Third Thursdays: Movie Night at the Library

Take a night off and join us for movie night at the library. We play classics, documentaries, new releases and much more! Treats provided for your enjoyment while you watch on our projection screen. Note: not all movies shown are appropriate for all audiences nor do they represent the opinions of the Library or its staff. Except for the cat movie, we promote the love of cats.

December 19 -- Santa's Wild Home (2020, documentary, 52 minutes)

Get an intimate look at the wildlife of Lapland, a region in northern Finland, the fabled home of Santa Claus and actual home of reindeer, Great Gray owls, wolverines, eagles, wolves, musk oxen, Brown bears and more.

January 16 -- Climbing Film Tour ( 2024, documentary, 71 minutes)

This season, we’ll follow Ian Elliott, a 72-year-old Australian rock climber defying age stereotypes as he ascends a grade 28/7c route just before his 70th birthday. Kai Lightner, a 12-time national climbing champion, against the backdrop of Jamaica and their emerging climbing community. Meet up with Freya, Leo Houlding’s daughter, who uses climbing as a practice to lean into discomfort and fear to help navigate her neurodiversity and harness its strengths. You’ll be on the edge of your seat in Cedar Wright’s film “Dropping Molly”, following Molly Mitchell’s Roller Coaster Journey to climb “Crank-It”, one of Colorado’s most dangerous routes. We’ll take you north to the ephemeral Scottish land of mixed climbing with Fay and Line and then meet up with Québécois/ Australian Jacques Beaudoin climber and the effort behind a hard trad first ascent up a thin crack in The Gardens of Stone Conservation Area of Newnes Plateau, NSW, Australia. And then, well, a film about Jackson Marvell.

February 20-- Decoding the Universe: Cosmos (2024, documentary, 53 Minutes)

How big is the universe? Will it ever end? Why is so much of it made of mysterious dark matter and energy? See how mind-bending discoveries over the past 50 years have revolutionized our understanding of the universe.