Explorations: A Forum for Adults
An ongoing lecture and discussion series for adults, featuring a variety of informative and entertaining speakers who are experts in their field. Programs are held on Sunday afternoons from 3:00 to 4:00 pm and are free and open to the public. The series is sponsored by Friends of Southern Pines Public Library.
At the Spring Plant Exchange (PDF) on Sunday, April 13, Moore County Master Gardener Dolores Muller was on hand to answer questions and dish the “dirt” on gardening in the Sandhills. She also gave a presentation on drought tolerant plants.
Losing a child is devastating; losing a child to suicide, even more so. Iris Angle walked, cycled and journaled her way across the country in order to work through her grief and to create a lasting tribute to her son Eric. A group heard her story on February 10, 2008, in a "A Walk to Remember: One Mother's Legacy" (PDF).
On Sunday, January 27, 2008, the library presented "Life Begins at 60!" (PDF) This program was presented by Southern Pines resident, Ernie Hanford, and Senior Events Coordinator for the Southern Pines Recreation Department, Rynet Oxendine. Hanford, who is 86, is something of an expert! In addition to being a Library volunteer, he contributes his time at the Convention and Visitor's Bureau, the AARP, and the Southern Pines Fire Department.He is also a SHIIP (Senior Health Insurance Information Program) advisor for Medicare and has received the Governor's Award for Volunteering.
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Oldies and Goodies! Classic Films and Afternoon Tea
The library has started a program which will give you a chance to look again at some "oldies, but goodies!"
In the 1943 romantic comedy “
The More the Merrier”(PDF), director George Stevens pokes fun at the World War II housing shortage in Washington, D.C. Watch the sparks fly between stars Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea on
Thursday, May 8, 2008 from 2-4 pm.
In their only appearance together, Carole Lombard and Clark Gable star in the 1932 screwball comedy "No Man of Her Own"(PDF), which was presented on Thursday, April 10, 2008. This classic is the story of a schemer on the run who marries a small-town librarian with a taste for the wild-side.
John Wayne sat "Tall in the Saddle"(PDF) on Thursday, March 13, 2008. In this 1944 Western "The Duke" starred as the stranger in town who arrives to find that his rancher friend has been murdered. Chases, fistfights, gunplay, and romance ensue! Gabby Hayes and Ward Bond also star.
On Thursday, February 14, 2008, Oldies and Goodies presented "Ball of Fire" (PDF). "Snow White" meets the Jazz Age when bookish professor Gary Cooper, part of a team of encyclopedia researchers, hires brassy showgirl Barbara Stanwyck to assist in an article on slang, only to find romance and a jealous gangster waiting in the wings.
The movies presented at our "Oldies and Goodies" programs in the past are available for check-out at the library! Be sure to check out these DVDs:
"The Sea Hawk," a 1940 adventure film featuring Errol Flynn as a dashing pirate.
"So Proudly We Hail," a 1943 drama focusing on a group of US Army nurses in Hawaii in December 1941.
"The Old Dark House," a comic-horror classic from 1932.
"The Little Foxes," the 1941 film adaptation of the Lillian Hellman play.
"Out of the Past" featuring Robert Mitchum.
"Lust for Life," starring Kirk Douglas as artist Vincent Van Gogh.
"An American in Paris" with Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron.
"Rosemarie" with Jeannette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy.
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Adult Mystery Book Discussion
Do you enjoy a good whodunit? Join us for "Murder by the Book," an Adult Mystery Book Discussion Program. The next book discussion will be on Saturday, July 26, 2008 at 3:00 pm. Participants will discuss Missing Persons (PDF) by Stephen White. See the desk to reserve a copy! You do not have to sign up to come to the program.This progam is sponsored by the Friends of the Southern Pines Library.
Check out the books the Mystery Book Discussion Program has read previously:
Wild Indigo, by Sandi Ault
Ring of Truth, by Nancy Pickard
She Walks These Hills, by Sharon McCrumb
A Field of Darkness, by Cornelia Read
Remains Silent, by Michael Baden
Death by the Light of the Moon, by Joan Hess
Uncommon Grounds, by Sandra Balzo
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Spring Clean and Be Green
Thanks for coming to the library to Recycle your old computer junk (PDF) on Saturday, May 19, 2007. The event was a huge success!
In conjunction with Computer Recycling Day, and with efforts to “Keep the Green,” the library has assembled a "Recycle and B Green" (PDF) list of resources including websites and books that you may wish to pursue to maintain and improve the earth’s ecological health.