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The Written Word

 

Book Review / Lecture Series
Tuesdays 10:30 a.m.
October 5, 2010 - January 18, 2011

October 5 David Atwood – Talking about his novel Where the Mockingbird Sang: A Novel of the Civil War.
October 12 H. T. “Tige” Marston – “The Victorian Cemetery: Art and Death in a Place of the Living”
October 19 Jay Qualey – Review of This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection, by Carol Burnett
October 26 Art Holder – Review of  The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II, by Judith M. Heimann
November 2 Election Day – No Book Review
November 9 Joe Bullington – Review of Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip, by Matthew Algeo
November 16

Frances Robb – “Spare Time, Leisure, and Recreation in Alabama, 1890–1950” (Sponsored by the Alabama Humanities Foundation)

November 23 Thanksgiving Week – No Book Review
November 30 Pete Gleszer – Review of Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, by James W. Loewen
December 7 Len Turner – Review of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson
December 14 Donna Esslinger – “On With the Show: The History and Architecture of Broadway”
January  4 Brian Chew – Review of General Lee’s Army: From Victory to Collapse, by Joseph T. Glatthaar
January 11 Jim Ellis – “The Story of Dan Cooper, Hijacker”
January 18 Program Chairman’s Open-Mike Event

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Computer
Classes

Computer classes are offered free of charge to the public in our computer lab.  For types of classes, dates and times please check the list below. Class sizes are limited and registration is required. If you are interested please stop by the library or call the reference desk at 929-1464.
Classes without a minimum of 2 registered patrons will be cancelled!

Computer Learning for Seniors

Taught in a Series of 5 classes

Meet the Mouse - is offered on Tues. preceding the 1st Wed. of every month, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
For anyone who does not know how to use a mouse or keyboard. Excellent beginning class for senior citizens who have no computer experience.
Basic Computer - is offered the 1st Wednesday and Thursday of every month, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Slow-paced class developed for senior citizens who have no computer experience, but want to learn basic computer skills. 
Basic Internet – is offered the 2nd Wednesday and Thursday of every month, 2p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Slow-paced class developed for senior citizens who have completed the basic computer class, and want to learn how to surf the Web.

Beginning Computer Classes

Taught in a Series of 4 classes

Basic Computer - is offered the 3rd Wednesday and Thursday of every month, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. except summer months
Are you eager to learn how to use a personal computer?  This basic computer class is an excellent starting point.  Learn how to save files; cut, copy and paste; change desktop settings and other basic computer functions that will help you operate your own PC.
Basic Internet - is offered the 4th Wednesday and Thursday of every month, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. except summer months
Learn the basics of "surfing the Net," including getting online, typing Web addresses, links, basic terminology and toolbar buttons.  How to use search engines to find information and websites, using the library's catalog and the AVL.

Microsoft Excel

Introduction to Excel- is offered the 2nd Thursday of every month (except August), 9:30 - 11 AM.

Advanced Excel - offered periodically.  Check the events calendar or call the Reference desk.

Learn How to Turn Your Photos into a Movie

Using Windows Movie Maker - is offered the 2nd Tuesday of the month (except July & Aug.), 9:30-11 AM.

Learn at Your Own Pace Online Courses

Funding from an LSTA grant provides free access to computer courses through Custom Guide.

Create an account and choose between courses such as Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, QuickBooks, SharePoint, Outlook, Mac OSX Tiger, Windows XP & Windows Vista

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The Written Word

Schedule for 2010
Sundays - 3 p.m. - Giddens Conference Center

January 31
J. D. Crowe
The Kindness of Strangers: Penniless Across America, by Mike McIntyre

February 28
Mary Murchison
Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston

March 28
Sarah Mason
A Gift from the Sea, by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

April 25
John Hafner
"Selected Poetry of Wallace Stevens"

June27
Mike Dixon
Gilgamesh,
Translated by John Gardner and John Maier

July 25
Barry Boggs
Falling Man: A Novel, by Don DeLillo

August 29
Phyllis Fritchen
The House of the Seven Gables, by Nathaniel Hawthorne

September 26
Jaye Sharpe
Wonder Boys: A Novel, by Michel Chabon

October 31
Anne Morris
Stories of Anton Chekhov, Translated by Larissa Volokhonsky and Richard Pevear
 

Informal Reception After Programs

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Updated 9/1/2010

       For the director, Tamara Dean, please email: director@fairhopelibrary.org
     For reference questions please email:    reference@fairhopelibrary.org

      For circulation questions please email:  circulation@fairhopelibrary.org

           For youth questions please email:         youthservices@fairhopelibrary.org

Fairhope Public Library
501 Fairhope Ave.
Fairhope, Alabama 36532
251.928.7483