Events
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The Blackboard Jungle
Presented by The Colonial Theatre May 27, 2012 A young Sidney Poitier also has a featured role in this earlier (1955) rendering of the theme of dedicated teachers dealing with delinquent kids in a tough school environment; only this time Poitier is a student in a violent New York City school, and Glenn Ford plays the role of the put-upon, earnest teacher.
Ford plays Korean War veteran Richard Dadier (“Hey, Mr. Daddy-O!”) taking on his first teaching job and faced with one of the toughest groups of kids ever shown in a... |
The Colonial Theatre |
05/27/12 |
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Celebrate Arts and Aging - 'Making Trouble' Film Screening
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JCCS Klein Branch and Russian Satellite |
05/29/12 |
JCCS Klein Branch and Russian Satellite, Philadelphia |
Cinema Classics Seminar: From Here to Eternity
Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute May 30, 2012 This Cinema Classics Seminar features a stand-alone class built around the beloved 1953 drama From Here to Eternity, based on the novel by James Jones and directed by Fred Zinnemann (High Noon). Winner of eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, this classic stars Burt Lancaster and Montgomery Clift as soldiers stationed in Hawaii during the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Participants will see the film on the big screen and in glorious 35... |
Bryn Mawr Film Institute |
05/30/12 |
Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Bryn Mawr |
From Here To Eternity (1953)
Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute May 30, 2012 Winner of eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, this classic stars Burt Lancaster and Montgomery Clift as soldiers stationed in Hawaii during the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. lso featuring Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, and Frank Sinatra. This film is shown in conjunction with a Cinema Classics Seminar and will be introduced by its instructor, Andrew J. Douglas, Ph.D.
This 1953 American feature is Not Rated (suggested for ages 13+), is in English, and runs... |
Bryn Mawr Film Institute |
05/30/12 |
Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Bryn Mawr |
The Teetotallers
Presented by World Cafe Live at the Queen at World Cafe Live at the Queen May 31, 2012 "If someone told me about a new trio comprised of Martin Hayes, Kevin Crawford, and John Doyle, I would have replied: keep dreaming. Yet that’s exactly what we have: a dream team made real." -Earle Hitchner, Irish Echo
This tour, featuring three giants of the Irish trad scene, promises to be one of the musical highlights of 2012. Where to start? One of the most important Irish musicians of his generation, fiddler Martin Hayes had picked up six all-Ireland... |
World Cafe Live at the Queen |
05/31/12 |
World Cafe Live at the Queen, Wilmington |
Laurence Juber with Frank Vignola
Presented by Sellersville Theater 1894 at Sellersville Theater 1894 June 1, 2012 Two-time Grammy winner Laurence Juber fuses folk, jazz and pop to create a multifaceted performance and has been voted #1 by Fingerstyle Guitar magazine. Juber is the lead guitarist for Paul McCartney's Wings and has released 19 acclaimed solo albums, including his award-winning The Pink Panther, which can be heard on albums by groups and musicians ranging from Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks to Barry Manilow. He also performs and/or composes for TV and film, including the... |
Sellersville Theater 1894 |
06/01/12 |
Sellersville Theater 1894, Sellersville |
Popcorn
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre June 1, 2012 “Nice twist on the crazed killer genre, where a horror film festival is the setting for a killer stalking members of the audience who believe his escapades are all just a part of the show" (TLA Film & VIdeo Guide).
Directed by Mark Herrier. US. 1991. R. 91 min. 35mm. |
The Colonial Theatre |
06/01/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
Kristin Chenoweth
Presented by Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts at Academy of Music June 1, 2012 Emmy® and Tony Award® winner Kristin Chenoweth effortlessly transitions between stage, television and film with the captivating grace that only she can project. Beloved by Broadway fans for her triumphant Tony-nominated star turn as the original Glinda the Good Witch in Wicked, she has also appeared on ABC's Pushing Daisies and Fox's runaway hit, Glee. As a concert artist, she has performed to sold-out crowds at Carnegie Hall, Donmar Warehouse, Lincoln Center,... |
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts |
06/01/12 |
Academy of Music, Philadelphia |
Art & Film Festival
Presented by Tyme Gallery at Tyme Gallery June 2, 2012 Art & Film Festival sponsored by Tyme Gallery & the Haverford Guild of Craftsmen at Villanova University in the Connelly Center in the Villanova Room. The theme is HOPE.
Artists can apply for booth space and filmakers can apply for their sort at madametyme@tymegallery.com. |
Tyme Gallery |
06/02/12 |
Tyme Gallery, Havertown |
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Silent Movie 'Speedy' with Wurlitzer Theatre Organ Accompaniment
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Friends of the Wanamaker Organ |
06/02/12 |
The Wanamaker Building, Philadelphia |
An American in Paris
Presented by The Colonial Theatre June 3, 2012 To start off our month of films which take place in “the city of lights” during the Springtime, when Paris is at it’s loveliest and romance is in bloom, we are bringing you this classic musical from MGM. Featuring the dancing talents of Gene Kelly and a 19-year-old Leslie Caron and the music of George and Ira Gershwin, and choreographed by Kelly himself, this is a glorious Technicolor tribute to that beautiful city.
The plot may be a simple one, with ex-GI artist... |
The Colonial Theatre |
06/03/12 |
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Savage/Love and Tongues
Presented by New City Stage Company at Adrienne Theater - Second Stage May 26-June 3, 2012 Innovative poetry and movement unfurl in this physical theatrical experience. Savage/Love is a propulsive quest of a lonely man looking for love and serves as a prelude to
Tongues
, a passionate fever dream in which a dying man delivers his last rites. These stream of consciousness confessionals are performed with live original music created just for our production.
This is a remount of New City's 2011 Fringe Festival hit,... |
New City Stage Company |
05/26/12 -
06/03/12 |
Adrienne Theater - Second Stage, Philadelphia |
ReelAbilities: Philadelphia Disabilities Film Festival Opening Night
Presented by Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia at Painted Bride Art Center June 3, 2012 ReelAbilities is the largest festival in the country dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of people with different disabilities. Initiated in New York in 2007, the festival presents award-winning films by and about people with disabilities in multiple locations throughout each hosting city. Post-screening discussions and other engaging programs bring together the community to explore, discuss, embrace, and celebrate the diversity of... |
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia |
06/03/12 |
Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia |
ReelAbilities: Philadelphia Screening "Wretches & Jabberers" at the Hiway Theatre
Presented by Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia at Hiway Theater June 4, 2012 ReelAbilities is the largest festival in the country dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of people with different disabilities. Initiated in NY in 2007, the festival presents award winning films by and about people with disabilities in multiple locations throughout each hosting city. Post-screening discussions and other engaging programs bring together the community to explore, discuss, embrace, and celebrate the diversity of our... |
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia |
06/04/12 |
Hiway Theater, Jenkintown |
Architecture in Film - Selected Films of Ray & Charles Eames
Presented by Philadelphia Center for Architecture at Philadelphia Center for Architecture June 4, 2012 "Charles & Ray Eames were artists adept at an astonishing number of disciplines. They produced museum exhibitions, architecture, logotypes, toys, slide shows, furniture, books, photography, paintings and over 100 films. However, their films are the least discussed of their output. One of the main reasons is the sheer difficulty in acquiring access to them. Only about a quarter of their films have been released on home video. They are one of the few American artists with an entire... |
Philadelphia Center for Architecture |
06/04/12 |
Philadelphia Center for Architecture, Philadelphia |
Dengue Fever + Omar Souleyman
Presented by Union Transfer at Union Transfer June 5, 2012 L.A.'s Dengue Fever has perhaps the strangest cultural cross-pollination of any band in recent memory. They are left-field enough for a group of white musicians to cover psychedelic rock oldies from Cambodia, but finding a bona fide Cambodian pop star to front the band is the kind of providence that could only touch a select few places on Earth. Dengue Fever's roots can be traced to organist Ethan Holtzman's 1997 trip to Cambodia where he was introduced to the sound of '60s-era Cambodian... |
