Can you judge a book by its movie? Should you?

Bill Wine, Commonwealth speaker and Emmy-winning KYW NewsRadio film critic, will help answer that question when he presents "Based on the Book: Bestseller Cinema" 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Northampton Area Public Library, 1615 Laubach Ave.

Wine will discuss the psychological differences between the reading and viewing experience. He will also analyze the way novels have been adapted into films. Books and films to be discussed include "The Grapes of Wrath," "Schindler's List," "Bridget Jones' Diary," "The Graduate," "A Clockwork Orange," "The Silence of the Lambs," "The Maltese Falcon," "The Godfather," "The Da Vinci Code" and more.

Wine has been writing about and teaching film throughout his career, serving as a movie critic for magazines, newspapers, radio, television and online. He served as the movie critic for Fox Television for 12 years, earning eight Emmy Award nominations and winning three Emmy Awards.

Wine has been the movie critic for the CBS station KYW NewsRadio in Philadelphia since 2001. He also has written for The Village Voice, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and many other publications and is also a produced and published playwright.

The library presentation is a program of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council supported in part by National Endowment for the Humanities.

To register or for other information, call the library at 610-262-7537.

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The St. John's Friendly Fifties group will meet 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, in the church's social hall, 1343 Newport Ave.

Singer Sam Pantoni will entertain.

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The Northampton Area Food Bank continues to have an urgent need for fruit, fruit juice, applesauce, canned meats (Spam, chicken, stew, etc.), tuna, peanut butter, soup, pancake mix and syrup, and macaroni and cheese.

The food bank, 1601 Canal St., is open every Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.-noon, for drop-offs. If you'd like to donate but that time isn't convenient, call 610-262-8030 to set up another time.

A Premier Designs jewelry show to benefit the food bank will be held 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13, at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1904 Main St. This will be a walk-in fundraiser, with limited cash-and-carry items.

Refreshments will be served.

Sponsor sheets are also available for the annual "Scare Away Hunger" walkathon, to be held Saturday, Oct. 26. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the food bank, and the walk begins at 9 a.m.

The 4-1/2-mile walk continues along the Canal Park walkway to Municipal Park and back. Those planning to participate are encouraged to come in costume.

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The Northampton Memorial Community Center, 16th Street and Laubach Avenue, hosts bingo every Monday night. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and the games begin at 7 p.m.

The kitchen is open.

Proceeds benefit the Northampton Recreation Center.

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