February computer classes

Computer Classes

Microsoft Word Basics: 02/06/2014, 2-3:30 p.m.:   Get an overview of Microsoft Word 2007.

Introduction to Computers and the Internet, 02/11/2014, 2-4: Those with their own laptops or other portable computing devices may bring them, as we have wifi throughout our building.  Registration is required.

Advanced Computers and Internet Class, 02/25/2014, 2-4:   Those with their own laptops or other portable computing devices may bring them, as we have wifi throughout the building.  Registration is required. 

February movies

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

2/03/2014: Captain Phillips, Rated PG-13, 133 minutes: Two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks teams with Oscar-nominated director Paul Greengrass and screenwriter Billy Ray to tell the true story of Richard Phillips, a U.S. cargo-ship captain who surrendered himself to Somali pirates so that his crew would be freed.

02/10/2014: About Time, Rated R, 123 minutes: A young man with the ability to time travel discovers that finding true love isn't as easy as he thought it would be in this romantic comedy from writer/director Richard Curtis.  Rachel McAdams stars.

02/17/2014: Grace Unplugged, Rated PG, 102 minutes: Grace Trey is the ideal Christian teen who is also a phenomenal singer. But at the tender age of eighteen, after she gets the music break of a lifetime and is thrust into the "real world" - her faith is put to the test.

02/24/2014:All is Lost, Rated PG-13, 106 minutes: Academy Award-nominated writer/director J.C. Chandor  takes the helm for this tense adventure drama about a man (Robert Redford) who must fight for survival after being lost at sea.

Sunday Cinema (2 p.m. in Auditorium 1)

02/02/2014:  Special Screening of the play “Defending Lizzie”: Join us for a video showing of Karen Poulsen’s play “Defending Lizzie,”  which was performed recently at the Little Theater of New Smyrna Beach. In 1892 Lizzie Borden of Fall River, Massachusetts was accused of one of the worst crimes in New England.  This play, written by the Little Theatre's own Karen Poulsen, takes a fresh approach to the story behind Lizzie and her family. In 1930, Lizzie’s diary is discovered revealing an inside look at the Borden household between 1865 and 1892. Tensions arise when her stepmother’s family begins to profit from her father’s money. Strange incidents occur, beginning with a theft in broad daylight, suspicions of poison, and threats against Lizzie’s father. The suspense continues right up to the very end when revealing information is uncovered.

February Friends and library programs

Defending Lizzie
Sunday, February 2, 2pm
Join us for a special film presentation of Defending Lizzie, a play that was recently performed at the Little Theater in New Smyrna Beach. 

Harding Ballough, Photographer
Tuesday, February 4, 2pm
Enjoy a wide ranging series of artistically crafted photos focused on striking character studies using both portraiture and natural scenes of the human form.  Don't miss this fascinating journey!

Hungrytown
Friday, February 7, 2pm
Husband and wife musical duo Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson create new but ancient-sounding, deceptively simple masterpieces that include carefully chosen modern elements.

Writers' Workshop:  Romance
Tuesday, February 11, 2pm
Please join us as local authors Lois Gerber, Veronica H. Hart, and Joan King describe the various sub-types of romantic fiction and provide tips on writing traditional romance novels.

An Adult Craft for Valentine's Day
Thursday, February 13, 11:30 and Friday, February 14, 11:30
Express yourself by creating unique earrings that require minimal effort and deliver maximum appeal.  Limited to 15 participants so please call to register.

Annalivia
Wednesday, February 19, 2pm
An American "roots and branches" string band drawn from tradition and today to create their own brand of  acoustic folk music.

Port Orange Library Book Club
Wednesday, February 19, 10:30am
The Son by Philipp Meyer
 In 1849, 13-year-old Eli McCullough is abducted by Comanches after they’ve raped his mother and sister. Eli adapts. He learns the language and how to hunt and raid, and by age 16, he’s a fierce warrior. In the process, the reader is treated to a fascinating portrait of the Comanches, including a Melville-like cataloging of all they did with the buffalo. Eventually, young Eli returns to the white world, but after an affair with a judge’s wife worthy of Little Big Man, he’s forced into the Texas Rangers. Later still, he fights for the South and steals a fortune from the North. He returns to South Texas to found an unimaginably large ranch, which he adds to by trumping up a massacre of a distinguished Mexican family, the Garcias. No scion measures up to Eli, unless it’s Jeanne, his great-granddaughter, who ruthlessly presides over her oil and gas well into the twenty-first century. And, in a different way, Peter, Eli’s son, as softhearted as his father was ruthless, makes his mark.   -Booklist

  
Storytelling Sims
Friday, February 21, 2pm
Humorists, historians, and tandem tellers Wayne and Jane Sims will be here to regale us with stories of World War II.  They speak from a global and local perspective, and also discuss how the events affected daily life.

Professor Oxley
Friday, February 28, 2pm
Professor Oxley will present a slideshow that takes you through the locks of the Panama Canal, lands you in modern Peru, and ventures into the heart and soul of the Inca world.  A place of almost mystical aura, Machu Picchu brings you as close as you can get to the days of the Inca's magnificent civilization.