Ambler Book Group: Becoming Madam Secretary
October's pick is Stephanie Dray's Becoming Madam Secretary. The group meets in the afternoon at the Race Street branch, and the library says new members are always welcome, so you can turn up cold.
More at Wissahickon Valley Public Library
Ambler Arts
The Friday craft group runs straight through the fall. Ten to noon, bring your own materials, and pick up a new hobby by watching the person next to you.
First Friday Art for Adults with Developmental Disabilities
A monthly art session for adults with developmental disabilities at the Race Street branch, half past twelve on the first Friday. Free, run by library staff.
Writers Group at Ambler
The writing group picks back up for fall, six in the evening at the Ambler branch. Twice a month, free, and a low-pressure place to read work out loud.
Around the same time
Tri-State Corvette Show
The Tri-State Corvette Club parks its cars in the lot behind the Bank of America at Peddler's Village for the day. Free to walk through, and the shops are open anyway.
Horror in the Shadows: Cat People, I Walked With A Zombie, The Leopard Man
Three Val Lewton and Jacques Tourneur chillers on 16mm, back to back. Shadow, suggestion and sound doing the work that later horror hands to a monster suit.
The Vanishing (1988)
The Dutch original, not the remake. A man spends three years hunting the woman who walked into a rest stop and never came back out. The ending stays with people.
