Library U's Fall 2025 Humanities Spreaker Series, co- sponsored with Humanities Washington, the Bainbridge Book Festival, and the Bainbridge Public Library, begins September 28. Presentations take place in the Bainbridge Public Library community meeting room, with the exception of the October 11 Bainbridge Book Festival program. BONUS!! On September 13 at 7:30 p.m., Bainbridge Performing Arts presents Joel
Underwood's "Move It on Over: Stories and Song of Hank Williams." On New Year's Eve, 1952, despite his fragile health, 29 year-old Hank Williams took off on an ill-planned overnight journey from Alabama to Ohio to save his flailing career. He did not survive. In "Move It On Over," music historian/folksinger/story-teller Joel Underwood weaves the story of that mysterious, controversial night with Williams' early life. Throughout the ride, we sing along with favorites including "Your Cheating' Heart," "Hey Good Lookin'," and "So Lonesome I Could Cry." Sometimes hilarious, sometimes tragic, Underwood and his guitar bring to bright life the story of one of America's most important musical voices.
The Fate of the Free Press and Democracy in America
Brier Dudley, editor of the Seattle Times Save the Free Press public service initiative, will discuss the state of America's independent, local press system and what's being done in 2025 to address its decline.
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A History of Movie Adaptations in 10 Films
At the Bainbridge Book Festival. From its very beginnings, cinema looked to literary sources for inspiration. At first, theatrical plays seemed like the obvious choice, but eventually novels and short stories became the most popular source materials for the Hollywood studios to adapt (or exploit, depending on your point of view). But with this shift came an important philosophical question that producers and studio chiefs had to negotiate: how faithful should a film adaptation be to the original? Join Seattle International Film Festival Programmer Dan Doody, who has also worked as a book seller, as he looks at ten popular films adapted from novels, discusses how faithful they remained to their literary origins, and why in each case it does (or doesn't) matter. We'll also ask the question: how is the possibility of a a film or TV adaptation of their books influencing writers today?
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Boston's War: The Tea Party to Bunker Hill
Presented by retired diplomat and military historian Larry Kerr
When the American Revolution finally came, it arrived first in Boston. We will learn about Boston's role as the center of American political, economic, and military resistance and the city's pre-war military preparations and intelligence organization. We'll also look at the first days of fighting, including Lexington Green, Concord Bridge, Bunker Hill, and the British withdrawal from Boston.
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The Blacklist Era and Hollywood
A Humanities Washington presentation by film critic and historian Robert Horton
"Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?" The answer to this question - or refusal to answer it - cast hundreds of lives into turmoil at the dawn of the Cold War. The Red Scare that erupted in the 1940s allowed the House Committee on Un-American Activities to grab headlines by parading prominent Hollywood figures before the cameras. This presentation, illustrated with film clips, tells the stories from this heartbreaking and scandalous era, and how notables such as Humphrey Bogart, Elia Kazan, and Charlie Chaplin were swept up in the frenzy. We'll also ask a question: with today's politics at a boiling point, are we living in such as period again?
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