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Published by<br />
The Friends of<br />
The West Caldwell<br />
Public Library<br />
InfoBytes<br />
Volume 20<br />
Issue 1<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
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How Sweet it Was!<br />
Chocolate lovers Delight Contest<br />
First<br />
Place<br />
Inside<br />
Adult Happenings………….......p. 2-3<br />
Book Discussion Groups …….p. 8<br />
Children’s Corner……………....p. 4<br />
Second<br />
Place<br />
Third<br />
Place<br />
Friday Afternoon Movies……...p. 8<br />
Membership Information……...p. 7<br />
President’s Message………......p. 7<br />
PeoPle’s ChoiCe AwArd<br />
Teen Tangent.…………………...p. 4-5<br />
This n’ That………………………p. 6<br />
Volunteer Opportunities……….p. 7<br />
Caldwell and West Caldwell residents were invited to enter a<br />
Chocolate Lovers Delight Contest. They were asked to submit<br />
any type of chocolate dessert made from scratch with the recipe for<br />
their dessert.<br />
The desserts were judged on taste, degree of difficulty and overall<br />
presentation.<br />
Judging was held in the evening on February 15th. The judges were<br />
Victoria Atfield, a Culinary Arts teacher at the Vocational School,<br />
Joseph Cecere, a West Caldwell Councilman, Judy Crawford, a retired<br />
Home Economics teacher from West Essex H.S. and Irena Miele of<br />
Miele’s Bakery in Caldwell.<br />
Winning Desserts:<br />
First Place~ Suzy von Lengerke<br />
Hazelnut Almond Dacquoise<br />
Second Place~ Jim Weingartner<br />
Chocolate Tart<br />
Third Place~ Rosa DaGraca<br />
Chocolate Suicide<br />
People’s Choice Award~ JimWeingartner<br />
Chocolate Tart<br />
The desserts were served to the public after the judging. Yummy!<br />
The first place recipe can be found on the WCPL website.<br />
1st<br />
Museum Passes<br />
All passes are available at the<br />
Reference Desk<br />
Cooper Gristmill<br />
Fosterfields Historical Farm<br />
Historic Speedwell<br />
ImagineThat Museum<br />
Intrepid Museum<br />
Jewish Museum<br />
Montclair Art Museum<br />
Morris Museum<br />
Newark Museum<br />
New York Transit Museum<br />
The Frick Collection<br />
Liberty Science Center<br />
($3 discount on admission)
These programs are free and open to the public, but advance registration is required.<br />
To sign, up, call the Library at 973-226-5441 or online at http://tinyurl.com/WCPL-Events<br />
Women of Achievement Awards Ceremony<br />
Thursday, March 15<br />
at 6:30 pm<br />
Community Room<br />
The West Essex Women’s Club, in honor of<br />
Women’s History Month, will sponsor a Women of<br />
Achievement Awards Ceremony. Local women will be<br />
honored for their volunteerism and outstanding<br />
community service.<br />
Honorees include: Jennifer Hawley, Pamela Licht,<br />
Harriet Schenk, Barbara Spillane and Joanne Zascone.<br />
A reception will follow the awards ceremony.<br />
Girl Talk: A Women’s Poetry Reading<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
1:00 - 4:00 pm<br />
Community Room<br />
In honor of Woman’s History<br />
Month, Diane Lockward, awardwinning<br />
local poet, will feature<br />
thirty female poets from<br />
throughout New Jersey. They<br />
will read some of their<br />
published poems dealing with<br />
various women’s issues.<br />
Several poets will be autographing and selling<br />
copies of their poetry anthologies.<br />
Irish Folk Music<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
at 2:00 pm<br />
Community Room<br />
The Magic Flute<br />
Saturday, April 14<br />
at 1:00 pm<br />
Community Room<br />
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, award-winning<br />
guitarist and vocalist Mark Kilianski and fiddler Deb<br />
Shebish will present a concert of Irish Folk Music. They<br />
will perform traditional Irish folk ballads, such as<br />
MacArthur Road and Frank’s Reel, The Wild Rover,<br />
and The Wind that Shakes the Barley as well as some<br />
original Irish folk songs composed by Kilianski.<br />
This concert is co-sponsored by the Friends of the<br />
Library.<br />
Have you renewed your<br />
membership for <strong>2018</strong>?<br />
Do it today!<br />
Opera Theatre of Montclair will present a familyfriendly,<br />
