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Join us for Big Screen Sundays and watch a film in the Lee and Diane Brandenburg Theatre!

Showings at 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.

Special Saturday Matinees
1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.

The Day of the Dead
El Día de los Muertos:
A Bilingual Celebration

Follow two youngsters in a celebration of their ancestors on this vibrant Latin American holiday. Luscious collage illustrations and poetic text create a colorful tribute. English and Spanish versions are recounted side by side. Narrated by Rita Moreno.

Join us for Big Screen Sundays and watch a film in the Lee and Diane Brandenburg Theatre! This week we’ll be watching Sid the Science Kid: The Perfect Pancake.

Showings at 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.

Big Screen Sundays

Sid the Science Kid: The Perfect Pancake
Showings at 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.

This Big Screen Sunday, we’re watching one final Sid the Science Kid film before our summer exhibit, Sid the Science Kid: The Super-Duper Exhibit!, closes on September 2. Come and join Sid and his friends on a scientific adventure!

Big Screen Sundays

Bread Comes to Life
Showings at 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.

This Big Screen Sunday, we’re watching Bread Comes to Life! Loaf around with us and watch this beautifully narrated film that takes you through the bread-making process, from sowing the seeds to shaping and baking the bread dough. This ALA Notable video is based on the book by George Levenson and features narration by Lily Tomlin and music by George Winston.

Big Screen Sundays

Peachboy
Showings at 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.

Sigourney Weaver narrates this classic Japanese tale of Momotaro, the little boy discovered inside a giant peach, who grows up to save his people from a band of ogres. This production by Rabbit Ears Entertainment has been awarded Parents Choice Silver Honors.

Big Screen Sundays

Pumpkin Circle
Showings at 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.

This story of a pumpkin patch follows a bug’s eye view and a bird’s eye view as the pumpkin patch grows and changes, from seeds to plants to pumpkins ready to harvest to jack-o-lanterns and then to seeds again.

Big Screen Sundays

Pumpkin Circle
Showings at 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.

This story of a pumpkin patch follows a bug’s eye view and a bird’s eye view as the pumpkin patch grows and changes, from seeds to plants to pumpkins ready to harvest to jack-o-lanterns and then to seeds again.

Big Screen Sundays

The Day of the Dead El Dia de los Muertos: A Bilingual Celebration
Showings at 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.

Follow two youngsters in a celebration of their ancestors on this vibrant Latin American holiday. Luscious collage illustrations and poetic text create a colorful tribute. English and Spanish versions are recounted side by side. Narrated by Rita Moreno.

Big Screen Sundays

Lights for Gita
Showings at 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.

In her new home in the West, far from her native New Delhi, Gita anticipates celebrating the Hindu festival of Diwali. But freezing rain turns expectation to disappointment…until her mother reminds her of the festival’s true meaning: Diwali is about filling the darkness with light!

Big Screen Sundays

Bread Comes to Life
Showings at 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.

This Big Screen Sunday, we’re watching Bread Comes to Life! Loaf around with us and watch this beautifully narrated film that takes you through the bread-making process, from sowing the seeds to shaping and baking the bread dough. This ALA Notable video is based on the book by George Levenson and features narration by Lily Tomlin and music by George Winston.

Big Screen Sundays

Bread Comes to Life
Showings at 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.

This Big Screen Sunday, we’re watching Bread Comes to Life! Loaf around with us and watch this beautifully narrated film that takes you through the bread-making process, from sowing the seeds to shaping and baking the bread dough. This ALA Notable video is based on the book by George Levenson and features narration by Lily Tomlin and music by George Winston.

Big Screen Sundays

Bread Comes to Life
Showings at 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.

This Big Screen Sunday, we’re watching Bread Comes to Life! Loaf around with us and watch this beautifully narrated film that takes you through the bread-making process, from sowing the seeds to shaping and baking the bread dough. This ALA Notable video is based on the book by George Levenson and features narration by Lily Tomlin and music by George Winston.

Big Screen Sundays

Tale of the Mandarin Ducks and The Stonecutter
Showings at 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.

This Big Screen Sunday, we’re watching The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks and The Stonecutter! In The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks, a pair of ducks, separated by a selfish lord, are reunited by a compassionate couple who must then brave the lord’s anger. How will they escape his wrath? Find out in this tale narrated by B.D. Wong.

In The Stonecutter, Tasaku is a cutter of stone who wants to be greater than the sun, but his wish does not work out the way he imagined. Authentic Japanese music on the koto enhances the beautiful images and narration.

Sunday, November 11, 18, and 25
1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.

Based upon a Caldecott Medal-winning book by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, this 16-minute film brings Mary Azarian’s beautiful illustrations to life in this true story of William “Snowflake” Bentley. Bentley was fascinated with snowflakes, spent years drawing and photographing them, and brought the beauty and wonder of Vermont snow to people all over the world. After watching the film, we will make some beautiful snowflakes of our own in this signature winter activity.