December 13 Community Canvas at the Library – Triptych Tree Collaborative Art Project 11-1p

Come and be artsy in front of the fire and enjoy community, cider and donuts.

We are pleased to introduce the Community Canvas at the Library project, a county-wide initiative inviting residents of Essex County to come together and create collaborative art at their local libraries. No prior art experience is needed to participate, as the programs are designed to offer opportunities for individuals to express themselves through the use of color, patterns, designs, or poetry. The projects are suitable for a wide range of participants, from age 7 to seniors, offering a unique opportunity for all generations to connect and create together.

Everything is Illuminated

Comedy/Adventure

Rated PG-13 for disturbing images/violence, sexual content and language

A collector of family heirlooms, young Jonathan sets out on a search for the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II when his Ukrainian town was destroyed by the Nazis.

Home Alone

Family/Comedy

Rated PG for comic action and mild language.

A mischievous 8-year-old who's picked on by his older siblings and ignored by his parents would really rather be left alone—and that's exactly what happens when he gets accidentally left behind in a frenzied rush to the airport for a family vacation in Paris over the holiday season. After learning to fend for himself, the boy has to protect his house against two bumbling burglars who are planning to rob it.

Big Night

Rated R for language.

An old-fashioned restaurant rapidly loses business to a flashier place in this deliciously comic tale about the two Italian-American brothers who own it.

Murder on the Orient Express

Mystery

Rated PG for mild violence, smoking, drinking.

Aboard a train from Istanbul, a passenger is found murdered and famed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot steps up to determine which of the other passengers is responsible. The victim, who just the night before had asked Poirot for protection, turns out to not be who he seemed. Based on the novel by Agatha Christie.

**Read the book and we will discuss the book and movie following the viewing. Books will be available at the library.

The Bridge on the River Kwai

War/Adventure

Rated PG for mild war violence.

Best Picture winner about British POWs who are forced by their Japanese captors to build a railroad bridge in World War II Indochina, where a battle of wills is fought between the ramrod Allied commander and the brutal camp commandant who faces death if the vital rail link isn't completed on time. Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson's adaptation of Pierre Boulle's novel was awarded Best Screenplay, but since Foreman and Wilson were blacklisted, Boulle received script credit, plus the Oscar.

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Family/Comedy

Rated PG for action, smoking, and slang humor.

A wily fox (voice of George Clooney) tries to outsmart three mean-spirited farmers and steal their chickens, but the feud eventually escalates into a battle between the farmers and a community of cunning animals. Other voices include Meryl Streep. Directed by Wes Anderson.

Crimson Peak

Horror/Romance

Rated R for bloody violence, some sexual content and brief strong language.

A mysterious stranger woos a young woman and brings her to his mansion atop a clay mountain. There, she learns that her new home holds many disturbing secrets as she fights for her sanity and her very life.

Hocus Pocus

Family

Rated PG for some scary sequences, and for language.

Three 17th-century witches, hanged for their murderous crimes, are resurrected on Halloween in modern-day Salem by an unsuspecting boy, who must now figure out how to get them back in the ground.

Slash/Back

Horror/Adventure/Sci-Fi

NR; Canada: 14A Violence and gore, language, smoking, some intense scenes.

In a remote Arctic community, a group of Inuit girls fight off an alien invasion, all while trying to make it to the coolest party in town.

Moneyball

Sports

Rated PG-13 for some strong language.

Baseball general manager Billy Beane reinvents the Oakland A's by employing unorthodox scouting methods that initially make him a laughingstock in the major leagues.

Sahara

Adventure

Rated PG-13 for action violence.

An explorer (Matthew McConaughey) and his sidekick (Steve Zahn) search for treasure and help a doctor (Penélope Cruz) contain a plague in Africa. Based on Clive Cussler's novel.

Asteroid City

Comedy/ SciFi

Rated PG-13 on appeal for brief graphic nudity, smoking and some suggestive material.

In an American desert town in the mid-fifties, the Junior Stargazer Convention attracts stargazers of different ages. A group of students and their parents visit the town to attend the event. What follows is an unexpected exchange of ideas and experiences that lead to eye-opening revelations.

Frida

Drama/Biopic

Rated R for sexuality/nudity and language.

Best Actress nominee Salma Hayek stars as Mexican surrealist Frida Kahlo in this biopic, which chronicles her turbulent marriage to Diego Rivera, her political activism and the severe pain she experienced following a bus accident.