Ledding Library News VOLUME 19, ISSUE 4 A P R I L 2 0 1 8 Interior and Exterior Views We have exciting news: at the Tuesday, April 24 community meeting we will be showing off the new library building designs. This meeting will include a presentation at the beginning of the meeting about the design, materials and site. The presentation will be followed by a Q & A, then viewing of display boards. Childcare and translation services (in Spanish) will be available. Light refreshments will be served. A majority of Council may be present, but no official business will be conducted and no actions will be taken. What more information? Visit: milwaukieoregon.gov/library. Women Take the Lead: Female Directors Last month, we celebrated International Women’s Day; a day to celebrate the achievements of half the planet and point out the gender imbalances in many occupations. Never is the discrepancy more striking than in the director’s chair where women make up a measly 7% of all directors. Only one woman has won a Best Directing Oscar and only four have been nominated. But these sad statistics don’t reflect that women are creating some of the most exciting and innovative films around. Here’s a short list to get you started: Kathryn Bigelow - The only female director to win an Oscar, she has been steadfast in making the films she wants; serious movies for adults. Check out: Food for Fines The Hurt Locker (2008) – An incredibly intense film about soldiers assigned to a bomb To celebrate this week, all of the disposal unit in Baghdad. Winner of six Academy Awards including Best Director. libraries are offering a “Food for Nancy Meyers- A female auteur, her films are the equivalent of being wrapped in a fuzzy Fines” promotion. Bring in a non- blanket with a warm cup of cocoa. Watch: perishable food item (please no Something’s Gotta Give (2003): This very grown-up comedy stars Jack Nicholson as a damaged or expired items) and lifetime swinger with a taste for younger women. When he suffers a heart attack at the the library will waive $1.00 of home of his latest trophy girlfriend, he finds himself developing an attraction for her mother library fines for every item you (Diane Keaton). donate. All food will go to local Sofia Coppola - Coming from cinematic royalty (her father is Francis Ford Coppola, director food banks. of The Godfather), she has proven herself a sensitive and thoughtful writer and director. Required viewing: Plant Sale Returns! Lost in Translation (2003): A faded movie star and a lonely young woman form a rocky friendship when their paths cross in Tokyo. Coppola won an Oscar for her writing and was nominated for her directing. Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson star. Jane Campion- New Zealand born writer/director Campion now makes her home in Australia. She is known for her female-centric themes. Don’t miss: Mira Nair - Born in India and educated at Harvard, Nair began her career as an actor and documentarian. Her films give an intimate look into the Indian culture and family structure. A must see: The Friends of the Ledding Monsoon Wedding (2001): Set in the upper middle class, this story of an arranged marriage Library annual plant sale will be in New Delhi shows the striking contrast between the modern and ancient traditions of held on Saturday, May 12 from contemporary India. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pond Lina Wertmuller- The first woman to be nominated for Best Director, she is known for her House. If you are interested in whimsical and lengthy titles that were shortened for international release. My favorite: donating plants or volunteering Swept Away (1974): A rich spoiled woman and a communist deckhand are stranded please contact Friends of the together on an island where their roles become reversed. This film shows how the societal Ledding Library President Sandy framework of rich and poor can be a delicate balance. Armstrong at 503.786.8770 or I hope that an initial viewing of these films will inspire you to binge on more of these great Nancy Wittig at 503-786-7582. directors’ body of works. Happy viewing! Amelia Heinl AKA The Movie Maven Ledding Library of Milwaukie, 10660 SE 21st Ave, Milwaukie, OR 97222 ● 503.786.7580 ● milwaukieoregon.gov/library Library Hours: Mon - Thurs: 10 a.m. - 9 p.m., Fri - Sat: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. & Sun: 12 - 6 p.m. music - 2 - 3 p.m. Presented by the transferred to the country's highest- Programs for Adults Friends of the Ledding Library. security