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January/February 2011

“Oakleaf” above this line. Movie Matinee Mondays Pre-Oscar All are welcome to enjoy a free movie at the Grant R. Brimhall Library on the 2nd Monday of every month at 1:00 p.m. 2011 marks the third year for this Film Series popular series which features a selection of Hollywood hits. There is no charge to attend, and attendees are invited to bring their own lunch or snacks to munch and Party on during the movie. The Library coffee cart has a selection of designer cof- In February, to celebrate the fees, teas, and hot chocolate available for $1.00 per cup. , the Library is The schedule is chock full of great actors performing in entertaining roles in hosting both a film series and a Pre- well-known movies. So please join us on one or more of the following dates for Oscar Party at the Grant R. Brimhall an afternoon of movie magic at the library. Library. The film series will be every February 14: Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. during the Pillow Talk (1959 — and Rock Hudson) month, and feature an Oscar winning A man and woman share a telephone line and despise each other, but then Best Picture film. he has fun by romancing her with his voice disguised. Columbia Pictures, February 2: It Happened One Not Rated, 102 minutes. Night (1934 - Columbia) March 14: February 9: Marty (1955 - (2009 — , and ) MGM/UA) Winning the Academy Award for Best Actor, Jeff Bridges stars as the richly February 16: Annie Hall (1977 comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in this debut feature film - United Artists) from writer-director . Fox Searchlight, Rated R, 112 minutes. February 23: Shakespeare in April 11: Love (1998 - Universal) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939 — Jimmy Stewart and Claude Rains) The Pre-Oscar Party will begin at A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the US Senate. His plans 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 26, promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn’t back down. featuring trivia games, an Oscar Picks Columbia Pictures, Not Rated, 129 minutes. Contest, and a screening of the first Best Picture Academy Award Winner: May 9: Wings (1927 - silent; Paramount). v The Blind Side (2009 — Sandra Bullock, Kathy Bates and Quinton Aaron) Taken in by a well-to-do family and offered a second chance at life, a home- less teen grows to become a star athlete. Warner Bros., Rated PG-13, 126 minutes. June 13: Fiddler on the Roof (1971 — Topol, directed by Norman Jewison) The story of Tevye the Milkman who struggles to keep his family together and Jewish traditions alive in their turn-of-the-century Russian village. Winner of three Academy Awards. United Artists, Rated G, 179 minutes. v

The Newsletter of the Thousand Oaks Library Visit the Library website at www.toaks.org/library • • • The Oakleaf • • • Thousand Oaks Library LIBRARY Online Book Clubs News Notes Get chapters of new books in your email. Join one or more of our Online Book Clubs and each day we’ll email you a portion of that week’s featured 8 Want to go Somewhere? book. During the week you can read the first 2-3 chapters, enough to know if The Friends of the Thousand you want to finish a book and we hope you do. Start taking a 5-minute read- Oaks Library is sponsoring ing break with us every morning. You deserve it! Go online to www.toaks. another in their highly popular org/library and click on the stack of books graphic labeled “Bestseller Lists”. “Cultural Bus Tour” program. Click on the link near the top of the page labeled “online book clubs”. There A trip to the Hammer Museum are eleven book clubs available. The four below are just a sample. There is no and the Palley Center for Media charge to join a book club. is scheduled for Saturday, Janu- ary 15, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. FICTION CLUB - 5:00 p.m. A no-host lunch is The beauty of fiction lies in available at the Hammer Mu- the privilege to live life through seum. The cost for the trip, not another’s skin, temporarily including lunch, is $20.00 for escaping our world yet safely members of the Friends of the re-entering reality again after Thousand Oaks Library and the read. $25.00 for non-members. The bus will leave from the Newbury Park Branch Library at 10:00 NONFICTION CLUB a.m. Please call Carol at (805) Join us each week for non- 480-1450 for information and fiction at its finest. We’ll taste a reservations. bit of politics, culture, people, places, philosophies, history, 8 Need Something? and more. This is real life as Inter-library Loan Service is portrayed yesterday, lived to- available to registered patrons day, and dreamed tomorrow. of the Thousand Oaks Library. If the book or article you need is not owned by the Thousand TEEN CLUB Oaks Library, we can borrow Just for our younger audience- it for you from another library. gripping mysteries, wildly Simply go to the Information hilarious comedies, true adven- Desk for assistance in placing an tures, mystical science fiction. Inter-library Loan request. And each week a special guest 8 What’s New? hosts — selected teens from Did you know that you can view all over the planet share their lists of all items that have been insights. added to the library collection in the past three months? Go to the website at www.toaks. BUSINESS CLUB org/library, click on “Featured Read well; stay sharp; sell Lists” (on the yellow menu bar) smart; market bigger; service and you will see classified lists better. Glean fresh, new ideas of the newest library materials. through our weekly Business Click on the categories that in- Book Club picks. Ideas you can terest you, check the status and put to work immediately. v place a hold if you like.

