Library Line for Saturday, March 21, 2009

SPOTLIGHT ON: Upcoming programs…

It’s a busy week at the library with several fascinating programs…
On Tuesday, at 7:00 p.m. at the Brunswick Library, learn about Gothic New England: Hawthorne and the Puritan Legacy” when Faye Ringel visits. A recently retired Professor of English in the Department of Humanities at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Dr. Ringel will discuss how the legacy of Puritan guilt shapes Hawthorne’s best-known novels, The Scarlet Letter and The House of Seven Gables, along with Young Goodman Brown and the posthumous-published romance, Dr. Grimshawe’s Secret. After Hawthorne, this darker side of New England history and concern with secret sin, death, and immortality can be seen in authors as diverse as Emily Dickinson, Thornton Wilder, and Stephen King.

On Thursday, at 2:00 p.m. at the Brunswick Library and again at 7:00 p.m. at the St. Simons Public Library (in room 108 of the Casino complex), you can take a journey to a watershed moment in time and discover what it was like to live in another era. Through a multimedia format combining live performance and archival film footage, the story of Anne Frank comes alive in “Through The Eyes of a Friend.” Witness the pain, loss, and hope of young people during the Holocaust in a moving program that’s a poignant portrait of friendship and survival. “Through The Eyes of a Friend” is told from the view point of a fictional “best friend” of Anne Frank. Sarah Weis is a composite character inspired by the experiences and testimonies of many individuals who knew Anne Frank at certain points in her life as well as those young people who experienced the Holocaust throughout Europe. Don’t miss this nationally recognized one-woman play, which will be introduced by Holocaust survivor Dr. Eugene Schoenfeld, author and Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Sociology Department at Georgia State University

A Reminder…On Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. at the St. Simons Island Casino Theater, see the 2006 documentary, “The Rape of Europa,” a film about the Nazi theft and destruction of European art and architecture.

These library programs are FREE and open to all.

Library Line--Spotlight on: March Programs

It's another busy month at the library and its affiliates. Mark your

calendars for…*

Tuesday, March 3, 7:00 p.m. at the Wayne County Library. "It's a
Long Way to Alpha Centauri."* A talk by award-winning Science Fiction
writer, *Jack McDevitt, *in support of the library's exhibit, *"Visions
of the Universe: Four Centuries of Discovery."*

Wednesday, March 4, 7:00 p.m. at the St. Simons Island Casino
Theater. The 2006 German film, "Four Minutes." (Cosponsored by the
St. Simons Library League.)

Friday, March 6, 7:00 p.m. at the St. Simons Island Casino Theater.
The 2006 Irish film, "Once." (Cosponsored by the St. Simons Library
League.)

Tuesday, March 10, 7:00 p.m. at the Brunswick Library. "Music from
the Marshes" with saxophonist Mike Hulett .

Thursday, March 12, at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. at the Brunswick
Library. The 2008 American film, "Frozen River."

Friday, March 13, 7:00 p.m. at the Brunswick Library. "The
Man Behind Our Town: Thornton Wilder in the 21st Century." Tappan
Wilder talks about his uncle.

Saturday, March 14, 1:00 p.m. at the Brunswick Library. "People,
Places, Poems" with Poet and astronomer Danny Rosen

Wednesday, March 18, 7:00 p.m. at the St. Simons Island Casino
Theater. The 2005 Norwegian film, "Kissed by Winter." (Cosponsored
by the St. Simons Library League.)

Thursday, March 19, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. at the Brunswick
Library. The 2008 documentary, "Man on the Wire."

Saturday, March 21, 3:00 p.m. at the Southeast Georgia Conference
Center of the College of Coastal Georgia. The 1952 British film, "The
Quiet Man."

Tuesday, March 24, 7:00 p.m. at the Brunswick Library. "Gothic New
England: Hawthorne and the Puritan Legacy." A presentation by Faye
Ringel.

Wednesday, March 25, 10:30 a.m. at the Brunswick Library. Book
Discussion: The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean.

Wednesday, March 25, 7:00 p.m. at the St. Simons Island Casino
Theater. The 2006 American film, "The Rape of Europa." (Cosponsored
by the St. Simons Library League.)

Thursday, March 26, 2:00 p.m. at the Brunswick Library and 7:00 p.m.
at the St. Simons Library. The one-woman play, "Through the Eyes of a
Friend: The Story of Anne Frank."

