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The Muppets Christmas Carol

Saturday 14 December
Family Film
The Muppets Christmas Carol

A free family showing of the classic Muppet Movie from 1992. Starring Kermit, Miss Piggy and all the usual crew, with Michael Caine as Scrooge. A surprisingly accurate telling of a favourite Dickens classic.

Watch the trailer here

Scrooge

Friday 13 December
Evening Cinema
Scrooge

An early (1951) film adaptation of A Christmas Carol starring Alistair Sim. Other actors you might recognise include Michael Hordern, Jack Warner, Hermione Baddely, Patrick McNee and George Cole. Considered by some to be the “definitive” telling of the tale.

Watch the trailer here.

Digging Deeper for All

Friday 16 August at 7.30
Digging Deeper for All
with Caroline Dewar

Caroline Dewar, chair of the Friends of Graves Park, presents the results of their recent project to uncover the medieval farming, fish ponds and charcoal hearths, rich ancient woodland and working woodland landscape we now call Graves Park.

Doors open / refreshments 7.00pm, talk starts 7.30

Book online at greenhill.bookwhen.com or call at library reception

Poetry in Translation

Wednesday 10 July
Poetry in Translation
with Louise Dore

Discover, share and discuss poems within a welcoming and informal group. This month we  will be reading poems not originally written in English. Foreign language experience welcome but not required!

Doors open from 7pm for a 7.30 start. For more information, email poetry@greenhill-library.org

A Tale of Two Charities

Friday 19 July
Evening Talk: A tale of two charities

We have a double-bill for you this evening! Pat Bashton wil talk about her lifetime’s experience of fundraising for MacMillan Cancer Support, and Jackie Butcher will take you behind the scenes of the Grace Food Bank.

Doors open / refreshments at 7.00pm talk starts 7.30

Tickets (£5) available on line at greenhill.bookwhen.com or from library reception.

Chatsworth Gardens and Landscape

Chatsworth Gardens and Landscape
Friday 21 June at 7.30pm

Join Steve Porter (Head of Gardens and Landscaping at Chatsworth) and hear about the landscaping, current planting and future plans for these iconic gardens.

Doors open / refreshments 7.00pm. Talk starts at 7.30pm

Tickets (£5) available online here.

Ethel and Pearl

Friday 17 May at 7.30
“Welcome aboard Ethel and Pearl”

Ian Hunter talks about the work of the Ethel Trust, whose two specially adapted, fully acessible canal barges, Ethel and Pearl, provide day trips and residential experiences for people of all abilities and needs.

Doors open / refreshments 7.00pm; talk starts 7.30

Tickets (£5) available from library reception or online at greenhill.bookwhen.com

Cars

Saturday 4 May
Children’s Cinema: Cars

In this superb Pixar animation, a ambitious young racing car called Lightning McQueen makes friends with an improbable community of cars in the small town of Radiator Springs. This film is worth watching for the tractor tipping scene alone!

Doors open/refreshments 2.00. Film starts 2.30

Watch the trailer here.

The Miracle Club

Friday 3 May
Evening Cinema: The Miracle Club

 

Doors open / refreshments 7.00pm. Film starts 7.30

There’s just one dream for the women of Ballygar to taste freedom: to win a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes. With a little benevolent interference from their local priest, a group of close friends get their ticket of a lifetime. Starring Maggie Smith, Kathy Bates and Laura Linney.

Watch the trailer here.