This Thursday’s film on November 17 is N. Scott Momaday: Words From a Bear. Film Screenings begin promptly at 7 PM. Seating is first come, first served. No registration required.
2019 | Documentary, Literature | 1h 25m
Delve into the enigmatic life and mind of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and poet N. Scott Momaday, best known for House Made of Dawn and a formative voice of the Native American Renaissance in art and literature.
Join us on Mondays from 6 PM – 8 PM starting November 14 through December 19!
Registration is required for this program. Please click here to register.
Film Screenings begin promptly at 7 PM. Seating is first come, first served. No registration required.
Rated PG-13 | Action, Adventure | 2h 11m
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose”. Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.
Dr. Fleischman, a Vipassana Meditation instructor in the tradition of S.N. Goenka, is a retired psychiatrist and former chief resident in psychiatry at Yale who has been honored by the American Psychiatric Association for his contribution to the study of psychiatry and religion. This lecture will be delivered via Zoom. You must register to receive a Zoom link before the event.
Happening this Saturday, October 29th!! No registration required.
Thursday, October 27 between 10 AM and 7 PM
Thursday, October 27 at 7 PM
No registration required for either event! We can’t wait to see your costumes!!
Tuesday, October 18 at 2 PM
This lecture is presented by Dr. Wendy Hurwitz. Up to 90% of all visits to doctors’ offices are stress-related, according to Harvard. Stress can be considered as much a risk factor for disease as smoking. Why can two people be in the same situation and respond to stress in different ways? Can changing the way we carry stress be a learnable skill? Come and learn the difference between good and bad stress, increase awareness of how stress impacts the body, and hear about the emerging pattern matching specific symptoms and diseases with specific stresses. Everyone will learn a technique to minimize stress and maximize vitality. Registration is required.
Film Screenings begin promptly at 7 PM. Seating is first come, first served. No registration required.
Rated PG-13 | Mystery, Drama | 2h 5m
From the best-selling novel comes a captivating mystery. Where the Crawdads Sing tells the story of Kya, an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community. Drawn to two young men from town, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world; but when one of them is found dead, she is immediately cast by the community as the main suspect. As the case unfolds, the verdict as to what actually happened becomes increasingly unclear, threatening to reveal the many secrets that lay within the marsh.
Wednesday, October 12 at 4:30 PM
Come hear writer and director Gail Lerner talk about her new middle grade novel, The Big Dreams of Small Creatures! Afterwards, join her for a brief improv workshop. Books will be available for purchase.
Gail Lerner has been a television and film writer/director for almost twenty-five years. She has recently directed her first feature film, a reimagining of Cheaper by the Dozen, for Disney+. Additionally, she has written and directed for iconic and beloved shows such as Black-ish, Happy Endings, Ugly Betty, Grace and Frankie, and Will & Grace. Her work has garnered her a Peabody Award, 6 NAACP Image Awards, and multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. The Big Dreams of Small Creatures is her first novel.
On Saturday, October 1st, the Friends will have a donation drop-off set up! You can also browse a mini bookstore that will be set up on the Library Lawn, or also indoors at the Friends Bookstore Alley!
The following weekend, the Friends will be at the Woodbridge Like Me event from 11 am to 2 pm:
