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    Music Concert: Shakuhachi

    Main Library Auditorium

    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. 

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    Out of the Crash

    Main Library Auditorium

    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, […]

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    Hidden Figures (2016)

    Main Library Auditorium

    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, […]

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    Daughter of No Worlds

    Main Library Multipurpose Room

    Tisaanah, a former slave fighting for justice and the reclusive warrior, Maxantarius Farlione, who no longer believes it exists, are under the dark magic of the Orders, the most powerful organization of magic Wielders in the world. The bloody past Maxantarius wants to forget just may be the key to Tisaanah’s future... or the downfall […]

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    The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

    Main Library Auditorium

    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 […]

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    Emma (2020) based on the book Emma (1815) by Jane Austen

    Main Library Auditorium

    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 […]

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    James

    Main Library Auditorium

    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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    Marble Hall Murders

    Main Library Multipurpose Room

    Murder links past and present once again in this mind-boggling metafictional mystery from Anthony Horowitz featuring detective Atticus Pünd and editor Susan Ryeland, stars of the Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders. 

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    Remembering Manzanar: A Documentary (2004)  

    Main Library Auditorium

    Join Dr. Donna Nagata, a Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan, who will describe the long-term impacts of the Japanese American incarceration experience, with a focus on the intergenerational consequences of this historical trauma.  

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    The Three President Generals Presented by Steve Pettyjohn

    Main Library Auditorium

    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 […]

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    American Fiction (2023)

    Main Library Auditorium

    Monk, an African American professor, is frustrated that his academically acclaimed novels are selling poorly, so he writes the terrible novel that everyone seems to want - full of negative stereotypes, tropes and cliches- just to prove his point on the banality of modern publishing. Much to his chagrin, his new book becomes a bestseller, […]

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    Women In History Presents Betty Ford and Ella Fitzgerald Performed by Lynna Metrisin and Debra Rose

    Main Library Auditorium

    Gain a fresh perspective on two remarkable first ladies of the 20th century: Betty Ford and Ella Fitzgerald. Dressed in period costume, actors Lynna Metrisin and Debra Rose bring historical accuracy and attention to detail in their dramatic portrayals of the former First Lady of the United States and the First Lady of Jazz. Women […]

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