Monday, March 30, 7:00 p.m. at the Brunswick Library. "The Georgia
Sea Turtle Center: Rehabilitation, Research and Education." A talk by
Dr. Terry Norton, the center's director.

Tuesday, March 31, 7:00 p.m. at the Brunswick Library. Author Tina
McElroy Ansa talks about her latest book Taking After Mudear.

Unless otherwise noted, all programs are free and open to all.

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Programs this week—February 23 - 28, 2009

Lots of exciting programs you do NOT want to miss!


Tuesday, February 24
6 pm @ Camden County Library
MOVIE: To Kill a Mockingbird

Wednesday, February 25
2 pm and 7 pm @ St. Simons Island Casino Theater
MOVIE: My House in Umbria

3 pm to 6pm @ Brunswick-Glynn County Library
Friends of the Library Booksale


Thursday, February 26
9:30 am to 7:30 pm @ Brunswick-Glynn County Library
Friends of the Library Book Sale

9:3o am @ Camden County Library
Book Babies

10 am @ Brantley County Library
Story Time Pals

10:15 am @ Brunswick-Glynn County Library
Storytime (cats)

10:15 am @ Camden County Library
Toddler Time

3 pm @ Camden County Library
Story Time

6 pm @ Wayne County Library
MOVIE: Contact

Friday, February 27
9:30 am to 5 pm @ Brunswick-Glynn County Library
Friends of the Library Book Sale

Saturday, February 28
9:30 am to 3 pm @ Brunswick-Glynn County Library
Friends of the Library Book Sale

12 pm @ Wayne County Library
MOVIE: Enemy Mine

2 pm to 3 pm @ Camden County Library
Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebration

7:30 pm @ Hog Hammock Public Library
20th Annual National African American Read-In

Programs this week -- February 15 - 21

Lots of exciting programs you do NOT want to miss!

Monday, February 16
Libraries are closed for Presidents' Day

Tuesday, February 17
10:15 am @ Brunswick-Glynn County Library
Baby Bookworms

2 pm and 7 pm @ Brunswick-Glynn County Library
MOVIE: Death at a Funeral

6 pm @ Camden County Library
Chat with "Harper Lee" with Sudy Leavy

Wednesday, February 18
6 pm @ King and Prince Resort
Tables of Content Benefit dinner with guest speaker Ron McLarty

Thursday, February 19
9:3o am @ Camden County Library
Book Babies

10 am @ Brantley County Library
Story Time Pals

10:15 am @ Brunswick-Glynn County Library
Storytime (dogs)

10:15 am @ Camden County Library
Toddler Time

3 pm @ Camden County Library
Story Time

7 pm @ Brunswick-Glynn County Library
Around the world in 60 minutes with Clive Henery

7 pm @ Wayne County Library
Art and Astronomy with Jeff LeMieux

Friday, February 20
10:30 am @ Brunswick-Glynn County Library
Book discussion: Loving Frank

7 pm @ St. Simons Island Casino
MOVIE: Ju Dou

Saturday, February 21
11 am @ Wayne County Library
In the Steps of Galileo with Dr. Ntungwa Maasha

2 pm and 3:30 pm @ College of Coastal Georgia
MOVIES: Shattered Glass and Breach

7:30 pm @ Reynolds Theater (Sapelo Island)
Movie: Amistad

Library Line--The Big Read Continues...

by Cary Knapp

The Big Read: To Kill a Mockingbird may be winding down but there are still several activities you can participate in that pertain to the book. This Tuesday, 7:00 p.m., at the Brunswick Library, the writer CoCo Harris presents an interactive book discussion exploring literary concepts of the novel, as well as the film adaptation of Harper Lee’s classic book. Attendees will participate in short creative writing exercises and engage in discussions of the characters, themes, setting, and overall literary landscape of the Pulitzer Prize winning work. Dubbing herself a lifetime diarist, CoCo has taught the art and craft of creative journal writing and personal narrative to individuals, organizations, and colleges by way of her creative journal writing workshops since 1999. She has been a contributing writer and columnist for various magazines and has authored several creative journaling guidebooks for her memoir projects. She is the founder of Telling Our Stories Press specializing in producing and publishing personal narratives of various literary forms. CoCo is a Zora Neal Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation Writer's Week alumna. She received her Master of Fine Arts in Writing in Fiction from Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky. Her works in progress include various nonfiction and fiction projects, including memoir collections, a short story collection, a novel, and a set of nonfiction anthologies. And, on Thursday, 7:00 p.m., at the Ritz Theatre in Brunswick, the To Kill a Mockingbird film series wraps up with the 1957 classic, “The View from Pompey’s Head.”

