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Women in the Arts - Film Series

Thursday, March 5, 2009 | Other Dates  
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Directions to this location: Knoxville

Summary: In honor of Women's History month the Knoxville Branch presents a series of four carefully selected films that showcase the lives of famous women. Please call or visit the branch for a complete list of films and run times.

Dr Seuss Movie Matinee

Saturday, March 7, 2009  
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Directions to this location: Hill District


Virtual Vacation: Mexico

Monday, March 9, 2009 | Other Dates  
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Tour international locales without the hassle of packing and passports! Adults 18 and older. No registration required.

Women in History through Film

Wednesday, March 11, 2009 | Other Dates  
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Directions to this location: Carrick

Summary: Join us every Wednesday in March as we celebrate the amazing achievements and triumphs of women throughout history.

Teen Movie Time

Wednesday, March 11, 2009 | Other Dates  
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Directions to this location: Knoxville


Women in the Arts - Film Series

Thursday, March 12, 2009 | Other Dates  
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Directions to this location: Knoxville

Summary: In honor of Women's History month the Knoxville Branch presents a series of four carefully selected films that showcase the lives of famous women. Please call or visit the branch for a complete list of films and run times.

After School Movie Fun

Thursday, March 12, 2009 | Other Dates  
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Nothing to do after school? Come to the Library and watch a movie. We will provide the popcorn, you bring a drink. Grade K-8.

Saturday Matinee: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Saturday, March 14, 2009 | Other Dates  
1:00 PM
Directions to this location: Center for Museum Education - Classroom A

Summary: A middle-aged London governess is dismissed from her job and finds new employment in the glamorous and dizzying world of an American actress and singer. Director: Bharat Nalluri – 92 minutes, 2008

A Touch of the Green: Videodisc 91 Minutes

Tuesday, March 17, 2009  
12:15 PM
Directions to this location: Downtown & Business


Teen Anime Club: Discover the story of Naruto Uzumaki

Tuesday, March 17, 2009  
4:00 PM - 5:45 PM

Directions to this location: Sheraden


Women in History through Film

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 | Other Dates  
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Directions to this location: Carrick


Women in the Arts - Film Series

Thursday, March 19, 2009 | Other Dates  
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Directions to this location: Knoxville

Summary: In honor of Women's History month the Knoxville Branch presents a series of four carefully selected films that showcase the lives of famous women. Please call or visit the branch for a complete list of films and run times.

Real to Reel Documentary Film Series: Recipes for Disaster/Gimme Green

Thursday, March 19, 2009 | Other Dates  
7:00 PM
Directions to this location: Center for Museum Education - Classroom A

Summary: Recipes for Disaster: a family concerned about the world’s addiction to oil goes on an “oil diet." Gimme Green: a social history of the uniquely American obsession with the residential lawn.

A Reel Page-Turner: The Women (2008)

Tuesday, March 24, 2009  
12:15 PM
Directions to this location: Downtown & Business

Summary: Videodisc 114 Minutes

Tuesdays at Two: Monthly Movie Matinee

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 | Other Dates  
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Adults are invited to view classic and contemporary films on the Library's wide-screen television.

Women in History through Film

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 | Other Dates  
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Directions to this location: Carrick


Women in the Arts - Film Series

Thursday, March 26, 2009 | Other Dates  
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Directions to this location: Knoxville

Summary: In honor of Women's History month the Knoxville Branch presents a series of four carefully selected films that showcase the lives of famous women. Please call or visit the branch for a complete list of films and run times.

After School Movie Fun

Thursday, March 26, 2009 | Other Dates  
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Nothing to do after school? Come to the Library and watch a movie. We will provide the popcorn, you bring a drink. Grade K-8.

Women in History: Something About Mary Magdalene: A Revealing Look at Her Life and Conflicting Legends

Tuesday, March 31, 2009  
12:15 PM
Directions to this location: Downtown & Business

Summary: Videodisc 97 Minutes

International Cinema Sunday: Eat Drink Man Woman (China)

Sunday, April 5, 2009 | Other Dates  
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Directions to this location: Center for Museum Education - Classroom A

Summary: A retired master chef and widower harasses his three unmarried daughters at a weekly Sunday feast. The young women search for love only to find that their father has a surprise of his own. Directed by Ang Lee, 124 minutes.

