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Shakespearean Music - Lecture

Saturday, April 27, 2019, 2:00 pm

Join us on Saturday, April 27, from 2 to 4 p.m. for a lecture on Shakespearean Music. Presented by Carl Yaffe, Lecturer in Music Theory and History at the Levine School of Music in DC. You will learn about the music during Shakespeare’s time and the music inspired by his writings. Participants will also listen to several samples of such music. Followed by Q & A. Georgetown Neighborhood Library, 3260 R Street NW DC 20007. For more information, please call 202-727-0232.

Morning English Conversation Groups

Monday, April 29, 2019, 10:00 am

English Conversation Group meets on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Georgetown Library. Volunteer teachers from the Washington English Center will facilitate the sessions. For more information, please call 202-727-0232.

Toddler Art Storytime

Monday, April 29, 2019, 3:30 pm

Get up and get creative at Toddler Art and Stories. These 20-to-30-minute programs are full of books, songs and art activities that are designed to help develop your child’s language and motor skills. After story time, your child will participate in a process-oriented art project to explore art materials and the world around them. Process-oriented art focuses on what can be learned from the act of making art rather than the product.

Free Poetry Workshop - Poets on the Fringe

Monday, April 29, 2019, 7:00 pm

The Poets on the Fringe (POTF) are local poets who meet every Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Georgetown Neighborhood Library to read and critique one another's poems. Please bring one of your own poems with copies for the group to read and workshop. For more information, please call 202-727-0232.

Moderate Yoga

Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 11:30 am

Join our instructors for a free one-hour yoga class every Tuesday morning at the Georgetown Neighborhood Library. The 11:30 a.m. moderate yoga class is designed to challenge those with some experience, adding difficulty to challenge the mind and body. Please note that there is a late-arrival policy for all Georgetown Library yoga programs: Anyone arriving more than five minutes after the start of class will not be able to enter the classroom.

Graphic Novel Book Club

Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 4:00 pm

Join us as the Graphic Novel Book Club talks about The City on the Other Side by Mairghead Scott. We'll discuss the book, have a snack and do a craft related to the book. Talk to the librarian to check out a copy of the book. This program is for ages 7 and up.

Book Hill Talks - Love and Transgression in the Middle Ages: Yseult and Tristian

Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 7:00 pm

Valerie Guyen Croquez, Adjunct Professorial Lecturer of World Languages and Cultures at American University, will lead a discussion on the legendary love triangle.

Evening English Conversation Circles

Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 7:00 pm

DC Public Library - Georgetown branch, in partnership with the Washington English Center, offers free Evening English Conversation Group facilitated by well qualified volunteers. The group meets on Tuesdays evenings from 7:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. If you need further information, please call 202-727-0232.

Morning English Conversation Groups

Wednesday, May 1, 2019, 10:00 am

Baby and Toddler Time

Wednesday, May 1, 2019, 10:30 am

These 20-to-30-minute story times are full of books, songs, rhymes and finger plays for children birth to 2 years old. Our Baby and Toddler Story Time is a great way to introduce your child to language skills in a positive and fun environment. With slightly more activity and movement than our lap times, children and their grownups are encouraged to engage with the books and songs and to actively participate in the program.

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On Pointe

Literary Fiction about Ballet

As an art form, ballet is complex -- blending grace and power, beauty and control. This complexity shapes the demands that ballet makes on those involved in its production, particularly dancers, as well as the rewards that they can achieve and in these many and various tensions and triumphs, there is opportunity for nuanced narratives, making the world of ballet an apt setting for Literary Fiction.

Movie of the Month!

A Film Series for Adults

Come see the season's must-see film at the library: Get Out Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 6 p.m. A speculative thriller from director Jordan Peele. When a young black man visits his white girlfriend's family estate, he becomes ensnared in a more sinister real reason for the invitation. c. 2017, 104 minutes, Rated R For more information, call 202-727-0232.

These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

Teens In Space

As a child, I fantasized about being an astronaut, or even just going to space camp. In my adult years, this prospect sounds absolutely terrifying, especially after seeing Gravity and The Martian.

Liz A.

For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund

Young Adult Retellings of the Classics

Reimaginings of Classic Literature for Teens

Although the library constantly gets wonderful new fiction, classic literature continues to circulate well. Even readers who have not picked up a classic recently have likely read one for school. For readers who may not find the classics accessible, or just want something different, we have a variety of novels that retell classic literature. This list focuses on retellings that are written for young adults.

They Contain Multitudes

Novels with varying narratives

What shapes a life? What defines it? And what agency does an individual have? These questions echo throughout each of the following novels, all of which play with narrative to present multiple possibilities for their characters' lives.

Job Seekers Series with Joe Ryan

Joe Ryan is the managing principal of CareerMentor.us. He has extensive experience in the private, not-for-profit, and public sector markets.

Adults

What Should the Georgetown Book Club Read Next?

Vote here for upcoming selections

It is time again for the Georgetown Book Club to add to its reading list. If you are a current or prospective member, please review the titles listed below and vote in the poll at the bottom of this post. The poll will close on Wednesday, March 15 at 5 p.m., and the five titles with the most votes will be added to the group's reading list.

2017 DC Environmental Film Festival Screenings

Don't miss the DC Public Library Environmental Film Presentations taking place at these Neighborhood Branches. Freightened Monday, March 20, 2017 at 6 p.m. Georgetown Neighborhood Library After the Spill Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 6 p.m.

Environmental Film Festival

Recent Dystopian Literary Fiction

Darker futures in contemporary novels

With classic dystopian novels such as 1984 by George Orwell and

Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist book cover

Protest in Prose

Literary Fiction about protest and activism

Distinct in motivation, nature, and consequence, acts of protest are also alike in their capacity to disrupt and demand recognition. The following Literary Fiction titles depict characters engaged in various forms of activism, and their experiences reflect the diversity of what calls individuals to protest, the methods that they use, and the results of their actions, as well as the immediate sensation of the act of protesting.