LPL Calendar of Events compiled by Elaine Rosenberger
Thursday, February 4
The First Amendment: Freedom of Speech with Barbara Greenberg, JD
This four-week series will focus on the First Amendment, which outlines our most important freedoms: speech, religion, press and assembly. Participants will consider a range of ethical and legal questions related to the First Amendment and review what the U.S. Supreme Court has said about them. Freedom of Speech. Is it all about the words? Who has this right? When/where/at what cost? Does being famous matter? What about kids?
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium
Saturday, February 6
"Crooklyn" (1994) Directed by Spike Lee
After achieving success with the world-shaking Malcom X (1992), Spike Lee crafted a smaller, more personal film. He succeeded beautifully with this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in seventies Brooklyn. Co-written with his sisters, the film tempts the viewer to wonder how much of it really happened and which one is little Spike. But this family drama is told through the eyes of the youngest girl. With Alfre Woodard and Delroy Lindo as mom and dad, classic soul music on the soundtrack, and the true grit of old school New York City in the background, this underappreciated gem is a sweet little slice of the American dream.
6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium
Sunday, February 7
The Lisa Miralia/Paul Stranahan Duo
Paul Stranahan is an old friend of the Library, having played a number of innovative and inspiring concerts over the years as a traditional jazz drummer, a solo marimbist and the master of gongs and singing bowls. We believe that his best instrument is our auditorium, which he fills with sumptuous soundscapes that resonate through the audience itself and make everyone a part of the show. Moving onward and upward, Paul will use this performance to debut his collaboration with Lisa Miralia, a musician, DJ and curator of indie sound art events who plays synths, vox, flutes and bells, for a dynamic marriage of the ancient and the avant garde. They draw influences from free improvisation, experimental noise, metal, musique concrete and ambient music, but the results are wholly original and will never be reproduced exactly the same again.
2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium
Thursday, February 11
The First Amendment: Freedom of the Press with Barbara Greenberg, JD
This second session in our four-week series will focus on the First Amendment guarantee of Freedom of the Press. Participants will consider a range of ethical and legal questions related to the First Amendment and review what the U.S. Supreme Court has said about them What is the press? Is social media the same as a newspaper? How accurate does a breaking story need to be?
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium
Saturday, February 13
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969) directed by Roy Hill
While The Wild Bunch (also 1969) shocked moviegoers with its violent gunfights, audiences were equally taken aback when Paul Newman and Katharine Ross took a bicycle ride to the tune of “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” a sixties Billboard chart topper. The song won an Oscar, as did the score, screenplay and cinematography. Critics panned the film for its anachronistic “unwestern-ness,” but audiences flocked to it to enjoy the clever, amiable banter between Newman and Robert Redford. They seemed more like sixties antiheroes defying the law than turn-of-the-century gunfighters running from the law. By the way, an early working title for this film was “The Wild Bunch.” Terry Meehan concludes 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, February 14
Vicki Chew’s Valentine’s Day Concert
Folky and funky with a smart sense of humor and a heart full of tender emotion, Vicki Chew welcomes lovers and lonelyhearts alike to a special Valentine’s Day concert. She’ll be bringing two dates—bassist Dave Huddleston and drummer Gary Naherny—so there will be no judgment. As a teenager, Vicki was the kind of girl who sat alone in her room and played harmonica while listening to Ziggy Stardust and spent long hours listening to Jackson Browne’s pain and angst, certain that she could help him. But the harmonica went by the wayside when she realized that it took off her lipgloss and prevented her from singing. And once she finally picked up the guitar, she learned that she could write her own songs of pain and angst.
2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium
Tuesday, February 16
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 The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Meeting Room