Foothills Film Society announces next film in series

SCOTTSCDALE – “Elizabeth,” the second film of The Foothills Film Society’s 2006‑07 series, will be shown at 7 p.m., Dec. 4, at the Cactus Shadows Fine Arts Center, 33606 N. 60th St.

At the 1998 Academy Awards “Elizabeth” won Best Make‑up and was nominated for additional awards in numerous categories. Wendy Myers, playwright and former film educator at Scottsdale Community College, will be the evening’s speaker. She will introduce the film and take questions and comments from the floor after the screening.

Tickets are $9 at the door. For further information or to purchase season tickets, call the Foothills Community Foundation at (480) 488‑1090, or Andrea Hine at (623) 551‑8193.

Book club to review “The Green Mile”

People and Places Book Club will meet at 1 p.m. on Dec. 15 in the meeting room of the Maricopa County Library District’s North Valley Regional Library, 40410 N. Gavilan Peak Parkway in Anthem. 

December’s book is winner of the 1997 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel, “The Green Mile” by Stephen King. The setting is the small “death house” of a southern prison in 1932 and the story is narrated by an old man, a prison guard, looking back on the events decades later.

For information, call (602)‑652‑3000, or visit the library at www.mcldaz.org.