Union Transfer |
06/05/12 |
Union Transfer, Philadelphia |
ReelAbilities: Philadelphia Film Festival Special Director's Presentation of "OC87"
Presented by Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia at The Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy June 5, 2012 ReelAbilities is the largest festival in the country dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of people with different disabilities. Initiated in NY in 2007, the festival presents award winning films by and about people with disabilities in multiple locations throughout each hosting city. Post-screening discussions and other engaging programs bring together the community to explore, discuss, embrace, and celebrate the diversity of our... |
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia |
06/05/12 |
The Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, Bryn Mawr |
ReelAbilities: Philadelphia Screening Back-to-Back Short Films at Inglis House
Presented by Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia at Inglis House June 5, 2012 ReelAbilities is the largest festival in the country dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of people with different disabilities. Initiated in NY in 2007, the festival presents award winning films by and about people with disabilities in multiple locations throughout each hosting city. Post-screening discussions and other engaging programs bring together the community to explore, discuss, embrace, and celebrate the diversity of our... |
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia |
06/05/12 |
Inglis House, Philadelphia |
ReelAbilities: Philadelphia Disabilities Film Festival Art Exhibition at MossRehab
Presented by Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia at MossRehab ResourceNet - Elkins Park June 6, 2012 ReelAbilities is the largest festival in the country dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of people with different disabilities. Initiated in NY in 2007, the festival presents award winning films by and about people with disabilities in multiple locations throughout each hosting city. Post-screening discussions and other engaging programs bring together the community to explore, discuss, embrace, and celebrate the diversity of our... |
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia |
06/06/12 |
MossRehab ResourceNet - Elkins Park, Elkins Park |
ReelAbilities Film Festival: The Straight Line
Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute June 7, 2012 Acclaimed French filmmaker Regis Wargnier directs this inspirational sports movie about courage, perseverance, and overcoming personal difficulties. Leila, a recently released convict, reaffirms her athleticism by befriending Yannick, a blind racetrack runner. To atone for her misdeeds, she agrees to coach and prep him for an upcoming race.
Presented as part of the ReelAbilities Film Festival, this touching drama will be introduced by Richard H. Bernstein, a blind-since-birth... |
Bryn Mawr Film Institute |
06/07/12 |
Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Bryn Mawr |
ReelAbilities: Philadelphia Disabilities Film Festival FREE EVENT AT THE PIAZZA!
Presented by Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia at The Piazza at Schmidts June 8, 2012 ReelAbilities is the largest festival in the country dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of people with different disabilities. Initiated in NY in 2007, the festival presents award winning films by and about people with disabilities in multiple locations throughout each hosting city. Post-screening discussions and other engaging programs bring together the community to explore, discuss, embrace, and celebrate the diversity of our... |
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia |
06/08/12 |
The Piazza at Schmidts, Philadelphia |
Well-Traveled Photographers
Presented by Project Basho at Project Basho June 9, 2012 Designed for leisure travelers and experienced professionals alike, this fun, collaborative course will awaken your wanderlust!
Students will select and bring travel photos to class for sharing and review. We'll also look at the merits of successful travel photos.