abridged production of Mozart’s, The Magic<br />
Flute. Adults and children will enjoy this fully<br />
costumed fairy tale with a theme of love and good<br />
versus evil. It’s a fun-filled story of fantasy and<br />
adventure involving a prince, a deadly serpent, a<br />
funny bird catcher named Papageno and a beautiful<br />
princess who must be rescued.<br />
Children volunteers from the audience will play<br />
the roles of dragons, forest animals, spirits and baby<br />
birds.<br />
This program is co-sponsored by the Friends of<br />
the Library.<br />
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These programs are free and open to the public, but advance registration is required.<br />
To sign, up, call the Library at 973-226-5441 or online at http://tinyurl.com/WCPL-Events<br />
Folk Song Hootenany<br />
Sunday, April 22<br />
at 2:00 pm<br />
Community Room<br />
Husband and wife duo Gerard and Diane Barros will present a concert featuring music<br />
from the fifties, sixties and seventies. This all acoustic guitar and percussion show features<br />
timeless “coffee house” classics by such as artists as Peter, Paul and Mary, Simon &<br />
Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Emmy Lou Harris, the Everly Brothers and many others.<br />
This concert is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Library.<br />
Poetry Reading by Charlotte Mandel<br />
Sunday, April 29<br />
at 2:00 pm<br />
Community Room<br />
Award-winning local poet<br />
Charlotte Mandel will read poems<br />
from her new anthology, To Be the<br />
Daylight. Her skillful poetic form<br />
lights up moments of human<br />
connection while dealing with the<br />
chaos of world news. Her writing<br />
describes her journeys from<br />
childhood on a Coney Island beach<br />
to her feminist leap from muteness<br />
to strength and finally to discovery of inner peace.<br />
Copies of the poetry collection will be available for<br />
sale and signing after the reading.<br />
Slide Lecture-<br />
<strong>Spring</strong>steen and His Layered Lyrics<br />
Thursday May 3<br />
at 6:30 pm<br />
Community Room<br />
Bruce <strong>Spring</strong>steen’s lyrics will be the<br />
focus of a slide-lecture by Dr.<br />
Prudence Jones, Professor of<br />
Classics and Humanities at<br />
Montclair State University. She will<br />
discuss the way <strong>Spring</strong>steen’s music<br />
has been influenced by the<br />
American folk tradition. The Boss<br />
has created new sounds and<br />
messages through experimental<br />
reinterpretation of folk traditions.<br />
Learn about some of the works<br />
that have influenced one of New<br />
Jersey’s most celebrated musical<br />
artists.<br />
This program is funded by the Public Scholars<br />
Project of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.<br />
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Women Justices of the<br />
U.S. Supreme Court<br />
Thursday., May 10<br />
at 6:30 pm<br />
Community Room<br />
Actress and author<br />
Trish Chambers will<br />
portray the four women,<br />
Sandra Day O’Connor,<br />
Ruth Bader Ginsburg,<br />
Sonia Sotomayor and<br />
Elena Kagen, who have<br />
achieved the position of<br />
Supreme Court Justices. Learn how their unique<br />
personalities and determination enabled them to<br />
break the glass ceiling to take their place in history<br />
as they vote to interpret the intentions of the<br />
founding fathers of the U.S. Constitution.<br />
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the<br />
Library.<br />
The Allegro Singers<br />
Sunday, May 20<br />
at 3:00 pm<br />
The Allegro Singers, under the<br />
direction of pianist Inna Leytush,<br />
will present a concert entitled<br />
Tribute to Rachmaninoff. In a<br />
celebration of the 145 th<br />
anniversary of the Russian<br />
composer, Sergei Rachmaninoff, soloists will<br />
perform some of his famous art songs and a medley<br />
from his opera Aleko.<br />
Music by other composers born in May, such as<br />
Brahms, Massenet and Tchaikovsky, will also be<br />
performed. The soloists will be accompanied by<br />
the award-winning pianist Inna Leytush.<br />
This concert is co-sponsored<br />
by the Friends of the Library.
