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Movies on the big screen every Thursday at 6:30 pm. Relax and enjoy classics or recent blockbusters in Main Library’s auditorium. Free parking on weekdays after 6 pm with a voucher from the Library.
January 5, 6:30 pm: Kid Glove Killer (1942) Blacklisted actress Marsha Hunt was 104 when she passed away last September. She co-stars with Van Heflin as a chemist in a forensic crime lab investigating a murder, 74 min.
January 12, 6:30 pm: Pressure Point (1962) Prison psychiatrist Sidney Poitier is tasked with counseling bigoted Nazi Bobby Darin. Directed by Stanley Kramer and Hubert Cornfield, with Peter Falk, 91 min.
January 19, 6:30 pm: A Reflection of Fear (1972) An isolated young girl (Sondra Locke) finds her life disrupted when her estranged father (Robert Shaw) shows up with a new bride-to-be (Sally Kellerman). And then things get really weird, PG, 89 min.
January 26, 6:30 pm: Brian's Song (1971) The classic TV movie about the real-life relationship between Chicago Bears teammates Brian Piccolo (James Caan) and Gale Sayers (Billy Dee Williams) and how they deal with Piccolo's terminal illness diagnosis. Also starring Jack Warden, Bernie Casey, and Shelley Fabares, 73 min.
Get your parking validation ticket at the Security Desk and then relax in Main Library's 400-seat auditorium.
Contact the Culture & AV Division at 330-643-9015 or cadiv@akronlibrary.org for more information.
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AGE GROUP: | Tween | Teen | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Movies |
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Main Library, located in the heart of downtown Akron, combines compelling public space with meaningful and relevant public library services for all members of our community. Since opening in 2004, the downtown library welcomes more than one million visitors each year.
Subject divisions include: Business, Government & Science, Culture & AV, Magazines & Newspapers, Special Collections (local history & genealogy), TechZone@Main, Teen, and a 12,000 square feet Children's Library.
Special services available at Main Library include: a Patent & Trademark Resource Center; U.S. Passport and Notary services; a Microbusiness Center; a Maker Space; a resource lab for early childhood educators; and regularly scheduled computer training classes. Also available at Main Library are more than 125 public access computers, color photocopiers/printers, laminating, scanning, faxing, and free Wi-Fi.
Specialized spaces include a 425-seat auditorium, public meeting rooms, and a used bookstore. An interior glass block walkway leads to a 600-space parking garage owned by the City of Akron. An outdoor amphitheater and landscaped park complete the complex.