| | | | This program is exhibition only and does not include an opening reception or artist talk. Friday, December 1 - January 25 - All Day Friends Gallery | | | | Celtic Angels Christmas captivates audiences with the magic of the holiday in an awe-inspiring medley of vocal and instrumental seasonal and Irish favorites along with spectacular world-class champion Irish dancing. Tickets are $38. Friday, December 1 from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm The Library Theatre | | | | Ronald M. Lazar, PhD from UAB's Department of Neurology, teaches how to make healthy choices for your unique brain. Sunday, December 3 from 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Fitzgerald & Shakespeare Rooms | | | | Computer Class All computer classes are located in the Training Center on the Administration Level of the library. Must register to attend. Click on each date for more information and a link to register. Basic Excel (2 parts) One-on-One Tech Help PowerPoint: Crash Course! Intermediate Excel (2 parts) | | | | Practice your French and celebrate the culture! All levels, beginner to fluent are welcome. Use what you know or expand your vocabulary with the help of our trained facilitator. Adults only, 17+ please. Call 205-444-7840 with any questions. Tuesday, December 5 from 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Fitzgerald Room | | | | Online Adult ESL Classes
Join us for an online version of our ESL classes. These classes meet weekly for one hour and there are beginner level and intermediate to advanced level classes available. Registration required. Call 205-444-7840 with any questions. Level 2 (intermediate to advanced) | | | | Create gift tags and ornaments to share or display. Wednesday, December 6 from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Fitzgerald & Shakespeare Rooms | | | | Read and discuss Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. After Tova Sullivan's husband dies, she begins working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her eighteen-year-old son mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago. Over time, Tova becomes acquainted with Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium who knows more than anyone can imagine. Attend in person or register online to attend virtually. Thursday, December 7 from 10:00 am - 11:30 am Fitzgerald Room, Zoom | | | | Get ready for the season with ornament crafts and gift wrap. Thursday, December 7 from 10:30 am - 11:30 am East 59 Event Room - Lee Branch | | | | Board Game Test Group
If you are a hopeful board game designer looking to workshop ideas or have a prototype you'd like to playtest, then join us on select Thursday nights this fall. This meetup is also a great opportunity to network with other like-minded individuals in the board game community. No registration required! Thursday, December 7 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Library Plaza | | | | Crotchety miser Ebenezer Scrooge hates Christmas and mistreats his long-suffering employee, devoted family man Bob Cratchit. But a visit from the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and three Christmas spirits might convince him to change his ways and become more kindhearted. Directed by: Edwin L. Marin Starring: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart and Leo G. Carroll Runtime: 69 minutes Friday, December 8 from 2:00 - 4:00 pm The Library Theatre | | | | Feed your need for nonfiction titles and bookish conversations by bringing your own book and share your favorites. Saturday, December 9 from 10:30 am - 1:00 pm Fitzgerald Room | | | | Join old friends and make new ones at this crafty meeting of all fiber enthusiasts. We love to see anyone with a portable craft such as knitting, crochet, tatting, embroidery or other fiber crafts. Saturday, December 9 from 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Library Plaza | | | | Feed your need for nonfiction titles and bookish conversations by bringing your own book and share your favorites. Saturday, December 9 from 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Online Program | | | | Read and discuss Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou. Twenty-nine-year-old PhD student Ingrid Yang is desperate to finish her dissertation on the late canonical poet, Xiao-Wen Chou, and never read about "Chinese-y" things again. But after four years of painstaking research, she has nothing but anxiety and stomach pain to show for her efforts. When she accidentally stumbles upon a strange and curious note in the Chou archives, she convinces herself it's her ticket out of academic hell. Sunday, December 10 from 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Fitzgerald & Shakespeare Rooms | | | | Teen and adult volunteers can drop in to roll newspapers for the humane society. Monday, December 11 from 3:00 pm - 8:30 pm Adult Program Room | | | | All levels, from beginner to fluent, are welcome to practice their Spanish. Use what you know or expand your vocabulary with the help of our trained facilitator. Some prior experience with the language is recommended. Adults only, 17+ please. Tuesday, December 12 from 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Fitzgerald Room | | | | Celebrate Hanukkah with the lighting of the Menorah. Wednesday, December 13 from 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Library Entrance Lobby | | | | Hear light-hearted acoustic versions of the best holiday songs, played in an intimate setting by a top-notch band of Alabama artists. Wednesday, December 13 from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Library Theatre | | | | Get simple and straightforward answers at this workshop with Karen Haiflich. Thursday, December 14 from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Fitzgerald & Shakespeare Rooms | | | | Celebrate National Ugly Sweater Day at this after-hours program! Play minute-to-win-it table games, enjoy a cup of hot cocoa with your favorite fixings and compete in an ugly sweater contest judged by none other than the Grinch at this fun-tastic adults-only event. Friday, December 15 from 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Library Plaza | | | | A year's worth of Write Club is in the books! Celebrate our 2023 writing journey by bringing your favorite snack to share. Saturday, December 16 from 10:30 am - 1:00 pm Fitzgerald & Shakespeare Rooms | | | | Are your board game shelves getting a bit crowded? Are you looking for a new-to-you treasure? Bring in your gently used board games to the library and swap with other enthusiasts! Saturday, December 16 from 11:00 am - 4:00 pm Library Plaza | | | | At the Pen & Paper RPG Society meetings, you create larger than life heroes and join forces with fellow gamers as you adventure through dungeons, haunted tombs and forgotten regions of space. Let us show you a new, exciting hobby! No experience needed! Sunday, December 17 from 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm Library Plaza | | | | Now Showing: Encanto
The tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal - every child except one, Mirabel. She discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family's last hope. Runtime: 99 minutes The Library Theatre | | | | The last book in the Stories of Exile Book Club series is African Town, a story about the journey of 110 captured Africans brought to Mobile, Alabama, on the last slave ship, Clotilde. Enjoy an evening in discussion with authors Irene Latham and Charles Waters as they share the inspiration for their young-adult novel-in-verse, and talk about the incredible writing journey that brought them face-to-face with the living descendants of those 110 exiles. Tuesday, December 19 from 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Shakespeare Room | | | | Crayon Ornaments
Use crayon shavings to create a unique design inside glass ball ornaments. Wednesday, December 20 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Theatre Conference Room | | | | Hoover Library Winter Spectacular
Sing along with your favorite staff during this winter-themed variety show! The Library Theatre | | | | Read and discuss African Town by Irene Latham and Charles Waters. In 1860, long after the United States outlawed the importation of enslaved laborers, 110 captured Africans were brought to Mobile, Alabama, on the last slave ship, Clotilde, where they made desperate attempts to maintain their culture and also fit into the place of captivity to which they'd been delivered. At the end of the Civil War, the survivors created a community for themselves they called African Town, which still exists to this day. This powerful historical novel-in-verse recreates a pivotal moment in US and world history, the impacts of which we still feel today. Thursday, December 21 from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Fitzgerald Room | | | | |
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