Guided by an experienced instructor, students will discuss the challenges and rewards of photographing in foreign locations, including tips to circumvent language and cultural barriers, shooting at night... |
Project Basho |
06/09/12 |
Project Basho, Philadelphia |
Italian All-Nighter Splatter Fest
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre June 9, 2012 What’s better than showing one awesome Italian horror film at the Colonial Theatre? Making it an all night affair to test the splatter limits of your horror fan existence! We’re pulling out all the stops to bring you a line up filled with incredibly strange, ridiculously bloody, rarely screened Italian horror cinema. All shown on 35mm, the likes of this show might never make the silver screen again. If that isn’t enough, we’ll also be running retro 35mm trailers... |
The Colonial Theatre |
06/09/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Presented by Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts at Academy of Music June 5-June 10, 2012 Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to Philadelphia! Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature film, this eye-popping spectacle has won the hearts of over 35 million people worldwide. This classic musical love story is filled with unforgettable characters, lavish sets and costumes, and dazzling production numbers including 'Be Our Guest' and the beloved title song. Experience the romance and enchantment of Disney's Beauty and the Beast at the... |
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts |
06/05/12 -
06/10/12 |
Academy of Music, Philadelphia |
Love in the Afternoon
Presented by The Colonial Theatre June 10, 2012 This lovely bit of romantic comedy is often considered to be Billy Wilder’s tribute to his idol, Ernest Lubitsch. Filmed in Paris at such settings as the Opera and the Chateau de Vitry, and featuring the charms of Audrey Hepburn and Maurice Chevalier (as her father, a French private detective, no less!) and the sophisticated comedy writing of Wilder and his long-time collaborator I.A.L. Diamond, this is a film that sparkles.
Although star Gary Cooper was criticized at the time... |
The Colonial Theatre |
06/10/12 |
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Splinters
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre June 10, 2012 “A real-life examination of competitive surfing in Papua New Guinea, the film derives tension from the proverbial big tournament but also from how the event helps foster a worthy morality.
Andy Abel of the Surfing Association of Papua New Guinea encourages villagers in Vanimo to participate in the country’s first National Surfing Titles, whose winners will go to Australia to train with world-class wave riders. Signing up are the proud, aggressive Angelus Lipahi and the... |
The Colonial Theatre |
06/10/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
Exhibition: Remainder
Presented by Philadelphia Photo Arts Center at Philadelphia Photo Arts Center April 19-June 10, 2012 The Philadelphia Photo Arts Center is pleased to announce Remainder, a group exhibition including the work of Amy Beecher, Aspen Mays, Klea McKenna and Brent Wahl. Remainder is a term residing within the language of art and science that implies the end of an equation. This translates well into both the photography and broader art worlds as a metaphor for the process of creation. The exhibition presents a selection of each artist’s work that investigates the boundaries of... |
Philadelphia Photo Arts Center |
04/19/12 -
06/10/12 |
Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia |
American Romance: The Brave & The Tragic
Presented by New City Stage Company at Adrienne Theater - Second Stage May 17-June 10, 2012 Assymetric:
There is a mole on the Fifth Floor. Sometimes finding the mole is the easy part. To exterminate a mole takes guts... it takes guile... it takes extreme prejudice. And the only way to come out on top is to be... ASYMMETRIC...
Josh was the top interrogator in an elite anti-terrorist intelligence wing of the CIA until it all fell apart. Now he has one more chance to redeem himself, and to put his life and career back on track. But to do so... |
New City Stage Company |
05/17/12 -
06/10/12 |
Adrienne Theater - Second Stage, Philadelphia |
Rockwell Kent: A Documentary
Presented by Philadelphia Museum of Art at Philadelphia Museum of Art June 10, 2012 Join Frederick Lewis, filmmaker and Professor at Ohio University, for a screening of Lewis’ film, Rockwell Kent: A Documentary (170 minutes). Lewis introduces the film and leads an informal post-film discussion about Rockwell Kent and Lewis’ ten years of research for this documentary. Afterwards, explore the Museum’s exhibition, Rockwell Kent—Voyager: An Artist’s Journey in Prints, Drawings, and Illustrated Books, with Brooks Rich, Dorothy J. del... |
Philadelphia Museum of Art |
06/10/12 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
ReelAbilities: Philadelphia Disabilities Film Festival Closing Night at Gratz College
Presented by Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia at Gratz College June 10, 2012 ReelAbilities is the largest festival in the country dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of people with different disabilities. Initiated in NY in 2007, the festival presents award winning films by and about people with disabilities in multiple locations throughout each hosting city. Post-screening discussions and other engaging programs bring together the community to explore, discuss, embrace, and celebrate the diversity of our... |
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia |
06/10/12 |
Gratz College, Melrose Park |
