All Events for the Month of September 2008
Friendly Book Club
7:30pm at GRB
The Ghost Writer
By Philip Roth
Free Movie Matinee
1:00pm at GRB (Community Room)
Out of Africa (1985 - Meryl Streep and Robert Redford) Won 7 Academy
Awards including Best Picture.
In 20th century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a
passionate but ultimately doomed love affair with a free-spirited big-game
hunter. Based on a true story.
Rated PG, 161 min.
(see movie flier;
also see listing of all movie matinees between June - October 2008)
History Book Club
7:00pm at GRB
An Army at Dawn: the war in North Africa, 1942-1943
by Rick Atkinson
Perfect for Preschoolers
For children 3-5 years old
10:30am at GRB (Children's Library program room)
Curl up with a good story at the library! This 30-minute program
offers lots of stories, fingerplays, rhymes and songs.
(see
complete list of Fall storytimes at the Grant R. Brimhall Library)
Time for Toddlers
For children 2 years old
10:30am and 11:15am at GRB (Children's Library program room)
Get ready for 20-minutes of fun as little ones and their caregivers
join us for some favorite stories, songs and rhymes!
(see
complete list of Fall storytimes at the Grant R. Brimhall Library)
Family Storytimes
For all ages
7:00pm at GRB
Great fun for the whole family!
(see
complete list of Fall storytimes at the Grant R. Brimhall Library)
Babies and Books
For babies 16-24 months
10:30am at GRB (Community Room)
Cuddle up with your little one and join us for some simple stories, songs
and rhymes in this 45-minute program which includes a play time for the
wee ones and a chance for adults to visit and have some fun! Because
this is a special time for you and your tot, we ask that you arrange for
the care of your other children.
(see
complete list of Fall storytimes at the Grant R. Brimhall Library)
Thousand Oaks Reads - One City One Book
Book Discussion: What is the What by Dave Eggers
7:00pm at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 160 Westlake Blvd, Thousand Oaks
What is the What is a compelling and powerful novel based on the
real-life story of Valentino Achak Deng, one of the "Lost Boys of Sudan"
who were forced to flee to their East African villages during that
country's civil war.
(More information can be found at
www.thousandoaksreads.org)
Perfect for Preschoolers
For children 3-5 years old
10:30am at GRB (Children's Library program room)
Curl up with a good story at the library! This 30-minute program
offers lots of stories, fingerplays, rhymes and songs.
(see
complete list of Fall storytimes at the Grant R. Brimhall Library)
Thousand Oaks Reads - One City One Book
Book Discussion: What is the What by Dave Eggers
7:00pm at Newbury Park Branch Library, 2331 Borchard Road, Thousand
Oaks
What is the What is a compelling and powerful novel based on the
real-life story of Valentino Achak Deng, one of the "Lost Boys of Sudan"
who were forced to flee to their East African villages during that
country's civil war.
(More information can be found at
www.thousandoaksreads.org)
Time for Toddlers
For children 2 years old
10:30am and 11:15am at GRB (Children's Library program room)
Get ready for 20-minutes of fun as little ones and their caregivers
join us for some favorite stories, songs and rhymes!
(see
complete list of Fall storytimes at the Grant R. Brimhall Library)
Free Film Screening
6:30pm at GRB
God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan
Story of three young refugees - John, Daniel and Panther - who fled
Sudan when war and genocide ravaged that once-beautiful country in the
1980’s and later were given the opportunity to leave Kenya and start a new
life in the United States.
Written and directed by Christopher Dillon Quinn. Narrated by Nicole
Kidman.
Rated PG; 89 min.
For more information, call 805-449-2660, ext. 204.
(see flier)
Babies and Books
For babies 16-24 months
10:30am at GRB (Community Room)
Cuddle up with your little one and join us for some simple stories, songs
and rhymes in this 45-minute program which includes a play time for the
wee ones and a chance for adults to visit and have some fun! Because
this is a special time for you and your tot, we ask that you arrange for
the care of your other children.
(see
complete list of Fall storytimes at the Grant R. Brimhall Library)
Thousand Oaks Reads - One City One Book
Book Discussion: What is the What by Dave Eggers
10:30am at Grant R. Brimhall Library, 1401 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks
What is the What is a compelling and powerful novel based on the
real-life story of Valentino Achak Deng, one of the "Lost Boys of Sudan"
who were forced to flee to their East African villages during that
country's civil war.
(More information can be found at
www.thousandoaksreads.org)
Sunday, September 28
Fern Davye: Liaisons in Literature
2:00pm at GRB
A much anticipated return appearance of the incomparable Fern
who will astonish and engage her audience with electrifying readings of
literary works resonating the themes of What Is the What, the 2008
Thousand Oaks Reads: One City One Book selection.
(see flier)
Tuesday, September 30
Perfect for Preschoolers
For children 3-5 years old
10:30am at GRB (Children's Library program room)
Curl up with a good story at the library! This 30-minute program
offers lots of stories, fingerplays, rhymes and songs.
(see
complete list of Fall storytimes at the Grant R. Brimhall Library)