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1925 Phantom of the Opera film haunts Ron Robinson Theater tonight

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The Phantom of the Opera PosterBefore it was a musical or a movie with Claude Rains, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA was a 1925 silent movie starring Lon Chaney.

Tonight the Ron Robinson Theater will be screening this movie. A silent movie, it was shot largely in black and white, but there are some color sequences where filters were used to add hues to it.

Directed by Rupert Julian, the movie came out fifteen years after Gaston Leroux’s novel first appeared.  In addition to Chaney, the movie features Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Gibson Gowland, John St. Polis, Snitz Edwards ,Mary Fabian, and Virginia Pearson.

When the movie was first released, Universal Pictures would not allow any magazine or newspaper to publish a photo of Chaney as the phantom. They wanted the audience to be surprised by his face.

The showing starts at 6:30pm. The cost is $5.00.

Run Forrest Run – CALS Ron Robinson screens FORREST GUMP tonight

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Forrest Gump PosterNo word on whether there will be boxes of chocolates available at the concessions stand, but the CALS Ron Robinson Theater will be showing Oscar winner FORREST GUMP tonight.

The story follows the life of low I.Q. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) and his meeting with the love of his life Jenny. The film chronicles his Zelig-like experiences with some of the most important people and events in America from the late 1950s through the 1970s including a meeting with Elvis Presley, JFK, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, fighting in Vietnam, etc. The problem is, he doesn’t realize the significance of his actions. Forrest comes to embody a generation.

Others in the cast include Sally Field, Robin Wright, Gary Sinese, and Mykelti Williamson.  The movie was nominated for 13 Academy Awards and won six including Best Picture, Best Actor (Hanks), Best Director (Robert Zemeckis), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Eric Roth).

The showing starts at 6:30pm. The cost is $5.00.

Tonight – Clinton School and UA Little Rock present program on The Struggle in the South mural

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Today (January 16) at noon, UA Little Rock officially cuts the ribbon on the new UA Little Rock Downtown campus in the River Market district.

Tonight at 6pm, the Clinton School Speaker Series in conjunction with UA Little Rock presents a panel discussion on the Joe Jones mural, “The Struggle in the South” which is featured in that new space.  It will take place in the UA Little Rock Downtown location.

In 1935, famed American artist Joe Jones created “The Struggle in the South,” a provocative depiction of Southern sharecroppers, coal miners and a black family in fear of a lynching.

Originally painted in the dining hall at Commonwealth College near Mena, Arkansas, this 44-by-9-foot work was recently restored with a $500,000 grant from Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Center.

During this program, moderator Senator Joyce Elliott will join Brad Cushman, UA Little Rock Department of Art and Design Gallery director and curator; author Guy Lancaster; Dr. Brian Mitchell, UA Little Rock professor of history; Dr. Bobby L. Robert, former UA Little Rock archivist and Central Arkansas Library System executive director; and Taemora Williams, UA Little Rock student, to discuss the artwork’s historical significance and importance of its new home in UA Little Rock Downtown’s reflection room.

All Clinton School Speaker Series events are free and open to the public. Reserve your seats by emailing publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu or by calling (501) 683-5239.

Tonight at CALS Ron Robinson Theater – John Travolta in THE BOY IN THE PLASTIC BUBBLE

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Image result for boy in the plastic bubbleAfter becoming the breakout of “Welcome Back, Kotter,” John Travolta’s first starring role was in the made-for-TV movie The Boy in the Plastic Bubble.  Tonight the CALS Ron Robinson Theater offers the chance to see this movie on the big screen.

It starred Travolta as a teen with immune deficiencies who has spent his life in a germ-free enclosed “bubble.” But after falling in love with the girl next door, he wants to get out of the bubble and experience life on the outside.

In addition to Travolta, the movie starred Glynnis O’Connor (who seemed to appear in every 1970s made-for-TV movie) as the girl next door, Robert Reed (in one of his first post-Mike Brady roles – but still playing a dad), and Diana Hyland. During the filming of the movie, Travolta and Hyland started dating. She was 18 years older than he and played his mom in the movie.

Others in the movie included Buzz Aldrin (as himself), Ralph Bellamy, Karen Morrow, Howard Platt, and John Megna (who had played Dill in the movie version of To Kill a Mockingbird.)

The showing starts at 6:30pm. The cost is $5.00.

Book Signing, Art Exhibit celebrating “Winston the Pony” book tonight at CALS Hillary Clinton Children’s Library

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Image result for winston the pony goes to a partyThe CALS Hillary Rodham Clinton Children’s Library and Learning Center is hosting an exhibit opening and book signing this evening from 6:30pm to 8:00pm.

It features Nancy Pruitt and Morgan Herndon, Pruitt is the author of Winston the Pony Goes to a Party. Herndon illustrated the book.

As Pruitt writes, “Winston is a little rescue pony who came to live with us on a snowy January day. It did not take long for him to turn our farm upside down and find his way into our hearts. His big personality and barnyard antics have led to his first book, Winston the Pony Goes to a Party.”

Refreshments will be crafted by Leave It To Liz.

Sounds in the Stacks with ASO Rockefeller Quartet at the CALS Dee Brown Library

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No photo description available.Experience the beauty of string music of the highest caliber with the Rockefeller String Quartet of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra!

This free concert at the CALS Dee Brown Library will be a lovely way to take a break from the work week or introduce your kids to the magic of violin, viola, and cello.

Arkansas Symphony Orchestra’s Rockefeller Quartet includes Trisha McGovern Freeney–violin, Katherine Williamson–violin, Katherine Reynolds–viola, and Ethan Young–cello.

It is today (January 10) from 6:30pm to 7:30pm at the Dee Brown Library, which is located at 6325 Baseline Road.

GREMLINS is final entry in CALS “Not-Quite-Holiday” Film Fest

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A boy inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town. This is all a part of GREMLINS as it brings to a close the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) ”Not-Quite-Holiday” Film Fest.

(A scarier film of the same title would be a movie about the 1970s era AMC cars coming to life.)

Starring Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates, this 1984 film also features Hoyt Axton, Keye Luke, Polly Holliday and the voice of Howie Mandel. And because it was a 1980s teen movie, it features one of the Coreys — the Feldman variety.

GREMLINS starts at 6:30 pm at the Ron Robinson Theater, 100 Rock Street in Library Square.  Admission is $5. Tickets are available at ronrobinsontheater.org.

As part of the holiday film series, concessions at Ron Robinson Theater include an expanded hot drinks menu and gourmet candied popcorn options.

The Not-Quite-Holiday Film Fest is sponsored in part by The Point 94.1 and The Ride 106.7.