On Saturday March 10, donate a gently used book or healthful nonperishable food item at the Southwest Library, and choose a donated book in return! A maximum of three items may be exchanged.
Celebrate the DC Public Library Read In and Women's History Month by joining the Southwest staff for "A Poem On the Hour." Each hour on the hour, staff will read a great poem by a significant woman poet such as Emily Dickinson, Jane Kenyon, Mary Oliver and Sonia Sanchez.
The younger set will enjoy Family Story Time starting at 10:30 a.m. This half-hour long program for preschoolers, includes stories and songs, rhymes and movement.
Join the Southwest Library for weekly independent films featuring youth and young adult themes that "flip the bird" at authority, conformity and the mainstream! Movies are scheduled every Friday from 3:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Popcorn is provided for opening night film on Friday, March 2, 2012. March is Women's History month, so the following films, depicting strong young women, are scheduled:
March 2, 2012
"V For Vendetta" (2005, Rated R)
A shadowy freedom fighter known only as "V" uses terrorist tactics to fight against his totalitarian society. Upon rescuing a girl from the secret police, he also finds his best chance at having an ally.
The discussion of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins scheduled for Sat., Feb. 18, has been postponed, and will be rescheduled for a later date to be determined.
The new date will be announced on this page.
Enjoy three great films in celebration of Back History Month at the Southwest Library. Screenings begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be held in the upstairs meetinng room.
Mon., Feb. 6 The Great White Hope
Mon., Feb. 13 Cabin in the Sky
Mon., Feb. 20 No film--library closed
Mon., Feb. 27 Akeela and the Bee
All are welcome to attend the weekly Southwest Library Computer Class, held Thursday from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.
February classes include Introduction to Microsoft Excel (Feb. 2), Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint (Feb. 9), Introduction to Personal Computers (Feb. 16) and Internet Basics (Feb. 23).
Please join the Southwest Library's monthly Kitchen Table Book Discussion, held the last Saturday of the month from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
This month's discussion, scheduled for Sat., Feb. 25, will feature a conversation about Elie Wiesel's haunting memoir, Night.
Don't miss it...Wednesday, Feb. 8, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., featuring the dynamic DC Youth Poetry Slam Team. Writers and performers of all kinds and all ages are invited to share their talents in a supportive 
environment--the southwest Neighborhood Library. The suggested theme for February's open mic is "Creating African-American History."
All promising singers/poets/beat makers/rappers/actors are encouraged to sign up and participate at Southwest library. A subsequent open mic night is scheduled for March 14 with the suggested theme: "Honoring Women Writers/Performer/Activists," also from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
The Hunger Games is the first book of a scintillating trilogy by Suzanne Collins. It is written from the protagonist's point of view, 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in a future dystopian world in the country of Panem with 13 districts where North America once existed. The Capitol, a highly advanced metropolis, holds absolute power over the rest of the nation, which they abuse by keeping citizens on the brink of starvation.
Southwest Neighborhood Library presents. . ."Home Girl to Home Girl" Southwest's new teen girls club.
Who?
D.C. teen girls, ages 14 to 17.
What?
A teen girls club, All about you!
When?
Held every first and third Thursday of each month from 4 to 5 p.m.
Where?
Southwest Neighborhood Library
900 Wesley Place S.W.
Why?
Because we have a lot to talk about!
