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Category: Film
JULY 31, 2011
Upcoming Events
Two film and music events are coming in the next two weeks that we wanted to be sure to let you know about. First tomorrow, August 1, the final film of the Adult Summer Reading Club Filmfest will be showing at 2:00 p.m. Mr. Baseballstars Tom Selleck as an American ballplayer living and playing in Japan. Come get out of the heat and enjoy this culture shock comedy. (The Adult Summer Reading Club wraps up this week, so be sure to get your final entries in.)
The second event is a Summer Family Blanket Concert featuring “The Guitar Man” Jim McCutcheon Wednesday, August 10 at 6:30 p.m. on the north lawn of the library. An accomplished classical guitarist and music educator who engages audiences of all ages, McCutcheon will play stringed instruments from around the world.
Don't miss these events if you're a fan of films and music. Hope to see you there.
Updated 2/19/10: We forgot the very important Razzies in our list of awards. Of course the winners of Golden Raspberries are often not glad to accept their awards, because they are given for the worst in film for the past year. Yet much enjoyment has been had watching bad movies, so we shouldn't forget their contribution to the field. -------- It's award season again in the entertainment industry. The Grammys were given out on the last day of January, but it's the film industry that really goes crazy giving out awards. Oscar nominees were just announced, but many other organizations have already given out their prizes. Check out the awards below.
And while the awards listed above are for 2009 releases, the just finished Sundance Festival is all about this year. Check out what you can look forward to.
South by Southwest is a huge media industry event with Music, Film, and Interactive (technology) festivals in Austin, TX. The Interactive Festival celebrates the latest media/information technology. PC Magazine covered that part of the festival. The Film Festival, which has been going on since last Friday, and the Music Festival, which starts today, allow film makers and music artists to showcase their work. The New York Times Arts Beat blog is covering these events.
It's awards show season. Last night the Oscars were awarded (to relive the ceremonies view Entertainment Weekly's coverage), but there are many others giving out film awards. Compare winners between the following awards shows that have occurred in the last two months.
Rope-making was once Xenia, Ohio's largest industry, employing thousands of people at six rope factories. The Library will show the award-winning documentary, Ropewalk: a Cordage Engineer's Journey through History, at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 16 in the meeting room. The executive producer, Kate Hagenbuch, and her father, Bill Hagenbuch, the narrator, will be on hand to introduce the film.
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