Upcoming Library Events and Programs for Adults

Longmont's Reading - Connie Willis

Library Staff have selected a collection of Connie Willis titles for our public to enjoy. On June 1, copies of several titles will be available for check-out.

On August 8, 2013, we welcome Connie Willis to our library.

Connie Willis—one of today’s most respected American science fiction writers—will speak about her writing and research process.  Among other honors, she has won eleven Hugo, seven Nebula Awards and the Grand Master Nebula Award.  She was also shortlisted for the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke science fiction award in 2002.  Some of her most recent books include: All About Emily (2012), Blackout (2010), and All Clear (2010).  A native of Colorado, she lives in Greeley with her husband Courtney Willis, a professor of physics at the University of Northern Colorado.  She has one daughter, Cordelia.C

June 27, 2013 Presenting Cultural Icon Alfred Hitchcock's Film - North by Northwest. 6pm to 8pm

Madison Avenue advertising man Roger Thornhill finds himself thrust into the world of spies when he is mistaken for a man by the name of George Kaplan. Foreign spy Philip Vandamm and his henchman Leonard try to eliminate him but when Thornhill tries to make sense of the case, he is framed for murder. Now on the run from the police, he manages to board the 20th Century Limited bound for Chicago where he meets a beautiful blond, Eve Kendall, who helps him to evade the authorities.

July 11, 2013 Presenting the Cultural Icon Audrey Hepburn Film - Breakfast at Tiffany's. 6pm to 8pm.

Struggling writer Paul Varjak moves into a New York apartment building and becomes intrigued by his pretty, quirky neighbor Holly Golightly. Holly's lifestyle confuses and fascinates Paul; in public she flits through parties with a sexy, sophisticated air, but when they're alone she changes into a sweetly vulnerable bundle of neuroses.

July 25, 2013 Bardy Women: Wild Women of Shakespeare’s Plays and Times.

Kate, Beatrice, Jaquenetta and Queen Margaret: Shakespeares women were some of the most powerful and influential characters in the Bards plays in many ways ahead of their time. But even these early- day feminists werent nearly as colorful as some of the real women who lived in Shakespeares London during the 16th Century. From lives in religion, music, higher-education and crime, these women broke the mold and rocked the Tower of London! Told through monologues, anecdotes and a little creative conjecture, this performance explores the lives of some of the worlds greatest Renaissance women (and a few men who loved them)!

August 1, 2013 Presenting the Cultural Icon John Wayne Film - The Searchers.

Ethan Edwards, returned from the Civil War to the Texas ranch of his brother, hopes to find a home with his family and to be near the woman he obviously but secretly loves. But a Comanche raid destroys these plans, and Ethan sets out, along with his 1/8 Indian nephew Martin, on a years-long journey to find the niece kidnapped by the Indians under Chief Scar.