November 2019
SPECIAL FILM EVENT: Stop Making Sense
Join us for a special one-night-only screening of a film that Rolling Stone has called the "greatest concert movie ever." Starring: The Talking Heads; Directed by: Jonathan Demme; not rated; 88 minutes; 1984 Director Jonathan Demme captures the frantic energy and artsy groove of Talking Heads in this concert movie shot at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in 1983. The band's frontman, David Byrne, first appears on an empty stage, armed with only an acoustic guitar and does a solo "Psycho Killer." He is gradually…
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SPECIAL FILM EVENT – If Beale Street Could Talk
A FREE Event in honor of Martin Luther King Day. Screenwriter Barry Jenkins's film will be followed by a talk back with Dr. Dottie Morris KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King; R; 119 minutes. Based on the novel by James Baldwin, "If Beale Street Could Talk" is a soulful drama about a young couple fighting for justice in the name of love and the promise of the American dream. Some people who knew Baldwin believe the novel was likely inspired, at least…
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