LPL Calendar Of Events Compiled By Elaine Rosenberger

Thursday, January 7
Meet the Author: "The Green Berets and Their Victories" by Joseph Meissner
Honored as Cleveland’s Outstanding Veteran of the Year in 2013, Joseph Meissner is a Cleveland attorney with over fifty years of experience serving the underprivileged in our region. His latest book celebrates the accomplishments of US Special Forces soldiers popularly known as the Green Berets in Vietnam during 1968 and 1969, the most crucial years of the conflict. Books will be available for sale and signing at the event.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Saturday, January 9
"The Wild Bunch" (1969) directed by Sam Peckinpah 
As the sixties began to ride off into the sunset, two films made during the last year of the decade explore the theme of the closing of the Wild West era. (The other film is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid). The films earned adjacent spots on the American Film Institute’s list of the Ten Greatest Westerns. Yet no two films could be further apart in style and tone. The Wild Bunch takes place in 1913 and features a gang of aging outlaws led by Pike Bishop (William Holden) who cross the Rio Grande in order to make one final score and retire. The graphic violence, often shown in slow motion, was controversial at the time and can still have an impact on today’s audiences. Terry Meehan continues his series, “Westerns of the Sixties,” introducing each film with rare clips and original documentaries, followed by audience reaction and a lively discussion. 
6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Sunday, January 10
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. With a devotion to the complex and pretty, they have shared the stage with free improvisation luminaries like Eugene Chadbourne and Paal Nilssen-Love.
2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Thursday, January 14
Meet the Author: "Hades Melody" by J.D. Belcher
Spiritual awakenings remain taboo in everyday conversation, despite their regular appearances in pop culture and in the lives of biblical figures. In homage to Lewis Carroll’s publication of "Alice in Wonderland," Lakewood native J. D. Belcher, presents his own revelatory look into the fascinating and often strange world of spiritual awakenings, when an individual becomes suddenly and unexpectedly aware of the spiritual activity that surrounds him. Written in creative non-fiction style and following in the vein of works such as "A Christmas Carol," "Stranger Than Fiction" and "The Truman Show," Belcher’s memoir chronicles his own story of enlightenment, one filled with disembodied voices, doppelgangers and prophetic visions that visited him in the months preceding the 9/11 attacks. Belcher shares what happened when an awakening experience crashed head-on with his role in the church. The experience affected relationships with his family and loved ones, but may also have been a mysterious foretelling of the worst terrorist attack in the history of the United States. Books will be available for sale and signing at the event.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Saturday, January 16
"The Magnificent Ambersons" (1942) directed by Orson Welles
The amazing thing about "Citizen Kane" (1941), widely regarded as the greatest film of all time, is that it was the first feature ever made by its young writer, director and star, Orson Welles. Over the next forty years of his fabled career, Welles was doomed to never reach these heights again. Had he simply peaked too soon? Absolutely not, as you will see in this, his second film, based on the novel by Booth Tarkington. The gorgeous, groundbreaking camerawork is there. The design and costume work perfectly evoke the bygone era. And the screenplay stands as a master class for literary adaptations—with perhaps an extra dash of Wellesian wit. Most importantly, the performances from this talented cast cohere in a way that can only occur when a company is inspired by a truly great director. 
6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Sunday, January 17
Sunday Cinema: "Après Vous" (2003)
In this engaging romantic comedy, lovelorn neurotic José Garcia is despondent after his girlfriend moves out. One fateful night, he is spotted and rescued from imminent death by Daniel Auteuil. A strange and persistent attachment develops in which Garcia becomes completely dependent on his new acquaintance. Finding a job becomes paramount. At the restaurant where Auteuil is head waiter, there is need of a new sommelier. Notwithstanding that Garcia’s skill set is limited to running a shooting gallery, Auteuil scores an interview for him and invents a resume. Garcia’s performance before his prospective employers leaves them stunned. Auteuil’s next trick is to somehow persuade Garcia’s wayward girlfriend, Sandrine Kiberlain, to reconcile with him. French with English subtitles.
2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Tuesday, January 19
Knit and Lit Book Club
Come share your passion for great literature and show off your knitting, crocheting, counted cross-stitch, embroidery, and quilting works-in-progress. This Tuesday’s book is "Faceless Killers" by Henning Mankell.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Meeting Room

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