November Happenings at the Library

Kentucky Picture Show: Fab Films & Free Refreshments, too

Wednesday, November 2, 2PM (2022) A Marine war vet­er­an faces men­tal and emo­tion­al chal­lenges when he tries to rein­te­grate into civil­ian life. Rated – PG-13

Wednesday, November 9, 2PM (2021) After reluc­tant­ly agree­ing to move in to a seniors’ home, a woman encoun­ters a clique of mean-spir­it­ed women and an amorous wid­ow­er. Rated – PG-13

Wednesday, November 16, 2PM (1957) A doc­tor treats a woman suf­fer­ing from Multiple Personality Disorder.

Wednesday, November 30, 2PM (2022) The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his child­hood to becom­ing a rock and movie star in the 1950s while main­tain­ing a com­plex rela­tion­ship with his man­ag­er, Colonel Tom Parker. Rated – PG-13

Ron Kibbey’s Comedy Classic: Hilarious Old Movies & Vintage Cartoons, introduced by Ron Kibbey

Tuesday, November 8, 6 PM   (1928)  A Silent Movie star­ring Buster Keaton.  Run-down Paddle boat own­er, “Steamboat Bill” Canfield, awaits his col­lege son, not seen since child­hood. He expects a brawny man like him­self who’ll help com­pete with busi­ness­man John James King’s new river­boat.  But, Bill, Jr. appears with a pen­cil mus­tache, ukulele, and beret, and he’s in love with King’s daugh­ter Kitty. The rivals are deter­mined to break up the rela­tion­ship.   The film is known for Keaton’s most famous stunt: The façade of a house falls on him while he stands in the per­fect spot to pass through an open win­dow. A clas­sic car­toon pre­cedes the movie. 

Pageturner’s Book Group

Sister Stardust,  by Jane Green — Monday, November 14, 11 a.m.

Inspired by a true sto­ry, author Jane Green reimag­ines the glam­orous and trag­ic life of fash­ion icon and socialite Talitha Getty through the eyes of Claire, a young woman in search of adven­ture who is drawn into Talitha’s orbit, for­ev­er chang­ing her life.

Daisy Darker, by Alice Feeney — Monday, November 28, 11 a.m.

After years of avoid­ing each oth­er, Daisy Darker’s entire fam­i­ly is assem­bling for Nana’s 80^th birth­day par­ty in Nana’s crum­bling goth­ic house on a tiny tidal island. Finally back togeth­er one last time, when the tide comes in, they will be cut off from the rest of the world for eight hours. The fam­i­ly arrives, each of them har­bor­ing secrets. Then at the stroke of mid­night, as a storm rages, Nana is found dead. And an hour lat­er, the next fam­i­ly mem­ber fol­lows. Trapped on an island where some­one is killing them one by one, the Darkers must reck­on with their present mys­tery, as well as their past secrets, before the tide comes in and all is revealed.

Pageturner’s Book Group meets twice a month, on the sec­ond and fourth Mondays. Books are avail­able at the cir­cu­la­tion desk. You will be reg­is­tered to attend when you check out a copy.

Grub and Scrub Collection for the Clark County Animal Shelter November 1 – December 31, 2022

The Library loves our fur­ry friends, so it’s ask­ing patrons to remem­ber them dur­ing this Holiday sea­son.  After all, pets are fam­i­ly, and those who don’t have a fam­i­ly will appre­ci­ate help.

During November and December, bring in paper tow­els, laun­dry deter­gent, bleach, clay cat lit­ter, and Purina or sim­i­lar dry dog kib­ble as a dona­tion to the Clark County Animal Shelter.  All dog and cat foods must be in unopened, unex­pired, cans, box­es, or bags.

Every donor can choose a book free from the book sale shelves in the lobby.

If you’d like to adopt a cat or dog, be sure to take a look at the adop­tion page of the Clark County Animal Shelter:  www.clarkshelter.org

Clark County Public Library Adult D&D presents: Two Amazing Dungeons and Dragons campaigns — Saturday, November 12, 2–4 p.m.

