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   Library Programs & Events - Coming Soon (please note location)

ENCHANTED (2007) Mother's Day Movie Special
Sun., May 11, 3:00 p.m. - Main Library, MLK Jr. Auditorium
Spend the afternoon with mom enjoying this delightful Disney musical hit, about an animated princess who tumbles into real life New York City
. Starring Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey and Susan Sarandon.

CITYWIDE READS BOOK DISCUSSION
Mon., May 12, 7:00 p.m. - Main Library, Multipurpose Room
Join us for a facilitator-led discussion of Jim Lynch's The Highest Tide.  Follow thirteen-year-old Miles O'Malley during a transformative summer as he navigates the mysteries of his beloved Puget Sound and his relationships with family and friends.

CITYWIDE READS BOOK DISCUSSION
Tue., May 13, 7:30 p.m. - Barnes & Noble, 3rd St. Promenade
Join us for a facilitator-led discussion of Jim Lynch's The Highest Tide.  Follow thirteen-year-old Miles O'Malley during a transformative summer as he navigates the mysteries of his beloved Puget Sound and his relationships with family and friends.

MYSTERY BOOK GROUP: Dating Dead Men
Wed., May 14, 7:00 p.m. - Montana Branch Library
In Harley Jane Kozak's debut mystery novel, an L.A. greeting card artist is dating forty men in sixty days as research for an upcoming book, How to Avoid Getting Dumped All the Time, when her assignment becomes even more complicated by an unexpected corpse.

FILM SCREENING: The Black Cat
Thurs., May 15, 2:00 p.m. - Montana Branch Library
This 1934 classic, cult adventure film stars Boris Karloff as a satanic necrophiliac and Bela Lugosi as his revenge-obsessed adversary. They partake in a game of chess to decide the fate of a couple of stranded, unsuspecting newlyweds.

SANTA MONICA FARMERS MARKET: THERE'S MORE ON YOUR PLATE THAN JUST FOOD
Thur., May 15, 7:00 p.m. - Main Library, MLK Jr. Auditorium
Join Market supervisor Laura Avery, Mary Sue Milliken of Border Grill, Andy Fisher of Community Food Security Coalition, and Phil McGrath from McGrath Family Farms for a lively discussion about local food security, the politics of what we eat, and how it relates to you.

CITYWIDE READS BOOK DISCUSSION
Fri., May 16, 2:00 p.m. - It's A Grind, 602 Santa Monica Blvd.
Join us for a facilitator-led discussion of Jim Lynch's The Highest Tide.  Follow thirteen-year-old Miles O'Malley during a transformative summer as he navigates the mysteries of his beloved Puget Sound and his relationships with family and friends.

"MAINLY NOIR" BOOK/FILM DUO
Sat., May 17, 2:00 p.m. - Ocean Park Branch
Book discussion of LA Noir: The City as Character by Alain Silver and James Ursini and other Noir resources. Followed by a screening of The Big Heat at 3:30 p.m. The Big Heat (1953) is described as ultimate angry cop noir, a tale of vengeance rendered with almost tantalizing perfection.
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AN AFTERNOON WITH JIM LYNCH - Citywide Reads Author!
Sat., May 17, 3:00 p.m. - Santa Monica College Pavilion/Gym
The award-winning author of The Highest Tide presents and discusses his book, followed by a book signing. Co-sponsored by the Santa Monica College Associates
. Click here for event flyer.

THE MUSIC MAN OF MANZANAR - Screening/Discussion
Sun., May 18, 12:00 p.m. - Main Library, MLK Jr. Auditorium
Filmmaker Brian T. Maeda screens this docudrama on Lou Frizzell, an actor/teacher who shared his love of musical theater with the students of Manzanar relocation camp. Followed by a panel discussion featuring those who lived at Manzanar. NOTE: This event begins one hour prior to the Library's regular opening
.

