Jazz changed forever in 1959. Want to sound cool at parties over this holiday break? Then you need to know your Jazz history. The following four albums hit record shops in 1959, and they changed pop music and Jazz around the world. Our library has three of the four albums in our collection: 1: Miles Davis:… Continue reading The Year That Changed Jazz and Popular Music
Category: Music and Video
Blog posts about AV materials.
New to the Collection: “Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility” 2 Disc DVD Set
If you are a fan of Jane Austen and Downton Abbey, you’ll want to check out this DVD set to tide you over until the new (and final) season of Downton starts in January on PBS. It’s a BBC television adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. In Sense & Sensibility, Dan Stevens (best known… Continue reading New to the Collection: “Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility” 2 Disc DVD Set
New to the Collection: “The Shining” DVDs
If you are looking for a good horror film to curl up on the couch and watch this Halloween, check out “The Shining” DVDs. It is available in two different versions. You might ask “What is the other version? I only remember the famous Stanley Kubrick/Jack Nicholson one!” Here’s a little back story: apparently Stephen… Continue reading New to the Collection: “The Shining” DVDs
Ellis Island
Immigration is one the topics that we’re focusing on as part of our One Book, One College discussion this year. No treatment of the history of immigration in this country would be complete without a look at Ellis Island. Between 1892 and 1954, over 12 million immigrants entered the United States through this station in… Continue reading Ellis Island
One Book, One College, Three New DVDs
The library has just added three new highly acclaimed DVDs that complement our One Book, One College selection this year. These films depict the lives of Latin Americans struggling to reach the United States in search of a better life for themselves and for their families. Previously appearing at numerous film festivals and now appearing… Continue reading One Book, One College, Three New DVDs
Chicago in Film
Did you know that before there was Hollywood, Chicago was the place for movie making? Chicago has a long history as an important place in the film industry. Movie making began in Chicago in 1896, with two of the world’s first film studios headquartered in Chicago. William Selig’s Polyscope studio, at Irving Park Road and… Continue reading Chicago in Film
Film Blog: Castle in the Sky
Last time we featured Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, which was Miyazaki’s first animated feature film.Today we’re going to continue on that trend of Miyazaki films with Castle in the Sky. This film is considered the first Studio Ghibli produced film (1986). The film opens with an engineer’s apprentice Pazu finding an unconscious… Continue reading Film Blog: Castle in the Sky
Irish Film
The Chicago Irish Film Festival begins this weekend and runs through March 7th. This marks the 16th year of presenting the works of Irish filmmakers to the Chicagoland community. Since the festival’s inception, over 500 feature films, documentaries, and short films have been shown representing the very best in works by talented and award-winning Irish… Continue reading Irish Film
Film Blog Series: New Marvel Movies Added!
Today I’m featuring the latest Marvel movies added to our collection, which are Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, and The Avengers! But just in case you haven’t seen Iron Man, we have that film in the library as well! You could definitely make a weekend out of it especially considering the cold temperatures outside. If… Continue reading Film Blog Series: New Marvel Movies Added!
Film Blog: Studio Ghibli Series and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Today I’m going to start featuring all the Studio Ghibli/Miyazaki films we have in our collection. For those of you who have never heard of Studio Ghibli, you’re in for a treat! I will introduce the films in chronological order to make it a little easier. Studio Ghibli was founded by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao… Continue reading Film Blog: Studio Ghibli Series and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind