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The Cleveland Police Department never gave up the hunt for six suspects involved in a payroll robbery-gone-bad on New Year’s Eve Day in 1920. The senseless double-murder, carried out by members of Cleveland’s infamous Mayfield Road Mob, ended with three in the electric chair, one sent to prison for life, another getting 30 years of […]
Widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, The Godfather is an epic tale of family, power, and loyalty adapted from Mario Puzo’s best-selling novel. Marlon Brando stars as Don Vito Corleone, the aging head of a New York crime family, while Al Pacino gives a breakout performance as Michael, the reluctant heir […]
A historical fiction novel about four sisters in an Italian Catholic family in Chicago; two sisters fall in love with the same man, causing the family to split apart for 25 years.
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Dr. Newlin is a fourth-generation Japanese American whose heritage involves intertwined stories of imprisonment at Heart Mountain and Tule Lake, segregated military service, and hardships suffered by railroaders who were fired because of their Japanese ancestry. Join Dr. Newlin as she shares stories of her relatives who were incarcerated at Heart Mountain, and connects the […]
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Join Shakuhachi Grand Master Michael Chikuzen Gould in this concert that will include various genres of Japanese flute music, including nature-inspired songs, temple songs from the Zen Buddhist tradition and minyo folk songs. Mr. Gould will discuss the history and philosophy of the instrument and also talk about how shakuhachi and other traditional instruments were played at […]
In Out of the Crash, Caroline Beasley is forced to rethink her life’s trajectory when her teenage son is arrested for the hit-and-run that kills a beloved local mom. As she grapples with regret over neglecting her family and fear of her son going to prison, she’s desperate to strike a balance between truth, justice, […]
Hidden Figures tells the incredible true story of Katherine Jonson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African American women working at NASA who served as the brains behind the launch into orbit of astronaut John Glenn, a stunning achievement that turned around the space race. The visionary trio crossed all gender and racial lines, […]
John Huston, who practically invented film noir with The Maltese Falcon, returns to the shadowy streets and shady characters that launched his directing career. A criminal mastermind named Doc (Sam Jaffe) is putting together a team to commit a huge jewel heist. He needs a safecracker, a driver, a hooligan and a fixer. The fixer’s […]
Jane Austen’s sharp social satire gets a fresh, stylish update in Emma. Anya Taylor-Joy stars as the charming yet meddling heroine who fancies herself a skilled matchmaker—until her romantic plans unravel in delightfully unexpected ways. Directed by Autumn de Wilde, the film embraces Austen’s wit and elegance with a vibrant visual palette, period-perfect detail, and […]
The novel is a re-imagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain but told from the perspective of Huckleberry's friend on his travels, Jim, who is an escaped slave.
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Introduced by Dr. Donna Nagata Directed by John S. Allen Produced by Signature Communications for the National Park Service February 19th is a significant date for all Americans, especially Japanese Americans. On this day in 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which led to the forced incarceration of over 122,000 people of […]
Only three Americans have held supreme military command in wars critical to the future of the United States and gone on to serve as President. This talk will look at the lives and careers of George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and Dwight Eisenhower- addressing both the secrets to their success and why we may have […]