BEATLEY CENTRAL LIBRARY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

ENGLISH LANGUAGE WORKSHOP

When: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 3:00 PM
Where: Beatley Central Library

ENGLISH LANGUAGE WORKSHOP
Free! Drop-in (no "end of class" date) ESL Workshop for adult intermediate students. Free. No registration. No sign-up. Free to all. Call Reference desk, 703-519-5900x3, for info.

*LITTLE ONE-DERS

When: Monday, November 30, 2009 - 10:00 AM
Where: Beatley Central Library at Beatley (5005 Duke) Children's Room

*LITTLE ONE-DERS, Mondays, Nov. 2, 9, 16 & 30, at 10 or at 10:45 am, for ages 12 to 23 months, with an adult. *registration required: please call 703-519-5900x4.

FAMILY STORY NIGHT

When: Monday, November 30, 2009 - 7:00 PM
Where: Beatley Central Library at Beatley (5005 Duke) Children's Room

FAMILY STORY NIGHT, Mondays, October 5, 19, & 26, at 7 pm, all ages.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE WORKSHOP

When: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 3:00 PM
Where: Beatley Central Library

ENGLISH LANGUAGE WORKSHOP
Free! Drop-in (no "end of class" date) ESL Workshop for adult intermediate students. Free. No registration. No sign-up. Free to all. Call Reference desk, 703-519-5900x3, for info.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE WORKSHOP

When: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 - 3:00 PM
Where: Beatley Central Library

ENGLISH LANGUAGE WORKSHOP
Free! Drop-in (no "end of class" date) ESL Workshop for adult intermediate students. Free. No registration. No sign-up. Free to all. Call Reference desk, 703-519-5900x3, for info.

BOOKS TO FILM DISCUSSION GROUP

When: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 - 7:00 PM
Where: Beatley Central Library

Every second Tuesday of 2009, readers and movie buffs are invited to gather at Beatley Central Library to talk about a novel, play, short story, or work of nonfiction and the motion picture version inspired by the written tale. All participants are expected to have read the tale and viewed the movie before attending. Although Alexandria Library cannot guarantee that our copies of the books and movies will be available for checkout during the month prior, the Library has chosen books and films that we own and are also available from adjacent Library systems, bookstores, and movie rental stores.

Discussions held every second Tuesday, at 7 pm, at Beatley Central Library, in the Small Conference Room.
Scenes of the film may be shown. The schedule for the year 2009 is as follows:

January 13, The Remains of the Day (1993), Booker Prize winning novel by Kazuo Ishiguro;

February 10, Love Story (1970), A novella by Erich Segal;

March 10, The Commitments (1991), The comic novel by Roddy Doyle, first book in The Barrytown Trilogy;

April 14, Chocolat (2000), A novel by French writer Joanne Harris;

May 12, The Women (1939), American play by Clare Boothe, anthologized in several collections in the 812’s;

June 9, A Raisin in the Sun (1961), Award-winning play by Lorraine Hansberry;

July 14, Stand by Me (1986), Coming-of-age short story “The Body” in Different Seasons by Stephen King;

August 11, Aquamarine (2006), A young adult novel by Alice Hoffman, shelved in Children’s Fiction Section;

September 8, To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), The classic novel by Harper Lee;

October 13, October Sky (1999), Stunning biography Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam;

November 10, The Children of Men (2006), A work of dystopian fiction by British mystery writer P.D. James;

December 8, Random Harvest (1942), A classic novel by James Hilton;

BEATLEY CENTRAL LIBRARY - 5005 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22304 For more info on the group, please call 703.519.5900x3. Refreshments are sponsored by VIDEO VAULT located at 113 S. Columbus Street, Alexandria, VA, 22314 • 703.549.8848

LATIN AMERICAN BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

When: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 7:00 PM
Where: Beatley Central Library

LATIN AMERICAN BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Stories by Latin American authors. Discussions in English. Usually the second Thursday of the month. For the stories, please call Mark at 703-519-3498 or visit Beatley’s Reference desk. Meeting in Small Conference Room.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE WORKSHOP

When: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 3:00 PM
Where: Beatley Central Library

ENGLISH LANGUAGE WORKSHOP
Free! Drop-in (no "end of class" date) ESL Workshop for adult intermediate students. Free. No registration. No sign-up. Free to all. Call Reference desk, 703-519-5900x3, for info.

GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION GROUP

When: Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 7:00 PM
Where: Beatley Central Library

GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION GROUP

The discussions are held in the Meeting Room of the Charles E. Beatley Library, 5005 Duke St., Alexandria, Va., on the third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. Enter the library and immediately turn right. You will see the Meeting Room right ahead of you. All are welcome. However, there is a rule that only those who have read the selection should participate in the discussion. Contact Bill Scouton, 703-931-3559.

The Schedule from August 2009 through January 2010

August 20---“The Chilean Earthquake,” a short story from Kleist, Selected Writings by Heinrich von Kleist.

Sept. 17---“Where I Lived, and What I Lived For,” a chapter from Walden by Henry David Thoreau.

Oct. 15---“Sweetness and Light,” a selection from Culture and Anarchy by Matthew Arnold.

Nov. 19---“What Pragmatism Means and Pragmatism’s Conception of Truth” a selection from Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James.

Dec. 17---Major Barbara, a play by George Bernard Shaw.

Jan. 21---“The Darling,” a short story by Anton Chekhov.

Feb. 18---“First Snow on Fuji,” a short story from First Snow on Fuji by Yasunari Kawabata.
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All the selections are contained in an anthology, Great Conversations IV, compiled by the Great Books Foundation. The anthology provides study guides for all the selections. Purchase of Great Conversations IV is not required but it is a convenience for regular participants. It can be purchased from the Foundation for $24.95 plus handling charges of $4.50. It can be ordered by phone, (1-800-222-5870), fax (1-312-407-0224) or online (www.greatbooks.org) with a Visa, Mastercard, or Discover card.