Events and Classes for Adults

Adults can get in on the summer reading fun too! Submit reviews of the books you read to be entered into raffle drawings for fun prizes throughout the summer. You can pick up paper ballots at the library or track your books and complete your reviews online, using our Beanstack website.

Beanstack also has a free mobile app! To find the app, search for "Beanstack Tracker" in your app store. Then, search for Free Library of Springfield Township in the app to register for our challenge.

JULY 24^TH – INVITATION TO A MURDER - In this homage to Agatha Christie, an amateur detective finds herself caught up in a real-life whodunit. Miranda Green is summoned to the remote mansion of a billionaire along with five mysterious strangers. What do they all have in common? What's become of their absent host? And who just murdered one of the guests? Starring Mischa Barton, Chris Browning. Rated PG-13. 92 mins. (2023)

JULY 31^ST – SHATTERED GLASS -Stephen Glass, a staff writer for the current-events and policy magazine The New Republic and a freelance feature writer, was one of the most sought-after journalists in Washington, D.C., but a bizarre chain of events stopped his career in its tracks. Starring Peter Sarsgaard, Hayden Christensen. Docudrama, Rated PG-13. 94 mins. (2002)

AUGUST 7^TH – SONG SUNG BLUE- Based on a true story and the 2008 documentary film by Greg Kohs, two down-on-their-luck musicians prove that it's never too late to find love and follow your dreams. They form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band called Lightning and Thunder, rising from a humble garage to unexpected hometown stardom. When tragedy strikes, they must find the strength to overcome challenges, but will their love for each other and for music be enough? Starring Kate Hudson, Hugh Jackman. Rated PG-13; 132 mins.; 2026.

AUGUST 14^TH – THE DRESS MAKER - The story of the beautiful and talented Tilly Dunnage who returns home to the Australian outback to reconcile with her eccentric mother Molly after years of working in Paris. Armed with her sewing machine and haute couture style, Tilly transforms the women of the town, exacting sweet revenge on those who did her wrong. Starring Kate Winslet. Rated R; 119 mins.; 2016.

AUGUST 21^ST - SAVING FACE - Wilhelmina is a Chinese-American resident surgeon who has kept her sexual orientation secret from her conservative Chinese community in New York. But when her widowed mother becomes pregnant and is kicked out by her own parents, Wil suddenly has to juggle her mother's secrets with her own and the complications of her personal life and her professional life. Starring Alice Wu, Joan Chen. Rated R; 98 mins; 2004.

AUGUST 28^TH – REAR WINDOW – James Stewart and Grace Kelly star in this Alfred Hitchcock classic. Professional photographer L.B. "Jeff" Jeffries is confined to a wheelchair with a broken leg. When he suspects that a neighbor may have murdered his nagging, invalid wife, Jeffries enlists the help of his stunning socialite girlfriend to investigate the suspicious chain of events. Rated PG; 115 mins.; 1954.