PETER FLETCHER IN CONCERT
Tues., May 20, 7:00 p.m. - MLK Jr. Auditorium
Classical guitarist returns to Santa Monica from a repeat performance at Carnegie Hall. Join us for this great evening of music, when Peter's wizardly fingers fly across the frets of his guitar and fill MLK with beautiful sounds. Program includes pieces from Handel, Back and L.A.'s own Andrew York, to name just a few. Click here for press release and here for flyer.

MONTANA BRANCH BOOK GROUP: Animals in Translation
Wed., May 21, 7:00 p.m. - Montana Branch Library
The mysteries of autism are used to explain animal behavior in this fascinating book by Temple Grandin, an animal scientist, as well as a highly-functioning autistic.

A WORLD JOURNEY ON KEYBOARD
Sat., May 24, 2:00 p.m. - Main Library, MLK Jr. Auditorium
LA Philharmonic Artist, Junko Ueno Garrett plays piano pieces from Manuel de Falla (Spain), Gabriel Fauré (France), Ryuichi Sakamoto (Japan), Sergei Rachmaninov (Russia) and Heitor Villa-Lobos (Brazil).

A GEISHA'S JOURNEY - MY LIFE AS A KYOTO APPRENTICE
Sun., May 25, 12:30 p.m. - Main Library, MLK Jr. Auditorium
Celebrate Asian-Pacific Heritage Month with this brief, but beautiful performance of music and dance by Kyoto geisha, Komomo. Photographer Naoyuki Ogino and Komomo will sign books after the performance. NOTE: This event begins a half hour prior to the Library's regular opening
.

RUNNING A GREEN HOUSEHOLD
Thurs., May 29, 7:00 p.m. - Main Library, Multipurpose Room
Learn to manage household chemical purchasing, use, and learn simple steps in evaluating products and services for your home.   Karl Bruskotter and Andrew Basmajian bring decades of experience working for the City of Santa Monica’s Environmental Programs Division and they are both fathers of young children.

SUMMER SALADS from THE FARMERS MARKET
Mon., June 2, 7:00 p.m. - Fairview Branch Library
Laura Avery will present a cooking program featuring fresh and flavorful seasonal fruits and vegetables that will inspire and delight you
.

LESLIE JORDAN: MY TRIP DOWN THE PINK CARPET
Tues., June 3, 7:00 p.m. - Main Library, MLK Jr. Auditorium
Get ready to laugh yourself silly as Leslie Jordan, the Emmy-winning star of Will & Grace and cult hitd like Sordid Lives and Southern Baptist Sissies, visits Santa Monica to share stories from his life and career with entertainment journalist Jim Colucci. Book sale and signing to follow
.

WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971)
Wed., June 4, 3:00 p.m. - Main Library, MLK Jr. Auditorium
Every Wednesday this summer, kids and families are invited to enjoy our Summer Family Film Festival. Kicking things off is the scrumdiddlyumptious fantasy musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic novel about a mysterious candymaker and a young boy who wins a golden ticket to enter his magical factory
.

BEE MOVIE (2007) - Summer Family Film Festival
Wed., June 11, 3:00 p.m. - Main Library, MLK Jr. Auditorium
Our Summer Family Film Festival continues with this recent box office hit, featuring the voices of Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock, which tells the story of a worker bee who discovers that humans actually eat the honey he and his fellow bees make, and decides to take matters into his own hands
.

LAUREN WEISBERGER IN CONVERSATION
Wed., June 11, 7:00 p.m. - Main Library, MLK Jr. Auditorium
Lauren Weisberger, the #1 best-selling author of The Devil Wears Prada, joins fellow novelist Gigi Levangie Grazer (The Starter Wife) for this intimate conversation and discussion of Weisberger's new novel, Chasing Harry Winston. Co-presented by Book Soup. Book sale and signing to follow
.

