February's Book Display: Cozy Mysteries!

February's book display is all about Cozy Mysteries! Interested in a good mystery but without the gore? Try these favorite authors

• Abresch, Peter
• Adamson, Lydia
• Andrews, Sarah
• Bain, Donald
• Charles, Nora
• Coyle, Cleo
• Crosby, Ellen
• Douglas, Carol Nelson
• Dunning, John
• Elkins, Aaron
• Ferris, Monica
• Goldenbaum, Sally           
• Graves, Sarah
• Haddam, Jane                     
• Haines, Carolyn
• Hart, Carolyn
• Henry, Sue
• Muller, Marcia
• Myers, Tamar
• O’Marie, Sister Carol Ann
• Page, Katherine Hall
• Roberts, Gillian
• Spencer-Fleming, Julia
• Truman, Margaret
• Weir, Charlene 
• Ashford, Jeffrey
• • Barron, Stephanie 
    Beaton, M.C.
    Bebris, Carrie
    Cannell, Dorothy
    Charles, Kate
    Chesney, Marion
    Christie, Agatha
    Cleeves, Ann
    Crane, Hamilton
    Crombie, Deborah
    Curzon, Clare
    Dams, Jeanne M.
   

Olympic Movies!

Olympia: A Leni Riefenstahl Film DVD 796.48 OLY
Documents the 1936 Summer Olympics, held in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany. It was the first ever documentary feature film of the Olympic Games and used advanced motion picture techniques, which later became industry standards.Warning: Controversial due to political context.



The First Olympics: Athens 1896  DVDP 5138

A look at the creation of the American team for the Olympics in 1896, and of their journey to get to Athens, where the games were being held. Rating: Not Rated

Miracle DVDP 6119 and DVDP 8665

Tells the true story of player-turned-coach Herb Brooks, who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Soviet team. Rating PG

Chariots of Fire DVDP 7186
Two young British sprinters competing for fame in the 1924 Olympics. Eric, a devout Scottish missionary runs because he knows it must please God. Harold, the son of a newly rich Jew runs to prove his place in Cambridge society.
Rating PG


Cool Runnings DVDP 1392
Based on the true story of the first Jamaican bobsled team trying to make it to the winter Olympics. Rating PG

Backwards DVDP 9381

Based on the true story of a female rower who fails to make the Olympics for the second time and decides to take a coaching job at a school. Rating PG

Munich DVDB 0399
It's the 1972 Olympics and PLO terrorists have just kidnapped and murdered 11 Israeli athletes.  After several terrorists have gone free, the Israeli government recruits Avner a team to hunt down those responsible and eliminate them. Rated R

Downhill Racer DVDP 1388
A talented but self-involved downhill skier claims victory at the expense of emotional and family attachments. Rating PG



Jim Thorpe, All-American DVDP 3859

The triumph and tragedy of Native American Jim Thorpe, who, after winning both the pentathlon and decathlon in the same Olympics, is stripped of his medals on a technicality. Rating: Not Rated

Prefontaine DVDP 8333

The film features the true-life story of legendary track star Steve Prefontaine, the exciting and sometimes controversial "James Dean of Track." Rating PG-13

Tonight: Bay Atlantic Symphony

Paul Somers, Director of Adult Education for the Bay Atlantic Symphony, will present a lecture titled “Singing in the Home and Concert Hall”.

From 5:30-7:30 in the Community Event Room by the rear sliding doors.

Vineland Library Events: February 10-15

Monday, February 10
10:00 – 12:00 p.m. English as a Second Language Class, in the Community Event Room (Registration required) 856-794-4244 ext 4787
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Valentine Family Night, ages 12 and younger, in the Community Event Room (Register – Children’s)
856-794-4244 ext 4246
6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Bay Atlantic Symphony Lecture, “Singing in the Home and Concert Hall”, in the Community Event Room
856-794-4244 ext 4243

Tuesday, February 11
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Toddler Time, age 2, in the Children’s Event Room (Register – Children’s) 856-794-4244 ext 4246

Wednesday, February 12
10:00 – 12:00 p.m. English as a Second Language Class, in the Community Event Room (Registration required)856-794-4244 ext 4787
10:30 – 11:15 a.m. Preschool Story Time, ages 3 – 5, in the Children’s Event Room (Register – Children’s)856-794-4244 ext 4246
4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Teen Valentine Party, ages 13 – 18, in the Community Event Room (Register – Children’s) 856-794-4244 ext 4246

Thursday, February 13
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Book Discussion, ages 6 – 8, in the Children’s Department (Register – Children’s)856-794-4244 ext 4246

Friday, February 14
10:00 – 12:00 p.m. English as a Second Language Class, in the Community Event Room (Registration required)856-794-4244 ext 4787
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Baby Time, ages 6 – 23 months, in the Community Event Room (Register – Children’s)856-794-4244 ext 4246

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)