This Month's Adult Events From the Hoover Library

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Check out a Samsung Galaxy Tablet! Adult Board Game Collection Friends of the Hoover Library February Meeting Adult English Classes Fiction Book Groups: Lisette's List Global Cuisine @ the Plaza: German Helping Hands Discoveries in the Making--NEW! Trivia Night Daytime Nonfiction Book Group Spanish Conversation Club Glue Gun Gang: Heart Pin Cushions Introduction to Grant Writing Lard Bucket Bluegrass Purl @ the Plaza Neuroscience Cafe: Light Therapy for Adults with A.D.H.D. French Conversation Club--NEW! No Jacket Required Nonfiction Book Group NOYOKO After Hours @ the Plaza: Bingo! Write Club Rachel Hebert Art Reception Honoring the Heart of Dixie Rug Bees Nighttime Nonfiction Book Group Southern Voices: An Evening with Erik Larson--SOLD OUT! Southern Voices: Author Conference-- TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE! Monday at the Movies: Selma Salvage Gardens In Our Art Galleries Coffee-ol-ogy Coffee Cafe is now Customs Cafe! Check out a Samsung Galaxy Tablet! Seven inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK tablets loaded with library apps, such as hoopla (movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks), Overdrive (ebooks and audiobooks) and Zinio (magazines) are available to be checked out! You can also download apps for games, shopping, travel, news and more from the Google Play store. You must be 21 or older to check out a tablet. You'll find the tablets with our other NOOKs at the Plaza desk. Call 444-7821 to find out more. Adult Board Game Collection Whether you're ready to battle other monsters to become the King of Tokyo, satisfy your need for brains in Zombie Dice or settle and cultivate a newly-established colony in Catan, there is sure to be a game for you! The Adult Board Game Collection is comprised of award-winning designer games, as well as fan-favorites and ranges from strategy to party games. You must be 18 or older to check out a board game. Visit the Adult Fiction Department or call 444-7820 for more information. Friends of the Hoover Library February Meeting Learn about the Greater Birmingham Humane Society's mission to serve the animals of Jefferson County and surrounding areas. Free and open to the public. Refreshments provided. Call 444-7840 for more information. Monday, February 1 at 10 am--Theatre Level Meeting Room Adult English Classes Join us for basic or intermediate English instruction on Tuesday evenings. FREE! No registration required. Call 444-7820 for more information. Tuesday, February 2, 9 & 16 from 6:30 pm - 8 pm--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Fiction Book Groups: Lisette's List Join us for a discussion of Lisette's List and SKYPE with author Susan Vreeland. Refreshments provided as well as books for the next meeting. Call 444-7820 for more information. First Thursday: Thursday, February 4 at 10 am--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Second Thursday: Thursday, February 11 at 10 am--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Global Cuisine @ the Plaza: German Learn about the food and culture of Germany with Customs Cafe. Complimentary samples provided following the program. Call 444-7821 for more information. Sunday, February 7 at 2:30 pm--Library Plaza Helping Hands Drop in to make newspaper rolls for a local humane society. Teens and adults welcome. Call 444-7840 for more information. Monday, February 8 from 3:30 pm - 8:30 pm--Nonfiction Department Discoveries in the Making--NEW! This new educational outreach program will feature UAB Graduate School Students and post doctoral fellows sharing their passions. The first program in the series will focus on drone technology: Ali Darwish will discuss how drones are being used to save lives and Elizabeth Bevan will share how they are being used to study sea turtles. Call 444-7840 for more information. Monday, February 8 at 6:30 pm--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Trivia Night Round up your friends and compete for great prizes at local Hoover restaurant, Beef 'O' Brady's (5519 Grove Blvd.). Call 444-7820 for more information. Monday, February 8 at 7 pm--Beef 'O' Brady's, The Grove Daytime Nonfiction Book Group Join us for a discussion of Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Southern Voices author Erik Larson. Call 444-7840 for more information. Tuesday, February 9 at 10:30 am--Theatre Conference Room Spanish Conversation Club All Spanish fluency levels welcome to practice and learn. Call 444-7820 for more information. Tuesday, February 9 at 7 pm--Library Plaza Glue Gun Gang: Heart Pin Cushions Make a pin cushion from a heart-shaped cookie cutter. Adults only. Reservations required. To register, call 444-7840, beginning February 1. Thursday, February 11 at 10:30 am--Nonfiction Department Introduction to Grant Writing Grant writer Kim Richardson presents a beginner's class on how to write a grant. Free! Call 444-7840 to register. Thursday, February 11 at 6:30 pm--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Lard Bucket Bluegrass Join us for a free CD release show by this upbeat bluegrass