February Adult Programs

Thursday, February 2  (2-4)
Film Series: Moneyball  
Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Rated PG-13; 113 minutes; 2012
The Oakland A's general manager defies conventional wisdom and outsmarts his competition when forced to reinvent his team with bargain players.

Thursday, February 9  (2-4)
Film Series: Beginners
Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Melanie Laurent
Rated R; 105 minutes; 2011
This film imaginatively explores the hilarity, confusion, and surprises of love through the evolving consciousness of Oliver, his father and his new love Anna.

Saturday, February 11  (2-4)
Film Series: Dolphin Tale
Morgan Freeman, Harry Connick, Jr. Ashley Judd
Rated PG; 119 minutes; 2012
Based on true events, this family film is about Winter, a young dolphin who lost her tail in a crab trap, and Sawyer, the introverted 11-year-old boy who befriends her.

Monday, February 13  (7-8:30)
Computer Class:  Basic Internet, Part 1 – Learn about the internet and begin browsing the web.  (Basic knowledge of computers is recommended.)

Tuesday, February 14  (2-4)
Film Series: Contagion
Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Gwyneth Paltrow
Rated PG-13; 105 minutes; 2011
This film follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days.

Friday, February 17  (1-2:30)
Daytime Book Discussion:  Whitethorn Woods by Maeve Binchy (2007)
Binchy is at her best in this tender yet potent tale of a traditional land and people threatened and challenged by the forces of change.  She focuses her prodigious talent on a robust assemblage of characters embroiled in crises of all kinds and inventively and intricately weaves a series of linked vignettes.

Saturday, February 18  (2-4)
Meet Wayne Carini:  the star of Chasing Classic Cars on the Discover Channel
Wayne, owner of F40 Motorsports in Portland CT., will present a program on buying, restoring and selling vintage classic cars.  A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation.

Tuesday, February 21  (2-4)
Film Series: The Debt
Ciaran Hinds, Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington
Rated R; 113 minutes; 2010
In 1965, three young Israeli Mossad agents on a secret mission capture and kill a notorious Nazi war criminal. Now, thirty years later, a man claiming to be the Nazi has surfaced in Ukraine and one of the former agents must go back undercover to seek out the truth.

Tuesday, February 21  (7-9)
Sci-Fi Book Discussion:  Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein (1959)
Dr. Phil Ray, Associate Professor of English at Connecticut College, will lead this book discussion.  He has taught sci-fi and fantasy literature and film for over 25 years.  Juan Rico signed up with the Federal Service on a lark, but despite the hardships and rigorous training, he finds himself determined to make it as a cap trooper. In boot camp he will learn how to become a soldier, but when he graduates and war comes he will learn why he is a soldier. Many consider this Hugo Award winner to be Robert Heinlein's finest work and consider this is Heinlein at the top of his game talking people and politics.

Saturday, February 25  (1-3)  
Ian Hamilton on the Nature Connection:  Ian Hamilton , an Australian teacher now based in Waterford, will present a program about the importance of reconnecting with the natural world.  The event will consist of stories, songs and relating nature to our food and culture. A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation.

Monday, February 27  (7-8:30)
Computer Class:  Basic Internet, Part 2 – Learn about search engines and how they work.  (Basic knowledge of computers is recommended.)

Tuesday, February 28  (2-4)
Film Series: Margin Call
Kevin Spacey, Zachary Quinto, Stanley Tucci
Rated R; 109 minutes; 2011
This thriller revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.

ART WALL:  Christine Anderson – mixed media