Little Kids' Movietime: "Curious George Swings Into Spring", Friday, May 3

Curious George Swings Into Spring
Not Rated (57 minutes)
Friday, May 3 at 10 am

You know it must be springtime if a curious monkey named George is dancing on the balcony at sunrise! George is so excited about Spring that he wants Hundley to have Spring Fever too. But even blooming flowers, baby animals and canoe rides cannot make Hundley love Spring. Even worse, Hundley gets lost in the country. Searching for his lost friend, George accidentally launches the hot air balloon rally and sails over the countryside. Luckily he manages to grab Hundley from a hilltop along the way. Together they return triumphantly to the city. The Man with the Yellow Hat, the Doorman and Lydia stage a daring rooftop balloon rescue. Not only are George and Hundley saved, but they manage to win the coveted Spring Building Prize! Finally, to George's delight, now Hundley has Spring Fever too! 

These movies and shows are specifically for our preschool set (younger brothers/sisters are welcome). The shows typically run about 1 hour and we provide snacks and comfortable seats for everyone. The kids are welcome to bring blankets/pillows, etc. so they can stretch out on the floor and make themselves comfortable!

No signup is necessary, just drop by! If you have any questions please call the Childrens' Room at 926-4729. 

April Vacation Family Film: "Parental Guidance", Tuesday, April 23

Parental Guidance
Tuesday, April 23 at 2 pm
(April Vacation Week)
Rated PG

Billy Crystal, Bette Midler and Marisa Tomei prove that laughter is relative in this hilarious comedy that's fun for the whole family! Old-school grandparents Artie (Crystal) and Diane (Midler) get more than they bargained for when they get stuck babysitting their type-A daughter's (Tomei) overprotected kids. But things go from hectic to hysterical when Artie realizes the kids are running the house with their newfangled technology. By playing by his own rules, which include sugary snacks, old fashioned games and tough love, Artie manages to outsmart the kids and achieve the impossible- bring the family closer together!
Admission is FREE. Snacks and drinks are provided courtesy of the Friends of the Lane Memorial Library.

Ladies' Night Out Classic Film: Wednesday, April 24

It Happened One Night (Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert)
Not Rated (1 hr., 45 mins.)
Wednesday, April 24
Snacks at 5:15 pm
Movie at 5:30 pm

Frank Capra's seminal screwball comedy, which won all five major Academy Awards for 1934, is still as breezy and beguiling today. A spoiled heiress, running away from her family, is helped by a man who's actually a reporter looking for a story.

FREE Admission. Some snacks and drinks are provided courtesy of the Friends of the Lane Memorial Library. Additional donations of food and drinks are welcome.

"Make Sure It's Me" - Tuesday, April 23 at 6:30 PM

The Lane Memorial Library and ACT ONE invite you to join us on Tuesday, April 23 at 6:30 PM for MAKE SURE IT'S ME/nh, a community discussion about Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) being experienced by American military service members.

MAKE SURE IT'S ME/nh is an arts and education program created by ACT ONE, based on the play Make Sure It's Me by Kate Wenner, an award-winning former producer of ABC's 20/20. This powerful play is a fictionalized account of five injured veterans and the medical researcher committed to their care.  The script is drawn from months of interviews Wenner conducted with service members, their families, and medical experts.

ACT ONE's Associate Director Leslie Pasternack will host MSIM/nh and will be joined by retired US Army Sgt. Conan Marchi and Jenny Freeman, a certified brain injury specialist. Mr. Marchi served two combat tours in Iraq as an Infantry soldier and received a purple heart for being shot by a sniper while leading a patrol in HIt, Iraq. Ms. Freeman works at Krempels Center, a community day program for adults with acquired brain injury.  The panelists will present information about TBI and read selected scenes from the play Make Sure It's Me that highlight the impact of TBI on service members and their families.

This presentation is free and open to the public, and has been made possible by generous funding provided by the NH Charitable Foundation and the Rotary Club of Hampton.

Meet NH Author Joseph Monninger, April 20th at 10 AM

As a fitting end to National Library Week, we invite our patrons to attend a talk by New Hampshire adult and teen author Joseph Monninger on Saturday, April 20th at 10 AM.

With eleven published novels and three non-fiction books to his credit, Joe has twice received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and has also received a fellowship from the New Hampshire Council for the Arts. His young adult novel, Baby, was awarded the 2008 award for best children’s literature from the Peace Corps Writers and chosen as a top ten book by YALSA, the American Library Association.

Joseph Monninger grew up in Westfield, New Jersey and attended Temple University on a football scholarship.  As a teacher at one time or another at the University of New Hampshire, the Lincoln School in Providence, Rhode Island, The American International School in Vienna, and at Plymouth State University, Joseph Monninger has spent thirty years in classrooms.  During the summers he directed academic enrichment programs at Williams and Amherst Colleges. He led student groups on bicycle tours across Europe, sailed the Whitsunday Islands near the Great Barrier Reef, and worked on community service projects in Montserrat, West Indies and on the Crow Reservation in Montana.  He has taken a mail boat across the southern edge of Newfoundland and, as a young man, hitch-hiked across the United States three times.  His newest novel, Margaret from Maine, is available from the library.

