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Metro postpones weekend track work, emergency response exercises
Metro is postponing Presidents Day weekend track work on the Blue and Orange lines and two emergency response exercises due to last weekend's record snowfall and ongoing recovery efforts. -- February 8, 2010, WMATA
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CANCELED--Author Event: "Ring of Fire" by Alessandra Gelmi--ShirlingtonWhen: Mon Feb 8, 2010 7pm to 8:30pm EST Where: Shirlington Branch Library Event Status: confirmed Event Description: CANCELED-- Alessandra Gelmi’s latest collection of poetry, "Ring of Fire" won first prize in its genre from the National Federation of Press Women. She is the author of the novel "Who’s Afraid of Red," a chronicle of love set against the Rwandan Genocide, recognized for Excellence in Arts and Letters by the National Association of Women for Progress in Africa. Gelmi won the 2008 Bronze Medal in Multicultural Fiction in the Independent Publisher Book Awards. She was an award-winning finalist in the Multicultural Fiction Category of the National Best Books 2008 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News. CANCELED |
Author Event: "On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery" by Robert M. Poole--CentralWhen: Thu Feb 25, 2010 7pm to 8:30pm EST Where: Arlington Central Library Auditorium Event Status: confirmed Event Description: Robert Poole traces the founding of Arlington National Cemetery on what had been the family plantation of Robert E. Lee. Initially, there was no honor in interment at Arlington as it served as a simple military burial ground, but the rites, rituals and reverence associated with the cemetery evolved over the next century. Poole paints an intimate, behind-the-scenes portrait of America’s most sacred ground. |
Author Event: "Honorable Survivor" by Lynne Joiner--CentralWhen: Thu Jan 28, 2010 7pm to 8:30pm EST Where: Arlington Central Library Auditorium Event Status: confirmed Event Description: Lynne Joiner, a veteran broadcast journalist and documentary filmmaker, recounts the extraordinary story of John Service, who was sacked by the Foreign Service during Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s Communist witch hunts of the 1950s. Joiner had special access to newly released Soviet and American documents which contain evidence that Service was innocent of McCarthy’s charges. Books will be available for sale and signing after this event. |
Arlington Reads Author Event: "Farm City" by Novella CarpenterWhen: Thu Apr 29, 2010 7pm to Thu Apr 29, 2010 9pm EDT Where: Arlington Central Library Auditorium Event Status: confirmed Event Description: With a focus on sustainability, Arlington Reads presents a talk by Novella Carpenter, best-selling author of "Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer." Books will be available for purchase and signing at the end of the program. |
Author Event: "Past Due: The End of Easy Money and the Renewal of the American Economy" by New York Times writer Peter S. Goodman--ShirlingtonWhen: Mon Nov 30, 2009 7pm to 8:30pm EST Where: Shirlington Branch Library Event Status: confirmed Event Description: New York Times national economics writer Peter S. Goodman discusses "Past Due: The End of Easy Money and the Renewal of the American Economy." The book chronicles the roots and consequences of the recent recession, exploring the technology bubble of the 1990s, China's breakneck development and the American real estate bubble. Goodman also explores how the nation may construct a more sustainable economy, perhaps focused on renewable energy and life sciences. |
Author Event: "Making News in the Digital Era" by David E. Henderson--CentralWhen: Thu Jan 7, 2010 7pm to 8:30pm EST Where: Arlington Central Library Auditorium Event Status: confirmed Event Description: Media strategist and award-winning journalist David E. Henderson will discuss navigating today’s complex and evolving traditional and online media environments. |
Author Event: "Lift" by Rebecca O'Connor--ShirlingtonWhen: Sat Dec 12, 2009 3pm to 4:30pm EST Where: Shirlington Branch Library Event Status: confirmed Event Description: The culmination of a ten-year career in falconry, "Lift" is a memoir that illustrates the journey and life lessons of a woman navigating a man's ancient sport. Captivated by a chance meeting with a falconer's peregrine as a child, the indelible memory eventually brings the author's life full circle to flying a peregrine of her own. |
