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This two-night workshop will introduce the basics on playwriting.  Open to teens and adults. 
Please call 336-229-3588 to register for this FREE workshop.

Murder in the Library
Mystery Night
July 18 at 7:00 PM
May Memorial Library
Calling all mystery lovers!! There has been a murder at May Memorial Library and it is up to you solve it!  Put your detective skills to work in trying to solve this heinous crime.  Light refreshments will be served.  This program is for an adult audience. Parents please find a babysitter for the evening.  Space is limited and registration is required.  Please call May Memorial Library for tickets.  This event is FREE and open to the public.  Call 229-3588 for more information.

Meet the Author --
Tea with Dawn Shamp

Sunday August 10 at 2:00 PM
May Memorial Library
 

Meet the Author Tea with NC author Dawn Shamp Author of On Account of Conspicuous Women, set in Roxboro, NC in the 1920s, portrays four ladies who are poised to take on pot lucks and politics in this picture of the South.  Not since Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café has a novel portrayed Southern women with such humor, intelligence and originality. All four women have their own dreams and secrets, which may affect others in profound ways. Together they form the unique cast of rich, remarkable portrait of Southern friendship, gentility and nostalgia.  Copies of the novel will be available for purchase.  For more information, please call 229-3588.

May Memorial Library   336-229-3588

May 16 at 3:45 PM
Teen Movie Friday
Enchanted
Rated PG
Susan Sarandon, James Marsden, Amy Adams
Walt Disney Pictures; Directed by Kevin Lima
Rated PG; 107 minutes; 2007
A classic Disney fairytale lands in modern-day New York City when a storybook princess is thrust into present day Manhattan by an evil queen. Her prince follows after to rescue her but her journey causes her to change her views on life and love after meeting a handsome lawyer.

May 24 at 2:00 PM
Saturday Afternoon at the Movies Especially for Families
Ratatouille
Rated G
Animated Feature
Voices by: Brad Garrett, Patton Oswalt, John Ratzenberger
Walt Disney/Pixar; Directed by Brad Bird
Rated G; 110 minutes; 2007
In this Pixar animated comedy Remy loves fine French food, which is a problem since he happens to be a rat. He lives in an expensive French restaurant and desires to become a chef despite the disapproval of his father and brother who are happy eating garbage. He has adventures every day with a rat-despising staff that wants him gone in this riotous family film.

June 6 at 3:30 PM
Teen Movie Friday
National Treasure:  Book of Secrets
Rated PG
Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger,
Ed Harris, Helen Mirren
Walt Disney Pictures; Directed by Jon Turteltaub
Rated PG; 118 minutes; 2007
Treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates is back and looking to discover the truth behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He finds John Wilkes Booth's diary and is determined to uncover the mystery within the 18 missing pages in this great action adventure.

July 11 at 3:45 PM
Teen Movie Friday
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Rated PG
Freddie Highmore, Seth Rogan, Sarah Bolger
Paramount Pictures; Directed by Mark Waters
Rated PG; 97 minutes; 2008
From the beloved best selling series of books comes this fantasy adventure about the Grave family who moves into the secluded house of their great, great Uncle Arthur Spiderwick. Once there, they begin to notice strange accidents and disappearances that seem to happen on a daily basis and they begin to uncover the fantastic truth of creatures which inhabit the Spiderwick estate.

August 8 at 3:30 PM
Teen Movie Friday
The Golden Compass
Rated PG-13
Nicole Kidman, Eva Green, Daniel Craig
New Line Cinema; Directed by Chris Weitz
Rated PG-13; 113 minutes; 2007
Lyra Belacqua is an orphan who lives happily among the halls of Jordan College, Oxford. When Lyra overhears the professors discussing a mysterious substance called Dust, which is rumored to possess profound properties that could unite the whole universe, she heads off on an adventure that puts her in the company with clans, gyptians and formidable armored bears in this fantasy adventure.

