Independent Film Movement Series, January 27

The Independent Film Movement Series will be taking a short break in December. We'll be starting up January 27, when we will be showing Ilo Ilo.  

Synopsis: Set in Singapore during the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Ilo Ilo chronicles the day-to-day drama of the Lim family - troublesome grade-schooler Jiale and his overstressed parents, Heck and Leng. Comfortably middleclass and with another baby on the way, they hire Teresa, a Filipino immigrant, as a live-in maid and nanny. An outsider in both the family and Singapore itself, Teresa initially struggles to manage Jiale's antics and find her footing in her new community. The two eventually form a unique bond, but just as Teresa becomes an unspoken part of the family, unforeseen circumstances in an uncertain economy will challenge the new normal yet again.

Directed by Anthony Chen | Singapore | 2013 | Mandarin, Tagalog & English with English subtitles| 99 min.

The film will be shown at 6:00pm in the upstairs "blue" meeting room at the Visalia Branch Library. Movies are shown on the 4th Tuesday of each month. This event, and future events in this series, is free and open to the public. Absolutely everyone is welcome.

For more information, visit the Reference Desk or call (559) 713-2723.

Storytime Break

No storytime on December 24th (library closed)

No storytime on December 31st (library open until 5:00pm)

Storytime will resume the first week of January.

Happy holidays!!

All Locations Closed, December 12

All Tulare County Library locations will be closed on Friday, December 12, 2014 due to a staff meeting.

We apologize for any inconvenience. 

Special Holiday Performance by Oklin Bloodworth, December 20

Sing along, dance, and spread holiday cheer with our favorite musician, Oklin Bloodworth!!

Visalia Branch Library
Saturday, December 20th
at 11:00am

First Tuesday Book Club Meeting, January 6

For January, we'll be reading A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry.

Summary: With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975. The place is an unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency, in whose upheavals four strangers--a spirited widow, a young student uprooted from his idyllic hill station, and two tailors who have fled the caste violence of their native village--will be thrust together, forced to share one cramped apartment and an uncertain future. 

We will be meeting in the Visalia Branch Blue Room to discuss this book on January 6 from 6:30pm - 7:45pm.

Tween Holiday Cupcake Decorating, December 19

Just for Tweens
Ages 10 - 12












Join us for holiday cupcake decorating!

Friday, December 19
4:00 - 5:00pm

Visalia Branch Library: Blue Room

Mystery Readers Meeting, December 17

Mystery Readers Book Group  

Sponsored by The Friends of the Library
(559) 713-2709

For December: No book to read!!

 

Instead, bring a wrapped book (paperback or hardback - may be new or gently used) with no name on it. Some people have added bookmarks or other items; however, gifts shouldn't be very expensive. 

We will play the "Yankee Swap" game with the wrapped books.

Next Meeting
December 17th at 6:30pm

Meets every third Wed. of the Month

In the blue meeting room, upstairs