Author Event: "K Blows Top" by former Post Writer Peter Carlson--CentralWhen: Tue Feb 23, 2010 7pm to 8:30pm EST Who: Author Events - Arlington County Public Library Events Where: Arlington Central Library Auditorium Event Status: confirmed Event Description: Nikita Khrushchev’s 1959 trip across America was one of the strangest exercises in international diplomacy ever conducted--“a surreal extravaganza,” as historian John Lewis Gaddis called it. Former Washington Post writer Peter Carlson captures the times in "K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America's Most Unlikely Tourist" as the Soviet leader threw tantrums, sparked a riot in a San Francisco supermarket, wowed coeds in Iowa, and ogled Arlington's own Shirley MacLaine. Books will be available for sale and signing at the conclusion of this event. |
Author Event: "It's In the Eyes" by Charles Toftoy--CentralWhen: Mon Dec 14, 2009 6pm to Mon Dec 14, 2009 8pm EST Where: Central Library, Second Floor Meeting Room Event Status: confirmed Event Description: Local author Charles Toftoy will read from his new book, "It's in the Eyes," which is a thriller set in Arlington. |
Author Event: "In Spite of the Gods" by Edward Luce--ShirlingtonWhen: Mon Dec 7, 2009 7pm to 9pm EST Where: Shirlington Branch Library Event Status: confirmed Event Description: Edward Luce's "In Spite of the Gods" looks at the forces shaping India as it tries to balance the stubborn traditions of the past with an unevenly modernizing present. Deeply informed by scholarship and history, leavened by humor and rich in anecdote, it shows that India has huge opportunities as well as tremendous challenges that make the future “hers to lose.” The event is free and open to the public and takes place at Signature Theatre, next door to the Shirlington Branch Library. A book signing will follow at Busboys and Poets. This event is presented in partnership with the Cultural Affairs Division of the Arlington County Parks and Recreation Department, Signature Theatre, Busboys and Poets and the Global Exchange Store. |
CANCELED--Film: "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" [2009]--ShirlingtonWhen: Sun Feb 7, 2010 2pm to 4pm EST Where: Shirlington Branch Library Event Status: confirmed Event Description: CANCELED-- The Shirlington "Family Movie Matinee" presents "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" [2009]. Rated PG, 90 minutes. Directed by Christopher Miller and Phil Lord. Featuring Andy Samberg, Anna Faris and James Caan. Based on the children’s book, this animated adventure follows a scientist who tries to solve world hunger only to see things go awry as food falls from the sky in abundance. CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER |
Film: "Somers Town" [2008]--CentralWhen: Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:30pm to Thu Feb 18, 2010 8pm EST Where: Arlington Central Library Auditorium Event Status: confirmed Event Description: The "Cross Cultural Cinema" series presents "Somers Town" [2008], directed by Shane Meadows. 71 minutes. Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer and compete for the attention of a lovely French waitress. |
Film: "In Love We Trust (Zuo you)" [2007]--ShirlingtonWhen: Wed Feb 10, 2010 6:30pm to Wed Feb 10, 2010 8pm EST Where: Shirlington Branch Library Event Status: confirmed Event Description: The "World Cinema Spotlight" series presents "In Love We Trust (Zuo you)" [2007]. Not rated, 115 minutes. Chinese with English subtitles. Directed by Xiaoshuai Wang. A divorced couple learns that the way to possibly save their daughter from blood cancer is to have another child. The problem is that they're both remarried to other people. |
Film: "Traces of the Trade" [2008]--ShirlingtonWhen: Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:30pm to Wed Feb 17, 2010 8pm EST Where: Shirlington Branch Library Event Status: confirmed Event Description: The "Real Life Reels" series at Shirlington presents "Traces of the Trade" [2008]. Not rated, 90 minutes. Directed by Katrina Browne. In this official selection of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, documentary film maker Katrina Browne explores a troubling discovery — her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in American history. She and nine fellow descendants set off to retrace the "Triangle Trade" from their old hometown in Rhode Island to slave forts in Ghana to sugar plantation ruins in Cuba. |
Film: "Revolution '67" [2007]--ShirlingtonWhen: Wed Feb 24, 2010 6:30pm to Wed Feb 24, 2010 8pm EST Where: Shirlington Branch Library Event Status: confirmed Event Description: The "Real Life Reels" film series presents "Revolution '67" [2007]. Not Rated, 90 minutes. Directed by Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno. "Revolution '67" is an illuminating account of events too often relegated to footnotes in U.S. history—the black urban riots of the 1960s. Focusing on the six-day Newark, N.J. outbreak in mid-July 1967, "Revolution ‘67" reveals how the disturbances began as spontaneous revolts against poverty and police brutality and ended as fateful milestones in America's struggles with race and economic justice. |
