Mondays
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Black Rock Branch
Free Computer Classes for BeginnersThe Black Rock Branch Library announces a series of free computer classes designed for beginners.
All classes begin at 10:30 AM or and will last approximately 1 hour.
Space is limited so register for one or more classes now.
Call: (203) 337-9676.
Mondays & Wednesdays
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Black Rock Branch
Get Fit Bridgeport – “Walking Down Your Blood Sugar”The Black Rock Branch announces a physical fitness series using exercise DVD’s, that are available at the library. They are simple to use and appropriate for those who have not exercised regularly, or who need a gentler way of exercising, yet want results.
The first program is entitled “Walking Down Your Blood Sugar” from the Leslie Sansone ‘Walk at Home’ DVD Series. It includes an educational ‘Talk’ offering a doctor’s expert advice on the importance of fitness walking while managing diabetes
Wednesdays
10:45 – 11:45 AM
Black Rock Branch
Join us for our popular Little Rocks program for children up through age 3 with a caregiver. Stories, rhymes, music, movement, short films, and time for play are all part of the mix!
Contact: Miss Bina: 203-337-9676
Tuesday, February 7th
6:30 PM
Black Rock Branch
WAITING FOR SUPERMANFilmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education “statistics” have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose stories make up the engrossing foundation of WAITING FOR SUPERMAN.
Thursday, February 9th
6:00 PM
Black Rock Branch
Family Film Festival – RatatouilleRemy is a young rat in the French countryside who arrives in Paris, only to find out that his cooking idol is dead. When he makes an unusual alliance with a restaurant’s new garbage boy, the culinary and personal adventures begin despite Remy’s family’s skepticism and the rat-hating world of humans.
For all ages! Popcorn and juice!
Thursday, February 9th
7:15 – 8:15 PM
Black Rock Branch
Back by Popular demand – Free Italian Language Classes for Beginners.The Black Rock Branch Library is offering a series of Italian language classes which uses a unique method for easy learning.
The 4-week class series of conversational Italian classes will be offered Thursday evenings starting February 9th at the Black Rock Branch Library.
Classes will run from 7:15 to 8:15 PM.
The instructor, once again is Black Rock’s own Robert Foley, who has come up with his own material and method for quick learning of conversational Italian language.
Tuesday, February 14th
6:30 PM
Black Rock Branch Library
Only the Strong SurviveThe Stax Record label generated some of the most beloved songs of all time launching the careers of such legends as Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells, Otis Redding, Mary Wilson, and Isaac Hayes.
This rousing documentary recognizes the late greats of the label and also catches up with the survivors of the R&B era of the 60’s and 70’s. This film features performances by these living legends while giving you a take on the evolution of rhythm and blues not only from artist to artist but also from city to city as the popularity of this style moved across the country.
Isaac Hayes, Wilson Pickett, Sam Moore, Mary Wilson
Miramax Films; Directed by Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker
Rated PG-13; 95 minutes; 2003
Wednesday, February 15th
1:00 PM
Black Rock Branch
Food for Thought – Book DiscussionThe Black Rock Branch Library’s lunchtime book club meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 1:00 PM - bring your brown bag lunch, we will provide coffee, tea and dessert.
Our next book up for discussion is:
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
“Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows have written a wondrous, delightful, poignant book — part Jane Austen, part history lesson. The letters in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society aren’t addressed to you, but they are meant for you. It’s a book everyone should read. An absolute treasure.”
– Sarah Addison Allen, author of Garden Spells
Call the library today and reserve your copy: 203 337-9676
Saturday, February 18th
2:00 PM
Black Rock Branch
The Underground RailroadPlease join the Black Rock Children’s Department in celebration of Black History Month with Pearlye Sams Allen’s interactive Underground Railroad Program.
These Africans resisted. In nearly every conceivable way, they registered their protest against their enslavement. One of the most important ways they resisted was to remove their labor from the reach of their masters. By running away — by “stealing themselves” — they not only deprived their taskmasters of their labor, they escaped the dehumanizing work regime of servitude, and sometimes found new lives in freedom.
For additional information on the Underground railroad:
Saturday, February 25th
2:00 PM
Black Rock Branch
The HelpSet in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends’ lives — and a small Mississippi town — upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen, Skeeter’s best friend’s housekeeper, is the first to open up — to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community.
Despite Skeeter’s life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories — and as it turns out, they have a lot to say.
Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard
Walt Disney Pictures; Directed by Tate Taylor
Rated PG-13; 146 minutes; 2011