Artist Reception - Heather Crowley, April 16th at 6:30 PM

Please join us on Tuesday, April 16th at 6:30 PM to hear Heather Crowley speak about her work currently on display in the Weston Gallery at the Lane Library.  Heather is a member of the Seacoast Art Association, and is an enthusiastic proponent of art and creativity in everyday life.  She recalls growing up surrounded by easels and paint brushes while her mother taught numerous art classes out of her home.  As an adult she experiences art as a way to reach a meditative, peaceful state; a means to study, explore and celebrate the natural and mystical world.  Heather's talk is free and open to all, with light refreshments provided.

Feature Film: "Lincoln", Thurs., 4/18 and Fri., 4/19

Lincoln
Rated PG-13
2 hours, 30 minutes
Thursday, April 18 at 5:30 pm AND
Friday, April 19 at 1 pm

As with the great John Ford (Young Mr. Lincoln) before him, it would be out of character for Steven Spielberg to construct a conventional, cradle-to-grave portrait of a historical figure. In drawing from Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals, the director instead depicts a career-defining moment in the career of Abraham Lincoln (an uncharacteristically restrained Daniel Day-Lewis). With the Civil War raging, and the death toll rising, the president focuses his energies on passage of the 13th Amendment. Even those sympathetic to the cause question his timing, but Lincoln doesn't see the two issues as separate, and the situation turns personal when his son, Robert (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), chooses to enlist rather than to study law. While still mourning the loss of one son, Mary (Sally Field) can't bear to lose another. Playwright Tony Kushner, who adapted the screenplay, takes a page from the procedural handbook in tracing Lincoln's steps to win over enough representatives to abolish slavery, while simultaneously bringing a larger-than-life leader down to a more manageable size. In his stooped-shoulder slouch and Columbo-like speech, Day-Lewis succeeds so admirably that the more outspoken characters, like congressman Thaddeus Stevens (Tommy Lee Jones) and lobbyist W.N. Bilbo (James Spader), threaten to steal the spotlight whenever they enter the scene, but the levity of their performances provides respite from the complicated strategizing and carnage-strewn battlefields. If Lincoln doesn't thrill like the Kushner-penned Munich, there's never a dull moment--though it would take a second viewing to catch all the political nuances. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Admission is FREE. Popcorn and water are provided courtesy of the Friends of the Lane Memorial Library

Family Film: "Rise of the Guardians", Sat. April 13

Rise of the Guardians
Saturday, April 13 at 1 pm
Rated PG (1 hour, 37 mins.)

Rise of the Guardians is an epic adventure that tells the story of a group of heroes - each with extraordinary abilities. When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the world. -- (C) Official Site 

Admission is FREE. Snacks and drinks are provided courtesy of the Friends of the Lane Memorial Library.

Little Kids' Movietime: "Sofia the First: Once Upon A Princess"

Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess
Friday, April 5 at 10 am
Not Rated (48 minutes)

Set in the storybook world of Enchancia, the movie introduces Sofia, an average girl whose life suddenly transforms when her mother marries the king and she becomes a princess, Sofia the First. Sofia must learn to navigate the extraordinary life of royalty while holding onto her own hopes and dreams. Her journey to be the best she can be also paves the way for those around her to realize how special they each are. Cinderella makes an appearance in the movie to offer Sofia some words of wisdom, princess to princess. Sofia's royal adventure begins as she prepares to move into the castle with her mom, starting a new family with her step-father, King Roland II, and step-siblings, Amber and James. Helping Sofia in her journey are the three headmistresses of Royal Prep Academy - Fauna, Flora, and Merryweather (the beloved fairies seen in Disney's classic Sleeping Beauty), and royal steward, Baileywick, as well as a group of cute woodland creatures led by a wise-talking rabbit, Clover. Sofia soon discovers that looking like a princess isn't all that difficult, but displaying honesty, loyalty, courage, independence, compassion, and grace is what makes one truly royal.

These movies and shows are specifically for our preschool set (younger brothers/sisters are welcome). The shows typically run about 1 hour and we provide snacks and comfortable seats for everyone. The kids are welcome to bring blankets/pillows, etc. so they can stretch out on the floor and make themselves comfortable!

No signup is necessary, just drop by! If you have any questions please call the Childrens' Room at 926-4729. 

Classic Film Tuesday: "Auntie Mame", April 9

Auntie Mame
Rated G (2 hours, 23 mins.)
Tuesday, April 9 at 1 pm

Remember darlings, "Life's a banquet, and most suckers are starving to death." That tag line sums up this exuberant and immensely amusing 1958 comedy that can be seen repeatedly, as it never grows stale. Rosalind Russell plays the flamboyant aunt who takes in poor, orphaned Patrick, played with sophisticated ease by Jan Handzlik. Mame, all glitter and martinis, raises her nephew in a world filled with acceptance and her oddball literati friends. Nothing is too bohemian. This unfolds in colorful episodic segments that allow us to watch Patrick grow as Mame oversees his unusual upbringing while she juggles a few spouses and an extended household. Russell, who created the title role for the stage, simply shines. She is bright and brassy, but never goes too far over the top.--Rochelle O'Gorman

Admission is FREE. Popcorn and water are provided courtesy of the Friends of the Lane Memorial Library.