Wednesday, November 19th at 3:00 p.m. Join staff members Jill Burdge and Jennifer Hartig for a showing of Shoot the Piano Player, a 1960 French film directed by François Truffaut. A brief discussion will follow the film. In French with English Subtitles. Run time: 81 minutes.
Friday, November 14th at 2:00 p.m. The Grocer's Son, in French with English subtitles. Run time: 96 minutes.
It is summer, and thirty-year-old Antoine is forced to leave the city to return to his family in Provence. His father is sick, so he must assume the lifestyle he thought he had shed—driving the family grocery cart from hamlet to hamlet, delivering supplies to the few remaining inhabitants. Accompanied by Claire, a friend from Paris whom he has a secret crush on, Antoine gradually warms up to his experience in the country and his encounters with the villagers, who initially seem stubborn and gruff, but ultimately prove to be funny and endearing. Ultimately, this surprise French box-office hit is about the coming-of-age of a man re-discovering life and love in the countryside.
On Thursday, November 20th at 5:00 p.m. Librarian Julie Greene will give a demonstration of the Suffolk Historic Newspapers website. Suffolk Historic Newspapers is a centralized, searchable collection of Suffolk's newspaper heritage available to you online. Registration required.
Saturday, November 22nd at 3:00 p.m.
In this lecture and demo class, you will learn how to speed up a slow computer, protect it from viruses and spyware, minimize junk email and stop annoying Internet pop-up windows. Also covered will be deleting files, emails, cookies, programs and more, and maintaining the general health of your computer. For intermediate and advanced users. A $5.00 fee is due at regiatration. Space is limited.
Tuesday, November 25th at 4:00 p.m.
Take a tour of the library's website, and learn about the many things you can do on your computer from the comfort of your home or anywhere you have an Internet connection: search for books, place holds and renew items; download audiobooks, music and videos; learn a language, get homework help and much more. This class is free but registration is required. For Hampton Library card-holders only.