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Great Short Stories

Reading & Discussion Group

2023-12-11 18:30:00 2023-12-11 19:30:00 America/Chicago Great Short Stories Great conversation about great short fiction! O’Neal Library - Conference Room

Monday, December 11
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2023-12-11 18:30:00 2023-12-11 19:30:00 America/Chicago Great Short Stories Great conversation about great short fiction! O’Neal Library - Conference Room

O’Neal Library

Conference Room

Great conversation about great short fiction!

If you'd rather attend on Zoom, register here to receive a Zoom Link. 

The Great Short Stories reading and discussion group is currently using two texts:

"One World: A Global Anthology of Short Stories," edited by Chris Brazier. Click here to reserve a copy. This title is also instantly available as an ebook on Hoopla (for residents of the cities of Birmingham, Gardendale, Homewood, Hoover, Irondale, Leeds, Mountain Brook, Pinson, Pleasant Grove, Trussville, Vestavia Hills, and Warrior only).

and

"Adaptations: From Short Story to Big Screen: 35 Great Stories That Have Inspired Great Films"  Click here to reserve a copy. 

Below, the stories (and books) for each meeting are listed.  For more information, contact Holley at 205.445.1117 or hwesley@oneallibrary.org.

GSS meets the second Monday of each month at 6:30pm.  If you'd prefer to attend online, register your email to receive a Zoom meeting link the morning of the event.

December 11 - "Red Ryder Nails the Hammond Kid" by Jean Shepherd, page 473 in "Adaptations," adapted to the 1983 film A Christmas Story directed by Bob Clark. Bill will lead. The movie is available in the JCLC system. It is also available to stream/rent on streaming services. A Great Short Stories community film screening is scheduled for Wednesday, December 6th at 6pm, register here. 

Find the 2024 Great Short Stories schedule by clicking on January 8th on the library calendar.

Photo by Alejandro Barba on Unsplash

TRAFFIC ALERTS FOR CRESTLINE VILLAGE AND MOUNTAIN BROOK VILLAGE WHICH WILL AFFECT YOUR ABILITY TO GET TO THE LIBRARY AS WELL AS PARKING NEAR THE LIBRARY:

CRESTLINE VILLAGE
Dan Watkins Drive continues to experience intermittent partial closings.
 
MOUNTAIN BROOK VILLAGE
Major closures paused until sometime in January 2024.  Some small lane closures and detours persist.

AGE GROUP: | Adults (Ages 21+) | Adults (Ages 18+) |

EVENT TYPE: | Regular Series | Book Group | Adult Events |

TAGS: | regular series | reading | literature | free | fiction | discussion | conversation | book group | Book Club | adult events | adult |

