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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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Art Department, Central Library

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

Stanley Kubrick Film & Exhibit

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

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