Summary: An examination of Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage and her children", and the political philosophies the play represents. Preparing for The Public Theater's 2006 production of Brecht's anti-war play, Meryl Streep allows a camera crew to document her rehearsal process and interest in the work. Moreover, the life and times of Brecht himself are followed, most notably the playwrites' escape from...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Alive Mind 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Hall, Barbara.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HALSummary: "A man from the post-apocalyptic future, Cole (Aaron Stanford) uses a dangerous, untested method of time travel to get from 2043 to the present day. He is on a mission to locate and rid the world of the source of the plague that will eventually annihilate the human race. Assisting him is Dr. Cassandra Railly (Amanda Schull), a virologist who must decide whether to do harm in order to save the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWESummary: "Robin Williams stars as Lance Clayton, a man who has learned to settle. He dreams of being a rich and famous writer, but has only managed to make it as an unpopular high school poetry teacher. His only son Kyle (Daryl Sabara) is an insufferable jackass and won't give his father the time of day. Lance is dating Claire (Alexie Gilmore), the school's adorable art teacher, but she doesn't want to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY WORSummary: Follows a group of 12-year-old boys from the most violent ghettos of Baltimore to the Baraka School, an experimental boarding school in rural Kenya, where children live by strict guidelines, yet are given the freedom to grow.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: ThinkFilm 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BOYSummary: Tommy habitually tells tall tales and nobody believes him when he witnesses a murder through a tenement window.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Lloyd Webber, Andrew
Contents: Phantom of the opera (4:35) -- Take that look off your face (3:27) -- All I ask of you (4:08) -- Don't cry for me Argentina (5:25) -- Magical Mr. Mistoffeles (3:28) -- Variations 1-4 (2:57) -- Superstar (4:15) -- Memory (4:14) -- Starlight express (5:03) -- Tell me on Sunday (3:28) -- The music of the night (5:13) -- Another suitcase in another hall (2:58) -- I don't know how to love him (3:34)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: MCA 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC LLOSummary: An old gunslinger and his daughter must face the consequences of his past, when the son of a man he murdered years ago arrives to take his revenge.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE OLDCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE OLDFjelstul, Alice Bancroft.
Summary: Full-sized patterns traced in New England homes and stencils from early coverlets, together with complete directions showing how anyone can use them with ease.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1982
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.7 EarlySummary: June 28, 2019 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising - the most significant event in the gay liberation movement and the catalyst for the modern fight for LGBTQ rights in the United States. Drawing from the New York Public Library's archives, The Stonewall Reader is a collection of firsthand accounts, diaries, periodic literature and articles from LGBTQ magazines and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.3 STOSummary: Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town's deadly past. Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette return to their iconic roles in Scream alongside Melissa Barrera, Mason Gooding, Dylan Minnette, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2022
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2 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR SCRStorrie, Paul D.
Summary: The son of Zeus, king of the gods, and a mortal mother, Hercules faces the wrath of Zeus's wife Hera, who resents her illegitimate stepson and vows to bring him misery. She tricks Hercules into performing a series of twelve seemingly impossible labors. Is Hercules strong enough to foil her scheme?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC STOSummary: A chemist discovers a potent rejuvenation drug that restores youth but with some hilarious results.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Connick, Harry.
Summary: The multimedia program is non-interactive and takes the viewer through a sort of tour of New Orleans with performances of music and some commentary by Connick.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD VOCAL CONSummary: Nazi Panzer forces stage a last-ditch Belgian front offensive that could turn the tide of WWII. A spectacular recreation of a crucial campaign.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BATFontes, Ron.
Summary: A graphic novel depicting how the Greeks used a wooden horse to win the ten-year-long Trojan War.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC FONKrohn, Katherine E.
Summary: "In graphic novel format, follows the adventures of Max Axiom as he explores various sources of renewable energy"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 333.79 KROBreach
Contents: Prince of the immortal woods / Innercity -- Triangle vision (original mix) / Wire People -- All day / Beesmunt Soundsystem -- It is what it is / Fred P. -- Hoyle Road / Pedestrian -- My secret diving / Coni -- Beroving (DJ-Kicks) / Breach -- Broken / Cassio Kohl -- My way (dusky remix) / CLOSE feat. Joe Dukie -- Attention seeker / Iron Galaxy -- The break up / Detroit Swindle -- Z-Boston /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: !K7 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC BRESummary: A Christmas carol: Miser Ebenezer Scrooge has a change of heart after spirits whisk him into the past, present and future.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY GREContents: Take ten ; Desmond blue / Paul Desmond -- Look for the silver lining / Kern/DeSylva -- These foolish things / Strachey/Maschwitz -- Alone together / Schwartz/Dietz -- Three to get ready / Dave Brubeck -- Bossa Antigua / Paul Desmond -- Autumn leaves / Kosma/Prevert/Mercer -- Just squeeze me / Ellington/Gaines.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ JENBrecht, Bertolt
Summary: Play concerning the latter period of the life of Galileo Galilei. Unrelenting in his search for "simple truth", Galileo shatters beliefs held sacred for two thousand years. Under threat of torture by the Holy Inquisition, he argues for his very life in a passionate debate over science, politics, religion and ethics that resonates to this day.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: L. A. Theatre Works 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 832.912 BREEvens, Brecht
Summary: "As night falls in the City of Belgium, three strangers in their late twenties-a most dangerous age-arrive at a popular restaurant. Jona is about to move away; he calls his wife, who's already settled in Berlin, before trying to make plans with friends for one last night on the town. No one bites-they're all busy or maybe they just don't want to party-but he's determined to make this night...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2021