Category Archive: Adult

Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists

November 2, 2011

November 2, 2011

Did you know that art thefts are still today a popular criminal activity? Written by a team made up of an art museum security expert, Anthony Amore, and investigative journalist, Tom Mashberg, this fascinating true-life story about famous art heists will entertain you. The Washington Post calls Stealing Rembrandts a “compelling story” and The Christian Science Monitor says it is a “quick and entertaining read.” Check it out.

 

Want more real-life stories about art heists throughout history and around the world? Join us next Thursday night at 7 pm here in Hopewell for a program we’re bringing you in collaboration with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Click here for more information.

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Learn about a Prince George WWII Veteran at the Prince George Library

October 31, 2011

October 31, 2011

Pay tribute to our Veterans at the Prince George Library on Thursday, November 10th at 6:00 pm as the library welcomes author James Breig. Mr. Breig is the author of Searching for Sgt. Bailey: Saluting an Ordinary Soldier of World War II which chronicles the life of Army Sgt. James Boisseau Bailey, a Prince George man serving in World War II.

Inspired by letters found in an antique shop, James Breig began to search them for telltale clues to the soldier’s life and for hidden hints about Sgt. Bailey’s fears, worries, and hopes. Through this search Searching for Sgt. Bailey was born and Mr. Breig reclaims one forgotten serviceman from obscurity while also capturing Army life during this time.

Edward Zapletal, publisher for History Magazine, says “It’s a human failing that we take for granted the efforts of those who toil in the background … James Breig gives us reason to pause and live a few moments in the life of Sergeant Bailey, an average World War II soldier. Let’s not forget him or any of the others, regardless of the conflict or the size of their sacrifices.”

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Stranger than Fiction: Great Art Heists in History

October 26, 2011

October 26, 2011

Come discover what Japanese gangsters, bear spray, and daring boat getaways have in common with famous art thefts. You’ll travel the globe learning why museums from Amsterdam to Zimbabwe have been targets for thieves and what tools the thieves used to elude detection. Find out who got caught…and who did not!

Hopewell Library

Thursday, November 10

7:00 pm

 
ARLS is partnering with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to bring you Stranger than Fiction: Great Art Heists in History, presented by VMFA’s budget director, Anne Kenny-Urban. Ms. Kenny-Urban has worked in a variety of capacities and venues in the art world, including Christie’s auction house in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Field Museum of Natural History. A native Richmonder, Ms. Kenny-Urban earned an AB in comparative literature from Princeton University as well as a diploma from the Christie’s Fine Arts Course in London. She holds a master’s degree in art history from the University of Chicago and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

This program has been organized by the VMFA Office of Statewide Partnerships and is funded, in part, by the Jean Stafford Camp Memorial Fund.

The library has added several new titles to its collection that illuminate some of the most famous art heists. Check them out.

For more information or to register, please call (804) 458-6329 X 1005 or see the librarian at the Information Desk.

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Create or Update Your Resume, Assess Yourself & Search for Jobs

October 22, 2011

October 22, 2011


Unemployed? Ready to make a job change? Need to update your resume? Join us for a FREE resume building and job seeking workshop on this Thursday, October 25 from 10-11:30 am. The primary focus of the workshop will be resume building, though you’ll also be guided step-by-step through several features of the library’s newest tool, Career Transitions, including career interest assessment, educational options, and job searches. Time will be allotted for questions.

Registration is required; call 458-6329 extension 1005. You may also email register@arls.org to register for either event.

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Shari’s Nonprofit Pick: Results Now for Nonprofits

October 17, 2011

October 17, 2011

Capacity-building expert and MBA/PhD author of Results Now, Mark Light, identifies four pillars of high performance: purpose, strategy, operations, and governance. He also identifies seven realities that make high performance a challenge for nonprofit organizations: limited time, imperfect knowledge, size of the board, composition of the board, fundability, continuity, and executive director inexperience. The good news is that he offers the Results Now master plan and outlines it in the pages of this important book. You will be asked five questions. Answer them, and the author says, “In no time at all, you can develop a simple master plan that your company can put to immediate use.” You’ll want to read this book. Check it out.

Need funding? There are still a few spots available in Find Funding (free, but registration is required). Also, whether you’re already serving on a nonprofit board or are thinking about board service, don’t miss Building Blocks for Nonprofit Board Members.

 

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Investigate Civil War Ghosts in Dinwiddie

October 17, 2011

October 17, 2011

Richmond Macabre

Check out Beth Brown's "Richmond Macabre" at ARLS.

