New Movie of the Month: THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE OF EBBING, MISSOURI

Thursday, March 22

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Thursday, March 22 at 6:30pm. Village Center. No registration required. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Acrtess and Best Supporting Actor. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a darkly comic drama from Academy Award nominee Martin McDonagh (In Bruges). After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter’s murder case, Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby (Woody Harrelson), the town’s revered chief of police. Rated R.

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New Movie of the Month: THE SHAPE OF WATER

Friday, April 20

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Friday, April 20 at 10:00am. Village Center. No registration required. From master storyteller, Guillermo del Toro, comes The Shape of Water; an otherworldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa’s life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spenser) discover a secret classified experiment. Round out the cast are Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones and Michael Stuhlbarg. Rated R. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director.

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1968 In Film: BULLITT

Thursday, April 26

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Thursday, April 26 at 6:30pm. Village Center. No registration required. Theatrical debut October 17, 1968. Bullitt (Steve McQueen) is an all guts, no glory San Francisco cop who’s determined to find the underworld kingpin that killed a witness under his protection. The film was among the first to present the world of policing in a gritty, “real” way. The cast inludes Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Duvall, Norman Fell, and Vic Tayback. Rated PG.

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What Do We Know About Vietnam?

Friday, April 27

10:00 am - 11:30 am

Discussion series with Catherine Wald. Fridays from 10:00am to 11:30am, April 13 and 27. Online registration required. Using selected short readings from the book The Other Side of Heaven: Postwar Fiction by Vietnamese and American Writers, edited by Wayne Karlin, Le Minh Khue and Truong Vu, Catherine Wald will focus on what can stories teach us about a war whose wounds persist a half-century later in the American and Vietnamese consciousness. In this discussion, Wald will lead an examination of our memories and perceptions by reading fiction by writers from both cultures. Co-Sponsored by the Women’s Club of Larchmont.

April 13 Readings:

Introduction – The American Blues – Wandering Souls

April 27 Readings:

The Pugilist at Rest – Please Don’t Knock on My Door – The Key – Twilight

1968 In Film: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

Saturday, April 28

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Saturday, April 28 at 2:00pm. Village Center. No registration required. Theatrical debut April 2, 1968. “2001” is perhaps the best-known of Stanley Kubrick’s films and is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth. Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon’s surface, where yet another monolith is found; one that signals the monolith placers that humankind has evolved that far. Now a race begins between computers (HAL) and human (Dr. Dave Bowman) to reach the monolith placers. The winner will achieve the next step in evolution, whatever that may be.

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Book Bunch

Friday, April 20

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm

Grades 3 to 5. Friday, April 20 at 3:30pm. Online registration required. Love to read? Can’t figure out what to read next? Join us at Book Bunch. Drop by the Children’s Desk find out what we are reading for this month’s meeting.

Reader’s Theater: How the Drum Came to the People

Saturday, April 21

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm

Ages 6 to 8. Saturday, April 21 at 3:30pm. Online registration required. Join Paula Romeo and hear the Native American tale of how the drum came to be. Find out how Sun, Coyote, Wind and Fire help a young hunter bring forth the music that lives in the hearts of his people. Together we will have fun picking our favorite parts of the story, creating dialogue for the characters, and acting out our dialogue for each other!

Be a Reading Buddy

Monday, April 23

3:45 pm - 4:30 pm

TICKET REQUIRED. Ages 4 and up. Mondays, April 9, 16, 23, 30 at 3:45pm. Come to the library, enjoy stories and games with our local teenagers and make a cool craft!

Wild & Wacky Holiday Storytime: National Karaoke Week

Tuesday, April 24

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm

TICKET REQUIRED. Ages 3 to 4. Thursday, April 24 at 3:30pm. Get your groove on at the library and celebrate singing! We’ll hear some musical books, make a musical instrument and then the kids will have the opportunity to belt out a tune for all to hear!

Dungeons and Dragons

Sunday, April 22

12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Grades 9 and up. 12:00 noon to 4:00pm. Michael P. Coords Activity Room. No registration required. Familiarity with Dungeons and Dragons is encouraged.

Be a Reading Mentor

Monday, April 23

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

TEENS. Mondays, April 9, 16, 23, 30 at 3:30pm. Do you love reading? Enjoy working with younger children? Are you available for an hour on Wednesday afternoons in April? If you answered YES to these questions, please consider becoming a Reading Mentor. We plan a fun weekly program for children ages 4 to 7. If you’re interested or want more information, contact Teen Librarian Kim Larsen at klarsen@wlsmail.org

Dungeons and Dragons

Sunday, April 29

12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Grades 9 and up. 12:00 noon to 4:00pm. Michael P. Coords Activity Room. No registration required. Familiarity with Dungeons and Dragons is encouraged.