Events

THESE TICKETS ARE FOR PURCHASE OF THE ENTIRE FILM SERIES AT THE QUAM Beat the dead-of-winter blues with seven relaxed evenings viewing anddiscussing quality films at a historic venue facilitated by retired educator, Bob Thornley.Get beyond “I liked” or “I didn’t like” the film. Learn and discuss basic filmmaking techniques and thematic/symbolic methods used by […]

Places in the Heart (1984) : Set in 1936 in Waxahachie Texas, this is arealistic film with a twist which tells the story of Edna Spaulding, a recently-widowed mother of two played by Sally Field, struggling to hold her family together and keep her family farm out of foreclosure. Field is joined by an exemplary […]

A Community Variety Show. More info to come!

Dead Poets Society (1989): Set at a prestigious preparatory boarding schoolin New England during the 1950s, Dead Poets Society portrays the work of unconventional teacher, John Keating (played by Robin […]

Casablanca (1942): Arguably one of the greatest American films ever made,Casablanca is set in French Morocco at the height of WWII. It finds American saloon owner, Rick Blaine, playing both […]

The Shawshank Redemption (1994): Shawshank was written and directedby Frank Darabont, based on the 1982 Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. The film tells the story of banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), who […]

Hugo is Martin Scorsese’s delightful answer to his daughter, Francesca‘s, complaint that she could never watch any of his films. Based upon the equally delightful book, the Legend of Hugo […]