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Join us as we watch the movie The Golden Compass.
After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua (Dakota Blue Richards) trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it’s part of her destiny. Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig and Sam Elliott co-star in this fantasy-laden family adventure based on the first book of the Philip Pullman trilogy His Dark Materials.
This movie is rated PG-13 so kids must have a parent or guardian’s permission to watch.
You’re song,
A wished-for song.
Go through the ear to the center,
Where sky is, where wind, where
Silent knowing.
Put seeds and cover them.
Blades will sprout
Where you do your work.
––Rumi, as translated
by Coleman Barks
Bring your own or a favorite poem that speaks to what SPRING means to you
(three-minute time limit per selection).
Or come to enjoy listening to others read.
Or pick out a poem to read from our
selection of SPRING poems.
This event is in celebration of
National Poetry Month.
In honor of National Arbor Day, join our panel of tree lovers and experts to showcase St. Helena’s legacy of Heritage Trees. The panel will take you on a photo tour, explaining what heritage trees are and where they are located. Self-guided maps will be provided.
Wednesday, April 16 at 7 p.m. the St. Helena Public Library will host a National Issues Forum discussion on alternative energy solutions: “Energy Problem, Choices for an Uncertain Future.” America’s way of life seems threatened by unstable sources of energy, while many see growing evidence of environmental damage. As demands for energy escalate, both in this country and in rapidly developing nations, we may soon reach a point of no return. It is time to face the difficult choices that must be made to ensure a sustainable future. This discussion invites people to consider three approaches: reducing our dependence on foreign energy, getting out of the fossil-fuel predicament, and reducing our demand for energy. This is your opportunity to have your voice heard on a problem that has both local and global implications.
National Issues Forums (NIF) is a nonpartisan, nationwide network of locally sponsored public forums for the consideration of public policy issues. The purpose of the forums is to provide a neutral space where people can come together for deliberative public dialogue about common problems and concerns. These forums offer citizens the opportunity to join together to reflect on options and make choices with others about ways to approach difficult issues and to work toward creating reasoned public judgment.
Forums provide a way for people of diverse views and experiences to seek a shared understanding of the problem and to search for common ground for action. The forum at the Library will be led by Carole Patterson, a trained, neutral moderator who will frame the issues by presenting the overall problem and differing options for solutions. Forum participants work through the issue by considering each approach; examining what appeals to them or concerns them, and also what the costs, consequences, and trade offs may be that would be incurred in following that approach. Come be a part of the discussion and hear what others have to say.
For more information call 963-5244.
In celebration of National Poetry Month, author Susan Wooldridge brings tools and techniques to a workshop designed to make you feel excited about writing poetry. In a safe, free setting, surrounded with words, you are invited to tap into the extraordinary. The 90-minute workshop is designed for all ages to learn to use their creative talents and find the poem within.
