6:30–8:45 pm, Friday, August 22, Marvin Auditorium 101BC

Two unlikely men from different backgrounds find themselves in the same hospital room with the same diagnosis: terminal cancer with 6 months to live. Their friendship blooms as they live the end of their lives without regret.   

Nina Revoyr's novel The Age of Dreaming is an homage to the silent film era and a meditation on the struggles of Japanese immigrants in America in the early twentieth century. The novel is set in 1964 but spends a great deal of time remembering the silent film era of the 1910s and early 1920s. A reporter phones forgotten silent film star, Jun Nakayama, and asks for an interview. Reluctantly, he...

Send the kids back-to-school with healthy, fun lunches! 

Topsy Turvy is a delightful film which portrays the creative duo of Gilbert and Sullivan during their collaboration of The Mikado.  It deservedly won Oscars for Best Costume Design and Best Makeup by bringing the world of theater in the late 19th Century to life.  The movie starts out in the mid 1880s, during a time in which Gilbert and Sullivan are having difficulty coming up with new and...

August 1– September 28
Alice C Sabatini Gallery (closes 9/19)
Mulvane Art Museum (closes 9/28)

View the exhibit online:
Printed Image 2

The Printed Image 2 is our national, biennial, juried graphics exhibit. It was established in 2006 and features emerging and veteran printmakers from across the United States using both traditional and breakthrough techniques. This year's show is diverse and visually stunning.

Is your child just learning to read? Are you wondering what books they would like?  Click here to see which books the Association of Library Services To Children 2007-2008 School-Age Programs and Services Committee recommends.

Which anime series has the best art work? Most crush-worthy characters?  Share your opinions by helping create booklists to display in the library.  All you have to do is these five steps:

• Pick a theme. (Like most romantic, best fight scenes, cutest sidekicks- whatever you can think of!)
• Draw an anime style picture to represent that theme.
• Pick the top five manga novels or anime...