Jan 14 - 6:30 – 8:30 PM
All the World’s a Stage Film Club
Zulu Dawn - 2nd East Lobby
Jan 28 - 7:00 – 8:30 PM
All the World’s a Stage Book Club
Out of Africa - Room 221
Feb 11 - 6:30 – 8:30 PM
2nd East Lobby
All the World’s a Stage Film Club
Mrs. Brown
Feb 25 - 7:00 – 8:30 PM
All the World’s a Stage Book Club
Four Queens - Popular Library Division
Mar 17 - 6:30 – 8:30 PM
All the World’s a Stage Film Club
Frida - 2nd East Lobby
Mar 24 - 7:00 – 8:30 PM
All the World’s a Stage Book Club
Assorted Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera Biographies - Room 221
Apr 14 - 6:30 – 8:30 PM
All the World’s a Stage Film Club
Tsotsi - 2nd East Lobby
Apr 28 - 7:00 – 8:30 PM
All the World’s a Stage Book Club
Dark Star Safari - Room 221
May12 - 6:30 – 8:30 PM
All the World’s a Stage Film Club
Salaam Bombay! - 2nd East Lobby
May 19 - 7:00 – 8:30 PM
All the World’s a Stage Book Club
Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India by Edward Luce - Room 221
Movie: June 9, 6:30 PM – Chicago
Murderesses Velma Kelly (a chanteuse and tease who killed her husband and sister after finding them in bed together)and Roxie Hart (Who killed her boyfriend when she discovered he wasn't going to make her a star) find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.
Book: June 23, 7:00 PM
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Bringing Chicago circa 1893 to vivid life, Erik Larson's spellbinding bestseller intertwines the true tale of two men--the brilliant architect behind the legendary 1893 World's Fair, striving to secure America's place in the world; and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death. Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder of newly discovered history and the thrills of the best fiction.
Movie: July 14, 6:30 PM - Rasputin: The Mad Monk
The life of the legendary Russian villain Grigori Rasputin, an intense figure as the diabolical healer and mesmerist with a thirst for power. The film begins with the unapologetically crude and barbaric Rasputin expelled from his monastery for his hard-drinking hedonism and violent behavior, and before long he sets his sights on the bustling city of St. Petersburg.
Book: July 28, 7:00 PM - Assorted Biographies on Rasputin
Rasputin, a Russian mystic who is perceived as having influenced the later days of the Russian Czar Nicholas II, his wife the Tsaritsa Alexandra, and their only son the Tsarevich Alexei. Rasputin had often been called the "Mad Monk" while others considered him an "elder", a title usually reserved for monk-confessors), believing him to be a psychic and faith healer
Movie:
August 11, 6:30 PM - Shadow Magic
Ann Hu's Shadow Magic tells the story of an itinerant Englishman (Jared Harris) who's the first to bring motion pictures to China. His hand-cranked projector casts images that are a marvel to his mixed audience of peasants and royalty.
Book: August 25, 7:00 PM - Oracle Bones by Peter Hessler
In Oracle Bones, Peter Hessler explores the human side of China's transformation, viewing modern-day China and its growing links to the Western world through the lives of a handful of ordinary people. In a narrative that gracefully moves between the ancient and the present, the East and the West, Hessler captures the soul of a country that is undergoing a momentous change before our eyes.