Local author Beth Brown will haunt the Dinwiddie Branch of the Appomattox Regional Library on October 28, 2011 at 5 p.m. Join us and learn about battlefield haunts of the Southeast. Her talk will include many lesser-known paranormal hotspots. She will also discuss how to investigate paranormal locations on your own, safely and legally.

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Hear haunting tales at the Prince George Library

October 13, 2011

October 13, 2011

Author L. B. Taylor shares ghost stories October 13th at 6 pm in Prince George.

Virginia author L. B. Taylor brings mystery and mayhem to the Prince George Library Thursday, October 13th at 6:00 pm. Mr. Taylor has researched psychic phenomena in Virginia and will be sharing his ghostly discoveries with those who attend this free event.

This event is a part of the Appomattox Regional Library System’s month of Mystery and Mayhem this October. The mayhem continues with events for teens, tweens and little goblins later in the month and wraps up with a visit from author Beth Brown in Dinwiddie on October 28th. For more information on this and all other programming at the library, please call 804-861-0322.

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Meet Donna Andrews

October 3, 2011

October 3, 2011

Meet Donna Andrews Oct 8 at the Hopewell Library

Donna Andrews’ latest book is more of the same. That’s not a bad thing!

Andrews, a resident of northern Virginia, has carved out a niche for herself in the world of mystery novels. Her “Meg Lanslow” series features a group of eccentric and memorable characters associated with the fictional Virginia “Caerphilly College.” Meg’s husband teaches at the college, which brings her into contact with a large community, in which murders happen with some regularity- usually around one per novel.

Donna’s latest novel is entitled “The Real Macaw.” It places Meg in the trying predicament of having a menagerie of assorted animals dumped on her due to the closing of an animal shelter while she attempts to take care of her own newborn twins! To top it off, the volunteer who transported all the animals to Meg’s farm turns up dead. One more thing to deal with!

Andrews’ approach to the mystery novel is to keep things light and funny, focus on characters, and to weave the murder into the tapestry seamlessly. The reader will have no sharp intakes of breath, but plenty of chuckles. Want to know how Andrews does it? Why not ask her yourself?

Donna Andrews will be speaking at the Hopewell Library at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday October 8, at the Hopewell/Prince George Friends of the Library Fall Meeting. Also bring a bag lunch and join us at 1pm for a book discussion led by Librarian Chris Wiegard before meeting Ms. Andrews.

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Hear haunting tales at the Prince George Library

October 3, 2011

October 3, 2011

Author L. B. Taylor shares ghost stories October 13th at 6 pm in Prince George.

Virginia author L. B. Taylor brings mystery and mayhem to the Prince George Library Thursday, October 13th at 6:00 pm. Mr. Taylor has researched psychic phenomena in Virginia and will be sharing his ghostly discoveries with those who attend this free event.

This event is a part of the Appomattox Regional Library System’s month of Mystery and Mayhem this October. The mayhem continues with events for teens, tweens and little goblins later in the month and wraps up with a visit from author Beth Brown in Dinwiddie on October 28th. For more information on this and all other programming at the library, please call 804-861-0322.

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Meet Donna Andrews

September 30, 2011

September 30, 2011

Meet Donna Andrews Oct 8 at the Hopewell Library

Donna Andrews’ latest book is more of the same. That’s not a bad thing!

Andrews, a resident of northern Virginia, has carved out a niche for herself in the world of mystery novels. Her “Meg Lanslow” series features a group of eccentric and memorable characters associated with the fictional Virginia “Caerphilly College.” Meg’s husband teaches at the college, which brings her into contact with a large community, in which murders happen with some regularity- usually around one per novel.

Donna’s latest novel is entitled “The Real Macaw.” It places Meg in the trying predicament of having a menagerie of assorted animals dumped on her due to the closing of an animal shelter while she attempts to take care of her own newborn twins! To top it off, the volunteer who transported all the animals to Meg’s farm turns up dead. One more thing to deal with!

Andrews’ approach to the mystery novel is to keep things light and funny, focus on characters, and to weave the murder into the tapestry seamlessly. The reader will have no sharp intakes of breath, but plenty of chuckles. Want to know how Andrews does it? Why not ask her yourself?

Donna Andrews will be speaking at the Hopewell Library at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday October 8, at the Hopewell/Prince George Friends of the Library Fall Meeting. Also bring a bag lunch and join us at 1pm for a book discussion led by Librarian Chris Wiegard before meeting Ms. Andrews.

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