5 Things: Author Edie Clark at Books and Bites; Belmont World Film

1. Belmont World Film's 12th annual International film festival "Found in Translation" continues at Belmont's Studio Cinema with the East Coast Premiere of Beauty (Nosilatiaj. La Belleza) by Daniela Seggiaro. In both Spanish and Wichi – the language of an indigeneous tribe in the north of Argentina. When her prized long hair is unjustly cut on the occasion of the quinceanera of a "criollo" (pure Spaniard born in Latin America) family's daughter, a young Wichi girl, working as the family's maid, loses faith in her cultural ties with the criollo world and defines her destiny. Lotte Buiting, a Harvard doctoral candidate specializing in Latin American literature and film, specifically from Argentina, will present a talk after the film. See the trailer for the movie on this Web page.

2. Special guest speaker author Edie Clark will talk about her book, "The Place He Made," at the Belmont Public Library's monthly book review program Books and Bites in the Assembly Room at 11 a.m.

Clark, who writes and edits from her home in the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire for the past 30 years, writes extensively about New England in feature stories for Yankee magazine and for almost 20 years has written a popular monthly column in the magazine known as 'Mary's Farm.' "The Place He Made" is her memoir about her husband Paul Bolton, who died at the age of 39. Clark will also discuss her love of libraries.

All are welcome to attend this free program.

3. All third and fourth graders who love chocolate: Join Vicki Frassica of Belmont Center's A Chocolate Dream for stories and chocolate dipping in the Assembly Room of the Belmont Public Library at 3:30 p.m. Space is limited so please register by calling 617-993-2880. Funded by the Friends of the Belmont Public Library.

4. A public meeting on resurfacing the artificial playing surface on Belmont High School's Harris Field will be held in the Flett Room of the Belmont Public Library from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. 

5. It all starts here: The All-Town Elementary Concert will take place tonight at 7 p.m. at the Chenery Middle School.