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Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (August 9 -10, 2019)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Friday, August 9 (7:30 p.m.) Dazed and Confused (Gramercy Pictures, 1993 – rated R*) Director Richard Linklater’s affectionate look at the youth culture of a bygone era is set during the bicentennial year of 1976, celebrating the joys of beer blasts, pot …

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Holding the Music: Lessons from the Library

Posted by: Karen Fishman

This guest post is by Brianna Gist, 2019 Jr. Fellow in the Recorded Sound Section. Music has been a foundational pillar of my life since childhood, and two months ago I knew that this summer would be one of musical discovery when I swore an oath of office to become a new member of the …

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Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (August 1 -2, 2019)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, August 1 (7:30 p.m.) King Kong (RKO, 1933) In this classic, filmmaker Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong), recent discovery Ann Darrow (Fay Wray) and his team discover a giant prehistoric ape, dubbed Kong, while searching for locations on an uncharted jungle island. …

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Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (July 25 – 27, 2019)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, July 25 (7:30 p.m.) My Favorite Wife (RKO, 1940) Three years after their great success in The Awful Truth, writer/director Leo McCarey reunited stars Cary Grant and Irene Dunne for another romantic comedy classic. Inspired by Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem, “Enoch …

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TV Goes To the Moon!

Posted by: Karen Fishman

This guest post is by Dorinda Hartmann, viewing technician in the Moving Image Research Center. In 2019, we have nearly immediate access to many of the activities of Earth’s astronauts, from NASA’s live-stream of the Earth from space to interviews with the crew of the International Space Station from orbit, widely available at any time. …

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At the Packard Campus Theater – August 2019

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

Packard Campus Theater Schedule for August, 2019 The 50th anniversary of the legendary Woodstock Music Festival will be celebrated with two programs on Saturday, August 10 – a 2 p.m. matinee of rare outtakes that didn’t make it into the 1970 documentary and at 7:30, the original release of Woodstock which was added to the …