Children’s<br />
Corner<br />
Special Events in the Children’s Room<br />
Moana Morning<br />
Ages 4 and up<br />
Saturday, March 3 at 10:30 am<br />
Join us for a morning inspired by Moana with<br />
stories, snack and crafts.<br />
Lego Storytime<br />
Grades K and up<br />
Wednesday, March 7 at 6:00 pm<br />
Listen to a story and have fun building with Lego<br />
Blocks. There will be building challenges and free<br />
building time.<br />
Chess Club<br />
Mondays, March 12, April 23, May 21 at 3:30 pm<br />
This is a teen-led club available for students in<br />
grades 1-6.<br />
Children’s programs are open to West<br />
Caldwell, Caldwell and paid cardholders only.<br />
Registration is required for all programs,<br />
unless noted.<br />
Registration for <strong>Spring</strong> Series programs<br />
will begin on Monday, March 26 for West<br />
Caldwell and paid cardholders, and on<br />
Monday, April 2 for Caldwell cardholders.<br />
Please call or visit the library for more<br />
information about these programs.<br />
973-226-5441<br />
TEEN TANGENT continued from page 5<br />
A<br />
Special<br />
Week of<br />
Technology<br />
For Teens<br />
& Preteens<br />
Teen Tech Week<br />
March 5– March 10<br />
Monday, March 5<br />
TeenMaker Monday: Instagram Photo Bookmarks<br />
Grades 5-12 at 5:30-6:30 pm<br />
Edit, resize and crop your Instagram photos. Once you finish<br />
editing your photos online, you can print and laminate them for<br />
the perfect bookmark.<br />
Tuesday, March 6<br />
Write Night: Technology Writing Prompts<br />
Grades 5-12 at 6:00 pm<br />
Create stories based on tech writing prompts! Post your work on<br />
our blog.<br />
Wednesday, March 7<br />
Hour of Code: Create Your Own Video Game<br />
Grades 7-12 at 4:00 pm<br />
Learn what it takes to create a video game. Challenge your friends<br />
to play your game once you’ve finished making it!<br />
Thursday, March 8<br />
3D Printing Design<br />
Grades 5-12 at 4:00 pm<br />
Learn how to use the software for making 3D prints. Enter to win<br />
one free print!<br />
Friday March 9<br />
LittleBits Challenges<br />
Grades 5-12 at 4:00 pm<br />
Do you have what it takes to complete the LittleBits challenges?<br />
Come to the library and find out!<br />
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Register for all programs at wcplnj.org or<br />
call the Library at 973-226-5441<br />
Chess Club<br />
For Grades 1-12<br />
Selected Mondays 3:30-4:30 pm<br />
3/12, 4/23, 5/21<br />
This is a teen-led club available for students in<br />
grades 1-6. Teens will receive volunteer hours<br />
for leading this program<br />
Sign up to volunteer at: http://<br />
signup.com/go/ZbrAB5<br />
Teen Advisory Group (TAG)<br />
For Ages 13 and Up<br />
Selected Tuesdays from 6:00-7:00 pm<br />
3/20, 4/3, 5/1, 6/5<br />
Volunteers discuss changes to the library and<br />
how it serves teens. This includes deciding<br />
what programs to establish for teens, what type<br />
of crafts for each TeenMaker Mondays, YA<br />
books that could be purchased, and so much<br />
more!<br />
Teens will receive volunteer hours for<br />
attending TAG meetings.<br />
Sign up to volunteer at: http://signup.com/<br />
go/ZbrAB5<br />
Write Night<br />
Ages 13 and Up<br />
3/6, 4/17 & 5/8 at 6:00 pm<br />
Join us for monthly write nights! Choose a<br />
prompt and get your stories going! You are<br />
more than welcome to publish your work on<br />
our blog!<br />
TeenMaker Monday<br />
For Grades 7-12<br />
4/9 & 5/14 at 5:30-6:30 pm<br />
Join this monthly craft club to make something<br />
awesome. We provide the supplies, you bring<br />
the creativity! Participants can offer suggestions<br />
for future projects.<br />
Board Games Challenges<br />
For Grades 5-12<br />
3/24 at 2:30 pm & 5/26 at 2:00 pm<br />
Visit the library and play some of your favorite<br />
board games with your friends.<br />
Card Games: 500 Rummy<br />
For Grades 5-12<br />
4/14 at 2:00 pm<br />
Stop in the library and learn how to play 500 Rummy.<br />
Saturday Gaming Tournament<br />
For Grades 5-12<br />
5/5 - 11:00 am to 1:00 pm<br />
Challenge each other to some popular Wii games such as,<br />
Mario Cart, Super Smash Bros., Wii Sports, and more!<br />
