May Adult Programs

 

Wednesday, May 1  (6:30-8:30)
Spring Fling Film Series: Guilt Trip (PG-13   95 mins.  2012) A traveling salesman (Seth Rogen) talks his mother (Barbra Streisand) into heading out on the road with him so that he can, unbeknownst to her, reunite her with a former fling in this comedy.

 Thursday, May 2,  (6:30-7:30)
Genealogy Lecture:  “Search for the many branches on your family tree”.   Local Waterford genealogist Marilyn Davis will discuss how to conduct a genealogical search for ancestors both here in the US and overseas. She will provide copies of charts, discuss online and off line resources, and basic strategy and organization of a search. A question and answer period will follow the formal discussion. Co-sponsored by the Waterford Public Library and the Waterford Historical Society.

Friday, May 3  (3-4:30)
Spring Fling Film Series: Guilt Trip (PG-13   95 mins.  2012) A traveling salesman (Seth Rogen) talks his mother (Barbra Streisand) into heading out on the road with him so that he can, unbeknownst to her, reunite her with a former fling in this comedy.

Saturday, May 4  (3-4:30)
Spring Fling Film Series: Guilt Trip (PG-13   95 mins.  2012) A traveling salesman (Seth Rogen) talks his mother (Barbra Streisand) into heading out on the road with him so that he can, unbeknownst to her, reunite her with a former fling in this comedy.

Monday, May 6  (6-7:30)
Computer Class:  MS Word – Learn basic word processing functions. (Basic knowledge of computers is recommended.) Space is limited – registration required.  Check with the information desk for details.

Tuesday, May 7  (1:30-4:30)
Spring Fling Film Series:  Cloud Atlas  (R   172 mins.  2012) Spring
CANCELLED - SUBSTITUTE FILM: JACK REACHER
PG13 - 130 mins. 2012.

 

Tuesday, May 7  (7-9)
Sci-Fi Book Discussion:  Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree, Jr. (1990)
These are stories of Alice Sheldon, who wrote Tiptree until her death in 1987,  "The Screwfly Solution" describes a chilling, elegant answer to the population problem. In "Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death," the title tells the tale--species survival insured by imprinted drives--but the story's force is in its exquisite, lyrical prose and its suggestion that personal uniqueness is possible even within biological imperatives. "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" is a future boy-meets-girl story with a twist unexpected by the players. "The Women Men Don't See " displays Tiptree's keen insight and ability to depict singularity within the ordinary. In Hugo and Nebula award-winning "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" astronauts flying by the sun slip forward 500 years and encounter a culture that successfully questions gender roles in ours.

Wednesday, May 8  (6-9)
Spring Fling Film Series:  Cloud Atlas  (R   172 mins.  2012) CANCELLED - SUBSTITUTE FILM: JACK REACHER
PG13 - 130 mins. 2012.

Saturday, May 11  (1:30-4:30)
Spring Fling Film Series:  Cloud Atlas  (R   172 mins.  2012) CANCELLED - SUBSTITUTE FILM: JACK REACHER
PG13 - 130 mins. 2012.

Monday, May 13  (2-4:30 and again at 6-8:30)
Spring Fling Film Series:  The Da Vinci Code  (PG-13  149 mins. 2006) Based on the best-selling book by Dan Brown, the film begins with a murder at the Louvre Museum. Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is called in to help with the case. He finds an enigmatic riddle filled the clues centered on the paintings of Da Vinci. He goes on an amazing worldwide adventure following leads, which could end up shaking the very foundation of Christianity. Tom Hanks stars.

Tuesday, May 14  (6:30-8)
Spring Fling Film Series:  Hyde Park on Hudson (R  94 mins. 2012) In June 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor host the King and Queen of England for a weekend at the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park on Hudson– the first-ever visit of a reigning English monarch to America. But international affairs must be juggled with the complexities of FDR’s domestic establishment, as wife, mother, and mistresses all conspire to make the royal weekend an unforgettable one. Stars Bill Murray and Laura Linney.

Wednesday, May 15  (3-4:30)
Spring Fling Film Series:  Hyde Park on Hudson (R  94 mins. 2012) In June 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor host the King and Queen of England for a weekend at the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park on Hudson– the first-ever visit of a reigning English monarch to America. But international affairs must be juggled with the complexities of FDR’s domestic establishment, as wife, mother, and mistresses all conspire to make the royal weekend an unforgettable one. Stars Bill Murray and Laura Linney.

Wednesday, May 15  (7:30-9)
Dan Brown, live from Lincoln Center:  We will join Brown via live stream in New York City just one day after the release of Inferno, his next Robert Langdon thriller. This special evening of codes, symbols and secrets will be Brown's only public appearance.Join us for a live stream as the author speaks abouthis new novel Inferno, plus a range of topics inscience, religion, codes, book publishing, movie making, and a few surprises.

Saturday, May 18  (3-4:30)
Spring Fling Film Series:  Hyde Park on Hudson (R  94 mins. 2012) In June 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor host the King and Queen of England for a weekend at the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park on Hudson– the first-ever visit of a reigning English monarch to America. But international affairs must be juggled with the complexities of FDR’s domestic establishment, as wife, mother, and mistresses all conspire to make the royal weekend an unforgettable one. Stars Bill Murray and Laura Linney.

Tuesday, May 21  (7-9)
Jacques Pepin, author of 26 cookbooks, personal chef to three heads of state in France, and friend of Julia Child will present a program on his lifetime in the kitchen with excerpts from his memoir.

Wednesday, May 22 (3-4:45 and again at 6:30-8:15)
Spring Fling Film Series:  Promised Land  (R 106 mins.  2013) A corporate salesman journeys from farm boy to big-time player when he lands in a small town and grapples with a surprising array of both open hearts and closed doors. The town is in economic decline & its citizens are likely to accept the company's offer – for fracking/drilling rights to their properties as much-needed relief- but environmental activism battles with economic survival. Stars Matt Damon, Frances McDormand and John Krasinski.

Thursday, May 23  (7-8:30)
Attack on Stonington, 1814!  Nancy Steenburg is the President of the New London County Historical Society and is an adjunct professor of history at Avery Point. She will read from the dramatic text of the attack on Stonington as written by F. M. Caulkins, based on eyewitness accounts. A question and answer period will follow the performance. May is National Historic Preservation Month and the program is co-sponsored by the Waterford Public Library and the Waterford Historic Properties Commission.

Friday, May 24  --CANCELLED
Spring Fling Film Series:  Promised Land 

Saturday, May 25  (12-2)
Open House Birthday Celebration:  Please join us for birthday cake at an Open House in celebration of our 90th year.

Tuesday, May 28  (6:00pm)
One Book, One Region Kickoff Event:  Meet Conor Grennan, author of the 2013 selection, Little Princes, at the Mystic Arts Center, 9 Water Street, Mystic.  A brief question and answer session will follow the program.  Light refreshments will be served and copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing.

Tuesday, May 28 (6:30-8)

Eye Health: Cataracts, Glaucoma and Your Cornea: Dr. Anita Hwang is a Board Certified Ophthalmologist with both L & M and Yale hositals. She will discuss cataracts, cataract and LASIK surgery, glaucoma and cornea health. A question and answer period will follow the formal presentation. Co-sponsored by Lawrence and Memorial Hospital and the Waterford Public Library.

 

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