Angela Easterling brandishes her songwriting chops with rootsy, refreshing, homespun tunes. Angela lives with her musical partner, Brandon Turner, and their three young sons on the Greer, SC farm that has been in her family since 1791. Her most recent release, “Common Law Wife”, went all the way to number 1 on the Roots Music...
Now in its 21st year, the Throwback Thursday Film Series screens a variety of classic movies for an adult audience. April’s Theme: April Fools April 4: Some Like It Hot (1959) NR A pair of musicians (Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon) disguise themselves as women and join an all-girl band to hide out from the Chicago...
This film series brings art house film flavor to your Tuesdays. Plus, meet new friends, hear from special guests who are film experts, enjoy light refreshments, and have a discussion after the film. April 2: Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story (2021) R A tall actress meets a short comedian in a bird store. He’s...
Now in its 21st year, the Throwback Thursday Film Series screens a variety of classic movies for an adult audience. March Theme: Seeing Green March 28: Green Mansions (1959) NR Mel Ferrer directed this unusual film about a political refugee (Anthony Perkins) on the run in South America who encounters a mysterious “Bird Girl” (Audrey...
This film series brings art house film flavor to your Tuesdays. Plus, meet new friends, hear from special guests who are film experts, enjoy light refreshments, and have a discussion after the film. March 26: The Holdovers (2023) R A grouchy teacher, a grieving cook, and an unhappy student spend a memorable Christmas holiday together...
The 23rd Anniversary of the Virginia Peninsula Jewish Film Festival presents Valiant Hearts (Coeurs Vaillants) (France, 2021). A true story of exceptional bravery and survival against all odds follows the odyssey of six Jewish children in August 1942, who are forced to take refuge amidst the Louvre Museum artworks hidden in the Chateau de Chambord....
Now in its 21st year, the Throwback Thursday Film Series screens a variety of classic movies for an adult audience. March Theme: Seeing Green March 21: The Green Man (1956) NR A skilled assassin finds his attempts to take out his latest target continually thwarted by a persistent vacuum cleaner salesman in this droll British...
Bruce Holsinger is the author of four novels, including The Displacements and The Gifted School, and many works of nonfiction. His books have been recognized with the Colorado Book Award, the John Hurt Fisher Prize, the Philip Brett Award, the John Nicholas Brown Prize, the Modern Language Association’s Prize for a First Book, and others....
This film series brings art house film flavor to your Tuesdays. Plus, meet new friends, hear from special guests who are film experts, enjoy light refreshments, and have a discussion after the film. March 19: A Compassionate Spy (2022) NR Recruited into the Manhattan Project at age 18, physicist Ted Hall claimed that “compassion” prompted...
The CIAO Italian Film Festival presents Johnny Stecchino. This 1991 comedy is written, directed and starring Robert Benigni in dual roles of Dante and Johnny Stecchino. R, 1hr 42min. Free admission. The CIAO Italian Film Festival 2024 schedule: Sunday, 1/21 at 2:00 pm – Divorce Italian Style Saturday, 2/17 at 2:00 pm – Marriage Italian...
With the local Battle of the Books trivia winners decided, it’s time to move on to our regional competition! Come out and cheer for the teams, from Williamsburg-James City County, York County, Newport News, Hampton, and Poquoson. For more information please see https://www.wrl.org/children/battle-of-the-books-2/.
A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union. NR, 2hr 9min The Celtic Film Series in the Williamsburg Library Theatre runs the 2nd Thursday of each month from September 2023 through May 2024 (except November)....