On Sunday, August 21, 2016 at 7pm, Grammy-nominated performing artist Marshall Crenshaw will perform a LIVE concert at the Packard Campus Theater in Culpeper, VA. The Packard Campus is located at 19053 Mt. Pony Road in Culpeper, VA. MARSHALL CRENSHAW SHOW IS SOLD OUT! SOME SEATING STILL AVAILABLE FOR MAPLASS BROTHERS. Seating is FREE but …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Culpeper Campus. Adventure films, operetta, comedy and silent movies are all part of the August film schedule at The Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater. David March, a Preservation Specialist in the Moving Image Section and one the three projectionists for the theater, is …
The following is a guest post by John Snelson of the Packard Campus. Friday, July 29 (7:30 p.m.) Dennis Hopper Double Feature The American Dreamer (Corda Productions, 1971) Filmed after Dennis Hopper’s breakout hit as writer-director and star of Easy Rider, and in the midst of his follow-up The Last Movie, this documentary was barely …
The following is a guest post by David Gibson, a Processing Technician in the Moving Image Section. The Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation has welcomed hundreds of visitors from all corners of the globe since its opening more than nine years ago. This year alone we hosted the 10th Orphan Film …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson and John Snelson, both of the Packard Campus. Thursday, July 21 (7:30 p.m.) Santa Fe Trail (Warner Bros., 1940) After graduating from West Point, Jeb Stuart (Errol Flynn) and George Custer (Ronald Reagan) are both stationed at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. Once there, they find that …
The following is a guest post co-written by Jenny Paxson and John Snelson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, July 14 (7:30 p.m.) Four’s a Crowd (Warner Bros., 1938) The four in the screwball comedy Four’s a Crowd are a quartet of Warner Brothers’ biggest stars of 1938: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Rosalind Russell and …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson and John Snelson, both of the Packard Campus. Thursday, July 7 (7:30 p.m.) The Great Garrick (Warner Bros., 1937) In honor of Olivia de Havilland’s 100th birthday….James Whale directed this entertaining fictional comedy based on a real person, the great 18th-century British actor David Garrick. Before …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. Friday, June 24 (7:30 p.m.) The North Star (RKO, 1943) Designed to gather sympathy for the Russian people and strengthen American support for the U.S. government’s alliance with the Soviet Union during World War II, Lewis Milestone’s 1943 drama focuses …
