Yakima Valley Reads: The Only Woman in the Room

OCTOBER 1 – NOVEMBER 7

Pick up a free book at your nearest community library beginning October 1st! Giveaway books are generously sponsored by the Yakima Valley Libraries Foundation, available while supplies last.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

An Evening with Marie Benedict

Thursday, November 7th, 6:30pm – 8:00pm

The Seasons Performance Hall (101 N. Naches Ave, Yakima)^{Driving Directions}

While practicing as a lawyer, Marie Benedict dreamed of a job unearthing the hidden historical stories of women — and finally found it when she tried her hand at writing a series of historical novels, beginning with THE OTHER EINSTEIN, which tells the tale of Albert Einstein’s first wife, a physicist herself, and the role she might have played in his theories. The next novel in this series bestselling CARNEGIE’S MAID, followed by New York Times bestseller THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE ROOM, which published in January of 2019.

Join us at The Seasons for a keynote talk and book signing with, Marie Benedict. ADMISSION IS FREE!

FILM SCREENINGS

	Come Live With Me Yakima Central Library Saturday, October 5th @ 11:00am Lovely refugee Johnny Jones (Hedy Lamarr) is having an affair with publisher Barton Kendrick (Ian Hunter), but he is married to Diana (Verree Teasdale). When Johnny finds she has a week to either marry or be deported, she settles on struggling novelist Bill Smith (James “Jimmy” Stewart), who agrees to marry her for a $17.80 weekly salary. When Barton proposes to divorce his wife and marry her, Johnny breaks the news that she is already married. All four lovers must decide whom they truly love. Run-time: 86 minutes
	Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story Sunnyside Community Library Saturday, October 12th @ 1:00pm Austrian actress Hedy Lamarr fled an oppressive marriage to create a name for herself as one of Hollywood’s top leading ladies in the 1940s. Behind the glamour and sex appeal, though, was a talented and inquisitive inventor who created a radio system that is now considered the basis of Bluetooth technology. Run time: 90 minutes.
	Comrade X Yakima Central Library Sunday, October 20th @ 2:00pm Journalist McKinley “Mac” Thompson (Clark Gable) is on assignment in pre-World War II Moscow and secretly files uncensored stories critical of the Stalinist government with an American newspaper. Hotel valet Vanya (Felix Bressart) discovers his true identity and blackmails him into spiriting his beloved daughter, a Communist streetcar driver who calls herself Theodore (Hedy Lamarr), out of Russia. Mac agrees to get her out, but faces obstacles of farcical proportions. Run time: 104 minutes
	Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story West Valley Community Library Saturday, October 26th @ 2:00pm Austrian actress Hedy Lamarr fled an oppressive marriage to create a name for herself as one of Hollywood’s top leading ladies in the 1940s. Behind the glamour and sex appeal, though, was a talented and inquisitive inventor who created a radio system that is now considered the basis of Bluetooth technology. Run time: 90 minutes.
	Boom Town Yakima Central Library Saturday, November 2nd @ 11:00am Two rogue Texas oil men, “Big John” McMasters (Clark Gable) and “Square John” Sand (Spencer Tracy), drill oil wells in fields where there is no known oil. These wildcatters team up with a local drilling equipment owner, Luther Aldrich (Frank Morgan), and strike it rich — but the ups and downs of the oil business, the whims of South American politics, and the love of Elizabeth “Betsy” Bartlett (Claudette Colbert) threaten to tear the two friends apart. Run time: 119 minutes