The Library will be closed on Monday, October 14 for Indigenous Peoples' Day. 

The Community, Fletcher and Pickering Rooms are available for Public Reservation by request.

Shape Notes Film Screening: Tangerine

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It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee (newcomer Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend (James Ransone, STARLET, “Generation Kill”) hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the sex worker and her best friend, Alexandra (newcomer Mya Taylor), embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles. 

This film is Rated R.

Shape Notes Film Screening: Anything

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In this 2017 film, a Southern widower moves to Los Angeles, where he falls in love with a transgender sex worker. They help each other face their trauma, loneliness and unhealthy coping mechanisms, but their clashing lifestyles could threaten their romance's future.  The film stars John Carroll Lynch, Matt Bomer, and Maura Tierney. 

Rated R.

Food For Talk Cookbook Book Club: Basic Fermentation

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The summer harvest is coming in.  How to preserve it all?!  Check out Sandor E. Katz’s Basic Fermentation and you will learn an easy, healthy way to ferment all kinds of ingredients. Discuss your experiences with recipes from the book with fellow home cooks and our culinary consultant, Richard Witting.

 

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