This week at the library

Hydroponic Gardening with Urban Sunshine
Thursday, February 28, 2pm
Urban Sunshine will present a program on Hydroponic Gardening.  Organic Hydroponics is the best of both worlds.  You get all the benefits of hydroponic gardening plus all the benefits of organic gardening.  The pure, natural ingredients of our organic gardening fertilizers boost the nutritional value, health, and flavor of you strawberries or other produce without any unwanted chemicals.  The results are simply delicious!


50 Great Walks in Florida with Lucy Tobias
Viva Florida 500 Event
Friday, March 1, 2pm
From the deepest swamps to the most civilized sidewalks, 50 Great Walks in Florida features the best short, but significant, outdoor jaunts in the Sunshine State.  Experienced tour guide Lucy Tobias will thrill you with fascinating local history and vivid descriptions of the sights and sites encountered along the way.  50 Great Walks in Florida is divided into geographic regions and each section includes at least one beach or wetlands walk, an historic walk, a garden walk, a place to see wildlife, and one locale with an unusual natural feature.  Included are the Vietnam Memorial, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Coca-Cola Town, Ybor City Fresh Market, John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, and even a ghost tour!

March computer classes

Library Books on Your Kindle, Device, 03/11/2013, 11-1:   You will learn how to check out eBooks from the library’s OverDrive service to your Kindle device.  Feel free to bring your Kindle; wifi is available throughout the building.  This workshop is intended for those with Kindle devices previous to the Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD, though these later devices will be able to use the methods described in the workshop.  Though the workshop is free, registration is required.  Call 386-322-5152 to reserve your space!

Introduction to Computers and the Internet, 03/12/2013, 2-4: Registration is required. Hands-on class.

Word Basics, 03/14/2013, 2-3:30 p.m.:   Get an overview of setting up and using email.  Registration is required. 

Using the OverDrive Media Console App With Your Smartphone or Tablet, 03/25/2013, 11-1:

Learn how to download ebooks and audiobooks from the library using a free app for your Apple, Windows, and Android phones and tablets, Kindle Fire, Kindle Fire HD, Nook Tablet, Nook Color, and Nook HD devices.   Feel free to bring your devices as wifi is available throughout the building.  Though the workshop is free, registration is required.  Call 386-322-5152 to reserve your space!

Advanced Computers and Internet Class, 03/26/2013, 2-4, Registration is required.  Hands-on class.

Monday movies in March

March 2013 Movies

Afternoon at the Movies (All Films Start at 2 p.m.)

03/04/2013: Abel’s Field, Rated PG, 104 minutes: Left motherless by tragedy and abandoned by his father, high school senior Seth McArdle (Samuel Davis) has been put under enormous pressure to support his little sisters. At school, he endures the daily bullying of the football team. When he fights back, he's singled out for punishment, assigned to an after-school work detail under the supervision of a reserved groundskeeper, Abel (Kevin Sorbo). Much to his surprise, Seth discovers that Abel may be the only one who truly understands his struggles. As dark times lure Seth towards desperate measures, the reluctant Abel may be the one person who can point him back towards the light.

03/11/2013: Beasts of the Southern Wild, Rated PG-13, 94 minutes: Hushpuppy is a six-year-old living in an isolated bayou community. When her father Wink becomes ill, she sets off for the outside world in an attempt to help him. The journey to save her father is delayed by a 'busted' universe that reverses weather patterns and brings about long-extinct animals. Can Hushpuppy save the day?  10 year old  Quvenzhané Wallis  received a Best Actress Academy Award Nomination for her performance in this film.


03/18/2013: To Rome With Love, Rated R, 112 minutes: A Woody Allen film set in the romantic city of Rome. The intertwining stories of a worker who wakes up to find himself a celebrity, an architect who takes a trip back to the street he lived on as a student, a young couple on their honeymoon, and a frustrated opera director who has a talent for discovering talented singers.  Stars include Alec Baldwin and Penelope Cruz.  Rated R for some sexual references.


03/25/2013: Anna Karenina, Rated R, 129 minutes: Set in late-19th-century Russia high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.  Jude Law and Keira Knightly star.  Nominated for four Academy Awards, including cinematography, costume design, original score, and production design.  Rated R for some sexuality and violence.

Sunday Cinema (All Films Start at 2 p.m. in Auditorium 1)

03/03/2013: Searching for Sugar Man, Rated PG-13, 87 minutes: In the early 1970s, Sixto Rodriguez was a Detroit folksinger who had a short-lived recording career. Unknown to him, his musical story continued in South Africa where he became a pop music icon. Long rumored there to be dead, two fans, record store owner Stephen Segerman and journalist Craig Bartholomew-Strydom, decided to seek out the truth of his fate.  Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.