Visions of Scotland: A Coast-to-Coast Tour From an Eagle's Eye View

Tuesday, April 7, 2009  
12:15 PM
Directions to this location: Downtown & Business

Summary: Videodisc 88 Minutes

Teen Movie Time

Wednesday, April 8, 2009 | Other Dates  
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Directions to this location: Knoxville


After School Movie Fun

Thursday, April 9, 2009 | Other Dates  
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Nothing to do after school? Come to the Library and watch a movie. We will provide the popcorn, you bring a drink. Grade K-8.

Saturday Matinee: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Saturday, April 11, 2009 | Other Dates  
1:00 PM
Directions to this location: Center for Museum Education - Classroom A

Summary: The inspiring true story about a man who suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body except his left eye, which he used to blink out his memoir. Nominated for four Academy Awards.

Virtual Vacation: Thailand

Monday, April 13, 2009 | Other Dates  
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Tour international locales without the hassle of packing and passports! Adults 18 and older. No registration required.

Secrets of The Dead: Amazon Warrior Women

Tuesday, April 14, 2009  
12:15 PM
Directions to this location: Downtown & Business

Summary: Videodisc 56 Minutes

Real to Reel Documentary Film Series: The World According to Monsanto

Thursday, April 16, 2009 | Other Dates  
7:00 PM
Directions to this location: Center for Museum Education - Classroom A

Summary: Monsanto is the world’s leader in genetically modified organisms and one of the most controversial corporations of all time. Is their market supremacy detrimental to global food security and environmental stability? (109 min.)

Reincarnation

Tuesday, April 21, 2009  
12:00 AM
Directions to this location: Allegheny / North Side

Summary: Videodisc 50 Minutes

After School Movie Fun

Thursday, April 23, 2009 | Other Dates  
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Nothing to do after school? Come to the Library and watch a movie. We will provide the popcorn, you bring a drink. Grade K-8.

A Reel Page-Turner

Tuesday, April 28, 2009  
12:15 PM
Directions to this location: Downtown & Business

Summary: Videodisc 130 Minutes

Tuesdays at Two: Monthly Movie Matinee

Tuesday, April 28, 2009 | Other Dates  
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Adults are invited to view classic and contemporary films on the Library's wide-screen television.

International Cinema Sunday: The Chorus (France)

Sunday, May 3, 2009 | Other Dates  
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Directions to this location: Center for Museum Education - Classroom A

Summary: A supervisor at a boarding school uses music to rehabilitate a group of difficult minors. 2005 Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. Directed by Christophe Barratier, 96 minutes.

Saturday Matinee: Happy-Go-Lucky

Saturday, May 9, 2009 | Other Dates  
1:00 PM
Directions to this location: Center for Museum Education - Classroom A

Summary: Quirky, upbeat school teacher Poppy takes great joy in all things, especially in teasing her grumpy new driving instructor and attempting a romantic relationship with a colleague.

Virtual Vacation: Cote d'Azure

Monday, May 11, 2009 | Other Dates  
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Tour international locales without the hassle of packing and passports! Adults 18 and older. No registration required.

After School Movie Fun

Thursday, May 14, 2009 | Other Dates  
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Nothing to do after school? Come to the Library and watch a movie. We will provide the popcorn, you bring a drink. Grade K-8.

Real to Reel Documentary Film Series: Milk in the Land

Thursday, May 21, 2009 | Other Dates  
7:00 PM
Directions to this location: Center for Museum Education - Classroom A

Summary: A quirky and entertaining film that reveals how milk became America's staple beverage (eventually surpassing beer in popularity) and a powerful symbol of American patriotism and progress.

Tuesdays at Two: Monthly Movie Matinee

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 | Other Dates  
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Adults are invited to view classic and contemporary films on the Library's wide-screen television.

After School Movie Fun

Thursday, May 28, 2009 | Other Dates  
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Nothing to do after school? Come to the Library and watch a movie. We will provide the popcorn, you bring a drink. Grade K-8.

Saturday Matinee: Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist

Saturday, June 13, 2009 | Other Dates  
1:00 PM
Directions to this location: Center for Museum Education - Classroom A

Summary: When Nick’s ex shows up at his gig with a new guy three days after their breakup, he quickly asks Norah to pose as his girlfriend to help him save face. This leads to a sleepless night of indie rock adventure and the beginnings of a romance.

Virtual Vacation: Finland

Monday, June 15, 2009 | Other Dates  
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Tour international locales without the hassle of packing and passports! Adults 18 and older. No registration required.

Real to Reel Documentary Film Series: Made in L.A.

Thursday, June 18, 2009 | Other Dates  
7:00 PM
Directions to this location: Center for Museum Education - Classroom A

Summary: Three garment workers , trying to hold an American retailer liable for its manufacturing conditions, fight to establish an important legal and moral precedent.(70 min.)

