Happy Spring everyone! You can use the extended daylight
hours as an opportunity to visit the library. Take a look at the wonderful
adult programs planned for this month.
The library will show the movie Unbroken starring Jack O’Connell and Domhnall
Gleeson. Unbroken is based
on the popular book, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience,
and Redemption by Laura
Hillenbrand. After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini
spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he is
captured and sent to a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp. Always free at the
library – with snacks!
We have a treat for you! Dan Kaercher, retired editor–in–chief
of Midwest Living magazine and retired IPTV host of “Iowa’s Simple Pleasures”,
will be at the library to speak about “Iowa’s Hidden Treasures”. Dan spent
years traveling most of Iowa’s 99 counties in search of attractions and
get-a-ways close to home. Come and learn what surprises await you in your own
back yard!
The DIY Club will be decorating mugs with Sharpies. Join us
as we turn drab pieces of pottery into something fabulous! Warning: You will
become addicted to this craft.
The Book Into Movie Club will watch the movie Kim starring Errol Flynn and Dean
Stockwell. Based on the Rudyard Kipling classic novel, Kim is a 1950 movie about an orphan of a British soldier who, during
the British Raj, Kim poses as a Hindu and is torn between his loyalties to a
Buddhist mystic and aiding the English secret service. A masculine story about
travel and adventure! If you haven’t read the book, no problem, you can still
see the movie.
Our next Book Into Movie is Like Water For Chocolate
by Laura Esquivel. Tita is unable to marry her lover, Pedro, because of the
Mexican tradition of the youngest daughter not marrying in order to care for
her parents. Tita cares for her mother and is only able to express herself
through her cooking. A mouthwatering and sensual read we will “Escape the
Ordinary” (Adult Summer Reading Program Theme) by watching the subtitled and
award winning film, “Like Water for Chocolate”, in June. The film is rated R.
Remember to get your poem into the library for the Spencer
Public Library’s Poetry Contest. The deadline is April 30 at 5:00 PM.