Page 2 • • • The Oakleaf • • • Information Advantage NEW When you need reliable information, take advantage of the Arrivals powerful research tools available at your library.

Featured Resource: e-Notify The Thousand Oaks Library has recently added these materials Want to know what is going on at the Thousand Oaks Library? One to its collection: way to do this is to sign up to receive specific e-mails regarding Library events and programs through the City’s e-Notify service at www.toaks. FICTION org/living/e_notify_services.asp . You can choose to receive e-Notify messages about other City topics as well. Fated (Fiction) by “Local Authors Talk” S.G. Browne

Series Begins NON-FICTION 791.43028 Thousand Oaks Library kicks- written with Jazz vibraphonist Terry C899 off a new series, Local Authors Talk, Gibbs, won the ASCAP Deems Tay- Possessed: The with Cary Ginell, author of Hot Jazz lor Award. Life of Joan for Sale: Join Mr. Ginell for a fascinating Crawford by Hollywood’s and informative presentation on the Donald Spoto Jazz Man Jazz Man Record Shop, complete Record with powerpoint show and samplings Shop, on of music from the era. Copies of the Saturday, book will be for sale and the author 822.912 C874 January 22 will sign copies following the pro- The Noël at 2:00 p.m., gram. Coward in the Grant Local Authors Talk will feature a Reader R. Brimhall number of different authors from the edited by Library area who will talk about their books, Barry Day Community the writing process, and getting Room. published. The series will culminate 364.1524 For over 40 years, the Jazz Man in the spring with an Authors’ Fair. G451 Record Shop was Hollywood’s haven Future dates for Local Authors Talk The Woman and hangout for collectors of jazz are March 27 and April 10. v Who Shot records. Through its portals passed Mussolini music’s greatest stars, from Louis by Frances Armsrong to the Rolling Stones. In Stonor the 1940s, the Jazz Man record label Saunders launched a worldwide revival of traditional jazz. This book traces the 811.54 S827 fascinating history of this monument Messenger: to American entrepreneurship. The Legacy Local resident and author Cary of Mattie J.T. Ginell is a four-time winner of the Stepanek and ARSC Award for Excellence for Heartsongs by music journalism and discographi- Jeni Stepanek cal research. His book, Good Vibes,

Page 3 • • • The Oakleaf • • • New DVD One City One Book Cases in Thousand Oaks Reads Thousand Oaks Reads, One City Feature Film One Book culminated in An After- noon with Carolyn Wall, author of Section Sweeping Up Glass. At left, Library Director Steve Customers of the feature film Brogden names Joe Minton as win- collection have noticed a new, fresher ner of the One City One Book essay look in the DVD feature film area. A contest. The crowd listens intently conversion to Radio Frequency Iden- (center) as Carolyn Wall delivers an tification (RFID) is underway in the entertaining presentation (below). Library and it began with the Feature Film collections at both libraries. The DVD’s have been placed in new cases that are capable of being automati- cally unlocked by the new self-check machines which are coming to the library this year. After the DVD has been checked out, the self-check ma- chine will automatically unlock the case. No additional cases are needed to provide security for the items. In addition to streamlining the check-out and check-in process, the new cases have provided much better visibility When we open for patrons who browse the collection a book together, we close it in or for those looking for specific mov- greater harmony. ies as well. v “Wii Will Rock You” Continues for Teens

If your teen loves to play games, electronic or otherwise, get him or her in- volved in the free gaming afternoons (Wii Will Rock You) at the Newbury Park Branch Library. Ususally, the first Tuesday of the month, teens 12 and up can play DDR, Rock Band, Wii or board games like Sorry, Twister or Jenga, while enjoying snacks and drinks with new or old friends. No reservations required. Future gaming dates are February 1, March 8 and April 5, from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

The Oakleaf Thousand Oaks Library • Volume 11, Number 1 • January/February 2011 Director of Library Services: Stephen R. Brogden Grant R. Brimhall Library • 805-449-2660 Newbury Park Branch Library • 805-498-2139 1401 East Janss Road • Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 2331 Borchard Road • Newbury Park, CA 91320 Hours: Monday - Thursday: 11:00am - 8:00pm Hours: Monday - Wednesday: 12:00pm - 8:00pm Friday: 10:00am - 6:00pm Thursday - Friday: 10:00am - 6:00pm Saturday: 10:00am - 5:00pm Saturday: 10:00am - 5:00pm Sunday: 12:00pm - 5:00pm Sunday: CLOSED

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