Events and Classes for Adults
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June 12 through August 12
Submit book reviews to qualify for raffle prizes! Paper review ballots are available at the library or you can sign up online with Beanstack to keep track of the books you read and submit reviews there.
Raffle winners will be drawn periodically throughout the summer reading challenge. The more reviews you submit, the more chances you have to win! Rating and reviewing books also helps us compile our annual 5-star reading list based on the books you enjoyed.
JULY 26TH - MIRACLE – Just in time for the Summer Olympics, relive the story of the 1980 US Hockey team and their Winter Olympic appearance! Based on the true story of Herb Brooks, player turned coach who led the team to victory. Starring Kurt Russell and Patricia Clarkson. Rated PG – 135 mins. AUGUST 2ND - ARTHUR THE KING – Based on a true story, over the course of ten days and 435 miles, a team in the Adventure Racing World Championship becomes a makeshift family for a scrappy street dog they named Arthur. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Simu Liu, Juliet Rylance. Rated PG-13 AUGUST 9TH - WAITRESS – THE MUSICAL – The Tony-nominated Broadway phenomenon comes to the big screen. Composer-lyricist Sara Bareilles is Jenna Hunterson, a waitress and expert pie maker stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. When a baking contest offers her a chance at escape, Jenna fights to reclaim part of herself. Waitress celebrates the power of friendship, dreams, the family we choose and the beauty of a well-baked pie. Not Rated – 114 mins. AUGUST 16TH - MADE IN ITALY - A heartwarming father-son story set in glorious Tuscany about bohemian London artist Robert, who returns to Italy with his estranged son Jack to make a quick sale of the house they inherited from his late wife. Starring Liam Neeson, Micheal Richardson. Rated R – 93 mins. AUGUST 23RD - INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS – A struggling musician navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Llewyn Davis is at a crossroads and struggling to make it as a musician. Llewyn's misadventures take him from the basket houses of Greenwich Village to an empty Chicago club- on an odyssey to audition for a music mogul. Starring Oscar Isaac, featuring music by Justin Timberlake and Carey Mulligan. Rated R – 104 mins. AUGUST 30TH - THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD – Everyone in 1880s America knows Jesse James. He's the nation's most notorious criminal and is being hunted by the law in 10 states. No one knows of Robert Ford, at least not yet. But the ambitious 19-year-old aims to change that. He befriends Jesse and rides with his gang. Friendship becomes rivalry and the quest for fame becomes obsession. Starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck. Rated R – 160 mins. |
Afternoon Book Club
The monthly book club meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 4 PM
Please email Mary Lou Hughes at mlhughes@mclinc.org for more information.
Evening Book Club
The monthly book club meets on the 4th Thursday of each month at 7 PM (the meeting is on the 3rd Thursday if 4th week is a holiday).