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Weekly Program Bulletin

December 26, 2022

"Hawking: Can You Hear Me?"

Film Screening and Q&A with Anthony Geffen

The remarkable human story of Stephen Hawking – the international icon and feted genius. In this definitive theatrical feature documentary, unseen archive and unrivalled access to his closest family, reveal, for the first time, both the scale of Hawking’s triumphs and the true cost of his disability and success. The film runs 90 minutes and will be followed by a Q&A with BAFTA and Emmy award-winning producer Anthony Geffen.

Tuesday, December 27 | 5:30-7:30 p.m.

This program is in-person only. 

Register here.

• New Year's Day Observed: The Library and Gold Mine Stores will be CLOSED Monday, January 2
• Lunchtime Creative Workshop-Now on Wednesdays
• Upbeat with Alasdair: "The Rite of Spring": 110 Years Old and Still Breaking the Rules
• Brown Bag Poetry
• Nature Journaling with Leslie Rego
• Intro to Avalanches with the Sawtooth Avalanche Center

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A Christmas Carol in the Library

 It’s after hours in the library on Christmas Eve, with only the cheerful Miss Trilling and the grumpy Mr. Heaps left to shelve the final books and turn out the lights.

The two librarians find themselves immersed in retelling Charles Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol." Aided only by the usual trappings of a library, Miss Trilling and Mr. Heaps take on more than thirty characters and bring the classic tale of miserliness and redemptive generosity to life inside our very own Community Library.



Watch the replay from 2021 here. 

Watching the movie, we remember that we are all Santas

in our own way. And what could be better than that?

Librarian Aly Wepplo recommends Arthur Christmas on DVD. 

Arthur Christmas looks just like my little brother. Maybe that’s why I like his movie so much. 

The film is a new classic; it came out in 2011, and I’ve watched it every year since. The story takes us behind the scenes at the North Pole, where the Claus family has worked for generations to bring children joy on Christmas Day.

The current Santa, Malcolm Claus, is getting ready to retire. He plans to pass the title on to his eldest son, Steve, who has spent his career automating North Pole operations for peak efficiency. 

Mrs. Claus, Grandsanta, and a crew of elves round out the team, and they’re all set to make the holiday perfect. Meanwhile, younger son Arthur sits in the mail room, happily answering children’s letters to Santa. 

Arthur springs into action when, after the delivery of the year’s presents, he realizes that one child was forgotten...



Read Aly's book review here.

Find more staff book recommendations here.

Hello! My name is Thijs. I enjoy reading (maybe a little too much) and being outdoors. I have a younger brother and my favorite dessert is root beer floats. For my Book Beat review, I read The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown.

The Boys in the Boat is a classic about young men and their struggles, but how they overcome. Set mostly in Washington State, this book follows the University of Washington Crew team of 1936. 

The main character in the story is Joe. Joe had a hard life growing up. His mother died when he was young and he had a stepmother that never cared for him. His father struggled to find work and enough money to support the family. His father left when Joe was 15 to take care of himself.

This was during the Great Depression when many people were struggling to support their families, keep their homes, and have enough food to eat...

Read Thijs's Book Beat Review here.

See all Book Beat Reviews here.

Click here to see our Year-in-Review and download the Library's Annual Report

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