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Posted on Monday, April 29, 2013 by fillups
...and why should a movie fan celebrate his birthday? While the late film director Fred Zinnemann's name might not be recognizable to the average movie goer a look back at his incredible career reveals several great films that many movie fans cherish including the most famous beach kiss ever filmed. Fred Zinnemann was born on April 29th 1907 in Vienna. After he came to America, . . . more »
Posted on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 by coffeecritic
What did you do on Earth Day? In honor of our planet's holiday, consider curling up on the couch with some of these earth-friendly films. Documentaries, dramas, animated family films - they're all available at the Santa Clara County Library! An Inconvenient Truth Former Vice President Al Gore explains the facts of global warming, presents arguments that the dangers of global warming have reached crisis . . . more »
Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 by LaurenJoan
Alice and Joanie B. are frantically practicing to be ready to perform on Wednesday, April 17 at 6 pm at the Milpitas Library auditorium --- Look out!! It's a SLAM-OFF (Jen G versus David P), it's a Variety Show (comedy with ZF, Boswick and Cornelius Crow), it's chickens dancing Irish zombie style--- get your popcorn and peanuts... (and maybe jelly beans and balloons) --It's all . . . more »
Posted on Monday, April 15, 2013 by fillups
April is National Poetry Month and the Milpitas Library is celebrating it all month long! This week on Wednesday, April 17th at 6:00 PM, you can check out the 2nd Annual Variety Show & Slam-Off with David P and Jen G. There will be lots of surprises and awesome poetry! On Wednesday, April 24th at 6:00 PM, poetry lovers can enjoy or participate in our . . . more »
Posted on Saturday, April 13, 2013 by fillups
Sam Raimi has been making big movie news in 2013. First, for directing Oz, The Great and Powerful and now, again topping the box office, by producing the big budget remake of his 1982 horror film The Evil Dead. Newcomer Fede Alvarez directed the 2013 version of Sam Raimi's cult classic. If you're a horror fan wanting to get caught up with Sam Raimi's influential . . . more »
Posted on Friday, April 12, 2013 by Business_and_Finance
Congratulations! The dream of owning your own business is coming true. You need some capital to get things off the ground and the bank has asked you for your business plan. This is where you may start to feel stressed, overwhelmed and completely out of your league. Take a deep breath. The Santa Clara County Library District has a resource that will help. The Small . . . more »
Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 by coffeecritic
Perhaps you missed the live screening of the Metropolitan Opera's Ring Cycle, or didn't get to see the premiere of The Enchanted Island on the big screen. No worries, the library has these and all Metropolitan Opera live in HD performances as they become available on dvd. Der Ring des Nibelungen Madama Butterfly Carmen Doctor Atomic All Metropolitan live in HD dvds here Top image: . . . more »
Posted on Monday, April 8, 2013 by coffeecritic
When I first saw this video, I could hardly believe what I was seeing and hearing! Alice Herz-Sommer is the oldest known Holocaust survivor. At 109 years old, she lives in London and still plays the piano daily. She is a trained classical pianist and had begun giving concerts in her hometown of Prague, when the Germans took over the city and she was taken, . . . more »
Posted on Friday, April 5, 2013 by fillups
Ni No Kuni: The Wrath of the White Witch (screenshot above) is one of many new video games coming to your local SCCLD library. The SCCLD system currently supports the Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo wii, PS3 and XBOX 360 console game systems. Here is a sampling of some of the games you can request now! Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends Of The Titan For Nintendo 3DS. For . . . more »
Posted on Friday, April 5, 2013 by fillups
Roger Ebert passed away on Thursday, April 4th, 2013. Arguably, he was the most prominent and well known film critic in America. He was the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize (in 1975) while he was writing for the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper. 1975 was also the year he began filming the PBS movie review show Sneak Previews with rival Chicago film critic Gene . . . more »
