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1 Feb, 2025

Monday Matinee @ Morningside: February 10 at 1 pm

By |February 1st, 2025|Adults, Events, Library News|

Look for a different movie every Monday at 1 pm through Memorial Day! February 10th Movie: This 2018 release (PG-13) is an adaptation of one of the most popular (and banned) teen books of the past ten years. It's the story of a Black teenager who is constantly switching between two worlds -- the poor, mostly Black neighborhood where she lives and the wealthy, mostly white prep school that she attends and her struggle to find her voice and stand up for what is right.

10 Jan, 2025

Monday Matinee @ Morningside: January 27 at 1 pm

By |January 10th, 2025|Adults, Events, Library News|

Look for a different movie every Monday at 1 pm through Memorial Day! January 27th Movie: This 2013 drama-romance is an adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel that is required reading for many high school students. Featuring opulent Jazz-Age style and an over-the-top soundtrack, it won two Academy Awards - Best Production Design and Best Costume Design.

2 Jan, 2025

January’s Open Book Club: Eat the World by Marina Diamandis

By |January 2nd, 2025|Adults, Events, Library News, Open Book Club, Reader Services|

Hailed by The New York Times for “redefining songs about coming of age, and the aftermath, with bluntness and crafty intelligence,” Marina delves even further into trauma, youth, and the highs and lows of relationships in these profound, autobiographical poems to form a collection that transcends the boundaries of music and literature. 

30 Dec, 2024

Monday Matinee @ Morningside: January 6 at 1 pm

By |December 30th, 2024|Adults, Events, Library News|

Look for a different movie every Monday at 1 pm through Memorial Day! January 6th Movie: This 1985 comedy-drama co-stars the Queen of Pop in a film about a bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns. This leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself.