Category: Based on the Book
Based on the Book – June 2019
Based on the Book – May 2019
Based on the Book – April 2019

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Thursday April 4, 2019 7:00 In an unnamed South American country, a world-renowned soprano sings at a birthday party in honor of a visiting Japanese industrial titan. Alas, in the opening sequence, a ragtag band of 18 terrorists enters the vice-presidential mansion through the…
Based on the Book – March 2019

Little Women By Louisa May Alcott Thursday March 7, 2019 7:00 Let’s celebrate the 150th anniversary of this beloved classic, at once a lively portrait of nineteenth-century family life and a feminist novel about young women defying society’s expectations. Then watch the 2018 movie, a modern retelling of LITTLE…
Based on the Book – February 2019
Based on the Book – January 2019
Based on the Book – December 2018
Based on the Book – November 2018

Every Secret Thing By Laura Lippman Thursday November 1, 2018 7:00 From critically acclaimed, multiple-award winner Laura Lippman comes a riveting story of love and murder, guilt and innocence. Two little girls banished from a neighborhood birthday party find an abandoned stroller with an infant inside on an unfamiliar…
Based on the Book – October 2018

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks By Rebecca Skloot October 4, 2018 7:00 A journalist named Rebecca Skloot recounts learning about an African American woman named Henrietta Lacks, who died in 1951 of cervical cancer, but whose cancerous cells became the first immortal human cell line, called HeLa. The…