Vineland Library Events: January 27-February 1

Monday, January 27
10:00 – 12:00 p.m. English as a Second Language Class, in the Community Event Room
(Register – Information Desk)
 
Tuesday, January 28
5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Family Movie and Craft Night, in the Community Event Room (Register – Children’s)

Wednesday, January 29
10:00 – 12:00 p.m. English as a Second Language Class, in the Community Event Room
(Register – Information Desk)
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Teen Coffee House, ages 13 – 18, in the Community Event Room

Friday, January 31
10:00 – 12:00 p.m. English as a Second Language Class, in the Community Event Room
(Register – Information Desk)

Vineland Library Events: January 20-25

Monday, January 20
Martin Luther King Jr. Day – Library open 9:00 – 5:00 p.m.
10:00 – 12:00 p.m. English as a Second Language Class, in the Community Event Room
(Register – Information Desk)

Tuesday, January 21
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Toddler Story Time, age 2, in the Children’s Department (Register – Children’s)

Wednesday, January 22
10:00 – 12:00 p.m. English as a Second Language Class, in the Community Event Room
(Register – Information Desk)
10:30 – 11:15 a.m. Preschool Story Time, ages 3 – 5, in the Children’s Department (Register – Children’s)
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Book Club Discussion of Old Sea by Frederick Reiken, in the Community Event Room
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Teen Book Discussion, ages 13 – 18, in the Teen Room (Register – Children’s)

Thursday, January 23
5:30 p.m. Board of Trustees Meeting, in the Children’s Event Room
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Book Discussion, ages 9 and up, in the Children’s Department (Register – Children’s)

Friday, January 24
10:00 – 12:00 p.m. English as a Second Language Class, in the Community Event Room
(Register – Information Desk)

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Book Review for The Shining by Stephen King

The film version of The Shining is definitely eerie and quite a horror classic, but the book is well worth reading even if you have seen the film already. In the movie version there is less emphasis placed on important aspects of the plot that King laid out in the novel. Growing up watching the movie, I always thought Jack Torrence went crazy just because of cabin fever. I recognized Danny Torrence’s shining capabilities, but was not entirely sold on their significance to the story, or at least did not see them as significant enough to warrant naming the story after them. It all makes much more sense now that I read the novel

Jack gets a job taking care of the historic Overlook Hotel in Colorado during the bitter cold and snow covered winter months. He and his family are virtually trapped in the hotel once the snow sets in. Yes Jack develops cabin fever, but his eventual insanity and desire to kill his entire family also stems from some serious deep rooted personality flaws. He is a recovered alcoholic with serious anger problems. Drinking destroyed his career and nearly destroyed his family.

Danny shines, or has psychic/telepathic abilities. This capability also allows ghosts to connect with and torment him. The Overlook is chocked full of ghosts from various eras with some really tragic and sometimes criminal background stories. The ghosts take a special liking to Danny and go out of their way to get to him. The family’s struggles and Jack’s eventual drinking binge and insanity largely revolve around the ghosts and their need for Danny. The Shining has a little bit of everything in it. It has drama, it is thrilling, and it is also downright creepy!

If you are looking to read the sequel, Dr. Sleep, I recommend reading The Shining first because some of the original’s lesser known characters make appearances in it.

Bay Atlantic Symphony: Carl Phillipe Emanuel Bach and Christoph Willibald Gluck

Paul Somers, Director of Adult Education for the Bay Atlantic Symphony, will be here Monday, January 13. 

Somers will present a lecture titled “Two Rarely Performed Reformers who Helped Create Classical Style” in the library’s Community Event Room, located on the first floor, from 6-7:30 p.m. 

The lecture will focus on Carl Phillipe Emanuel Bach and Christoph Willibald Gluck. Emanuel Bach, son of Johann Sebastian Bach, is famous for his work during the German classical period. His “sensitive style” approach applied the concepts of rhetoric and drama to musical compositions. Christoph Willibald Gluck is best known for his operas, particularly Orfeo ed Euridice and Alceste.

Vineland Library Events:January 13-18

Monday, January 13
6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Bay Atlantic Symphony Lecture, “Two Rarely Performed Reformers who Helped Create Classical Style”, in the Community Event Room

Tuesday, January 14
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Toddler Story Time, age 2, in the Community Event Room (Register – Children’s)

Wednesday, January 15
10:00 – 12:00 p.m. English as a Second Language Class, in the Community Event Room
(Register – Information Desk)
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Program - "Celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr." in the Community Event Room
10:30 – 11:15 a.m. Preschool Story Time, ages 3 – 5, in the Children’s Department (Register – Children’s)
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Teen Club Meeting, ages 13 – 18, in the Teen Room

Thursday, January 16
5:00 – 7:30 Writer’s Society Meeting, in the Community Event Room
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Book Discussion, ages 6 – 8, in the Children’s Department (Register – Children’s)

Friday, January 17
10:00 – 12:00 p.m. English as a Second Language Class, in the Community Event Room
(Register – Information Desk)
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Baby Time, ages 6 – 23 months, in the Children’s Department (Register – Children’s)

Saturday, January 18
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Pokémon Club, ages 7 –16, in the Community Event Room (Register – Children’s)