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Garden Homefront e-news January 2020
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Tuesday, December 31 - New Year's Eve Close at 3 Wednesday, January 1 - New Year's Day CLOSED Monday, January 20 - Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday CLOSED
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Events held at (unless otherwise noted): Garden Home Community Library Annex 7306 SW Oleson Rd Our Annex is located across the street in the Garden Home Marketplace shopping center. The Annex is not visible from the parking lot as it is on the side of the building that overlooks SW Oleson (two doors down from the Bulldog Deli). Look for the yellow garden gnome outside the door.
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Tuesday Night Nourishment DATE: Tuesday, January 14 NEW! 2 TIME OPTIONS: 12:30-2 PM -OR- 7-8:30 PM Selection: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn. Synopsis: In 1947, pregnant Charlie St. Clair, an American college girl banished from her family, arrives in London to find out what happened to her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, and meets a former spy who, torn apart by betrayal, agrees to help her on her mission.
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Film Night: The Farewell DATE: Friday, January 17 TIME: 6-8 pm This month we'll screen The Farewell (98 minutes, rated PG, 2019). This funny and crowd-pleasing tearjerker follows a Chinese-American woman as she returns to China to say goodbye to her grandmother.
Film night attendees are welcome to bring their own takeout or snacks. The library will provide light refreshments (popcorn, candy, and coffee).
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Nerd Night: Trivia for Adults DATE: Tuesday, January 7 TIME: 6:30-8:30 pm On the first Tuesday of the month, test your knowledge - solo or in a team – and find out who knows the most. Five varying sets of trivia, including current events and music. Prizes for most and least points at the end of the night.
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Board Game Night DATE: Wednesday, January 8 TIME: 6-9 pm Play games with other board game lovers. A selection of games is provided each month. Participants may also bring games to share.
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Crafternoon Tea! DATE: Wednesday, January 15 TIME: 2-4 pm Bring your own handcraft project (knitting, crochet, needlepoint, macramé, stamping, cardmaking, etc.) to work on, and enjoy the company of fellow craft enthusiasts! All levels are welcome. Tea is provided.
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Ukulele Party DATE: Saturday, January 18 TIME: 11 am-12 pm Led by Aaron Canwell of Portland kindie (kid+indie) band "Micah and Me!" Garden Home Library's Ukulele Parties are open to all ages and excellent for beginners. Just bring yourself; we'll provide 25 ukuleles.
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Board Game Afternoon DATE: Saturday, January 19 TIME: 11 am - 3 pm This is a new monthly event, held every 3rd Sunday. January’s board game selection is Clank! In! Space!, a sci fi strategy game for 2-4 players ages 12 and up. Reservations required. If you are interested in joining this month’s group, please talk to staff at the circulation desk or call the library at 503-245-9932.
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Garden Home Jams: Elvis DATE: Tuesday, January 21 TIME: 2:30-4 pm Come play, sing, listen, and otherwise gather in the name of community music! Garden Home Jams welcomes musicians and singers of all kinds and levels at this supportive song circle. Everyone gets an opportunity to select a favorite Elvis-inspired classic or learn something new. Come check it out.
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Garden Home Green Thumbs: Planning and Pruning DATE: Tuesday, January 21 TIME: 6:30 -8 pm Our winter meeting will include a general overview of planning and pruning your garden, then a group discussion/Q&A. Facilitated by Master Gardener Janette Barbour.
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Moulin Rouge Dance Party DATE: Friday, January 24 TIME: 6-8 pm The movie Moulin Rouge will on the screen while we dance the night away to music. Refreshments will be provided.
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Infinity net : the autobiography of Yayoi Kusama
by Yayoi Kusama
In 1957, encouraged by Georgia O’Keeffe, artist Yayoi Kusama left Japan for New York City to become a star. By the time she returned to her home country in 1973, she had established herself as a leader of New York’s avant-garde movement, known for creating happenings and public orgies to protest the Vietnam War and for the polka dots that had become a trademark of her work. Her sculptures, videos, paintings, and installations are to this day included in major international exhibitions. Available for the first time in English, Infinity Net paints a multilayered portrait of this fascinating artist. Taking us from her oppressive childhood in postwar Japan to her present life in the psychiatric hospital where she voluntarily stays—and is still productive—Kusama’s autobiography offers insight into the persona of mental illness that has informed her work. While she vibrantly describes the hallucinatory episodes she experiences, her tale is punctuated by stories of her pluck and drive in making her artistic voice heard. Conveying the breadth and ambition of her own work, Kusama also offers a dazzling snapshot of 1960s and 1970s New York City and her encounters with its artists—she collaborates with Andy Warhol, shares an apartment with Donald Judd, and becomes romantically entangled with Joseph Cornell. Replete with the sense of the sheer necessity within an artist to create, Infinity Net is an energetic and juicy page-turner that offers a glimpse into Kusama’s exhilarating world.