Independent Film Theatre

May Memorial Library is excited to continue its  Independent Film Theater. You are invited to view award-winning, independent films at your local library - For Free! -  every month.  These films are not rated, and are intended for mature audiences only.

May 13^th, 7:00 PM, Dreams of Dust  This film is about Mocktar, a Nigerian peasant, who comes looking for work in Essakane, a dusty gold mine in Northeast Burkina Faso, Africa, where he hopes to forget the past that haunts him.  In Essakane, he quickly finds out, the gold rush ended twenty years before, and the inhabitants of this wasteland and strange timelessness manage to exist simply from force of habit.  The beautiful Coumba, however, is still courageously struggling to raise her daughter after the death of her family.  Mocktar will soon be fighting not only to survive, but also to provide a better future for this mother and her child. In French with English subtitles.  Adult language and situations.  For mature audiences only. 

June 10th, 7:00 PM, Adam’s Apples. This film tells of Ivan, an unusually optimistic preacher who takes in convicts to help around the remote, rural church he ministers to.  His newest “helper” is Adam, a vicious neo-Nazi anxiously serving his community service time so he can return to hell-raising.  Asked to set a goal for his stay, Adam sarcastically answers that he’d like to bake a pie.  Ivan cheerfully takes that statement at face value and puts him in charge of the parish’s pride and joy: the only apple tree in the vicinity.  Grasping the extent of Ivan’s crazed preternatural determination to look on the bright side of everything; Adam decides to shake Ivan out of his rose-colored world.  In Danish with English subtitles. Adult language and situations.  For mature audiences only. 

July 8^th, 7:00 PM,  Her Name is Sabine. This film tells the story of Sabine, a 38-year old autistic woman, filmed by her sister, the famous French actress Sandrine Bonnaire.  Through personal footage filmed over a period of 25 years, it is revealed that Sabine’s growth and many talents were crushed by improper diagnosis and an inadequate care structure.  After a tragic five-year stay in a psychiatric hospital, Sabine finally finds a new lease on life, in a home together with young people living with similar mental and emotional illnesses. In French with English subtitles. Adult language and situations.  For mature audiences only. 

August 5^th, 7:00 PM,  Arranged. This film tells the story of Rachel, an Orthodox Jew, and Nasira a Muslim of Syrian origin.  They are both young teachers at a public school in Brooklyn.  They also have something else in common – they are going through the process if getting “arranged marriages” through their respective religious and traditional customs.  With both family pressure on the one hand, and the rejection of traditional values outside world on the other, Rachel and Nasira will have to reply on each other and their friendship to pull them through this difficult time of their lives.  In English.  Adult language and situations.  For mature audiences only. 

Library programs are free and open to the public.
Please call 229-3588, for more information.

Open Mic Night

Do you need a place to express yourself?  Want to share your creativity with others? 

May Memorial Library is hosting our monthly Open Mic Night!

Read your own, original work, or ones that you admire. 
 

Writers...poets...comedians....storytellers and musicians are welcome.
Come share your work!  Collaborations most welcome.

Readers will be limited to 5 minutes depending on the number of attendees.  Sign up at the event.  No profanity please. 

Library programs are free and open to the public.  Please call 336-229-3588 for more information.

Upcoming Dates:

May 6
June 5
July 15
August 12

7:00 PM at May Memorial Library

                  Lunch Bunch
           Book Club

May Memorial Library continues its  Lunch Bunch Book Club.

May 19, 12:00 Noon:  The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs

June 16, 12:00 Noon:  Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky

July 21, 12:00 Noon:  For One More Day by Mitch Albom.

August 18, 12:00 Noon:  Book - TBA

For more information or to sign up for the book club, please call 229-3588.

May Memorial Kids Book Club

May Memorial Library
 

Come out and talk about your favorite books at this informal book discussion club for ages 7 to 15.   Bring your friends and make some new ones while you're here.  There will be snacks!

April 28 at 4:00 pm

For more information, please call 336-229-3588.

