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Steven J. Venturino

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Podcast: Discussing Chaplin with Aaron Strand of “Behind the Slate.”

A discussion of Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times and The Great Dictator, as well as Chaplin’s use of sound, his central…

Charles Dickens, Charlie Chaplin, film theory, Modern Times, silent film, The Great Dictator

Chaplin: Five Films

Registration is now closed. A Newberry Library Adult Education Seminar This seminar follows five of Charlie Chaplin’s films in a…

Charlie Chaplin, City Lights, Modern Times, silent film, The Gold Rush, The Great Dictator, The Kid

A Serial Reading of George Eliot’s Romola

Registration is now closed. A Newberry Library Adult Education Seminar George Eliot’s fourth novel, Romola, superimposes Victorian themes and concerns…

George Eliot, Romola, Serial Reading

Exploring Tennyson’s In Memoriam

Registration is now closed. A Newberry Library Adult Education Seminar Since the Victorian era, Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s book-length poem In…

In Memoriam, poetry, Tennyson

A Serial Reading of Frankenstein

Registration is now closed. A Newberry Library Adult Education Seminar Creation, destruction, and science: imagination, art, and personal tragedy—this seminar…

Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, Serial Reading

The Art of Early Cinema: Seeing and Storytelling

Registration is now closed. A Newberry Library Adult Education Seminar. This seminar offers a lively overview of cinema styles from…

film theory, silent film

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