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Film Series:

"Hillbilly Elegy"
2024-09-12 14:00:00 2024-09-12 16:00:00 America/New_York Film Series: Join us for a screening of the 2020 film adaptation of JD Vance's 2016 memoir. Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library - Meeting Room

Thursday, September 12
2:00pm - 4:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-09-12 14:00:00 2024-09-12 16:00:00 America/New_York Film Series: Join us for a screening of the 2020 film adaptation of JD Vance's 2016 memoir. Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library - Meeting Room

Join us for a screening of the 2020 film adaptation of JD Vance's 2016 memoir.

"Hillbilly Elegy"

The film is about JD Vance, the Appalachian values of his family from Kentucky, and the socioeconomic problems of his hometown of Middletown, Ohio, where his mother's parents moved when they were young. It was directed by Ron Howard and starring Glenn Close and Amy Adams. Rated R 

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Movies & Film |

TAGS: | poverty | memoir | appalachia | alcoholism |

Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library
jlambert@alexlibraryva.org
Phone: 703.746.1704
Fax: 703.746.1775
Branch manager
Jherusha Lambert
Hours
We're closed Monday September 02 due to Labor Day
Mon, Sep 02 Closed
(Labor Day)
Tue, Sep 03 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Sep 04 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Sep 05 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Sep 06 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Sep 07 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Sep 08 1:00PM to 5:00PM
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Mon, Sep 09, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
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Family Storytime - Martes de niños
Tue, Sep 10, 10:15am - 11:15am
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Wed, Sep 11, 10:30am - 12:30pm
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Thu, Sep 12, 11:00am - 12:00pm
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Film Series: - "Hillbilly Elegy"
Thu, Sep 12, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room
Join us for a screening of the 2020 film adaptation of JD Vance's 2016 memoir.
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Fri, Sep 13, 10:15am - 11:15am
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Fri, Sep 13, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
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Trash Trekkers - Burke Branch Walking and Litter Pickup Club
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Mon, Sep 16, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
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Senior Fitness Class
Mon, Sep 16, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Family Storytime - Martes de niños
Tue, Sep 17, 10:15am - 11:15am
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Lego Club
Tue, Sep 17, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Stitcher's Space - Sew, quilt, knit, crochet, embroider! Every Wednesday!
Wed, Sep 18, 10:30am - 12:30pm
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