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Registration opens Wednesday, January 10 2024 at 9:00am
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O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
Informal storytime & lively music that seeks to build positive relationships with books & the library for all ages.
All Together Storytime - all ages informal storytime
Thu, Jan 18, 10:30am - 11:00am
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
Informal storytime & lively music that seeks to build positive relationships with books & the library for all ages.
SNaP (3-6 Grade) - Movie & Popcorn
Thu, Jan 18, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
Movie & Popcorn 3:30-5:00 Super Mario Bros. Drop Off Program
Writing Workshop with Miriam Calleja
Thu, Jan 18, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
O’Neal Library - Conference Room
Join Miriam Calleja for 90 minutes of writing prompts.
Breakout Book Club - emerging readers and their adults
Mon, Jan 22, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Kids who are new to reading bring an adult with them to this book club, where they participate together in activities to encourage enthusiastic engagement with the book.
Registration opens Monday, December 11 2023 at 9:00am
Patty Cake - Lapsit Storytime (infants up to age 18 month)
Tue, Jan 23, 9:30am - 9:50am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Guide your child through storytime activities designed to boost development for infants to around 18 months.
Registration opens Tuesday, January 16 2024 at 9:00am
Gentle Yoga - With Marie Blair
Tue, Jan 23, 10:00am - 11:00am
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
MARIE'S POPULAR YOGA CLASSES ARE ON TUESDAY MORNINGS AT 10:00 A.M. BRING A YOGA MAT AND SOME WATER. REGISTER FOR EACH CLASS INDIVIDUALLY, PLEASE!
Patty Cake - Lapsit Storytime (infants up to age 18 month)
Tue, Jan 23, 10:30am - 10:50am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Guide your child through storytime activities designed to boost development for infants to around 18 months.
Registration opens Tuesday, January 16 2024 at 9:00am
LOL Story Adventure - laugh out loud storytime for Kindergarten - 2nd grade
Tue, Jan 23, 3:30pm - 4:15pm
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
SIGN IN AND DROP OFF YOUR K-2ND GRADERS FOR LIVE-ACTION STORYTIME FOR SCHOOL-AGED, INDEPENDENT KIDS.
Beginner American Sign Language (ASL) Classes - for teens and adults
Tue, Jan 23, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Zoom
This free, eight-week course will provide an introduction to American Sign Language. Classes meet via Zoom. Registration is required.
Writing Workshop with Miriam Calleja
Tue, Jan 23, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
O’Neal Library - Conference Room
Join Miriam Calleja for 90 minutes of writing prompts.
Toddler Tales Storytime - Directed Movement (toddlers to around age 3)
Wed, Jan 24, 9:30am - 10:00am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Establish routine & build attention and literacy skills.
Registration opens Wednesday, January 17 2024 at 9:00am
Toddler Tales Storytime - Directed Movement (toddlers to around age 3)
Wed, Jan 24, 10:30am - 11:00am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Establish routine & build attention and literacy skills.
Registration opens Wednesday, January 17 2024 at 9:00am
Movers & Makers - Kindergarten Prep Storytime (ages 3-5)
Wed, Jan 24, 1:30pm - 2:15pm
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Build cooperation, reading, and school readiness skills through stories, movement activities, and creative expression.
Registration opens Wednesday, January 17 2024 at 9:00am
DIY Yums: Crepes
Wed, Jan 24, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
Learn about crepes at the O'Neal Library!
All Together Storytime - all ages informal storytime
Thu, Jan 25, 9:30am - 10:00am
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
Informal storytime & lively music that seeks to build positive relationships with books & the library for all ages.
All Together Storytime - all ages informal storytime
Thu, Jan 25, 10:30am - 11:00am
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
Informal storytime & lively music that seeks to build positive relationships with books & the library for all ages.
SNaP (3-6 Grade) - Puzzlemania
Thu, Jan 25, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
Do you have what it takes to be the puzzlemaster? Drop Off Program
Library Loot Book Club
Thu, Jan 25, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
O’Neal Library - Conference Room
The O'Neal Library's Teen Book Club returns!
Burns Night
Fri, Jan 26, 6:30pm - 9:00pm
O’Neal Library - Conference Room,Community Meeting Room
Join us for our annual Burns Night ... a tribute to the national poet of Scotland, Robert Burns. We'll have dinner - haggis for all! As well as music, dancing, and, of course, poetry!
Burns Night
Sat, Jan 27, 6:30pm - 9:00pm
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room,Conference Room
Join us for our annual Burns Night ... a tribute to the national poet of Scotland, Robert Burns. We'll have dinner - haggis for all! As well as music, dancing, and, of course, poetry!
Illustrator Art Club - art inspired by Cindy Derby
Mon, Jan 29, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
Illustrator Art Club for children 6 and up and their grownup. Come to learn and create your own version of a kids' book illustrator's art with Ms. Tess.
TAB Meeting
Mon, Jan 29, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
O’Neal Library - Conference Room
Make a Difference in O'Neal Library Young Adult Services!
Patty Cake - Lapsit Storytime (infants up to age 18 month)