Film: "Night at the Museum, Battle of the Smithsonian" [2009]--ShirlingtonWhen: Sun Jan 10, 2010 2pm to 4pm EST Where: Shirlington Branch Library Event Status: confirmed Event Description: The Shirlington "Family Movie Matinee" series presents "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian [2009]. Rated PG,105 minutes. Directed by Shawn Levy and starring Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Owen Wilson and Robin Williams. Kahmunrah, an evil Pharaoh has come to life with the help of a magical Egyptian tablet and in his initial attempt for world power brings exhibits back to life. Security guard Larry (Stiller) enlists the help of Amelia Earhart to re-establish order. |
Film: "I Served the King of England ("Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále") [2007]--ShirlingtonWhen: Wed Jan 20, 2010 6:30pm to Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:30pm EST Where: Shirlington Branch Library Event Status: confirmed Event Description: RESCHEDULED FROM JAN. 13 "World Cinema Spotlight" at Shirlington presents "I Served the King of England" ("Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále") [2007]. Rated R, 120 minutes. Directed by Jirí Menzel and featuring Oldrich Kaiser, Ivan Barnev, and Julia Jentsch. A delightful comedy by Czech filmmaker Jiri Menzel is based on a novel by notable Czech writer, Bohumil Hrabel. The movie blends deft physical comedy with more satiric humor to tell the story of a WW II era everyman as he tries to navigate the chaotic world around him. |
Film: "The Country Teacher" ("Venkovský ucitel") [2008]--ShirlingtonWhen: Wed Jan 27, 2010 6:30pm to Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:30pm EST Where: Shirlington Branch Library Event Status: confirmed Event Description: The "World Cinema Spotlight" series presents "The Country Teacher" ("Venkovský ucitel") [2008]. Not Rated, 103 minutes. Directed by Bohdan Sláma and featuring Pavel Liska, Zuzana Bydzovská, and Ladislav Sedivý. Czech filmmaker Bohdan Sláma's beautifully filmed, powerfully acted, profoundly moving story of desire, responsibility, forgiveness and the need to belong. |
Film: "I Served the King of England ("Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále") [2007]--ShirlingtonWhen: Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:30pm to Wed Jan 13, 2010 8pm EST Where: Shirlington Branch Library Event Status: confirmed Event Description: "World Cinema Spotlight" presents "I Served the King of England" ("Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále") [2007]. Rated R, 120 minutes. Directed by Jirí Menzel and featuring Oldrich Kaiser, Ivan Barnev, and Julia Jentsch. A delightful comedy by Czech filmmaker Jiri Menzel is based on a novel by notable Czech writer, Bohumil Hrabel. The movie blends deft physical comedy with more satiric humor to tell the story of a WW II era everyman as he tries to navigate the chaotic world around him. |
Film: "Gigante" [2009]--CentralWhen: Thu Jan 21, 2010 6:30pm to Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:30pm EST Where: Arlington Central Library Auditorium Event Status: confirmed Event Description: The Cross Cultural Cinema series presents "Gigante" [2009], written and directed by Adrián Biniez. The award-winning film from Uruguay tells the story of Jara, a shy and lonely supermarket security guard. One night he sees Julia, a young cleaning woman, through one of the store security cameras and is immediately attracted to her. Night after night he watches her on his monitor and must decide whether to give up his obsession or confront it. |
Columbia Pike Library is Digging OutThe Columbia Pike Branch Library staff are looking forward to reopening after the snow-fall caused... |
County/Library System, Schools Closed Tuesday, Feb. 9This will sound familiar-- All Arlington Public Library locations are closed Tuesday, Feb. 9 in... |
County/Library System Closed Monday, Feb. 8All Arlington Public Library locations are closed Monday, Feb. 8 in the aftermath of the winter... |
Shirlington in the SnowThis lovely photo of the Shirlington Branch Library was taken by a Shirlington resident / Library... |
Thank You to Aurora Hills Volunteers!On Friday, neighborhood volunteers Gail Fleming and Susan Rose Kaplan - who were not scheduled to... |
Our Wish for You this Snowy Weekend: Enough to Read, and Electricity to Watch Your DVDs...because judging by these photos (taken by Central Library staff on Friday afternoon), our... |
Library System Closed Feb. 6 and 7All Arlington Public Library locations are closed Saturday, Feb. 6 and Sunday, Feb. 7 because of... |
Arlington County/Libraries Closing at Noon on FridayBecause of the approaching winter storm, Arlington County government--including the Library--will... |
FAQ: The Library and Bad WeatherAnswers to a few questions we've heard lately regarding the Library during bad weather: Q: Who... |
Finial Finds a New Home in WestoverSee how this artifact from Arlington's history was installed just outside the Westover Branch... |
