Wadjda is the story of a fun-loving 10-year old girl determined to turn her dreams into reality. A groundbreaking film that is hilarious, heartbreaking and inspiring all at once.

Continue the journey through the literature of the Arab World with Badriah Albeshr's Hend and the Soldiers, translated by Sanna Dhahir.  Hend is a young Saudi Arabian woman struggling to challenge her conservative society, which is represented by various soldiers, real and metaphorical, in her life.   Writer Lesley Wright facilitates the discussion,

Free copies of the book are available to borrow from the Library's main desk.

Have some Armenian Heritage? Served in Peace Corps in Armenia? Travelling soon to Armenia? Missing Armenia? Join Armenian Conversation Group every Saturday 2-3pm to learn new expressions in Armenian and practice your knowledge of Armenian. Come prepared to sing, dance, test your drama skills, and play silly games in Armenian.

Staff setup: 10 chairs, 2 tables.

Spreek je Nederlands?  Planning a trip to Amsterdam?  Interested in learning a new language? Learn Dutch from a native speaker.  Class covers basic vocabulary and grammar.  Fluency not required (nor is attendance at every meeting).  For more info, contact: Bob van Heeks at bheeks@yahoo.com

Rick Norcross reflects on over 50 years of Stories & Songs” from his career in Western music. Rick draws from his biography Riding My Guitar - The Rick Norcross Story written with Stephen Russell Payne.

About Rick:

Rick Norcross, longtime leader of Vermont’s premier western swing band, Rick & The All-Star Ramblers, performs original songs about life in Vermont set smoothly into the western swing style of music. Many of his songs are lighthearted snapshots of a lost Vermont.

The Speed Sisters are the first all-woman race car driving team in the Middle East. Grabbing headlines and turning heads at improvised tracks across the West Bank, these five women have sped their way into the heart of the gritty, male-dominated Palestinian street car-racing scene. Weaving together their lives on and off the track, SPEED SISTERS takes you on a surprising journey into the drive to go further and faster than anyone thought you could.

Read and discuss I Saw Ramallah by Palestinian writer Mourid Barhouti, winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, with fellow In Translation book club members and scholar Mousa Ishaq.

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