Featured Classes and Workshops
Browse Theater, Film & Media
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Jewish Themes and Imagery in American Films IV
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Our exploration of the rich cultural heritage of Jewish-American movies continues with four striking Jewish individuals in new and unusual roles.
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The Great McGinty
Fri, Mar 23, 2012, 10 am
Based on Sturges’ Oscar-winning screenplay, Brian Donlevy stars as a bum who is manipulated into the governor’s chair by a crooked political machine.
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Class Package: The Blood Sport of Politics
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As real-life presidential campaigns heat up, this six-week film series examines the quest for power and political office.
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All the King's Men
Fri, Mar 30, 2012, 10 am
An adaptation of Robert Penn Warren’s classic novel, examining the populist appeal and rise to power of a Louisiana politician.
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Alfred Hitchcock: Murder
Wed, Apr 4, 2012, 7 pm
View and discuss scenes from Hitchcock movies Strangers on a Train, Shadow of a Doubt, Suspicion, Lifeboat to appreciate his genius and style.
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Alfred Hitchcock: More Murder
Wed, Apr 18, 2012, 7 pm
View and discuss scenes from Hitchcock movies Psycho, Rear Window, Dial M for Murder and Rope to appreciate his genius and style.
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First Class: The Swing Era—Duke Ellington and Count Basie
Wed, Apr 18, 2012, 7 pm
This enthralling new listening- and discussion-oriented seminar takes a chronological and thematic approach to developing a love and working knowledge of jazz, America’s great indigenous art form!
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The Candidate
Fri, Apr 20, 2012, 10 am
From an Oscar-winning screenplay by Jeremy Larner, the film stars Robert Redford as an idealist running for office.
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Alfred Hitchcock: Manhunts
Wed, Apr 25, 2012, 7 pm
View and discuss scenes from Hitchcock movies Saboteur, The 39 Steps, North by Northwest and To Catch a Thief to appreciate his genius and style.
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First Class: Bebop—Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk
Wed, Apr 25, 2012, 7 pm
This enthralling new listening- and discussion-oriented seminar takes a chronological and thematic approach to developing a love and working knowledge of jazz, America’s great indigenous art form!
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The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Fri, Apr 27, 2012, 10 am
Alan Alda wrote the script and stars as a young senator torn between personal obligations and political ambitions.
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Alfred Hitchcock: More Manhunts
Wed, May 2, 2012, 7 pm
View and discuss scenes from Hitchcock movies Foreign Correspondent, Secret Agent, Young and Innocent and The Man Who Knew Too Much to appreciate his genius and style.
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First Class: Cool, Hard Bop and Beyond—Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins
Wed, May 2, 2012, 7 pm
This enthralling new listening- and discussion-oriented seminar takes a chronological and thematic approach to developing a love and working knowledge of jazz, America’s great indigenous art form!
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Milk
Fri, May 4, 2012, 10 am
Academy Award-winning performance by Sean Penn as Harvey Milk, the activist who became California’s first openly gay elected official.
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Alfred Hitchcock: Mystery
Wed, May 9, 2012, 7 pm
View and discuss scenes from Hitchcock movies The Lady Vanishes, Rebecca, Vertigo and Sabotage to appreciate his genius and style.
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First Class: The Birth of Jazz—Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong
Wed, May 9, 2012, 7 pm
This enthralling new listening- and discussion-oriented seminar takes a chronological and thematic approach to developing a love and working knowledge of jazz, America’s great indigenous art form!
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Recount
Fri, May 11, 2012, 10 am
A chronicle of the tense weeks after the 2000 presidential election and the subsequent recounts in Florida.
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Alfred Hitchcock: More Mystery
Wed, May 16, 2012, 7 pm
View and discuss scenes from Hitchcock movies Notorious, Spellbound and The Birds to appreciate his genius and style.
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Twentieth Century (1934)
Thu, May 17, 2012, 7 pm
The battle of the sexes fought by a temperamental director and his star on a cross-country train ride, with Carole Lombard and John Barrymore.
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Class Package: Classic American Screwball Comedy Package
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During the 1930s and ’40s, and into into the 1950s, Hollywood produced some of the funniest comedies ever made.
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