Rowan Public Library celebrates Doris Day May with four of her most popular films for Tuesday Night at the Movies at the library.
– May 6: “Pillow Talk” (1959). Doris plays Jan Morrow, a New York career girl who shares a party line (that’s a telephone connection for those too young to remember) with a playboy composer (Rock Hudson). Their mutual hatred turns into mutual attraction, but all’s not what it seems. This is the first of the three films in which Doris and Rock co-starred.
– May 13: “That Touch of Mink” (1962). Doris and Cary Grant star in this romantic comedy in which they play opposites who fall in love. The only trouble is Doris wants to marry the suave, wealthy Cary, but he has different ideas.
– May 20: “Send Me No Flowers” (1964). Doris and Rock pair up for their final film. They play a married couple whose happiness is marred by his hypochondria. When he eavesdrops at the doctor’s office and concludes someone else’s terminal diagnosis is his own, mayhem ensues.
– May 27: “Calamity Jane” (1953). Doris gets a chance to show off her pipes in this delightful Old West musical. She plays Calamity Jane, a hard-drivin’, pistol-shootin’ character who is not immune to the charms of Wild Bill Hickok (Howard Keel). They don’t make ’em like this anymore!
All the free films will be shown in the Stanback Auditorium and begin at 6:30 p.m. on these Tuesdays. Free popcorn and lemonade are available for moviegoers.
Every stat about ACC basketball
Historian Michael E. O’Hara gets a gold star for what must have been exhausting, extensive research for a new series of books published by McFarland in West Jefferson.
And sports fanatics should be happy when they get a look at “Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Games: A Complete Record Through Spring 2006.” At 2,181 pages in three volumes, this encyclopedia includes all the games from 1953 to 2006. All games are represented in the form of abbreviated box scores and tournament statistics for each player and team. Wow.
According to a press release, in each season, the notable events, achievements, top players and coaches, top teams and any changes in NCAA scoring and recordkeeping are listed.
All this for only $295 in a library binding, with 74 photos, tables, statistics, bibliography and an index.
For people who may have limited interest in all those other teams, O’Hara has also compiled individual volumes on North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), Wake Forest University, Duke University, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Maryland and Virginia.
In each of those volumes, O’Hara draws from the master work to present a yearly overview, team and player statistics for conference and non-conference games, notes on awards, milestones and other significant events.
The individual school volumes are $49.95 softcovers.
O’Hara, who must have had a lot of time and patience, not to mention eagle eyes, lives in Hagerstown, Md.
McFarland & Company Inc., Publishers, founded in 1979, is now one of the leading publishers of scholarly and reference books in the United States, with nearly 4,000 titles published to date, including nearly 2,400 in print. McFarland publishes 325 new titles each year for a worldwide market.
McFarland is known for its works in performing arts (especially film), sport and leisure (especially baseball and chess), military history, popular culture and auto history, among others.
The ACC basketball books are available from McFarland at its Web site, www.mcfarlandpub. com or by calling 800-253-2187.