SAT vs. ACT<br />
4/7 at 1:00 pm<br />
This informative presentation by C2 Education in West<br />
Caldwell will go over the differences between the SAT and<br />
ACT. C2 will help you to determine which test is the best<br />
fit for you, as well as answering any questions you may<br />
have about the two exams.<br />
Let’s Talk Apps!<br />
Ages 13 and up<br />
4/25 at 4:00 pm<br />
Looking for new apps for entertainment, health, school<br />
related or more? Interested in discussing your favorite<br />
apps or the new updates? Come to this discussion to share<br />
anything app related.<br />
Marble Roller Coasters<br />
For Grades 7-12<br />
5/22 at 6:oo-7:30 pm<br />
Build incredible sturdy paper roller coasters out of heavy<br />
paper strips and tape! Use marbles on your roller coaster<br />
and see if it withholds the test runs.<br />
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Seeing Eye Puppies in<br />
Training<br />
On February 2, the Library<br />
hosted five dogs with their<br />
trainers from the Essex County<br />
Puppy Club, a chapter of the<br />
Seeing Eye Puppy Project. They<br />
presented their program to a full<br />
house of spectators.<br />
This club actively participates<br />
in raising puppies for the Seeing Eye, which involves<br />
organizing events and activities, outside of training, to<br />
further expose the pups to environments they will be<br />
expected to work as adult guide dogs. The club has<br />
more than fifty families raising dogs.
This n’ That<br />
Meet Richelle DeFrank<br />
Teen and Emerging Technology Librarian<br />
Richelle DeFrank has joined the staff of the West Caldwell Public Library as the<br />
Teen Librarian. She received her bachelor’s degree in Family and Child Studies from<br />
Montclair State University and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Library<br />
Science at Rutgers University. Richelle worked at the Fairfield Free Public Library as<br />
the Adult Event Coordinator before coming to West Caldwell.<br />
Richelle enjoys reading, crocheting, learning new things, traveling, and hanging out<br />
with family and friends. She is looking forward to meeting and working with teenagers.<br />
Her goal is to provide exciting programs for the teens to attend and enjoy. The<br />
numerous programs listed on pages 4 and 5 are an example of the variety of events she<br />
has planned for our teen patrons.<br />
Welcome Richelle!<br />
Join us at the Library for an exciting day!<br />
Fourth Annual NJ Makers Day<br />
Saturday, March 10 from 10:00 am to 3:oo pm<br />
Stations will be set up around the Library where patrons can play with Strawbees, Snap Circuits, Ozobots.<br />
Little Bits Electronic Building Blocks, Squishy Circuits, our Makey Makey Invention Kit and the ever popular,<br />
Button Maker. Children will have an opportunity to “fingerknit” and can play Qbitz, Zingo, Apples to Apples<br />
and other board and card games. Younger children will enjoy making Minecraft paper collages as well as a<br />
special caterpillar craft in the Children’s Room.<br />
Special Events in the Community Room:<br />
11:00 am 4H Lego Club will have a drop-in build program.<br />
12:00 pm 4H Crafty Clovers will be doing a craft for elementary aged students.<br />
1:00 pm Shop Rite West Caldwell’s nutritionist will demonstrate how to make-your-own trail mix<br />
bar with whole grains and yummy fruits.<br />
2:00 pm Teens are invited to make tie-dye shirts.<br />
Our Ultimake 2+3D Printer will be printing all day so patrons can see how it works.<br />
For a fee, all West Caldwell patrons and any student in the Greater West Essex area can print physical objects<br />
on the printer. Contact the WCPL for details or email, ya@westcaldwell.bccls.org.<br />
Don’t miss this fun-filled day!<br />
Look!<br />
New Computers at the Library!<br />
Food Pantry<br />
Collection<br />
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The Friends of the<br />
Library will continue to<br />
collect non-perishable<br />
items for the Caldwell Food Pantry. Donations<br />
are needed all year long.<br />
We appreciate the generosity of the library<br />
patrons thus far and hope to continue to provide<br />
assistance to those who are less fortunate.
