One Maryland One Book Programs

All programs are free and open to the public.

Sat. June 14 - Mon. Sept. 15: Teen You Tube and Writing Contest.

Mon. August 18, 6:30 -7:30. Book Discussion: A Hope in the Unseen. Evening Book Group. Open to all. Main Branch Library, Easton.

Thurs. August 21, 5:00p.m. : Film: “Antwone Fisher”, 2002. Fisher, a young navy man, is forced to see a psychiatrist after a violent outburst against a fellow crewman. During the course of treatment, a painful past is revealed and a new hope begins. Directed by Denzel Washington. 120 minutes. Rated PG-13. Main Branch Library, Easton

Thurs. Aug. 28, 5:00 p.m. Film: “Freedom Writers”, 2007. Assigned the thankless task of teaching freshman English at a gang-infested Long Beach, CA high school, a 23-year-old teacher resorts to unconventional means of breaking through to her hardened students in director Richard LaGravenese.s adaptation of Erin Gruwell.s best-seller The Freedom Writer.s Diaries: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them. Her students have been written off, and her chances of succeeding scoffed at, but Erin Gruwell (Hilary Swank) isn't about to go down without a fight. 122 minutes. Rated PG-13. Main Branch Library, Easton

Thurs. Sept. 4, 5:00 p.m. Film: “Akeelah and the Bee”, 2006. Eleven-year-old Akeelah Anderson.s life is not easy. She.s smart, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school.s principal, Akeelah participates in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from an English professor named Dr. Larabee for the more prestigious regional bee. As the possibility of making it all the way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee looms, Akeelah provides her community with someone to rally around and be proud of.but only if she can overcome her insecurities and distracting home life. 188 minutes. Rated PG. Main Branch Library, Easton

Sat. Sept. 6, 10:00 a.m. Book Discussion: A Hope in the Unseen. Main Branch Library, Easton.

Thurs. Sept. 18th at 7:00 p.m. Performance: “Martin and Malcolm”. Location: Avalon Theater, Easton. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X had radical, and often clashing, visions. Now is your chance to observe and join in on what is sure to be a contentious and thought-provoking conversation about race in America. Moderated by veteran talk show host Marc Steiner, .Martin and Malcolm: One Vision.Two Voices. features performers Bill Grimmette as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Charles Everett Pace as Malcolm X.

Thurs. Sept. 25, 6:30 . 7:30 p.m. Book Discussion: A Hope in the Unseen.