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Vitamin C : Clay and Ceramic in Contemporary Art
by Clare Lilley
A global survey of 100 of today's most important clay and ceramic artists, chosen by leading art world professionals. 'Vitamin C' celebrates the revival of clay as a material for contemporary visual artists, featuring a wide range of global talent as selected by the world's leading curators, critics, and art professionals. Clay and ceramics have in recent years been elevated from craft to high art material, with the resulting artworks being coveted by collectors and exhibited in museums around the world. Packed with illustrations, 'Vitamin C' is a timely survey . Artists include: Caroline Achaintre, Ai Weiwei, Aaron Angell, Edmund de Waal, Theaster Gates, Marisa Merz, Ron Nagle, Gabriel Orozco, Grayson Perry, Sterling Ruby, Thomas Schutte, Richard Slee, Jesse Wine, and Betty Woodman. Nominators include: Pablo Leon de la Barra, Iwona Blazwick, Mary Ceruti, Dan Fox, Jens Hoffmann, Christine Macel, James Meyer among others.
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The straw bale house
by Athena Swentzell Steen
A house made out of straw? Yes! Whether you build an entire house or something more modest--a home office or studio, a retreat cabin or guest cottage--plastered straw bale construction is an exceptionally durable and inexpensive option. What's more, it's fun, because the technique is easy to learn and easy to do yourself. And the resulting living spaces are unusually quiet and comfortable.
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Spilling open : the art of becoming yourself
by Sabrina Ward Harrison
In a candid, personal journal, a young artist explores questions of femininity and growing up female as she reflects on love, peer groups, growing pains, faith, empowerment, and the meaning of being a unique individual. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.
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Magical Secrets About Thinking Creatively : The Art of Etching And the Truth of Life
by Kathan Brown
Crown Point Press's founder, Kathan Brown, presents thirteen "magical secrets"--Creative strategies exemplified by the different approaches to art-making taken by artists she has worked with. Sophisticated and yet straightforwardly explained, the magical secrets help the reader understand fundamental strategies such as how to creatively use the physicality of materials or how an artist may enter a mental state that encourages creative connections. Explanations of printmaking processes and reproductions of prints help to illuminate the secrets. An accompanying DVD features Brown's "Magical Secrets" lecture.
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Snapshot poetics : a photographic memoir of the beat era by Allen GinsbergA glorious collection of some 70 remarkable photographs of Beat writers and personalities taken by Ginsberg between 1953 and 1991 in venues from San Francisco to New York to Tangier. Originally published in Germany and re-edited for the present edition.
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Beastie Boys book
by Mike D
Featuring contributions by the group's surviving members and complemented by rare visuals, a panoramic chronicle of the Beastie Boys traces their early collaborations, genre-breaking achievements and evolution as musicians and social activists.
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Becoming
by Michelle Obama
An intimate memoir by the former First Lady chronicles the experiences that have shaped her remarkable life, from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago through her setbacks and achievements in the White House
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Mr. Know-it-all : the tarnished wisdom of a filth elder
by John Waters
The latest essay collection by the cult film comedian and best-selling author of Role Models shares morbidly offbeat insights into subjects ranging from how to fail upwardly in Hollywood to decorating the ultimate ugly-but-trendy home
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When we all fall asleep, where do we go? /The debut album by Billie Eilish. The album has been characterized as pop, avant-pop, and art pop record, but it features several other genre influences including hip hop and industrial music. Nominated for six Grammys, including Best New Artist.
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Cuz I love you /The third studio album and debut major label LP by rapper and singer Lizzo. It was released through Nice Life and Atlantic Records on April 19, 2019. The album features guest appearances from American rappers Missy Elliott and Gucci Mane. Nominated for eight Grammys, including Album of the Year.
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Thank u, next /The fifth album by Pop and R&B singer Ariana Grande. Singles include the title track, "7 Rings", and "Break up with your girlfriend, I'm bored". Nominated for five awards, including Record of the Year.
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I, I /
The indie band Bon Iver's fourth album features features contributions from James Blake, Aaron Dessner, Bruce Hornsby, Moses Sumney, Channy Leaneagh and more. Nominated for four awards, including Album of the Year.
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While I'm Livin'Country artist Tanya Tucker's first album since 2002. Produced by Brandi Carlisle and Shooter Jennings. The album also includes a duet Carlisle. The album is nominated for four awards, including Song of the Year.
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Father of the bride /The fourth studio album by indie rock band Vampire Weekend. It's their first album on a major label and their first in nearly six years. Nominated for three awards, including Album of the Year.
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Lover /Taylor Swift's seventh studio album features collaborations with the Dixie Chicks and Panic! at the Disco's Brendon Urie. It was preceded by three singles "Me!", "You Need to calm down" and the title track. Nominated for three awards, including Song of the Year.
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Star is born:The soundtrack to the musical film starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. Nominated for three awards, including Song of the Year.
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Hollywood's bleeding /
The third studio album by the rapper and singer Post Malone. The album features guest appearances from DaBaby, Future, Halsey, Meek Mill, Lil Baby, Ozzy Osbourne, Travis Scott, SZA, Swae Lee, and Young Thug. Nominated for two awards including Record of the Year.
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NFR! /
Lana Del Rey's highly anticipated fifth album features the alternative radio hit "Doin' Time". Nominated for two Grammy's, including Album of the Year.
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The album includes singles "Talk" and "Right Back", as well as two songs from pop and R&B singer Khalid's 2018 EP Suncity. Nominated for Record of the Year.
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