Monday evenings, throughout the summer (from mid-July on), the public is invited once again to North University Community Branch Library for a series of hour-long concerts on our outdoor patio. These free concerts begin at 6:30 p.m. and will feature a variety of musical styles. This year, Music Mondays includes the following lineup:

July 13: George Svobada, classical/flamenco guitarist.

July 20: Local Condition, bluegrass, folk, and depression blues.

July 27: Bayou Brothers, New Orleans zydeco, blues, and R & B.

August 3: Travis Daudert Jazz Trio

August 10: Leonard Patton, keyboardist and Jazz/R&B song vocalist.

August 17: Paula Simmons Quaretto Sorrento, string quartet.

August 24: Calafia Music Guild, Renaissance music played with period instruments.

August 31: Peter Rutman Band, blues and jazz.

September 7: Labor Day, Library closed.

September 14: Ebony Fourest Clarinet Quartet, classical, pop and jazz.

The July Library Events Calendar is now available!

The Friends of the NUC Library will be holding its next monthly outdoor book sale on Saturday, June 13 from 9:00am to 4:00pm. Proceeds benefit the NUC Library. A bag of books is only $3.00.

The event will also be a karaoke book sale—sing a song, win a book!

The Friends of the NUC Library bookstore continues to accept donations of books to sell in our store. Revenue from these sales goes directly to support this library’s programs and purchases. Donations can be brought directly into the bookstore. If your donation is too large for you to transport, call Ed Threat at 858-220-3312 and arrangements will be made for pickup.

On Saturday, May 9 the San Diego Children’s Book Festival will take place at the North University Community Library and the Nobel Recreation Center. The event runs from 10:00am until 4:00pm. For more information, see the schedule of events, or visit the book festival web site at www.sandiegobookfestival.org.

In conjunction with the Children’s Book Festival, the Friends of the North University Community Library will be holding an outdoor book sale (proceeds benefit the library). A bag of books (of your choice) will be just $3.00.

The 2009 Winter/Spring Movie Series is over, but check back in the fall to see what else we’ll have planned.

Saving Grace (British) 4*, R, 94 min.

Playing January 14, 2009
NUC Community Room
7:30 PM

Newly widowed Grace (Brenda Blethyn) finds herself in financial ruin when she discovers that her dearly departed husband has left her deep in debt from his failed get-rich-quick schemes. With the help of her gardener, Matt (Craig Ferguson), Grace turns her green thumb to growing ganja, and soon, everyone in her small English town is getting high on more than life. Won the Sundance Film Festival’s Audience Award.

Playing February 11, 2009
NUC Library Community Room
7:30 PM

Winner of Sundance 2001 and Berlin Film Feastival 2000. Veteran director Zhang Yimou this time trains his camera on a love story between a Chinese boy and girl that endures for 40 years. Starring Zhang Ziyi (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), The Road Home tells the tale of Zhao Di (Ziyi) and how she met the love of her life, Luo Changyu — a new schoolteacher assigned to teach the child.

Playing March 18, 2009
NUC Library Community Room
7:30 PM

A feast for the senses, this magical romance from director Alfonso Arau was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and a Golden Globe. The passionate Tita (Lumi Cavazos) is in love with Pedro (Marco Leonardi), but her controlling mother (Regina Torne) forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro instead marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking — and discovers she can transfer her emotions through the food she prepares in her small village.

Playing April 8, 2009
NUC Community Room
7:30 PM

Years after fleeing the Taliban and immigrating to the United States, an Afghan man (Khalid Abdalla) returns to his war-ravaged homeland to try to repay his debt to a childhood friend whose trust he betrayed. Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, Monster’s Ball) directs this touching story of family, friendship and bravery, based on the best-selling novel by Khaled Hosseini.

Playing May 13, 2009
NUC Community Room
7:30 PM

Multiple Oscar-winning film. What if a penniless William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) fell in love with a noblewoman (Oscar-winner Gwyneth Paltrow) while struggling to write a comedy with the unlikely title “Romeo and Ethel the Sea Pirate’s Daughter?” Might the emotional turmoil inspire him to recraft the play into a tragedy with a more familiar-sounding name?

Ralph Vissell is in charge of the NU Community Friends’ Bookstore and has a group of enthusiastic volunteers helping him. Why don’t you join this active and fun group? Contact Ralph at rv1909@aol.com if you would like to help get this bookstore in tip-top shape. He would love hearing from you!

The North UC Library can use your help! You can become a volunteer by contacting the Friends Chapter of the North UC Library. Read more…