From the Desk of the President<br />
Arlene Berkowitz<br />
As the Library moves into the spring<br />
months many exciting events are planned.<br />
Programs sponsored by the Friends include<br />
a Folk Music Hootenany, Irish Folk Music,<br />
The Magic Flute, The Allegro Singers and<br />
Women Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.<br />
In addition, the Women’s Club of West Essex will be<br />
honoring five local women for outstanding community<br />
service.<br />
Maybe you have seen the Purple Heart that is displayed<br />
in our library. The medal was awarded to Air Force Lt.<br />
Brian W. Slavell, a West Caldwell native, who served during<br />
World War II. His family received this medal fifty-nine<br />
years after his death. A future fall program that I am<br />
looking into involves honoring military veterans in our<br />
community. Please contact arleneberko@yahoo.com if you<br />
have an interest or expertise in this subject matter.<br />
The Board of the Friends will again be participating in<br />
the successful Makers Day events on March 10th. Stop at<br />
the Friends table to see us and to renew your membership<br />
for <strong>2018</strong> if you haven’t done so already.<br />
The Friends welcome all ideas and suggestions for<br />
programs, fund-raisers and projects to help the Library. If<br />
you can give some time or contribute ideas to the one of the<br />
committees listed below, please contact the chairperson.<br />
Hospitality Toni DeFilippis: arleneberko@yahoo.com<br />
Publicity Renee Reiser or Elaine Stout :<br />
reneereiser@verizon.net<br />
estout59@verizon.net<br />
Programs Arlene Berkowitz: arleneberko@yahoo.com<br />
Fundraising/ Harriet Schenk: cinn195@aol.com<br />
Special Projects<br />
Membership Sharon Glauberg, sbglauberg@aol.com<br />
Food Pantry Harriet Schenk– cinn195@aol.com<br />
We look forward to hearing from you and appreciate<br />
your help in our efforts to make our Library the best it can<br />
be.<br />
Please extend a warm welcome to our Teen and Emerging<br />
Technology Librarian, Richelle De Frank.<br />
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION<br />
___ Yes, I want to be a Friend!<br />
___ Renewal ___ New Membership<br />
____ Individual/Family $15.00<br />
____ Library Lover $25.00<br />
____ Bookworm $50.00<br />
____ Bibliophile $100.00<br />
Date:__________________________<br />
Name: _________________________<br />
Address: _______________________<br />
Telephone: _____________________<br />
E-mail: ________________________<br />
___YES, I want to volunteer some of<br />
my time to the Friends to help the<br />
Library.<br />
___ Sorry, I am unable to volunteer my<br />
time.<br />
___YES, my employer has a matching<br />
grant program.<br />
Enclosed is my annual contribution.<br />
Mail to:<br />
Friends of the West Caldwell<br />
Public Library<br />
30 Clinton Road<br />
West Caldwell, NJ 07006<br />
The Friends of the West Caldwell Public Library is a<br />
non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.<br />
Your contributions are tax deductible.<br />
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're<br />
worthless, but because they're priceless.<br />
- Sherry Anderson<br />
***Know Your Library Board of Trustees***<br />
Sharon Talis Morrissey has lived in the Caldwells for over 50 years. From an early age<br />
she enjoyed her local libraries and has nourished her mind, body and soul through reading.<br />
She is a lifelong learner and holds a Finance Degree from Villanova University, an MBA from<br />
Fairleigh Dickinson University, and a master’s in Education Leadership from Saint Peter’s<br />
