Film Series Highlights Winter Events at Library

Candace Braun

The Gold Medal Tour, more McCarter Live programs, and a film discussion series for teens, men, and all film lovers will highlight the winter events schedule at The Princeton Public Library.

On Thursday, February 24, residents can enjoy an evening with four winners of the 2004 National Book Awards. The authors, Kevin Boyle, Lily Tuck, Jean Valentine, and Pete Hautman, will read from their prize-winning books and take questions from audience members.

The event is co-sponsored by the library, The National Book Foundation, and Bloomberg.

The Carolyn Llewellyn Champlin Writers Talking Series will continue on February 8 with Jean Hanff Korelitz, a Princeton-area resident who recently published, The White Rose, an imaginative retelling of Strauss' opera, Der Rosenkavalier, "a tale of passion, infidelity, social climbing, and cross-dressing."

On March 1, the McCarter Live series continues with a talk led by Emily Mann, who is directing McCarter Theatre's upcoming production of The Bells. Set in the Alaskan Gold Rush, this drama was written by Theresa Rebeck, writer and producer of the Emmy Award-winning TV series, NYPD Blue.

"Far Out Films!" is a film viewing and discussion series for students who are in grades eight or older. The series will feature short and full-length films, and range from animated to unconventional features. Co-sponsored by the library, the Arts Council of Princeton, and a committee of Princeton High School students, the series will begin on Friday, January 14, with a screening of Brazil (1985), in the first floor community room.

On Sunday, January 16, at 4 p.m., the library will present Mickey Mouse Monopoly, in conjunction with Global Cinema Cafe. This film "insightfully analyzes Walt Disney Company's cultural and corporate power."

For more information on this and other teen programs, visit www.princetonlibrary .org/teens.

The library will hold a film series which explores the lives of men and the many ways they are portrayed in film with "Real Men/Reel Men," a follow-up to 2003's "Real Life/Reel Life: Women of a Certain Age."

The series will begin on January 12, with a screening of I Never Sang For My Father (1970), starring Gene Hackman and Melvyn Douglas. Other movies featured in the series, which will continue through June 1, include The Waterdance (1992), Ulee's Gold (1997), Shower (subtitles, 2000), Time Out (subtitles, 2001), and The Man on the Train (subtitles, 2002).

Children and adults alike can enjoy the "Fab Four Weekend" at the library beginning on Friday, January 28. Hosted by film historian and archivist Bruce Lawton, this series of films will focus on The Beatles and their visual artistry.

For more information on library programs and services, pick up a copy of the winter newsletter at 65 Witherspoon Street, call (609) 924-9529, or visit www.princetonlibrary.org.