Also coming up this week, on Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. at the St. Simons Island Casino, see the 1999 American film, “The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn,” starring Sidney Poitier. On Friday, 7:00 p.m. at the Brunswick Library, hear the musician Leo Dean. “Parrotheads” will love this guy! A singer, songwriter, and storyteller, who has played all over the country, he knows hundreds of Jimmy Buffett songs, but he throws in other tunes as well.

All of these programs are free and open to all.

Don’t miss this month’s art display in the library’s lobby. Brunswick artist Cheri Robbins presents her lovely paintings in her show “Then and Now – From Maine to Georgia.”

Programs this week—February 8 – 14, 2009

You don't want to miss these!

Tuesday, February 10
2:00 pm @ Camden County Library
To Kill a Mockingbird: Book discussion with Pamela Bauer Mueller

3:30 pm @ Brunswick-Glynn County Library
Turtle Tales Storytime

7:00 pm @ Brunswick-Glynn County Library
Writing the Big Read with CoCo Harris

Wednesday, February 11 @ SSI Casino Theater
Movie: The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

Thursday, February 12
9:30 am @ Camden County Library
Book Babies

10:00 am @ Brantley County Library
Story Time Pals Party

10:15 am @ Brunswick-Glynn County Library
Storytime: Hearts/love

10:15 am @ Camden County Library
Toddler Time

3:00 pm @ Camden County Library
Story Time

7:00 pm @ the Ritz Theatre
Movie: The View from Pompey’s Head

Friday, February 13
7:00 pm @ Brunswick-Glynn County Library
Music from the Marshes—Leo Dean

Brunswick-Glynn County Library in the News

Leslie Jones, Director of the Three Rivers Regional Library System, discusses the decision of the Brunswick-Glynn County Library to hire Unique Management Services, Inc., a collection agency that works exclusively with libraries. For more information, please visit www.trrl.org/press.htm, or www.unique-mgmt.com to learn more about Unique.

Programs this week--February 2 - 7, 2009

An exciting week for Three Rivers!

Monday, February 2
4:00 pm @ SSI Casino Theater
Ships for Victory: A film and talk by filmmaker Michael Jordan

Tuesday, February 3
10:15 am @ Brunswick-Glynn County Library
Baby Bookworms

Wednesday, February 4
7:00 pm @ Brunswick-Glynn County Library
An Evening of Southern Tales with Betty Ann Wylie

Thursday, February 5
9:30 am @ Camden County Library
Book Babies

10:15 am @ Brunswick-Glynn County Library
Storytime: Dinosaurs

10:15 am @ Camden County Library
Toddler Time

2:00 pm and 7:00 pm @ Brunswick-Glynn County Library
Movie: 12 Angry Men

3:00 pm @ Camden County Library
Story time

5:30 pm @ Brunswick-Glynn County Library
Chess Club

Friday, February 6
7:00 pm @ Brunswick-Glynn County Library
Music from the Marshes--Tony Baker

Saturday, February 7
noon @ Wayne County Library
Movie: Batteries not included

1 pm @ Brunswick-Glynn County Library
Victor DiGenti, author of the Windrusher Series

The Big Read

January 5 to February 17, 2009

This year's title: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

Subscribe to the Big Read Blog, http://bigreadtokillamockingbird.blogspot.com/

For library-hosted Big Read events, see our regional Big Read calendar.

Visit the Golden Isles Arts and Humanities Association website for more information and to see a comprehensive calendar of events.

Book Sale!!

Everyone loves a book sale, so you don't want to miss this one! Mark your calendars: the Friends of the Brunswick-Glynn County Library are holding their annual Book Sale beginning February 25, 2009:

Wednesday, February 25:
Preview Sale is 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. This is open to members of the FRIENDS, or to those wishing to join the FRIENDS for $10.00.

Thursday, February 26:
Open to all, 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Friday, February 27:
Open to all, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Saturday, February 28:
Open to all, 9:30 a.m. to noon; THEN from noon until 3:00 p.m. the Books-by-the-Bag sale ($5.00 per bag). For the Books-by-the-Bag sale, a bag must be purchased in order to enter.