band featuring lightning fast picking and a good sense of humor. Call 444-7821 for more information. Thursday, February 11 at 6:30 pm--Library Plaza Purl @ the Plaza Celebrate Valentine's Day by crafting for a loved one! Call 444-7821 for more information. Saturday, February 13 from 1 pm - 5 pm--Library Plaza Neuroscience Cafe: Light Therapy for Adults with A.D.H.D. Rachel Fargason, M.D., and Karen Gamble, PhD. discuss light therapy for adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Presented by the UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center. Call 444-7840 for more information. Monday, February 15 at 6:30 pm--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms French Conversation Club--NEW! All fluency levels welcome to practice speaking French and learn about French culture. Call 444-7820 for more information. Tuesday, February 16 at 7 pm--Library Plaza No Jacket Required Nonfiction Book Group This month's genre: Poetry. Call 444-7840 for more information. Wednesday, February 17 at 10:30 am--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms NOYOKO NOYOKO is a Beatles tribute act that performs songs from the Fab Four's entire catalog ranging from the biggest hits to the deepest cuts. FREE! Call 444-7821 for more information. Thursday, February 18 at 6:30 pm--Library Plaza After Hours @ the Plaza: Bingo! Join us for a library-themed Bingo night. Call 444-7800 for more information. Friday, February 19 from 7 pm - 9 pm--Library Plaza Write Club Share your literary works and network with other aspiring writers. Call 444-7820 for more information. Saturday, February 20 at 10:30 am--Theatre Level Meeting Rooms Rachel Hebert With roots in Louisiana, North Carolina and Alabama, Rachel Hebert's songs grow up from the swamp and peat and clay of the American Southeast. The music invites you inside, the lyrics ask you if you'll stay and sit a spell. They're the sort of front porch songs you'll come to consider as old friends. FREE! Call 444-7821 for more information. Sunday, February 21 at 2:30 pm--Library Plaza Art Reception Honoring the Heart of Dixie Rug Bees Through the years, these Birmingham rug hookers have had selected art works in national exhibits, publications and rug hooking books. They have found great friendships and mutual enjoyment in this creative and beautiful art form. Join us to honor our Southern Voices Featured Artist at a free reception. Call 444-7888 for more information. Tuesday, February 23 from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm--Friends Gallery Nighttime Nonfiction Book Group Join us for a discussion of The President's Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffey. Call 444-7840 for more information. Thursday, February 25 at 7 pm--Allen Board Room Southern Voices: An Evening with Erik Larson--SOLD OUT! Erik Larson is the author of five New York Times best sellers, most recently Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, which hit #1 on the New York Times list soon after its launch. A reception follows on the Library Plaza. Call the Library Theatre Box Office at 444-7888 or visit the website at http://www.hooverlibrary.org/sv for more information. Tickets $35--SOLD OUT Friday, February 26 at 7 pm--The Library Theatre & Library Plaza Southern Voices: Author Conference-- TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE! Featuring Natalie Baszile, Beth Ann Fennelly, Tom Franklin, Craig Johnson, Jamie Mason, Laura Lane McNeal and Mark Pryor. Book sales and signings will follow the afternoon session. Call the Library Theatre Box Office at 444-7888 or visit the website at http://www.hooverlibrary.org/sv for ticket information. A boxed lunch may be purchased online from Customs Cafe. Tickets $40 Saturday, February 27 at 9 am--The Library Theatre or Library Plaza Monday at the Movies: Selma Join us for a screening of Selma (PG-13, 128 minutes). Free admission and refreshments. Call 444-7820 for more information. Monday February 29 at 2 pm & 6:30 pm--The Library Theatre Salvage Gardens Learn how the upcycle group at Birmingham Botanical Gardens utilizes everything from glass bottles to botanicals found in your back yard. Call 444-7840 for more information. Monday, February 29 at 6:30 pm--Children's Programming Room In Our Art Galleries Enjoy the works of local and regional artists in our art galleries all month long: Friends Gallery: Heart of Dixie Rug Bees Plaza Gallery: Samford University Advanced Painting Class Coffee-ol-ogy Coffee Cafe is now Customs Cafe! Breakfast, lunch and dinner! Coffee and desserts! Located on the Library Plaza. February's Global Cuisine, German, features: Old Berlin Beer Cheese Soup Potato Cakes Turkey Reuben Sandwich Roasted Bratwurst with Red Cabbage & Apples Apple Strudel Cobbler Monday-Thursday: 10:00 am - 7:00 pm Friday-Saturday: 10:00 am - 5:30 pm Sunday: 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm Phone: 205-987-0176   This e-mail was sent from Jefferson County Library Cooperative, Inc. Immediate removal with PatronMail® SecureUnsubscribe. To forward this e-mail to a friend or colleague, use this link. To change your e-mail address or update preferences, use this link.