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Art Film Series 2014-2015

November 10, 2014

Central Library’s Art Film Series for 2014-15, Made in L.A., offers five more films set and made in Los Angeles. While the films differ in story and tone, each one presents Los Angeles as an integral backdrop and a crucial character.

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Yosemite

Saturday September 6th- Yosemite: A Gathering of Spirit Film Screening

August 29, 2014

Yosemite has been a destination for individuals and families from around the world for generations. If you enjoy the outdoors or being surrounded by the beauty of nature, it is a dream come true. There is so much to see and do at this majestic national park.

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Orson Welles as Citizen Kane Photo

Hollywood's Enduring Rebels - the films and the rebels who brought them to the big screen

September 13, 2013

The Art Department of Central Library hosts a fall film series with three motion pictures whose directors took risks with their visual stories.  While the subjects, the use of photography, and the film scores differ, all three directors created filmic experiences with provocative endings tha

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Stanley Kubrick Film & Exhibit

April 26, 2013

In 2001 Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film adventure was still the ultimate trip.  Now BluRay technology brings this epic odyssey in space to the present.  Join us for a film screening of Kubrick’s space odyssey film on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Central Library from 1-4 p.m.  The film w

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Mexican Revolution photo of General Pancho Villa with other revolutionary generals

MEXICAN ART: IMAGES OF PROTEST FROM THE REVOLUTION AND BEYOND THE REVOLUTION

January 11, 2013

The Getty Research Institute exhibit currently at the Central Library, a Nation Emerges – The Mexican Revolution Revealed, tells the story of an uprising that spread like wildfire across Mexico - marking the beginning of the Mexican Revolution in November 1910.

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