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Posted by JDavanza on Mon, Oct 13
Event NotebookOctober 2008
Movie Man
I hope Doug won’t mind that I’m writing this, but I’ve heard that, when he started the Film Lecture Series almost a decade ago, he seemed kind of nervous when he delivered his talks. Not that you’d suspect such a thing now. Sitting comfortably in his director’s chair, he genially commands the room with well-crafted speeches that are as scholarly as anything put across in a classroom. And he has a nice rapport with his audiences, too, many of whom have...
Posted by JDavanza on Fri, Oct 03
Barrington Library will host a flu clinic on Thursday, November 6th from 930 to Noon, upstairs in the gallery room. Most people with health coverage can expect to get the shot for free, but there are some exceptions. You must have your insurance card with you. There is a charge for people without health insurance. You must be 19 years or older to get these flu shots. Although we will not do pre-registration this year, you can get the registration form early at the library registration desk.
Posted by JDavanza on Wed, Oct 01
Event NotebookOctober 2008
A Lively Circle
The Adaptations: From Short Story to Big Screen discussion group met this morning for our first discussion. Last week, we screened the 1948 film The Fallen Idol, directed by Carol Reed. Today, we gathered to talk about the movie and the short story that inspired it, “The Basement Room” by Graham Greene. Deborah Barchi, the Director of the Library, initiated the conversation, and the group ran with it. The story and the film have...
Posted by JDavanza on Mon, Sep 29
Actor, director, race car driver, entrepreneur, husband, father, humanitarian–these are just some of the many ways that Paul Newman, who died this past Friday, could be described. Classically handsome with piercing blue eyes, Newman showed time and again that there was substance and depth beneath the stunning facade. Newman came along at a time when the anti-hero protagonist was on the rise in cinema, and he helped to define a new kind of leading man. His screen legacy includes...
Posted by JDavanza on Fri, Sep 26
Event NotebookOctober 2008
Discovery
We’ve got another of Barrington Library’s very popular Film Lecture Series running through the month of October, this time featuring Screwball Comedies. Doug Swiszcz, who loves to apply his library skills to movies, will be showing five films—three Screwball Comedy classics, one modern revival of the form, and one seldom seen but nonetheless worthy Screwball film.
Film series are at their best when they include not only the standards and best-known...
Posted by JDavanza on Wed, Sep 24
Library Director’s Notebook
September 2008
If you’re liike me, you have been disappointed more times than you can count with film adaptations of your favorite novels. All too often the transition from story to cinema is a bumpy ride at best, or a soul-starved rip-off at worst. Whether driven by economic, political, or catering to the-lowest-common-denominator forces, as far as audience intelligence goes, directors and producers too often succeed in bleeding the life out of...
Posted by JDavanza on Fri, Sep 19
Chistopher Andreozzi Memorial Tournament Trophy on Display
The Chistopher Andreozzi Memorial Tournament Trophy was won in 2008 by the Barrington 7 and 8 year old Little Leaguers. It is currently on display in the glass case on the second floor of the library.
Posted by JDavanza on Tue, Sep 09
I just read The Secret Scripture and loved it. A very powerful and moving book that stays with you. Apparently other people, including the judges for Britain’s prestigious Booker Prize think so too. The Secret Scripture was among 6 books recently nominated for the Booker Prize. Read more in the following link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/10/books/10book.html?hp
Posted by JDavanza on Tue, Aug 26
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POWER TO THE POETS
Lisa Starr, Rhode Island Poet Laureate and The Writers’ Circle have teamed up to bring poetry programs to communities around the state. These free programs will reach out to the underserved in homeless shelters, schools, rehabilitation hospitals, community centers, retirement and nursing homes and the veterans’...
Posted by JDavanza on Tue, Aug 26
Event NotebookSeptember 2008
Living History
It’s a cliché, of course, that the past can be brought back and made current—but sometimes even clichés are true.
This September, Captain Thomas J. Hudner, Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired)—a veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War—will give a first-hand account of his experience as a fighter pilot in Korea.
In 1950, Lieutenant Hudner was a Naval Air Station at Quonset Point pilot on the aircraft carrier USS Leyte who made a daring...
