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Poetry-specific open mic every Monday at 6:30 PM, starring YOU plus occasional Featured Readers! All styles of poetry/spoken word are welcome! Supportive listening room in a gallery setting. (Call Carlos at 828-273-3332 if you’d like to be a featured poet.)
(1944, 1h 25m, Japan, Docudrama by Akira Kurosawa) This portrait of female volunteer workers at an optics plant during World War II, shot on location at the Nippon Kogaku factory, was created with a patriotic agenda. Yet thanks to Akira Kurosawa’s groundbreaking semidocumentary approach, "The Most Beautiful" is a revealing look at Japanese women of […]
(1979, 1h 35m, France, Comedy/Drama by François Truffaut) Antoine Doinel strikes again! In the final chapter of François Truffaut’s saga, we find Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud), now in his thirties, convivially concluding his marriage, enjoying moderate success as a novelist, and clinging to his romantic fantasies. The newly single Doinel finds an object of his affections […]
(2011, 2h 6m, Czech Republic, War/Drama by Petr Nikolaev) The story of the Czech village of Lidice, which was razed in 1942 in reprisal for the assassination in Prague of Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich, is familiar the world over. The film of the same name takes a look beyond the story, however, and allows the […]
(1976, 1h 34m, West Germany, Drama/Experimental by Werner Herzog) In an 18th century Bavarian village, which relies on a blown glass factory, the master craftsman dies taking the secret of the famous red glass with him. The community is shocked all over, from the unstable aristocracy to the proletarian drunkards. An oracle foretells the slew […]
(2007, 1h 46m, Brazil, Drama by Paulo Morelli) A spin-off from City of God, following teenage best friends Acerola and Laranjinha in Rio's favelas as they face imminent adulthood, fatherhood, and discovering their absentee fathers' pasts, forcing them to confront their bond amid gang violence, exploring themes of identity, responsibility, and friendship with a more […]
(2009, 2h 24m, Germany, Mystery/Thriller by Michael Haneke) Set in a village in Protestant northern Germany on the eve of World War I, THE WHITE RIBBON delineates a microcosm of society: the schoolteacher, the pastor, the local aristocracy, the steward, the doctor, the midwife, the tenant farmers, and their extended families. Increasingly frequent bizarre incidents […]
Poetry & prose open mic every Monday at 6:30 PM, starring YOU plus occasional Featured Readers! All styles of poetry/spoken word are welcome! Eight minutes per reader. Supportive listening room in a gallery setting. (Call Carlos at 828-273-3332 if you’d like to be a featured poet.) . .
Join us every Thursday from 6:30pm - 8:30pm for music, poetry, comedy and stories performed by our favorite local artists! Feel free to bring your own food/drinks or anything you'd like to share! Supportive listening room in an art gallery setting. Sign up begins at 6pm, show begins at 6:30pm. Each performer will have twelve […]
(Year, 1h 45m, Mexico, Romantic Drama by Alfonso Arau) Based on the novel by Laura Esquivel, this magical realist film portrays the youngest daughter in her family, the beautiful Tita (Lumi Cavazos), who is forbidden to marry her true love, Pedro (Marco Leonardi). Since tradition dictates that Tita must care for her mother, Pedro weds […]
Poetry & prose open mic every Monday at 6:30 PM, starring YOU plus occasional Featured Readers! All styles of poetry/spoken word are welcome! Eight minutes per reader. Supportive listening room in a gallery setting. (Call Carlos at 828-273-3332 if you’d like to be a featured poet.) . .
Join us every Thursday from 6:30pm - 8:30pm for music, poetry, comedy and stories performed by our favorite local artists! Feel free to bring your own food/drinks or anything you'd like to share! Supportive listening room in an art gallery setting. Sign up begins at 6pm, show begins at 6:30pm. Each performer will have twelve […]