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Part of Seldom Screened Cinema 2011: The Stony Road
Barbara Smith Conrad, a gifted black music student at the University of Texas is cast in an opera to co-star with a white male classmate, fueling a racist backlash from members of the Texas legislature. This small-town girl, whose voice and spirit stem from her roots in East Texas, emerges as an internationally celebrated mezzo-soprano and headlines on stages around the world.
74 mins, Not Rated

Part of Seldom Screened Cinema 2011: The Stony Road
This story is one of the few accounts of the early 1900 migration of African Americans from the sharecropper laborers of the south to the industrial labor factories of the north. “The Killing Floor” retells the often brutal and violent beginnings of the U.S. Labor Movement through the eyes of a Southern black sharecropper who finds work in a Chicago slaughterhouse.
118 mins. Rated PG

Part of Seldom Screened Cinema 2011: The Stony Road and "Moving Toward Liberation: Freedom Riders 1961-2011" http://aarl.denverlibrary.org/events_exhibits/freedom.html

The American Civil Rights Movement through its music – the freedom songs protesters sang on picket lines, in meetings, and in jail cells as they fought for justice and equality. Features new performances of the freedom songs by top artists; archival footage; and interviews with civil rights foot soldiers and leaders. Discussion to follow led by donnie l. betts
82 mins, Not Rated

Part of Seldom Screened Cinema 2011: The Stony Road
In 1964, a mob of Klansmen murdered three civil rights workers in the small Mississippi county of Neshoba – the infamous “Mississippi Burning” murders. This documentary tells the story of these three American heroes and the long struggle to bring their killers to justice in a place that is still dealing with the legacy of a violent and racist past.
87 mins, Not Rated

Part of Seldom Screened Cinema 2011: The Stony Road
A drama depicting the final murder trial, in 1994, of the Byron De La Beckwith, the white supremacist accused of the 1963 assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers. Two earlier trials had ended in hung juries. Evers’ widow and the assistant district attorney struggle to finally bring the murderer to justice.
130 mins, Rated: PG-13

It’s just about that time of year when holiday gatherings and family events necessitate a lot of dashing around for gifts. Don’t get caught with your bag empty – join Fresh City Life’s knitting night school. Each week we’ll focus on a different, quick and simple knitted gift that can be completed in a couple evenings. If you do your homework, by the end of November you’ll have gift giving in the bag! Registration is required.

Sweeney Todd’s Fingerless Gloves
Monday, November 7, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Central Library, Level 1 Fresh City Lounge
Registration opens October 24

After another wonderful year of learning, sharing and creating, join Fresh City Life to toast the past year and herald more community fun in the New Year. We’ll have a buffet table with nibbles, sweets and something nice to drink for everyone. Trish Tilly will help you make one of her adorable snowflake ornaments encrusted in glitter to take home. All of our yarn, glitter, supplies and accessories will be discounted for merry gift making or giving!

Denver Bookbinding Company
2715 17th St., Denver 80211

Denver’s oldest and most beloved bookbinding house is opening its doors for a unique, insider’s look at creating and binding books. Tour includes a workshop on making your own hardcover, single-signature book to take home. $15 materials fee (all materials and supplies included).

The new fine art applications for iPad have really started to take hold with established artists – David Hockney recently opened a show in Paris of his iPhone artworks. He commented that it was perhaps the first time that an artist delivered all of his artwork to the exhibiting gallery via email. There’s no denying that this new medium has an immediacy and egalitarian sexiness – pick up your phone or computer pad and you’ve got all the materials you need to create. Artist Jimmy Sellars teaches this workshop on the fundamentals of digital drawing and painting.

These gorgeous and oversized flowers will brighten any room and make a chic centerpiece – you’ll create three to take home. And you’ll be learning techniques in this class that will assist you in other paper craft exploration. All materials included, $10 materials fee. Registration is required and will open on Thursday, October 27.
http://denverlibrary.org/node/2235