Tue, Jan 30, 9:30am - 9:50am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Guide your child through storytime activities designed to boost development for infants to around 18 months.
Registration opens Tuesday, January 23 2024 at 9:00am
Gentle Yoga - With Marie Blair
Tue, Jan 30, 10:00am - 11:00am
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
MARIE'S POPULAR YOGA CLASSES ARE ON TUESDAY MORNINGS AT 10:00 A.M. BRING A YOGA MAT AND SOME WATER. REGISTER FOR EACH CLASS INDIVIDUALLY, PLEASE!
Patty Cake - Lapsit Storytime (infants up to age 18 month)
Tue, Jan 30, 10:30am - 10:50am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Guide your child through storytime activities designed to boost development for infants to around 18 months.
Registration opens Tuesday, January 23 2024 at 9:00am
LOL Story Adventure - laugh out loud storytime for Kindergarten - 2nd grade
Tue, Jan 30, 3:30pm - 4:15pm
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
SIGN IN AND DROP OFF YOUR K-2ND GRADERS FOR LIVE-ACTION STORYTIME FOR SCHOOL-AGED, INDEPENDENT KIDS.
Beginner American Sign Language (ASL) Classes - for teens and adults
Tue, Jan 30, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Zoom
This free, eight-week course will provide an introduction to American Sign Language. Classes meet via Zoom. Registration is required.
Books & Beyond - Reading & Viewing Discussion Group
Tue, Jan 30, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
O’Neal Library - Conference Room
Book clubbing, outside the box!
Toddler Tales Storytime - Directed Movement (toddlers to around age 3)
Wed, Jan 31, 9:30am - 10:00am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Establish routine & build attention and literacy skills.
Registration opens Wednesday, January 24 2024 at 9:00am
Toddler Tales Storytime - Directed Movement (toddlers to around age 3)
Wed, Jan 31, 10:30am - 11:00am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Establish routine & build attention and literacy skills.
Registration opens Wednesday, January 24 2024 at 9:00am
Movers & Makers - Kindergarten Prep Storytime (ages 3-5)
Wed, Jan 31, 1:30pm - 2:15pm
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Build cooperation, reading, and school readiness skills through stories, movement activities, and creative expression.
Registration opens Wednesday, January 24 2024 at 9:00am
Great Short Stories Matinee - Freaks
Sat, Feb 03, 3:00pm - 4:15pm
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
1932 adaptation of a Tod Robbins short story
Birmingham Arts Journal - Celebrates the Winter Issue!
Sun, Feb 04, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
Join us at the library to enjoy viewing and discussing the art, photographs, poetry, short stories, and more from the latest issue.
The Funhouse - An Under the Mountain Event
Sun, Feb 04, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
O’Neal Library
CAN YOU SURVIVE THE NIGHT IN TOBE HOOPER'S THE FUNHOUSE?
TAB Meeting
Mon, Feb 05, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
O’Neal Library
Make a Difference in O'Neal Library Young Adult Services!
The Bookies - O'Neal Library Book Group
Tue, Feb 06, 10:00am - 11:30am
O’Neal Library - Conference Room
The Bookies meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. in the Library's Conference Room. Visitors and/or new members are always welcome!
Gentle Yoga - With Marie Blair
Tue, Feb 06, 10:00am - 11:00am
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
MARIE'S POPULAR YOGA CLASSES ARE ON TUESDAY MORNINGS AT 10:00 A.M. BRING A YOGA MAT AND SOME WATER. REGISTER FOR EACH CLASS INDIVIDUALLY, PLEASE!
Beginner American Sign Language (ASL) Classes - for teens and adults
Tue, Feb 06, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Zoom
This free, eight-week course will provide an introduction to American Sign Language. Classes meet via Zoom. Registration is required.
Game On
Wed, Feb 07, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
VIDEO GAMES, BOARD GAMES, AND CARD GAMES GALORE!
Great Short Stories - A reading & discussion group
Mon, Feb 12, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
O’Neal Library - Conference Room
Great conversation about great short fiction!
Beginner American Sign Language (ASL) Classes - for teens and adults
Tue, Feb 13, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Zoom
This free, eight-week course will provide an introduction to American Sign Language. Classes meet via Zoom. Registration is required.
O'Neal Library Board Meeting
Tue, Feb 20, 8:45am - 9:45am
O’Neal Library
Board meeting
Beginner American Sign Language (ASL) Classes - for teens and adults
Tue, Feb 20, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Zoom
This free, eight-week course will provide an introduction to American Sign Language. Classes meet via Zoom. Registration is required.
Friends of O'Neal Library - Preview Party
Thu, Feb 22, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
O’Neal Library
Book Sale
Friends of O'Neal Library Book Sale
Fri, Feb 23, 10:00am - 5:00pm
O’Neal Library
Book Sale
Friends of O'Neal Library Book Sale
Sat, Feb 24, 10:00am - 5:00pm
O’Neal Library
Book Sale
Friends of O'Neal Library Book Sale
Sun, Feb 25, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
O’Neal Library
Book Sale
Beginner American Sign Language (ASL) Classes - for teens and adults
Tue, Feb 27, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Zoom
This free, eight-week course will provide an introduction to American Sign Language. Classes meet via Zoom. Registration is required.
Books & Beyond - Reading & Viewing Discussion Group
Tue, Feb 27, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
O’Neal Library - Conference Room
Book clubbing, outside the box!
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