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Five members of '80s rock band Flying Tigers. Four male members gathered around lead singer Jumi O'Brien.

A MYSTERY NO MORE!: Ladies and Gentlemen, Flying Tigers!

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

Never say “Never”! With our September 14, 2022 blog post “Does Someone Know My Name?,” I thought the Library’s—and my—long mystery photo saga had come an end. In the beginning, we had over 100 unknown photos.  At the time of the September posting, we had just 17 left.  By any measure, this effort had been …

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This Weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (November 18 – 19, 2022)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

This coming weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (19053 Mt. Pony Road / Culpeper, VA) The streets are still mean this month at the Packard Campus as we celebrate film noir, specifically L.A. noir.  You’ll never look at California the same way again. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2022 @ 7:30pm L.A. Confidential (Warner Bros., 1997) Based …

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WE LOVE A MYSTERY: Sammy? Is That You?

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

At the Packard Campus, whether you are sitting in our theater, walking down the halls or, of course, digging deep into one of our collections, you never know who you are going to bump into.  Nor do you ever know where that meet-up will take you. Archivist Frances Allshouse recently had an encounter like this.  …

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Film Loans from the Library of Congress — November 2022

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

Here are some of the titles from the Library’s motion picture collections–many preserved by the NAVCC film laboratory–that we’re loaning for exhibition this month. As always, we can’t guarantee that schedules won’t change or links get broken, but this is our best information at the time of publication. Campus Theatre   Lewisburg, Pennsylvania HALLELUJAH (1929) 35mm …

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This Weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (November 4 -5, 2022)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

This coming weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (19053 Mt. Pony Road / Culpeper, VA) Strap on your fedora and brace yourself for a smoky room.  This month the Library of Congress Packard Campus looks a noir films, specifically those set in that notorious city of angels, Los Angeles. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2022 @ 7:30pm …