prison, he catches the Apr. 8 - 14 - National Library Week: attention of the seasoned chief executioner Rahim. Aiman's desire to APRIL 2018 Food for Fines - The Libraries in become the hangman's apprentice is Sun Mon Tue We Thu Fri Sat Clackamas County would like you to join them in celebrating National not only professional but born of an 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Library Week. To celebrate this week, unspeakable urge to reconnect with a past that haunts him. Far from being a 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 all of the libraries are offering a “Food for Fines” promotion. Bring in a non- conventional prison movie, this slow- 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 perishable food item (please no burning psychological thriller is a stunning and tightly focused and 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 damaged or expired items) and the library will waive $1.00 of library fines ambitious look at all the lives affected 29 30 by capital punishment. for every item you donate. All food will go to local food banks. Apr. 21 - Poetry writing Workshop with Paulann For Children’s Programs visit: Petersen - 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. www.milwaukieoregon.gov/library in the Pond House. Every Monday - Crafty Writers and Register* for this event at Readers - 7 - 8 p.m. in the Fiction [email protected]. *Fee and Room. Once a week, we meet, study, registration required. critique, write, and share. Apr. 24 - Library Improvement Project www.craftywriters.club Community Meeting – 6 – 8 p.m. at Mondays by appointment - Library2Go the Milwaukie Masonic Lodge, 10636 and Cloud Library Help. Use your SE Main St. Milwaukie, OR 97222. laptop, tablet, eReader or smart Come view the current library design phone to access digital books. To Apr. 11 - Ed Skoog Poetry including interior and exterior building Reading – 7 - 8 p.m. in schedule an appointment, contact views, materials and site design. Robert at 503.786.7546. the Pond House. Ed Skoog is the author of Every Thursday - Knit Nite - three books of poems, 6:30 - 8 p.m. in the Fiction Mister Skylight, Rough Room. Knitters and crocheters Day (winner of the of all skill levels are welcome. Washington State Book Award) and Apr. 4 - Beading Group - 6 - 7 p.m. in Run the Red Lights, all published by the Fiction Room. Open beading Copper Canyon Press. Light Apr. 25 – Ledding Book Club - group for adults led by Connie Parker. refreshments will be served. 7 – 8 p.m. in the Fiction Apr. 4 - Poetry Open Mic: Apr. 18 – Milwaukie/Sellwood Room. This month we will Humorous Poetry - 7 - 8 p.m. Book Club – 7 – 8 p.m. in the discuss The Road to Little in the Pond House. Plan on Fiction Room. The book Dribbling by Bill Bryson. 5-7 minutes to share your American Psycho by Brett Ellis will be discussed. A Milwaukie Mark you calendar! own or other people’s humorous poems. If time allows, we’ll area book club led by May 12 – Friends of the Ledding Library welcome additional readings. Sign-up community volunteer Patricia Cronin, Plant Sale – 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the in advance to read with Daniel Hobbs email Cronin to join the club at Pond House. Questions, please call at [email protected]. Light [email protected]. Nancy at 503.786.7582. refreshments will be provided. Apr. 19 - Beading Group - 1 - 2 p.m. in Coming Soon: Apr. 5 – Daylight Book Group – the Fiction Room. Open beading group for adults led by Connie Parker. Library Relocation & Reopening dates 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. in the Fiction Room. Join this group of Apr. 19 - Indie Film Night: Goodbye Open House! - a chance to daytime book lovers for an showing the film say goodbye to the building. Write interesting hour of book Apprentice from Singapore your favorite library on a memory wall, discussion and review of the book in English & Malay with take photos, eat cake and share Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison. English subtitles - 6:30 - 9 memories with other patrons and former and current staff. Apr. 7 - First Saturday Music p.m. in the Pond House. Series: Silky Mayer & Friend Apprentice: When ambitious young playing R&B, Latin and Jazz correctional officer Aiman is Ledding Library of Milwaukie, 10660 SE 21st Ave, Milwaukie, OR 97222 ● 503.786.7580 ● milwaukieoregon.gov/library Library Hours: Mon - Thurs: 10 a.m. - 9 p.m., Fri - Sat: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. & Sun: 12 - 6 p.m. .