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Movies on the big screen every Thursday at 6:30 pm! Relax and enjoy classics or recent blockbusters in Main Library’s Auditorium. Free parking on weekdays after 6 pm with a voucher from the Library.
September 7, 6:30 pm: "Hester Street" (1975)
Acclaimed director Joan Micklin Silver’s first feature chronicles a Russian Jewish woman who immigrates to New York in 1896 to reunite with her husband, but is faced with challenges in assimilating to her new environment. Starring Carol Kane, with Steven Keats and Doris Roberts, PG, in Yiddish with English subtitles, 89 min.
September 14, 6:30 pm: "Persepolis" (2007)
This Oscar-nominated animated feature details the life of an Iranian girl growing up during the Islamic Revolution and her struggle to find a place where she can experience acceptance and freedom. With vocals by Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Denueve, Gena Rowlands, and Danielle Darrieux, PG-13, in French with English subtitles, 96 min.
September 21, 6:30 pm: "The Donut King" (2020)
Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy fled to the US in 1975 and ended up creating a doughnut empire. This documentary lays out the extreme highs and lows of his life journey, NR, 90 min.
September 28, 6:30 pm: "Monsieur Lazhar" (2011)
An Algerian immigrant is hired by an elementary school in Montreal to replace a teacher who died tragically. As he guides his students through the healing process, he hides his own loss, PG-13, in French with English subtitles, 94 min.
Get your parking validation ticket at the Welcome Desk and then relax in Main Library's 400-seat Auditorium.
If you enjoyed the immigrant perspective on film, we invite you to join us for the "Stories of Exile" Reading Groups.
The Akron Summit County Public Library has been selected as a participating library for the Yiddish Book Center's "Stories of Exile" Reading Groups for Public Libraries for 2023. The Yiddish Book Center’s “Stories of Exile” Reading Groups for Public Libraries is a reading and discussion program to engage teens and adults in thinking about experiences of displacement, migration, and diaspora. In this program, librarians organize reading groups to discuss three books of Yiddish literature in translation, and one book related to the experience of a community served by their library.
Contact the Culture & AV Division at 330.643.9015 or cadiv@akronlibrary.org for more information.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Movies |
TAGS: | Yiddish | Ted Ngoy | teachers | Stories of Exile | Steven Keats | New York City | Montreal | Joan Micklin Silver | Islamic Revolution | Iran | Immigrants | Immigrant perspectives | grief | Gena Rowlands | Doughnuts | Doris Roberts | Documentary | Catherine Deneuve | Carol Kane | Canadian film | Animation | Algeria |
Main Library, located in the heart of downtown Akron, combines compelling public space with meaningful and relevant public library services for all members of our community. Since opening in 2004, the downtown library welcomes more than one million visitors each year.
Subject divisions include: Business, Government & Science, Culture & AV, Magazines & Newspapers, Special Collections (local history & genealogy), TechZone@Main, Teen, and a 12,000 square feet Children's Library.
Special services available at Main Library include: a Patent & Trademark Resource Center; U.S. Passport and Notary services; a Microbusiness Center; a Maker Space; a resource lab for early childhood educators; and regularly scheduled computer training classes. Also available at Main Library are more than 125 public access computers, color photocopiers/printers, laminating, scanning, faxing, and free Wi-Fi.
Specialized spaces include a 425-seat auditorium, public meeting rooms, and a used bookstore. An interior glass block walkway leads to a 600-space parking garage owned by the City of Akron. An outdoor amphitheater and landscaped park complete the complex.
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