Want to donate something for the sale??
If you have books, videos, DVDs, CDs, and/or records in good condition, the FRIENDS can use them for the sale. (No magazines, condensed books, games, or puzzles please.)
Bring your donations, by Saturday, February 21, to the Brunswick-Glynn County Library during regular library hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Volunteers Needed (and Appreciated)
Volunteers are welcome before, during and after the sale. If you have some time to give, please call Meril May at (912) 634-6626.

Visions of the Universe: Four Centuries of Discovery

This month at the Wayne County Library, come see the “Visions of the Universe: Four Centuries of Discovery” a traveling exhibit presented by the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the American Library Association, Chicago, Illinois, through funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Additional funding has been provided by the Friends of the Wayne County Library.

In conjunction with this exhibit:

Movies! In honor of the exhibit, Visions of the Universe: Four Centuries of Discovery, the Wayne County Library is hosting a series of films. Mark your calendars for these movies.

Art and Astronomy: A presentation by Jeff LeMieux on February 19, 2009 at 7:00 pm. Learn about the intersection of as-tronomy and art—from prehistory to the present— when Jeff LeMieux visits the library. With a Power Point presentation of astronomically themed artwork from well-known masters and anonymous artists, Mr. LeMieux will visually trace the evolution of human thought about the nature of the stars and our place in the universe.

"In the Steps of Galileo: Seeing Better" on February 21, 2009 at 11:00 am. Learn all about telescopes when Ntungwa Maasha discusses how, since Galileo, the improvement in technology spurred the development of bigger and better optical telescopes as well as radio and high energy telescopes. Through his Power Point presentation, Dr. Maasha will demonstrate how the ability to gather light in a wide range of wavelengths has led to tremendous discoveries and a better understanding of our astonishing universe.

You Are Invited!

The Friends of the Brunswick - Glynn County Library would like to invite you to the 22nd annual Tables of Content Benefit Dinner to be held at the King and Prince Golf and Beach Resort on February 18, 2009. The reception begins at 6:00 pm and the dinner at 7:00 pm.

Cost is $85.00.

This year's guest speaker is author, television and stage actor, and playwright Ron McLarty.

To make reservations please contact Cary Knapp at 912-267-1212 or Bonnie Thompson at 912-634-6148.

A native of East Providence, Rhode Island, McLarty is a veteran actor, accomplished playwright, prolific audiobook narrator, and acclaimed novelist. As a television actor, Ron McLarty has over 100 appearances to his credit. He has been a series regular on Spenser For Hire, Champs & Cop Rock in addition to the recurring role of Judge Wright on Law & Order. His most recent appearances include Sex & The City, The Practice, Judging Amy and Law & Order: SVU as well as playing Fred Trump, Sr. in Donald Trump: Unauthorized.

For as long as he can remember, however, he’s also been writing fiction, for five hours every morning, and in 2003 he published his first book thanks to the author Stephen King. As one of the country’s leading audio book narrators, Ron persuaded Recorded Books into produc-ing his novel, The Memory of Running, directly onto tape as an audiobook. It is believed to be the first recorded audiobook of an unpublished novel. Stephen King listened to it and wrote his entire column in Entertainment Weekly about Memory calling it “the best book you can’t read.” This lead to the publication of The Memory of Running in the USA and fourteen other countries around the world. Newsweek called it “...an exhilarating ride,” and it was nominated for Italy’s prestigious Bancarella Prize.

In January 2007 his second novel, Traveler, was published to critical and popular acclaim, with the Boston Globe saying it had “...a great voice, a great plot, great suspence, a great evocation of time and place.”

Ron’s third novel, Art in America, was published in July of 2008. It received a starred review in Booklist and has been chosen as a Pick of the Month in the August edition of bookviews.com by its editor, Alan Caruba, who says, “This is one of those novels where you find yourself laughing at the wonderful dialogue and crazy situations. McLarty has written two previous well-received novels and this one will surely be as well.” Booklist calls it a “bighearted, wildly entertaining novel from a writer who just gets better with every outing.”

Ron received from Rhode Island College in Providence an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities (2007) and the Charles B. Willard Achievement Award (2005). He lives in New York City with his wife, the actress Kate Skinner.

(And just how did the FRIENDS get Ron McLarty? He was at the top of a list of authors recommended by David Baldacci, the last TOC speaker. In the two decade history of the TOC, we’ve never had an actor turned author, so 2009’s event should be one of our best!)