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(Fictitious character) Barbie Juvenile drama JUVENILE FICTION / Performing Arts / Music Lardner, Ring 1885-1933 Man-woman relationships Man-woman relationships Drama New York (N.Y.) Juvenile drama New York (State) New York Performing arts Drama Performing arts Juvenile drama United StatesFilter By Subjects
(Fictitious character) Barbie Juvenile drama JUVENILE FICTION / Performing Arts / Music Lardner, Ring 1885-1933 Man-woman relationships Man-woman relationships Drama New York (N.Y.) Juvenile drama New York (State) New York Performing arts Drama Performing arts Juvenile drama United StatesSummary: A black comedy story of an actor famous for portraying an iconic superhero as he struggles to mount a Broadway play. In the days leading up to opening night, he battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, his career, and himself.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BIR RATED RCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BiCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BIRCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BIRSummary: Join Barbie "Malibu" Roberts and Barbie "Brooklyn" Roberts for fun, laughter, and exciting new adventures. Follow Barbie and Barbie as they attend a year of performing arts high school in NYC.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: NCircle Entertainment 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BARSummary: Barbie heads to New York for a summer program, where she meets another Barbie Roberts and competes in the Spotlight Solo competition.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by NCircle Entertainment 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: J DVD BarbieSummary: Join Barbie "Malibu" Roberts and Barbie "Brooklyn" Roberts for fun, laughter and exciting new adventures. Follow Barbie and Barbie as they attend a year of performing arts high school in NYC.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BARSummary: Three girls come to New York City and later, Hollywood, to chase their dreams of stardom: there's Anne, the innocent secretary type who becomes an assistant to a large theatrical agent; Neely, an aspiring chorus girl with pluck who dreams of being a singer; and the beautiful blonde Jennifer, who longs to be a real actress, but is destined to be regarded as a sex object. Life has a lot to give...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA VALFranco, James
Summary: "Actors Anonymous is unsettling, funny, personal, and dark, a story told in many forms, from testimonials (in the style of Alcoholics Anonymous) and scripts to letters, diaries, and more. Franco turns his "James Franco" persona inside out--sometimes humorously, often mercilessly. The book brims with profound insights into the nature and purpose of acting, bawdy satires of the high life, as well...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FRASummary: Three girls come to New York City and later, Hollywood, to chase their dreams of stardom: there's Anne, the innocent secretary type who becomes an assistant to a large theatrical agent; Neely, an aspiring chorus girl with pluck who dreams of being a singer; and the beautiful blonde Jennifer, who longs to be a real actress, but is destined to be regarded as a sex object. Life has a lot to give...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA VALLithgow, John
Summary: Actor John Lithgow performs two short stories, and explains the special significance each story holds in his life.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 921 LITHGOW, JOHN LITCampbell, Curtis
Summary: "A laugh-out-loud YA debut that examines the realities of small-town queer life and celebrates the transformative power of drag--perfect for fans of RuPaul's Drag Race and Pumpkin. Peter Thompkins needs a public image overhaul. After a tense confrontation with one of the few other queer kids in his small-town high school, rumors about him are becoming more elaborate by the day. Meanwhile, his...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CAMSummary: Story about students at the High School of Performing Arts, New York. Dance sequences include an audition, classes, a ballet solo by Antonia Franceschi, and the ensemble numbers "Fame" and "I sing the body electric."
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 1980
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FAMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS FAMLamouche, Sandra
Summary: "Nikosis grew up going to powwows with his family, happily immersed in music, dance and the sounds of the drum. But when he starts going to daycare, he doesn't feel like he belongs. Nikosis cries every time his mother leaves him in the unfamiliar environment until, one day, she and the teachers use drums to help Nikosis find connection and comfort. Inspired by her son's experience--and her...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LAMCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE LAMNuurali, Siman
Summary: Sadiq cannot wait to show his family heirloom drum, called a durbaan, to his friends at school, especially Gabi, who is deaf, but when a mishap occurs with Hooyo's durbaan, Sadiq must explain it to her and make things right.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.RuPaul
Summary: From his early years growing up as a queer Black kid in San Diego to forging an identity in the punk and drag scenes of Atlanta and New York, to finding enduring love with his husband Georges LeBar and self-acceptance in sobriety, RuPaul excavates his own biography life-story, uncovering new truths and insights in his personal history.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAudio 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Perkins, Jason
Summary: There was no denying it: Jimmy was born to rock. With his mom and dad in tow, Jimmy is rocking and rolling wherever he goes. But when Mama tells Jimmy its time to get some shuteye, what is a washed-up rock star to do? Full of puns and Easter eggs, "Rock Stars Don't Nap" is a charming picture book that will rock little ones to sleep.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Lonely widow Emmi Kurowski meets Arab worker Ali in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love--to their own surprise, and to the shock of family, colleagues, and drinking buddies. An emotional power that reflects the ethnic tensions within German society.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ALISummary: "An activity-based volume that introduces cultural crafts and performing arts from around the world. Features include a glossary, an additional resource list, and an index"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 790.1 FUNDavid, Jack
Summary: Describes the world of go-kart racing and the parts of a go-kart, and includes a glossary of terms used.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In rural Gaotai County, two lonely, middle-aged outcasts are pushed into an arranged marriage by their families. Ma is a humble farmer with little to offer his timid and sickly wife, Cao, except for a small, abandoned house on a barren patch of land. From just a few seeds, their newly planted crops take root and flourish; similarly, an unexpected bond between them starts to blossom. As seasons...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN RETSummary: Experience these masterpieces of storytelling. With revolutionary animation, unforgettable music and characters you love, these short films have changed the face of animation and entertainment and are sure to delight people of all ages.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PIX RATED GCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY PIX2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV PIX
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV PIXCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PiCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: J DVD MOVIE Pixar 2007Wood, Michael
Summary: Michael Wood, one of our most versatile critics, has given us a compact study of Hitchcock that deftly melds biography and criticism. He gives us the life, from a provincial suburb of London to the most posh precincts of Los Angeles, and a fabled career that began as a designer of title cards in the silent film era. He reads the films as visual texts, studying their plots to tease out their...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Harvest/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HITCHCOCK, ALFRED WOOSummary: "Mike Lane takes to the stage again after a lengthy hiatus, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. For what he hopes will be one last hurrah, Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite who lures him with an offer he can't refuse, and an agenda all her own. With everything on the line, once Mike discovers what she truly has in mind,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MAGCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MAGSummary: Hiroshima. Nagasaki. Mercury, Nevada? The latter was the site for the testing of 928 large-scale nuclear weapons from 1951 to 1992. Martin Sheen narrates this harrowing exposé of the United States' disregard for everyone living downwind.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Svetla, a strong-willed widow, lives alone in a small Bulgarian village close to the Turkish border. She has recently lost her job as a teacher due to the lack of families with young children. One day, while hunting in a forest, she encounters an African refugee, Bamba, who is trying to reach Germany, and will bring about a dramatic turn in her life. Reluctantly, she offers him hospitality, but...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FEASummary: Disney and Pixar present an incredible new collection of 12 short films, featuring multiple Academy Award nominees (best short film, animated: Presto, 2008; Day & Night, 2010; La Luna, 2011) and a host of family favorites. Join the celebration of imagination with this must-own collection, packed with unforgettable animation, fantastic stories, and captivating characters.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney 2012