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Join us on Thursday, March 11 at 7:00 p.m. for Census 101.  Representatives from the United States Census Bureau will be on hand to discuss the 2010 Census. Learn why we do the Census every 10 years and get your Census related questions answered.

Think you know who will win the Oscars this year?  Enter our 2010 Oscar Challenge.  The person with the most correct entries will win a copy of this year's Best Picture.  The last day to enter is March 6. 

Lance Duerfahrd, an assistant professor of visual culture at Purdue University, teaches a class called "Bad Films." Here is his list of five of the worst films from the past couple decades. He stresses that it would be virtually impossible to declare any five movies "the worst of all time," as the universe of bad movies is so immense. (From the Chicago Tribune)

1. Showgirls (1995)
2. The Room (2003)
3. Poseidon (2006)
4. Disaster Movie (2008)
5. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

Our Adult Reading Program, Chill Out and Read!, continues and features a bingo card of choices to complete the program, including books, DVDs, CDs, and more.  To register, please stop by the Information Desk for your Bingo Card and prizes, or print the bingo card at home.  Deadline for the program is not until April 9.

Following is a list a movies with an Olympic Tie-in, however small:

• Blades of Glory
• Chariots of Fire
• Cool Runnings
• The Cutting Edge
• The Long Good Friday
• Miracle
• Munich

Throughout the Olympics, Biography Resource Center will feature profiles of current and past Olympians, perfect for school reports or enquiring minds.  Access is available anytime, anywhere with your library card number. 

Charlie Wilson, the Texan politician depicted in a 2007 movie, died yesterday at the age of 76.  Find out more of his story through the movie

On Wednesday, February 10, Brookfield Public Library will join libraries across the state in “Snapshot: One Day in the Life of Illinois Libraries” to demonstrate the importance of libraries to the state of Illinois.  Collecting information, comments, and photographs from events in a typical library day will show how libraries consistently provide invaluable services to our community.

Record of the Year:  Use Somebody by Kings of Leon 

Album of the Year:  Fearless by Taylor Swift

Song of the Year:  Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) by Beyonce

Complete list of nominees and winners

Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship
over the course of a hot summer. Tomo is a runaway from Nottingham;
Marek lives in the district of Somers Town, between King's Cross and
Euston stations, where his dad is working on a new rail link. The boys
are both infatuated with the same girl, and pass their days bickering
over which of them loves her the most. Finding himself homeless, Tomo
surreptitiously moves into Marek's bedroom - but it's only a matter of
time before Marek's dad discovers what's going on... (Written by
Neil Young, Sunderland)