The Belly of an Architect (1987)

In honor of Dubuque Main Street's Architecture Days, Carnegie-Stout Public Library in Dubuque will show the movie "The Belly of an Architect on Thursday April 21st @ 6PM in the Aigler Auditorium on the 3rd Floor. Admission and snacks are free and friendly discussion will be encouraged after the show.

Written and directed by Peter Greenway and starring Brian Dennehy, the movie is a drama about an American architect who travels to Rome to set up an exhibition honoring a French architect of the 1800s, where he increasingly becomes obsessed with his wife's adultery and his own failing health. The movie is 2 hours long and is rated R.

See you at the movies!

Marx Brothers Double Feature

Carnegie-Stout Library will present a Marx Brothers double feature with Horse Feathers and Duck Soup this Thursday November 18th @ 6PM. Featuring Grocho as a college president who can't keep his student body in line, Horse Feathers (1932) is an "anarchic parody of the highest education" with a frenzied footbal finale involving chariots, hot dogs, banana skins, elastic bands, and coutless footballs.

Duck Soup (1933), considered to be the Marx Brothers' "purest and most insane film," is a "pointed political satire" which spoofs everything from war to 1930's musicals.
Both films are in black and white and are about one hour long each and not rated.

WHO: Carnegie-Stout Library
WHAT: "Horse Feathers" & "Duck Soup"
WHERE: 3rd Floor Auditorium
WHEN: Thursday Novenber 18th @ 6PM
ADMISSION: FREE

Snacks, soda, and popcorn are provided for free.

See you at the movies!

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (A Match Made by God)

The Dubuque Film Society is happy to announce the Carnegie-Stout Public Library's upcoming showing of the Bollywood blockbuster of"Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi". Directed by Aditya Chopra, Shahrukh Khan stars in the film as mild-mannered office worker Surinder "Suri" Sahni whose love for beautiful, vivacious Tania "Taani Partner" Gupta (Anushka Sharma) transforms him into the loud and fun-loving "Raj". The film was released in December 2008 and is the third highest grossing Bollywood film of all time. This should be great fun and not to be missed!

WHO: Carnegie-Stout Public Library
WHAT: The film "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi"
WHEN: Thursday June 17th @ 6PM
WHERE: Library 3rd Floor Auditorium
ADMISSION: FREE

Snacks, popcorn, and sodas/water provided free of charge.
See you at the movies!

The Cove (2009)

Dubuque Film Society is excited to announce Carnegie-Stout Public Library's presentation of "The Cove". Dubuque native Louie Psihoyos directs this Oscar-winning documentary that covertly films fisherman at in Taiji, Japan who were hunting dolphins. Former dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry has come to set things right after a long search for redemption. This is a film not to be missed as it combines investigative journalism, eco-adventure, and arresting imagery that adds up to an urgent plea for hope.

WHAT: "The Cove"
WHEN: Thursday March 11 @ 6PM
WHERE: Carnegie-Stout Public Library 3rd Floor Auditorium
ADMISSION: FREE

Popcorn, candy, and sodas are free!
See you at the movies!

Carnegie-Stout presents Troubled Water (2008)

Directed by Erik Poppes, "Troubled Water" is a Norwegian drama about a man who becomes a church organist after serving time in prison, and a distraught mother who recognizes the organist as her child's killer.
The film is two hours long and is in Norwegian with English subtitles.

WHO: Carnegie-Stout Public Library
WHAT: "Troubled Water"
WHERE: 3rd Floor Auditorium
WHEN: Thursday January 14th @ 6PM
ADMISSION: FREE

Popcorn, candy, and water/soda will be offered free.
See you at the movies!