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Summary: Adult siblings Baxter and Annie, scarred from an unconventional upbringing, return to their family home. When their parents, performance artists famous for elaborate public hoaxes, go missing under troubling circumstances, Baxter and Annie investigate. Unsure whether it's foul play or just another elaborate ruse, nothing can prepare them for what they discover.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FAM

Summary: Kirk Douglas gives a fierce portrayal as Vincent van Gogh, torn between the joyous inspiration of his genius and the dark desperation of his tormented mind.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2006

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LUS

Summary: Judy's been described as many things: a free spirit, a daydreamer, a boy-crazy hot mess. But this is going to be the summer it all comes together for this ambitious, 30-something drag queen/cater-waiter and his best friend, Chrissy. That is, until Chrissy's priorities suddenly shift, forcing a disillusioned Judy to examine his life and priorities as a queer artist, and rediscover himself in the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CHR

Summary: An aspiring artist and the aspiring singer he loves join the most berserk brood of sun-and-funners on Nantucket Island in New England.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ONE

Seligman, Craig

Summary: "In the 1970s, queer people were openly despised and drag queens scared the public; this was also the era when Doris Fish (born Philip Mills in 1952 in Australia) rose to drag queen stardom. He was a leader of the generation that prepared the world not just for drag queens on TV but for a society that is more tolerant and accepting of LGBTQ+ people. How did we get from there to here? Craig...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FISH, DORIS SEL

Summary: "Set in 1964, Final Portrait is the story of the touching and offbeat friendship between American writer and art-lover James Lord and world-renowned artist Alberto Giacometti. Lord's perspective reveals a unique insight into the beauty, frustration, profundity and sometimes chaos of the artistic process. While on a short trip to Paris, Lord is asked by his friend Giacometti to sit for a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FIN

Summary: By working through challenges stemming from his past, Tom Warshaw, an American artist living in Paris, begins to discover who he really is and returns to his home to reconcile with his family and friends.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2005

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HOU

Bigelow, Lisa Jenn

Summary: Find the confidence to rock out to your own beat in this big-hearted middle grade novel. Not to be missed by fans of Raina Telgemeier's Drama and Tim Federle's Better Nate Than Ever ! Melly only joined the school band because her best friend, Olivia, begged her to. But to her surprise, quiet Melly loves playing the drums. It's the only time she doesn't feel like a mouse. Now she and Olivia are...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BIG

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC BIG

Giorno, John

Summary: "Memoir of the poet and performance artist John Giorno"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GIORNO, JOHN GIO

Summary: Features fresh doses of the comedian's groundbreaking and controversial brand of humor.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: KOCH Vision 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS ASS

Wilson, Kevin

Summary: Performance artists Caleb and Camille Fang dedicated themselves to making great art. But when an artist's work lies in subverting normality, it can be difficult to raise well-adjusted children. Just ask Buster and Annie Fang. For as long as they can remember, they starred (unwillingly) in their parents' madcap pieces. but now that they are grown up, the chaos of their childhood has made it...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2011

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Wilson

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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE

Rowe, Kaz

Summary: "This graphic biography chronicles the life of Surrealist artist Claude Cahun, from their childhood and experiences of antisemitism in France, through the development of their artistic practice in Paris, to their resistance against the Nazis in Jersey, and includes photographs by Cahun and artistic and romantic partner Marcel Moore"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Getty Publications 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 CAH

Summary: The world's greatest drummers reflect on the art of drumming and how it has shaped their lives. Features interviews with Ringo Starr from The Beatles, Taylor Hawkins from Foo Fighters, Stewart Copeland from The Police, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann from Grateful Dead, Chad Smith from Red Hot Chili Peppers, and more.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC LET

Summary: Proud first lady of a Southern Baptist megachurch, Trinitie Childs carries immense responsibility on her shoulders. After a scandal involving her husband, the church is forced to temporarily close, leaving Trinitie struggling to manage the aftermath. Now, she and her spouse must rebuild their congregation and reconcile their faith by all means necessary to make the biggest comeback that...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HON

Summary: "Centers on a revolutionary machine that allows scientists to enter and record a subject's dream. After it is stolen, a fearless detective and a brilliant therapist join forces to recover the device before it falls into the hands of a 'dream terrorist'"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME PAP

Summary: With the city in the throes of a flu epidemic, the Petrov family struggles through yet another day in a country where the past is never past, the present is a goose-fueled, icy fever dream of violence and tenderness, and where, beneath the layers of the ordinary, things turn out to be quite extraordinary. Part Science-fiction, mystery, and dark comedy, this Cannes Film Festival entry is a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PET

Kane, Brian M.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Flesk Publications 2006

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 702 BAMA KAN

Drain, Lauren.

Summary: "In the bestselling tradition of Escape and Stolen Innocence, the first look behind the curtains of the Westboro Baptist Church, by a young woman cast out from its clutches"--Provided by the publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 286 DRA

Summary: A beautiful new cashier gets the slacker employees working hard, when they find out she only dates guys who have won the coveted 'Employee of the Month' award.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2007

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Summary: Dancing great Bill Williamson takes a look back on the beginnings of his career and his romance with fellow rising star Selina. Their romance is brief because Selina does not want to settle down.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS STO

Summary: "From forming a schoolyard marching band to helping Ludwig van Beethoven write a symphony, your friends at PBS Kids really know how to put on a fantastic performance!"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Kids 2018

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Children's videos, Call number: J DVD 20 2018

Hodgson, Sarah

Summary: "This interesting art book inspires children to unleash their creativity as they learn how to use a variety of tools, media, and processes to create original works in printmaking. Mini-bio sections highlight the work of well-known artists and encourage readers to consider the artist's use of the elements of art and principles of design. Skill-building projects support readers as they create...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Publishing Company 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 760.28 HOD

Rosengaard, Mikkel

Summary: "Combining the infectious narration of Nick Hornby's Funny Girl, the philosophical lyricism of Roberto Bolano's The Savage Detectives, and the mesmerizing power of Anna North's The Life and Death of Sophie Stark, a breathtaking debut, brimming with youthful brio and irresistible humor, that chronicles a young man's friendship with a most peculiar artist. On a rooftop in Brooklyn on a spring...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Custom House 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROS

Pochoda, Ivy

Summary: "In West Adams, a rapidly changing part of South Los Angeles, they're referred to as these women. These women on the corner... These women in the club... These women who won't stop asking questions... These women who got what they deserved... Ivy Pochoda creates a kaleidoscope of loss, power, and hope featuring five very different women whose lives are steeped in danger and anguish. They're...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC POC

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC POC

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M POC

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