Folksinger Kathy Hussey To Appear: The Hyde Park Library is delighted to welcome acclaimed singer songwriter Kathy Hussey here for an afternoon songwriting workshop and evening concert on February 21. Kathy has released 3 critically acclaimed CDs that feature her pop-tinged-alterna-folk-bluegrassy-hip-hop sound, and she has been a finalist or a winner in many major songwriting competitions: Kerrville New Folk, Telluride Troubadour, Mountain Stage, Suwannee Springfest and others.
The evening concert will be at 8:00 PM. General admission is $12.00: senior rate is $6.00. For more information on Kathy's life and music--and to check out audio-clips--please visit her website at http://kathyhussey.com/.
Film Series: Our series "Auteurs du Cinema" continues in February with several Friday evening and Sunday showings of films by the Coen Brothers. On February 13th at 7:15, we will be screening "Intolerable Cruelty" featuring George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones. And on the following Sunday afternoon (Feb. 15) , we will be running the comedy "Hudsucker Proxy" with Tim Robbins, Paul Newman and Jennifer Jason Leigh at 2:15 PM. The following Friday's selection will be the Tom Hanks vehicle "The Ladykillers." And there will be a special Sunday evening screening of the little seen "The Man Who Wasn't There" at 7:15.
The Coen Brothers' series will wrap up with the classic "O Brother Where Art Thou" on Friday, February 27 at 7:15 and the recent hit "Burn Before Reading" on Friday, March 6, also at 7:15. A brief discussion follows all films and refreshments will be served. Admission is free and open to the general public.
Writers' Group: New members are welcome to participate in our bi-monthly writers' group sessions. We meet on the second and fourth Mondays of each month at 6:30 PM.
News From the Children's Room: We'll be running our annual "Make and Take Valentine's Program" on Thursday, Februay 12. Children in grades 2 and up are invited to come to this open-ended craft session (from 4:00 to 8:00 PM) and create their own special Valentine's Day craft.
For more information on any of these library events, please call 229-7791 or visit our website at http://hydeparklibrary.org/.
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