Tuesdays at Two: Monthly Movie Matinee

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 | Other Dates  
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Adults are invited to view classic and contemporary films on the Library's wide-screen television.

International Cinema Sunday: No Man’s Land (Bosnia/Herzegovina)

Sunday, July 5, 2009 | Other Dates  
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Directions to this location: Center for Museum Education - Classroom A

Summary: Two enemy soldiers find they must rely upon one another if they are to make it out of an abandoned trench alive. 2002 Oscar and Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign Film. Directed by Danis Tanovic, 98 minutes.

Saturday Matinee: Blindness

Saturday, July 11, 2009 | Other Dates  
1:00 PM
Directions to this location: Center for Museum Education - Classroom A

Summary: When a plague of blindness threatens all of humanity, one woman feigns the illness to share an uncertain fate in quarantine. Based on the novel by Nobel Laureate José Saramago.

Virtual Vacation: Ireland

Monday, July 13, 2009 | Other Dates  
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Tour international locales without the hassle of packing and passports! Adults 18 and older. No registration required.

Real to Reel Documentary Film Series: Hear and Now

Thursday, July 16, 2009 | Other Dates  
7:00 PM
Directions to this location: Center for Museum Education - Classroom A

Summary: After 65 years of silence, Paul and Sally Taylor decide to undergo cochlear implant surgery and enter a totally unfamiliar world - the realm of sound. (85 min.)

Tuesdays at Two: Monthly Movie Matinee

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 | Other Dates  
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Adults are invited to view classic and contemporary films on the Library's wide-screen television.

International Cinema Sunday: Pan’s Labyrinth (Mexico)

Sunday, August 2, 2009 | Other Dates  
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Directions to this location: Center for Museum Education - Classroom A

Summary: Set against the violent backdrop of fascist Spain, a young girl discovers a magical world in which a faun gives her three dangerous tasks in order to return to her true home. 2007 Oscar winner of 3 awards. Directed by Guillermo del Toro, 119 minutes.

Saturday Matinee: Pineapple Express

Saturday, August 8, 2009 | Other Dates  
1:00 PM
Directions to this location: Center for Museum Education - Classroom A

Summary: Dale Denton is a lazy stoner who is the sole witness to a murder committed by an evil drug lord and a corrupt cop. Now marked for death, Denton runs for his life, dragging his dazed dealer and his supplier with him on a hilarious adventure.

Virtual Vacation: Egypt

Monday, August 10, 2009 | Other Dates  
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Tour international locales without the hassle of packing and passports! Adults 18 and older. No registration required.

Real to Reel Documentary Film Series: Axe in the Attic

Thursday, August 20, 2009 | Other Dates  
7:00 PM
Directions to this location: Center for Museum Education - Classroom A

Summary: In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (August 29, 2005), two filmmakers document the loss, dignity, perseverance, and humor of people who have become exiles in their own country. (110 min.)

Tuesdays at Two: Monthly Movie Matinee

Tuesday, August 25, 2009 | Other Dates  
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Adults are invited to view classic and contemporary films on the Library's wide-screen television.

Virtual Vacation: Norway

Monday, September 14, 2009 | Other Dates  
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Tour international locales without the hassle of packing and passports! Adults 18 and older. No registration required.

Tuesdays at Two: Monthly Movie Matinee

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 | Other Dates  
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Adults are invited to view classic and contemporary films on the Library's wide-screen television.

Virtual Vacation: Peru

Monday, October 12, 2009 | Other Dates  
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Tour international locales without the hassle of packing and passports! Adults 18 and older. No registration required.

Tuesdays at Two: Monthly Movie Matinee

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 | Other Dates  
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Adults are invited to view classic and contemporary films on the Library's wide-screen television.

Virtual Vacation: Morocco

Monday, November 9, 2009 | Other Dates  
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Tour international locales without the hassle of packing and passports! Adults 18 and older. No registration required.

Tuesdays at Two: Monthly Movie Matinee

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 | Other Dates  
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Adults are invited to view classic and contemporary films on the Library's wide-screen television.

Virtual Vacation: Austria and Germany at the Holidays

Monday, December 7, 2009  
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Tour international locales without the hassle of packing and passports! Adults 18 and older. No registration required.

Tuesdays at Two: Monthly Movie Matinee

Tuesday, December 22, 2009 | Other Dates  
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Directions to this location: Brookline

Summary: Adults are invited to view classic and contemporary films on the Library's wide-screen television.