March 2017 @ Hoover Library
Adult English Classes
 
FREE Basic or Intermediate English classes offered on Tuesday nights.  No registration required. Visit our website or call 444-7820 for more information.
 
Tuesdays, March 7, 14, 21 & 28 from 6:30 pm - 8 pm
Fitzgerald & Shakespeare Rooms
First Thursday Fiction Book Group
 
Join us for a discussion of The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney. Refreshments provided as well as books for the next meeting.  Call 444-7820 for more information.
 
Thursday, March 2 at 10 am
Fitzgerald Room
English Conversation Club
 
Informal English practice for speakers of other languages is offered every Thursday evening. Call 444-7820 for more information.
 
Thursdays, March 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Administration Conference Room
George Griffin & the Firebirds
 
This Blues and Southern rock band features a mixture of classic covers and original material. FREE! Call 444-7821 for more information.
 
Thursday, March 2 at 6:30 pm
Library Plaza
Psych Friday
 
Your brain is the basis for everything you think, feel and do.  Sessions and activities will explore what psychologists have discovered about brain, mind, and behavior, from basic research to therapeutic applications.  Join us for an informative event discussing new discoveries in this field.  Presented in conjunction with Samford University.  Call 444-7840 for more information.
 
Friday, March 3 from 9 am - 1:30 pm
Theatre Level
DIY Credit Repair Workshop
 
UAB's Dr. Stephanie Yates presents a workshop series to get you back on track. Choose any or all of the sessions that run through March and April. Call 444-7816 for more information.
 
Session One:  Wise Use of Credit
Saturday, March 4 at 10:30 am
Fitzgerald & Shakespeare Rooms
 
Session Two: Plan Your Credit Cleanup Strategy
Saturday, March 18 at 10:30 am
Fitzgerald & Shakespeare Rooms
Sunday NovelTea Fiction Book Group
 
Join us for our version of book group lite. Discuss Girl Waits With Gun by Amy Stewart and enjoy tea and refreshments on us! Call 444-7820 for more information.
 
Sunday, March 5 from 3 pm - 4 pm
Reading Room
Friends of the Hoover Library  
 
At this month's meeting, Glenny Brock will present "Cool Inside: A Brief History of the Alabama Theatre." Refreshments provided. Free and open to the public. Call 444-7840 for more information.
 
Monday, March 6 at 10 am
Fitzgerald & Shakespeare Rooms
Slavery By Another Name
 
This powerful documentary challenges one of America's most enduring assumptions - that slavery ended in the U.S. with the Emancipation Proclamation (2012, TV-PG, 90 minutes). Call
444-7840 for more information.
 
Monday, March 6 at 2 pm & 6:30 pm
The Library Theatre 
Second Thursday Fiction Book Group
 
Join us for a discussion of Arrowood by Laura McHugh. Refreshments provided as well as books for the next meeting.  
Call 444-7820 for more information.
 
Thursday, March 9 at 10 am
Fitzgerald Room
How to Find Grants
 
Learn how to find grants using the Foundation Center Cooperative Database.  Reservations required.  Call 444-7816 to register.
 
Saturday, March 11 at 10:30 am
Training Center
Purl at the Plaza
 
Spring weather, lighter yarn! Join us for our monthly gathering. Refreshments provided.  Call 444-7821 for more information.
 
Saturday, March 11 from 1 pm - 5 pm
Library Plaza
Helping Hands
 
Drop in to make newspaper rolls for a local humane society. Teens and adults welcome. Call 444-7840 for more information.
 
Monday, March 13 from 3 pm - 8:30 pm
Nonfiction Department
The A, B, C and D's of Medicare
 
Get simple and straightforward answers about your Medicare questions at this workshop with Karen Haiflich.  Call 444-7816 for more information.
 
Tuesday, March 14 at 1 pm
Shakespeare Room
No Reading Required:
Teamwork and The Walking Dead 
 
If you watch the show, listen to the podcasts or read the fan forums, you won't want to miss out on this fun and unconventional discussion group.  Read, watch, or listen, then join us! Call
444-7816 for more information.
 