May Memorial Library

Mystery
Book Club

Bring your thinking caps and be ready to discuss each month's mystery selection.  Light refreshments will be provided.
 

May 27, 7:00 PM:  "What the Dead Know" by Laura Lippman

June 24, 7:00 PM:  "Poison Pen" by Shelia Lowe

July 29, 7:00 PM:  TBA

August 26, 7:00 PM:  TBA

For more information or to sign-up for the book club, please call 336-229-3588.

May 16 at 4:00 PM
The Golden Compass
Nicole Kidman, Eva Green, Daniel Craig
New Line Cinema; Directed by Chris Weitz
Rated PG-13; 113 minutes; 2007
Lyra Belacqua is an orphan who lives happily among the halls of Jordan College, Oxford. When Lyra overhears the professors discussing a mysterious substance called Dust, which is rumored to possess profound properties that could unite the whole universe, she heads off on an adventure that puts her in the company with clans, gyptians and formidable armored bears in this fantasy adventure.

Saturday May 31 at 3:00 PM
Teens-Only Movie
I Am Legend
Rated PC-13
Will Smith
Warner Bros.; Directed by Francis Lawrence
Rated PG-13; 101 minutes; 2007
Robert Neville is a scientist who could not have fathomed the terrible virus that decimated everyone on the planet except him. He is the only survivor trying to outlast the mutated victims of the plague who have become blood-thirsty creatures. He sends out daily radio messages in a desperate plea to find any other survivors as he works on a cure for the plague using his own immune blood in this thriller.

Knit & Read!
The Mebane Library Knitters continue their fundraising project for the library.  The plan is to raffle an afghan knitted by the library knitting club.
Meetings are the Fourth Tuesday of each month.  For more information please call 919-563-6431.

Upcoming dates (7:00 PM):   
                                                                                       May 27
        

The Mebane Public Library's

Anime Club

meets  May 17 @ 3:00 pm
(ages 13 and up)

Come share your artwork, read and talk about your favorite manga and watch anime!

Call 919-563-6431 for more information.

Mebane Public Library's Teen Program

iRead

Tuesday  May 20 at 4:00 PM
Join other teens as they discuss books, movies, and a whole lot more.
For more information, call 919-563-6431.

Newcomers welcome!
Call 919-563-6431 for more information

Books over Coffee at the Graham Public Library

Take a break from your busy day and enjoy a leisurely chat with fellow book lovers.  It's a great way to discover new authors and to hear what's new, what's good and what's not.  Bring a book you have recently read and join us each month.   Bring a bag lunch from Noon until  1:00 PM.  Coffee and light refreshments provided. For more information please call 570-6730.

Upcoming dates:

May 20
 

Movies!
At the Graham Public Library
Call 570-6730 for more information! 

May 9 at 4:00 PM
Free Movie Friday
The Golden Compass
Rated PG-13
Based on the novel by Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass tells the first story in Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. The Golden Compass is an exciting fantasy adventure, set in an alternative world where people’s souls manifest themselves as animals, talking bears fight wars and Gyptians and witches co-exist. At the center of the story is Lyra, a 12-year old girl, who starts out trying to rescue a friend who’s been kidnapped by the mysterious Gobblers, and winds up on an epic quest to save not only her world, but ours as well. Ages 13 and up.

May 23 at 4:00 PM
Free Movie Friday
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Rated PG
Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger,
Ed Harris, Helen Mirren
Walt Disney Pictures; Directed by Jon Turteltaub
Rated PG; 101 minutes; 2007
Treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates is back and looking to discover the truth behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He finds John Wilkes Booth's diary and is determined to uncover the mystery within the 18 missing pages in this great action adventure.  Ben Gates is out to solve another historic riddle and protect his family’s honor. The treasure hunters hopscotch through Paris, London, Washington DC and South Dakota. Your kids will wish your family vacations were this exciting. For ages 5 and up.

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