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Movies on the big screen every Sunday at 2 pm! Relax and enjoy classics or recent blockbusters in Main Library’s Auditorium. Free parking is available in the High and Market deck on weekends.
December 3, 2 pm: "The Long, Hot Summer" (1958)
Warm up your winter day with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in this steamy adaptation of William Faulkner stories by director Martin Ritt. With Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles, Lee Remick, and Angela Lansbury, 115 min.
December 10, 2 pm: "Asteroid City" (2023)
Wes Anderson’s latest jewel-box of a movie follows the plot of a fictional play set in the title desert location. With Jason Schwartzman, Scarlet Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Brian Cranston, and Edward Norton, PG-13, 105 min.
December 17, 2 pm: "Elemental" (2023)
This Disney/Pixar animated adventure details a city populated by residents that are elements of fire, water, land, and air, and the unlikely friendship between Ember and Wade. With voices by Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, and Catherine O’Hara, PG, 101 min.
Contact the Culture & AV Division at 330.643.9015 or cadiv@akronlibrary.org for more information.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Movies |
TAGS: | William Faulkner | Wes Anderson | Tom Hanks | Scarlett Johansson | Pixar | Paul Newman | Orson Welles | Martin Ritt | Lee Remick | Joanne Woodward | Jeffrey Wright | Jason Schwartzman | Edward Norton | Disney | Bryan Cranston | Anthony Franciosa | animation | Angela Lansbury |
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.
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Akron, Ohio 44326
330.643.9000
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