January Programs for Adults

Monday, January 1
Library Closed
(New Year's Day)

Wednesday, January 3
7:00 pm
Westchester Poetry SLAM!

Our exciting "1st Wednesday" series debuts with Poetry SLAM competition, Open Mic, Coffee House and featured performance poet Chad Anderson, Urbana National Team member and host of the popular New Jersey Spoken word series. For details about SLAM competition and Open Mic, see article on the first page of this newsletter.(Fo)

Monday, January 8
7:00 pm 
Decluttering 101

We all have too much stuff, especially the kind of "sticky" clutter that seems particularly difficult to control: papers we think we'll need... someday, magazines we think we'll read... someday, wardrobes in several sizes ("fat" clothes and "thin" clothes), and expensive mistakes (that exercise bike!). Judi Culbertson, a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers and author of Scaling Down: Living Large in a Smaller Space (Rodale Books, 2005), will discuss techniques to help us take control of our stuff.(C)

Tuesday, January 9
2:00 pm
Film Noir of the 1940s/
Criss Cross

Burt Lancaster stars as a hardworking armored car driver with a fatal attraction to his ex-wife, Ann (Yvonne DeCarlo), now married to notorious hoodlum Slim Dundee (Dan Duryea). Inflamed passions, greed, robbery and murder are the sizzling ingredients taht make this moody and powerful thriller catch fire. 1949, B&W, 1 hr, 30 min.(Fr)  

Sunday, January 14
2:30 pm
In Remembrance of Martin

Personal comments from family members, close friends, advisors and government leaders are chronicled in this documentary honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Includes portions of his "I Have a Dream" address. 1987, Color and B&W, 1 hr.

Monday, January 15
Library Closed
(Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday)

Tuesday, January 16
2:00 pm
Film Noir of the 1940s /Force of Evil

John Garfield is a smart young Wall Street lawyer who joins a get-rich-quick scheme of a mob boss. Thomas Gomez co-stars in this dynamic crime-and-punishment drama. 1949, B&W, 1 hr. 45 min. (Fr)

Sunday, January 21
2:30 pm
"The Adventures of Claude Duval"

Using their candlelit shadow-theater, the Hurdy-Gurdy Band presents the charming tale of Claude Duval, a French gentleman robber on the roads around London during the early 1700s. True to the popular theater traditions of the early 18th century, music is played upon hurdy-gurdies, violin and harpsichord. A unique opportunity to see, hear and b entertained as audiences were in the fairs and boulevards of London and Paris 300 years ago! (Fo)

Library Board of Truestees
Upcoming Meetings

Tuesday, January 16 at 7:00 pm
(regular meeting)

Tuesday, February 13 at 7:00 pm
(annual meeting)

Meetings are open to the public.
Call 422-1407 for more information.

Tuesday, January 23
2:00 pm
Film Noir of the 1940s/Laura

The shocking story of a Park Avenue society beauty murdered in her apartment, which brings Detective Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) to New York's most elegant neighborhood. As he tries to get inside the mind of the victim, Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney), he also questions the men in her life. Vincent Price co-stars as Laura's playboy fiancé Shelby Carpenter. 1944, B&W, 1 hr. 30 min.(Fr)

Sunday, January 28
2:30 pm
Classical Favorites
with The City Winds Trio

Join us for a delightful musical afternoon featuring works by Beethoven, Vivaldik Mozart, Brahms- and a touch of Joplin! with Danielle Stopek, bassoon; Crispian Fordham, flute; and Meredyth Coleman, oboe. 

Tuesday, January 30
2:00 pm
Film Noir of the 1940s/
Dark Passage

In this stylish thriller, Bogey's on the lam as a prison escapee framed for murder who emerges from plastic surgery with a new face. Lauren Bacall is Irene Jansen his lone ally, and Agnes Moorehead plays a venomous harpy who finds pleasure in the unhappiness of others. 1947, B&W, 1hr. 45 min. (Fr)

Key  to How Our Events
are funded

(C) - City of White Plains

(Fr) - Friends of the White Plains
Public Library

(Fo) - White Plains Library
Foundation