Tuesday, March 14 at 6:30 pm
Theatre Conference Room
Spanish Conversation Club
 
Practice your Spanish and celebrate the culture! Some experience with the language is recommended.  Adults only, 17+ please. Call 444-7820 for more information.
 
Tuesday, March 14 from 7 pm - 8 pm
Library Plaza
Movie Trivia Night
 
You love the silver screen, but does your team know the most about movies? Compete for prizes in our monthly trivia night. Call 444-7821 for more information.
 
Thursday, March 16 at 7 pm
Library Plaza
The Celtic Tenors--SOLD OUT!
Although they wear their success lightly, with banter and a delightful sense of fun, the Celtic Tenors' thoughtful fusion of opera with traditional Irish music shines through in each flawless rendition of beautiful Celtic songs and other exhilarating classics. Contact the Library Theatre Box Office at 444-7888 for waiting list information.
 
Thursday, March 16 at 7:30 pm--SOLD OUT
Friday, March 17 at 7:30 pm--SOLD OUT
The Library Theatre
Insatiable Readers
 
Enjoy great conversation and learn about new nonfiction titles. This month's topic is "Strong Women." Call 444-7840 for more information.
 
Saturday, March 18 at 10:30 am
Reading Room
Blaine Goodwin
 
Guitarist and singer Blaine Goodwin presents an afternoon of Celtic and British folk songs. FREE! Call 444-7821 for more information.
 
Sunday, March 19 at 2:30 pm
Library Plaza
Neuroscience Cafe: Making the Best of What We Have:  Macular Degeneration
 
Kristina Visscher, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, and Dawn DeCarlo, OD, Director, UAB Center for Low Vision Rehabilitation, and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, discuss how patients with vision loss due to macular degeneration learn to use their spared vision and how that changes their brains. Presented by the UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center.  Call 444-7840 for more information.
 
Monday, March 20, 6:30 pm 
Fitzgerald and Shakespeare Rooms
Glue Gun Gang: Super Pretty Switch Plates
 
Turn on the style in your home by painting a decorative light switch plate.  Adults only. Reservations required.  Call 444-7840 to register for one of three sessions, beginning March 1.  
 
Tuesday, March 21 at 6:30 pm
Theatre Conference Room
 
Thursday, March 23 at 10:30 am
Shakespeare Room
 
Sunday, March 26 at 3 pm
Shakespeare Room
Flash Fiction
 
Come enjoy a night of poetry, fiction, and other readings from the members of Write Club.  Call 444-7820 for more information.
 
Tuesday, March 21 at 7 pm
The Library Theatre
French Conversation Club
 
Practice your French and celebrate the culture! Some experience with the language is recommended.  Call 444-7820 for more information.
 
Tuesday, March 21 from 7 pm - 8 pm
Library Plaza
Nighttime Nonfiction Book Group
 
Join us for a discussion of Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 by Madeleine Albright.  Call 444-7816 for more information.
 
Thursday, March 23 at 7 pm
Theatre Conference Room
After Hours @ the Plaza: Game Nite
 
Team up with your friends and fellow gamers and heed the call of the tabletop! We have a great selection of board games available, or bring your own to share. Call 444-7821 for more information.
 
Friday, March 24 from 7 pm - 10 pm
Library Plaza
Muscle Shoals
 
An all-star cast pays tribute to the Alabama city that has helped create some of the most important and resonant songs of all time (2013, PG, 111 minutes).  Free admission and refreshments! Call 444-7840 for more information.
 
Saturday, March 25 at 2:30 pm
The Library Theatre
Monday at the Movies
 
As the only legitimate heir of England's King William IV, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family (PG, 105 minutes). Free admission and refreshments! Call 444-7820 for more information.
 
Monday, March 27 at 2 pm & 6:30 pm
The Library Theatre
Xylouris White
 
Greek lutist George Xylouris and Australian drummer Jim White converge to create music that is at once otherworldly and instantly familiar. For ticket information, visit www.hooverlibrary.org/gt11 or call the Library Theatre Box Office at 444-7888.
 
Tickets $12.50
Friday, March 31 at 8 pm
Library Plaza
Hoover Public Library
200 Municipal Drive
Hoover, Alabama 35216
(205) 444-7800

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