Selected Community Events
Regional Author Series
Feb 5, 2012 2pm
JMRL - Central LibraryAfrican-American Cemeteries.
Lynn Rainville, anthropological archaeologist, founding director of the Tusculum Institute, and research professor in the humanities at Sweet Briar College, talks about her research into African-American cemeteries. Her purpose is to better understand enslaved, free black, and post-bellum communities as evidenced through their mortuary practices.
Russ Lyttleton
reference@jmrl.org
Handcraft Group
Mar 1, 2012 3pm
Feb 2, 2012 3pm
Jan 5, 2012 3pm
Gordon Avenue LibraryIf you're crafty, this is the group for you. Chat, snack, and meet your neighbors, as we knit, stitch, bead, and sew. Bring any project you're working on, or come just to be inspired. All ages and levels of experience welcome.
gordon@jmrl.org
Computer Help
Feb 27, 2012 11:30am
Feb 13, 2012 11:30am
Feb 6, 2012 11:30am
Jan 30, 2012 11:30am
Jan 23, 2012 11:30am
Gordon Avenue LibraryMeet with a library staff member for help in a variety of computer skills. Sign up for just one or a whole series. Registration is required; call 296-5544 or visit the Reference Desk to sign up. Mondays, 11:30am-1pm.
gordon@jmrl.org
Game Night
Jan 30, 2012 7pm
Feb 27, 2012 7pm
Gordon Avenue LibraryCome unplug and enjoy great board and card games. Bring a game to share or come find a new favorite. Call or visit the library to be added to the games email list. Meets monthly on Mondays.
gordon@jmrl.org
Documentary Film Series
Jan 26, 2012 7pm
JMRL - Central LibraryGASLAND a film by Josh Fox
The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of "fracking" or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a "Saudia Arabia of natural gas" just beneath us. But is fracking safe?
Krista Farrell
central@jmrl.org
Page to Screen
Jan 25, 2012 7pm
Gordon Ave LibraryA film series on the final Wed of each month at 7pm. A screening of a popular film adaptation of a book, and perhaps a discussion afterwards. Refreshments provided. Contact the library for details, 434.296.5544
Meredith Dickens
gordon@jmrl.org
Live Poets Society
Feb 1, 2012 7pm
Gordon Ave LibraryCome and share original poetry, or just listen.
Meredith Dickens
gordon@jmrl.org
Download audiobooks & eBooks
Feb 11, 2012 3pm
Gordon Avenue LibraryLearn how to download free eBooks and audiobooks for Kindles, nooks, iPads/iPhones, and other electronic readers. Registration is required; call 296-5544 or visit the Library to sign up.
gordon@jmrl.org
Monday Evening Book Club
Feb 6, 2012 7pm
Crozet LibraryINVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison.
An African-American man's search for success and the American dream leads him out of college to Harlem and a growing sense of personal rejection and social invisibility.
crozet@jmrl.org
Wednesday Night Book Group
Feb 8, 2012 7:30pm
Gordon Avenue LibraryBLESS ME, ULTIMA by Rudolfo Anaya.
[part of THE BIG READ]
Antonio Marez is six years old when Ultima comes to stay with his family in New Mexico. She is a curandera, one who cures with herbs and magic. Under her wise wing, Tony will test the bonds that tie him to his people, and discover himself in the pagan past, in his father's wisdom, and in his mother's Catholicism. And at each life turn there is Ultima, who delivered Tony into the world-and will nurture the birth of his soul.
gordon@jmrl.org
Brown Baggers Book Group
Feb 16, 2012 12pm
Central Library, 201 E. Market St, CharlottesvilleHOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET by Jamie Ford.
When artifacts from Japanese families sent to internment camps during World War II are uncovered during renovations at a Seattle hotel, Henry Lee embarks on a quest that leads to memories of growing up Chinese in a city rife with anti-Japanese sentiment.
central@jmrl.org
Literary Masterpiece Book Group
Feb 17, 2012 10am
Gordon Avenue LibraryTHE ASPERN PAPERS by Henry James.
An American editor travels to Venice to find some papers of a deceased 19th century poet which he believes are being held by the poet's former love.
gordon@jmrl.org
Regional Author Series
Dec 4, 2011 2pm
Central Library, 201 E. Market St, CharlottesvilleTHE JEFFERSONS AT SHADWELL by Susan Kern.
The author will discuss her forthcoming book.
Joyce MacDonald
central@jmrl.org
Live Poets Society
Dec 7, 2011 7pm
Gordon Avenue LibraryCome to read and listen to original poetry.
Meredith Dickens
gordon@jmrl.org
Brown Bag Book Club
Nov 28, 2011 12pm
Nelson Memorial LibraryPLAGUE by Albert Camus.
A haunting tale of human resilience in the face of unrelieved horror, Camus' novel about a bubonic plague ravaging the people of a North African coastal town is a classic of twentieth-century literature.
Tanith Knight
nelson@jmrl.org
Regional Author Series
Nov 13, 2011 2pm
Central Library, 201 E. Market St, CharlottesvilleJEFFERSON'S MOUNTAIN by Henry Wiencek.
The author will discuss his forthcoming book.
Joyce MacDonald
Scottsville Library Book Club
Nov 15, 2011 7pm
Scottsville LibraryThe group will discuss a variety of works by Ann Patchett.
Noelle Funk
scottsville@jmrl.org
Wednesday Night Book Group
Nov 16, 2011 7pm
Northside LibraryTHE KNOWN WORLD by Edward Jones.
When a plantation proprietor and former slave--now possessing slaves of his own--dies, his household falls apart in the wake of a slave rebellion and corrupt underpaid patrollers who enable free black people to be sold into slavery.
Margarete Gillette
northside@jmrl.org
Brown Baggers Book Group
Nov 17, 2011 12pm
Central Library, 201 E. Market St, CharlottesvilleRIVER OF DOUBT: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard.
Chronicles the 1914 expedition of Theodore Roosevelt into the unexplored heart of the Amazon basin to explore and map the region surrounding a tributary called the River of Doubt, detailing the perilous conditions they faced.
Krista Farrell
central@jmrl.org
Crozet Soiree
Nov 17, 2011 7pm
Crozet Elementary SchoolSAM ABELL: Seeking the Picture
In this original and captivating talk National Geographic photographer Sam Abell uses slides to show the thinking and working process behind some of his best known--and completely unknown--images.
Wendy Saz
crozet@jmrl.org
Literary Masterpiece Book Group
Nov 18, 2011 10am
Gordon Avenue LibraryTHE OVERCOAT, and THE NOSE by Nikolai Gogol.
Two short stories probe the mind of man to reveal his hidden motives.
Meredith Dickens
gordon@jmrl.org
Books Sandwiched In
Nov 12, 2011 12pm
Northside LibraryWILD BILL DONOVAN: the spymaster who created the OSS and modern American espionage by Douglas Waller.
A wholly satisfying biography of the feisty, charismatic man whose unconventional and daring vision created a worldwide intelligence organization. Reviewed by Frederick Hitz, lecturer, UVa School of Law.
Lindsay Ideson
northside@jmrl.org