University.<br />
Sharon was a founding member of the Friends of West Essex Book Club which later<br />
evolved into the the Read-Its Book Club. This club has been meeting on a monthly basis for<br />
over 20 years. Her favorite book is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.<br />
While raising her five children with her husband, Tom, a common joke during chaotic times was that if she<br />
went missing she was either on a deserted island or at the library. One of her fondest memories while<br />
childrearing was reading bedtime stories to her children.<br />
Sharon is an avid runner and has competed in over twenty marathons and ultra-marathons. Wherever her<br />
travels take her she is sure to stop in at the local public library.<br />
She has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the West Caldwell Public Library since January 2016.<br />
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Friends of the West Caldwell Public Library<br />
30 Clinton Road West Caldwell, NJ 07006<br />
973-226-5441 http://wcplnj.org<br />
West Caldwell Public Library<br />
30 Clinton Road<br />
West Caldwell, NJ 07006<br />
Non-Profit Org.<br />
U.S. Postage<br />
Paid<br />
West Caldwell, NJ<br />
Permit No. 16<br />
Library Hours<br />
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 9:00 am—8:00 pm<br />
Friday 9:oo am-6:00 pm<br />
Saturday 9:00 am—5:00pm (9:00 am –1:00 pm in summer)<br />
Executive Board of The Friends of<br />
the West Caldwell Public Library<br />
President<br />
Arlene Berkowitz<br />
Vice President<br />
Harriet Schenk<br />
Treasurer<br />
Sharon Glauberg<br />
Corresponding Secretary<br />
Jane Berisso<br />
Recording Secretary<br />
Bernice Engel<br />
Members-at-Large<br />
Toni DeFilippis Michael Mandzik<br />
Ralph Franzese Renee Reiser<br />
Elaine Stout<br />
Membership Chairman<br />
Audrey Ott<br />
Director of the Library<br />
Samantha McCoy<br />
InfoBytes Co-Editors: Renee Reiser /Elaine Stout<br />
Contributors to the InfoBytes:<br />
Arlene Berkowitz, Richelle DeFrank, Ethan Galvin, Linda Garfinkel,<br />
Amy Moran, Barbara Paterson<br />
Friendly Book Discussion Groups<br />
Led by Barbara Paterson<br />
Come to a lively book discussion group at Crane’s<br />
Mill or at the West Caldwell Public Library. Copies<br />
of the books are available at the Library’s Reference<br />
Desk. Members of the general public are invited to<br />
attend these free programs.<br />
Night Time Read<br />
West Caldwell Library at 6:30 pm<br />
Tues. Mar. 13<br />
Tues. Apr. 10<br />
Tues. May 8<br />
The Sleepwalker by Chris Bohjalian<br />
Believe by Eric LeGrand<br />
*TBD<br />
Read It<br />
Crane’s Mill at 10:45 am<br />
Thurs. Mar. 22 The Sleepwalker by Chris Bohjalian<br />
Thurs. Apr. 12 Believe by Eric LeGrand<br />
Thurs. May 10 *TBD<br />
* Timely delivery of books may be an issue.<br />
Friday Afternoon at the Movies<br />
Showtime: 1:00 pm<br />
March 2: Victoria & Abdul (PG-13, 2017) 112 min.<br />
March 9: Wonder (PG, 2017) 113 min.<br />
March 16: Murder on the Orient Express (PG-13, 2017)<br />
114 min.<br />
March 23: Brad’s Status (R, 2017) 102 min.<br />
March 30: NO MOVIE (Good Friday) Library Closed<br />
April 6 Darkest Hour (PG-13, 2017) 125 min.<br />
April 13: The Greatest Showman (PG, 2017) 105 min.<br />
April 20: The Shape of Water (R, 2017) 123 min.<br />
April 27: The Post (PG-13, 2017) 116 min.<br />
May 4: All the Money in the World (R, 2017)<br />
132 min.<br />
May 11 Lady Bird (R, 2017) 94 min.<br />
May 18: Phantom Thread (R, 2017) 130 min.<br />
May 25: Florida Project (R, 2017) 111 min.<br />
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