Come to the library for a fun game of Dungeons and Dragons. We’ll meet one Saturday a month.

First, choose which adven­ture you’d like to play: Would you like to brave the bit­ter cold in the moun­tains of Sturmenzhan, where a seem­ing­ly end­less win­ter night hides a horde of hun­gry monsters?

Would you like to go to a large coastal town­ship, where mon­sters lurk in the dark­ness? Test your align­ment in this D&D adventure.

Dice and oth­er mate­ri­als will be pro­vid­ed. We’ll cre­ate our char­ac­ters at the first meet­ing. All you need is a brave heart and a desire to have a good time. Registration is required, so call the library today at 859−744−5661 to live the adventure.

Beginning Calligraphy — Tuesday, November 1, 6 p.m. & Tuesday, November 15, 6 p.m.

Join us for an intro­duc­tion to cal­lig­ra­phy and oth­er ways you can uti­lize cal­lig­ra­phy in your home or as gifts. While you can prac­tice to become an “expert cal­lig­ra­ph­er” at your leisure, this class intro­duces the tech­niques and mate­ri­als to use.

Please call the Library at 859−744−5661 to reserve your spot at one of the ses­sions. Limited seating.

Let’s Paint — Fall Tree — Sunday, Nov. 6, 2 p.m.

Please call and reserve your spot, 859−744−5661 or use the Library’s Evanced online sign-up service. 

Make and Take — Thursday, Nov. 17, 2 p.m.

Please call and reserve your spot, 859−744−5661 or use the Library’s Evanced online sign-up service. 

The Library’s writing workshop, Write Local, meets Friday, November 11 & 25,  10–11:30 a.m. on Zoom.

Participants read works in progress, and dis­cus­sion fol­lows. We meet on Zoom because man­u­scripts can be eas­i­ly screen-shared, and out-of-town and out-of-state vis­i­tors can attend. For more infor­ma­tion or to receive a Zoom invi­ta­tion, John Maruskin, john.clarkbooks@gmail.com.

The Library’s discussion group, Meeting of Minds, meets Tuesday, November 29, 6 p.m.,  on Zoom.

Conversations at Meeting of Minds range.  We usu­al­ly do not start with a set top­ic.  A top­ic aris­es from ini­tial friend­ly kib­itz­ing.  We’re friends and neigh­bors exam­in­ing events and issues of the day.  We dis­cuss, we don’t argue.  All opin­ions,  per­spec­tives, par­ties, and per­sua­sions are welcome. 

For more infor­ma­tion con­tact John Maruskin, john.clarkbooks@gmail.com.

Community Cookbooks plus Writer Periodicals Equal Procrastibaking

Just north of the DVD sec­tion, and west of the peri­od­i­cal tables are shelves that hold paper­back romance nov­els and book-a-zines. Those shelves also hold col­lec­tions of com­mu­ni­ty cook­books and peri­od­i­cals for writ­ers.  Community cook­books are locat­ed near the romance nov­els. Writer peri­od­i­cals are on the oppo­site side of the com­mu­ni­ty cookbooks. 

The com­mu­ni­ty cook­books have been col­lect­ed for years and come from dif­fer­ent church, social, and sports groups.  Among oth­ers you’ll find “Favorite Recipes from the Clark County Homemakers,” “The North Middletown Christian Church Cookbook,” “Cookin’ with the YABA Winchester Bowling League,” and “Take-Out to the Ball Game: The CC (Clark County) Legends Legend-ary Guide to Tailgating,” by the par­ents of the 2009 Legends T‑Ball team.

Writer peri­od­i­cals include “The Writer,” “Poets and Writers,” and “Writers Digest, and a col­lec­tion of lit­er­ary mag­a­zines, like “The Believer.”  Writers can find pub­lish­ers in those periodicals. 

Cookbooks and writ­ing peri­od­i­cals togeth­er offer com­po­nents to per­fect pro­cras­tibak­ing: the habit of for­get­ting about a man­u­script to bake something