MYSTERY BOOK GROUP: Lady in the Lake - Raymond Chandler
Wed., June 11, 7:00 p.m. - Montana Branch Library
In this hard-boiled classic, private eye Philip Marlowe gets led out of his natural urban habitat and into deep trouble while investigating the disappearance of two women, one married to a rich man and the other to a poor one
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LITERATURE BOOK GROUP: The Red & The Black - Stendhal
Sat., June 14, 11:00 a.m. - Fairview Branch Library
Handsome and ambitious, Julien Sorel is determined to rise above his humble peasant origins and make something of his life. To do this, he realizes he must adopt the code of hypocrisy by which society operates, achieving advancement through deceit and self-interest
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HIPPOCRATES WAS RIGHT: Why Food is Medicine
Sat., June 14, 2:00 p.m. - Montana Branch Library
Dr. Robert Krochmal leads this discussion about the medicinal qualities of certain foods, covering topics such as which food colors have specific health-promoting nutrients and why foods that make us healthy are also good for the planet
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BRIDE & PREJUDICE (2004) Monthly Movie Musical
Sat., June 14, 3:00 p.m. - Main Library, MLK Jr. Auditorium
Jane Austen's classic romantic tale gets the Bollywood spin. Directed by Gurinder Chadha. Starring Aishwarya Rai and Martin Henderson
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DOCUMENTARY SCREENING: Manufactured Landscapes
Tues., June 17, 7:00 p.m. - Fairview Branch Library
This award-winning documentary follows photographer Edward Burtynsky as he travels the world observing the changes in landscapes due to industrial work and manufacturing
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THE SECRET GARDEN (1993) - Summer Family Film Festival
Wed., June 18, 3:00 p.m. - Main Library, MLK Jr. Auditorium
Our Summer Family Film Festival continues with this beautiful film adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic novel about a young girl, her sickly cousin and a servant's boy nurturing a magical, secret garden back to life
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GEORGE LAKOFF presents THE POLITICAL MIND
Wed., June 18, 7:00 p.m. - Main Library, MLK Jr. Auditorium
Cognitive scientist and linguist, George Lakoff, visits the library to discuss his latest book, The Political Mind: Why You Can't Understand 21st Century American Politics with an 18th Century Brain, which examines the impact that language and emotion have on our political beliefs. Book sale and signing to follow
.

BOOK DISCUSSION: The Master & Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
Wed., June 18, 7:00 p.m. - Montana Branch Library
Set in Moscow of the 1920s, this brilliant, satirical novel recounts a writer's dealings with Satan who appears in town accompanied by a large, vodka-drinking, pistol-toting black cat
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THE PRODUCERS (1968) Monthly Closed Captioned/Classic
Sat., June 14, 3:00 p.m. - Main Library, MLK Jr. Auditorium
Mel Brooks' original comedic farce joins our regular classic movie line-up. Starring Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel. Shown with English subtitles for the hearing impaired. All are welcome
.

AWAY FROM HER (2007) - "In Case You Missed It" Film Series
Mon., June 23, 2:00 p.m. - Montana Branch Library
Best Actress nominee at this year's Oscars, Julie Christie stars as a long-married woman, suffering from Alzheimer's, who gets placed in a nursing home and then falls in love with another man, leaving her spouse devastated
.

ATONEMENT (2007) "Maybe You Missed It" Film Series
Tues., June 24, 6:30 p.m. - Main Library, MLK Jr. Auditorium
This award-winning adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel examines the devastating impact of a child's lie on the lives of those around her.  Directed by Joe Wright. Starring Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Saoirse Ronan and Vanessa Redgrave.

THE JUNGLE BOOK (1967) - Summer Family Film Festival
Wed., June 25, 3:00 p.m. - Main Library, MLK Jr. Auditorium
Our Summer Family Festival continues with the classic animated musical from Walt Disney, featuring wild jungle boy Mowgli and the delightful animals he has grown up with in the wilds on India. Based on the classic tales of Rudyard Kipling
.

EXPLORING GEISHA CULTURE
Thur., June 26, 2:30 to 6:00 pm - Main Library, Multipurpose Rm
Explore the make-up, kimono dress and tea service rituals of this unique Japanese subculture. Space is limited. Seating is first come, first served
. Presented by Sakura Production USA.

The Santa Monica Public Library is wheelchair accessible. For special disabled services, call Library Administration (310) 458-8606.

All events subject to change or cancellation without prior notice.

 

This page was last modified on 05/11/2008

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