Library Calendar
January 10
Lakewood Public Cinema: "Bon Voyage/Aventure Malgache" (1944) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Hitchcock came to America in 1939, just before the Germans began bombing his homeland. Though he was too old for military service, he felt obligated to do something for the war effort. So he flew to London, sitting on the floor of a bomber, and made these two little-seen short films in tribute to the work of the French Resistance. Bon Voyage is about an RAF gunner who travels through German-occupied France, aided by courageous Resistance operatives. Or so it seems. Like Kurosawa’s Rashomon, when the story is retold with the same characters and events, it takes on a radically different interpretation. Aventure Malgache tells the story of an actor who masqueraded as a loyal Vichy official in Nazi-occupied Madagascar while actually running a pro-Resistance radio station. Professor Terry Meehan continues his series, "Hitchcock Goes to War," introducing each film with rare clips and original documentaries followed by audience reaction and a lively discussion.
Saturday, January 10 at 6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium
January 11
Sunday with the Friends: Trepanning Trio
Trepanning Trio is an acoustic instrumental ensemble known for making oddly beautiful music with classical, traditional and handmade instruments, including viola da gamba, guzheng and pan-lids screwed onto sticks played with violin bows. Contrary to its name, this trio performs with a rotating lineup of six to fourteen members drawn from an unlikely rogues’ gallery of musicians, composers, artists, writers and ethnomusicologists. With a devotion to the complex and pretty, they have shared the stage with free improvisation luminaries like Eugene Chadbourne and Paal Nilssen-Love.
Sunday, January 11 at 2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium
January 11
Hands-On Help with eReaders
Do you own a shiny, new eReader, but don’t know how to download any of the thousands of free titles that are available through the Library? Make an appointment with a knowledgeable staff member who can show you around the bells and whistles of your device, whether it’s a Kindle, Nook, iPad, iPhone or something else entirely. Let’s talk.
Thursday Nights at the Madison Branch—Call (216) 228-7428
Sunday Nights at the Main Library—Call (216) 226-8275, ext. 127
January 15
Booked for Murder: Southern Style Noir: "The Dangerous Edge of Things" by Tina Whittle
This season, the intrepid investigators of this book club will switch back and forth between noir murder mysteries and southern intrigue. But which one is which? For full book descriptions, visit www.lakewoodpubliclibrary.org/bookclubs.
Thursday, January 15 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Meeting Room
January 17
Lakewood Public Cinema: "Hell’s Angels" (1930) Directed by Howard Hughes
Three friends leave Oxford to fly fighter planes in the Great War—two for England and one for Germany. Torn between patriotism and conscience, they also somehow manage to fight over the same woman. If you've seen Scorsese's The Aviator, you know that the eccentric playboy director and test pilot, Howard Hughes, actually assembled what was then the world's largest air force—almost incidentally—while making this film. He needed every plane to bring his vision to life. Men died filming the aeronautic stunts, and Hughes was up there with them when they fell. Driven by an otherworldly perfectionism, he filmed the movie over and over, making the transition from silent films to talkies and even including a short, experimental color sequence that showcased the blonde beauty of Jean Harlow. How can you not be curious to see this film?
Saturday, January 17 at 6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium
January 18
Sunday with the Friends: The Hollywood Slim Band
A proud member of the Cleveland blues family, the Hollywood Slim Band has been entertaining crowds with their swing, jazz and blues for nearly forty years and they’re still adding new arrangements to their repertoire. With tender three-part vocal harmonies and decades of playing together, they add their own touch to the music of Howlin’ Wolf, Little Walter Jacobs, Louis Jordan, Ray Charles and The Nat King Cole Trio. A homegrown spirit matched with loving instrumental mastery gives this band a vintage, rockin’ sound, inspired by the founding brothers’ love of Chicago blues and forties-era small combo jazz.
Sunday, January 18 at 2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium
January 18
Hands-On Help with eReaders
Do you own a shiny, new eReader, but don’t know how to download any of the thousands of free titles that are available through the Library? Make an appointment with a knowledgeable staff member who can show you around the bells and whistles of your device, whether it’s a Kindle, Nook, iPad, iPhone or something else entirely. Let’s talk.
Thursday Nights at the Madison Branch—Call (216) 228-7428
Sunday Nights at the Main Library—Call (216) 226-8275, ext. 127
January 19
Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Open all day