A critical look at the history of Western thought by examining the remains of Adolf Hitler’s private library. The dictator and mass murderer owned 16,000 books at the end of his life. This gripping, provocative documentary, narrated by Jeremy Irons, follows historian Timothy W. Ryback, an expert on Hitler’s library, as he tries to make...
Two-time Latin Grammy nominee guitarist, educator, and composer João Luiz, began to play the popular music of his native Brazil as a child. This upbringing was instrumental in building a musical career that has bridged Classical, Jazz, and Latin American music, and helped him to discover ways to make classical music education more accessible to...
Now in its 22nd year, the Throwback Thursday Film Series screens a variety of classic movies for an adult audience. March’s theme: Men at War - the Napoleonic Era March 20: Waterloo (1970) NR The Duke of Wellington and Napoleon Bonaparte face off in this spectacular recreation of the Battle of Waterloo. Rod Steiger, Christopher...
In Where I Can’t Follow (WRL and W&M Libraries’ 2025 One Book One Community selection), poverty and opioid addiction overshadow Maren’s community. In a real-live version of her story, filmmakers Matt Moyer and Amy Toensing followed a bright and hopeful boy over 6 years to tell the story of his Appalachian community. In 2016, they...
The CIAO Italian Film Festival presents The Easy Life (Il Sorpasso). An impulsive braggart takes a shy law student with him for a two-day road trip from Rome to Tuscany. As the unlikely pair spend time together, they find out more about each other. Not Rated, 1hr 48min The Colonial Italian American Organization (CIAO) is...
With the local Battle of the Books trivia winners decided, it’s time to move on to our regional competition! Come out and cheer for the teams, from Williamsburg-James City County, York County, Newport News, Hampton, and Poquoson. Elementary school teams compete at 10:30 a.m., middle school teams at 1:30 p.m. For more information please see...
Now in its 22nd year, the Throwback Thursday Film Series screens a variety of classic movies for an adult audience. March’s theme: Men at War: the Napoleonic Era March 13: Damn the Defiant! (1962) NR En route to a battle with the French Navy, the Captain of a British warship clashes with his second-in-command, whose...
The Peninsula Concert Band has a rich, 75-year history of providing musical entertainment to people all over Hampton Roads, Virginia. The community band loves to perform concerts and educate audiences year-round with a broad range of band music that includes marches (e.g. “Stars and Stripes Forever” and “Colonel Bogey’s March”), contemporary show tunes, concert band...
This new film series brings art house film flavor to your Tuesdays. Plus, meet new friends, hear from special guests who are film experts, enjoy light refreshments, and have a discussion after the film. March theme: Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday March 11: Pride and Prejudice (1940) NR Greer Garson and Lawrence Olivier star in this...
The Tim May and Steve Smith duo brings an evening of original, traditional and swing music with mandolinist/vocalist Steve Smith and Nashville guitarist/vocalist Tim May. Smith and May originally met while on staff at Camp Bluegrass in Levelland, Texas and quickly discovered many common musical threads for exploration honoring tradition and improvisation. Their shows include...
The Goldmund Quartet, based in Germany, is now counted as among the world’s leading string quartets of the younger generation. The ensemble is noted for its “exquisite playing” (Süddeutsche Zeitung) in its interpretations of the great classical and modern works of the quartet literature. Its inwardness, the group’s unbelievably fine intonation, and musical phrases worked...
Tamas is an aging boxing coach in Budapest whose relationship with his son, Ivan, has frayed to the point of estrangement. When the pair reunite for the funeral of Tamas’s wife, they are forced to address their problems. The film is masterfully acted and directed, maintaining a perfectly balanced tone between comedy and pathos. Not...