henry has joined the Union army, and the two are left to find out separately what the approaching war will bring.
The monthly series of foreign and independent films is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Films are not rated by the MPAA and are intended for a mature audience. Admission is free, popcorn is served, and a discussion follows the screening.
Men Go To Battle USA, 90 min.
An instant-classic Western” (The New Yorker), director Zachary Treitz brings contemporary indie filmmaking sensibilities to this Civil War dramedy. Most Americans predict that the Civil War will end by Christmas, but bumbling brothers Henry and Francis Mellon couldn't care less. Bracing for another winter on their struggling farm in rural Kentucky, the brothers have become suffocatingly close. Francis' practical jokes become more and more aggressive and Henry is one his last never. After humiliating himself in front of the daughter (SPRING BREAKER’s Rachel Korine) of the town's preeminent family, Henry disappears in the night. Months later, Francis learns that Henry has joined the Union army, and the two are left to find out separately what the approaching war will bring.
The monthly series of foreign and independent films is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Films are not rated by the MPAA and are intended for a mature audience. Admission is free, popcorn is served, and a discussion follows the screening.
Volunteers from Wilbraham Monson Academy will be on hand in the library to answer your tech questions! Sign up ahead of time for one or all of our Tech Tuesdays: we'll be happy to help you get started with email, add an image to Facebook, help you with your smart phone and more. What do you need to learn? Let us know!
CONTACT: Mary Bell 413-596-6141 mbell@wilbrahamlibrary.org
Volunteers from Wilbraham Monson Academy will be on hand in the library to answer your tech questions! Sign up ahead of time for one or all of our Tech Tuesdays: we'll be happy to help you get started with email, add an image to Facebook, help you with your smart phone and more. What do you need to learn? Let us know!
CONTACT:
Mary Bell
413.596.6141
mbell@wilbrahamlibrary.org
We're reading and cooking from Zaitoun: Recipes from the Palestinian Kitchen, by Yasmin Khan. Copies of the book will be available at the Front Desk. Pick a recipe and let us know what you are bringing by Wednesday, January 22nd so we do not duplicate recipes. Signup is required.
The Cookbook Club meets every other month on the last Tuesday of the month. Newcomers are always welcome!
We're reading and cooking from Zaitoun: Recipes from the Palestinian Kitchen, by Yasmin Khan. Copies of the book will be available at the Front Desk. Pick a recipe and let us know what you are bringing by Wednesday, January 22nd so we do not duplicate recipes. Signup is required.
The Cookbook Club meets every other month on the last Tuesday of the month. Newcomers are always welcome!
Moving his young bride to an isolated Australian lighthouse where the couple suffers miscarriages and a stillbirth, Tom allows his wife to claim an infant that has washed up on the shore.
Moving his young bride to an isolated Australian lighthouse where the couple suffers miscarriages and a stillbirth, Tom allows his wife to claim an infant that has washed up on the shore.
Assistant Director Mary Bell will give a brief demonstration of how to use the online resource in the Brooks Room, followed by time in which participants use library computers or their own laptops to access the database and search for themselves. All participants will be given a starter kit with forms and tips for researching genealogy. Whether you've never looked at your family tree before or you've started but need a refresher on Ancestry, we'll have something for everyone!
Sign ups required as we have a limited number of computers.
CONTACT: Mary Bell 413-596-6141 ext.160 mbell@wilbrahamlibrary.org
Assistant Director Mary Bell will give a brief demonstration of how to use the online resource in the Brooks Room, followed by time in which participants use library computers or their own laptops to access the database and search for themselves. All participants will be given a starter kit with forms and tips for researching genealogy. Whether you've never looked at your family tree before or you've started but need a refresher on Ancestry, we'll have something for everyone!
Sign ups required as we have a limited number of computers.
CONTACT:
Mary Bell
413.596.6141 ext.160
mbell@wilbrahamlibrary.org
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, by Kim Michele Richardson
A last-of-her-kind outcast and member of the Pack Horse Library Project braves the hardships of Kentucky's Great Depression and hostile community discrimination to bring the near-magical perspectives of books to her neighbors.
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, by Kim Michele Richardson
A last-of-her-kind outcast and member of the Pack Horse Library Project braves the hardships of Kentucky's Great Depression and hostile community discrimination to bring the near-magical perspectives of books to her neighbors.
The bereaved matriarch of an early-twentieth-century American family makes a fateful decision that reverberates throughout two subsequent generations further impacted by racism, reversed circumstances, and disturbing revelations.
a href="https://bark.cwmars.org/eg/opac/record/4273671?locg=319">Request the book.
This monthly book discussion is facilitated by Assistant Director Mary Bell. Newcomers are always welcome!
CONTACT: Mary Bell 413-596-6141 mbell@wilbrahamlibrary.org
The bereaved matriarch of an early-twentieth-century American family makes a fateful decision that reverberates throughout two subsequent generations further impacted by racism, reversed circumstances, and disturbing revelations.
a href="https://bark.cwmars.org/eg/opac/record/4273671?locg=319">Request the book.
This monthly book discussion is facilitated by Assistant Director Mary Bell. Newcomers are always welcome!
CONTACT:
Mary Bell
413.596.6141
mbell@wilbrahamlibrary.org
A Korean adoptee who grew up with a white family in Oregon discusses her journey to find her identity as an Asian American woman and a writer after becoming curious about her true origins.
A Korean adoptee who grew up with a white family in Oregon discusses her journey to find her identity as an Asian American woman and a writer after becoming curious about her true origins.
A curmudgeon hides a terrible personal loss beneath a cranky and short-tempered exterior while clashing with new neighbors, a boisterous family whose chattiness and habits lead to unexpected friendship.
A curmudgeon hides a terrible personal loss beneath a cranky and short-tempered exterior while clashing with new neighbors, a boisterous family whose chattiness and habits lead to unexpected friendship.
