Philadelphia screening — March 12
The Rosenbach Museum and Library in Philadelphia, PA, will host a screening and panel discussion with the filmmakers; Christine Nelson, the Drue Heinz Curator of Literary and Historical Manuscripts at the Morgan Library & Museum; and the Rosenbach’s Patrick Rodgers:
1 p.m.
2008 Delancey Place
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Tickets:
Adults: $10
Seniors (ages 65 & older): $8
Students: $5
Rosenbach, AAM & ICOM Members: Free
Info Phone: 215-732-1600
Screening in Montreal, Canada — May 19
Selwyn House School in Montreal, QC, Canada, is hosting a screening of the film:
- Thursday, May 19th at 7 p.m.
- Selwyn House School, 95 Cote St. Antoine Road, Westmount
- Tickets are $10 and are now available for purchase
- A Q&A with the filmmakers will follow
To purchase tickets and to obtain more information, send an email to Carol-Ann Hoyte, Assistant Librarian, Selwyn House School.
MassArt screening in Boston — March 2
The film will be returning to Boston at Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt):
Kansas State University screening — February 12
Professors Karin Westman and Philip Nel will be hosting a screening of the film at Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS, on Saturday, February 12, from 2:30 to 5 p.m. The filmmakers will speak with the audience via Skype. The screening is free and open to the public and takes places at the Little Theatre in the K-State Student Union. Sponsored by the Department of English and the Graduate Program in Children’s Literature.
University of Victoria screening a great success
Although we the filmmakers were not able to attend yesterday evening’s screening and panel discussion at University of Victoria — our first in Canada — our host Sylvia Pantaleo wrote that they had a great turnout with an engaged and appreciative audience of about 150 people. “It was a fantastic event overall,” she said.
After the screening, the four panelists commented on issues in the film and related a few aspects raised in the documentary to the Canadian context. Click here for more information about the event and the panelists. We look forward to bringing the film to other Canadian cities including Toronto and Montreal later this year — stay tuned!
Canadian premiere at University of Victoria — January 20
Library of the Early Mind is coming to University of Victoria’s David Lam Auditorium in Victoria, BC, Canada, on January 20 at 7 p.m. This free documentary will be followed by a children’s literature panel moderated by Professor Sylvia Pantaleo to discuss the film’s themes from a Canadian perspective. The panel features Valerie Wyatt, an editor with Kids Can Press and the author of the award-winning How to build Your Own Country; Kristi Bridgeman, illustrator of the Governor General’s short-listed Uirapurú written by the late P.K. Page; Tracy Kendrick, Coordinator of Children’s and Teen Services for Victoria Public Library; and Sheryl McFarlane, author of Waiting for the Whales. First come, first seated.
Fresno State screening — February 3
We’ll be screening the film at Fresno State in California on Thursday, February 3. Please click here for more details. Many thanks to Angelica Carpenter, curator of the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature, for helping to arrange this.
**Please note that seating is very limited for this event — and it’s first come, first seated.**
Los Angeles premiere at UCLA — February 6
Bridgewater State University screening — January 24
As noted above, Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, will screen the film for students, faculty, and the general public, free of charge. The filmmakers will speak with the audience.
This event is something of a “return home” for co-producer Steven Withrow, who attended BSU’s Burnell School as a fifth- and sixth-grader in the mid-1980s.
Please contact Nancy Witherell at witherell@bridgew.edu for more information about this event.
Kutztown University screening — March 18, 2011
We will be screening the film on Friday, March 18, 2011, at Kutztown University in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. The time and exact location are still being determined and will be posted to this blog.
After the screening, co-producer Steven Withrow will join Newbery Honor author Susan Campbell Bartoletti, award-winning author/illustrator Matt Phelan, and bookseller Heather Hebert of Children’s Book World for an exciting panel discussion.
This free event is sponsored by Kutztown University’s Rohrbach Library and the Department of Library Science and Instructional Technology.
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