Inaugurated in the fall of 2001, our Beyond the Books (once named Sunday Series) features a varied
selection of concerts, lectures, and film screenings. Programs usually take place weekend
afternoons. During the expansion construction, programs will be at the Library's interim location in University Mall, at Flyleaf Books on Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., and possibly elsewhere. Check individual listings for details. We hope you will join us at an upcoming event!
Upcoming Events
- February 11th, 2012
12:00pm - 1:00pm TBD
- CANCELLED Playmakers: The Prologue Series -- The Making of a King: Henry IV by William Shakespeare
CANCELLED. An epic coming-of-age tale that follows the education of young Prince Hal from his unpromising start in bawdy houses and taverns under the tutelage of the larger-than-life Sir John Falstaff to his rise as one of England’s greatest monarchs, King Henry the Fifth. Travel from palaces to battlefields, from civil war in Britain to battles in the “vasty fields of France” on another of PlayMakers’ great journeys.
Michael Winters, well known from TV’s Gilmore Girls and last seen at PlayMakers as King Lear in 2004, will play Falstaff.
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- February 18th, 2012
12:00pm - 1:00pm TBD
- CANCELLED Playmakers: The Prologue Series -- The Making of a King: Henry V by William Shakespeare
CANCELLED. An epic coming-of-age tale that follows the education of young Prince Hal from his unpromising start in bawdy houses and taverns under the tutelage of the larger-than-life Sir John Falstaff to his rise as one of England’s greatest monarchs, King Henry the Fifth. Travel from palaces to battlefields, from civil war in Britain to battles in the “vasty fields of France” on another of PlayMakers’ great journeys.
Michael Winters, well known from TV’s Gilmore Girls and last seen at PlayMakers as King Lear in 2004, will play Falstaff.
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- April 14th, 2012
12:00pm - 1:00pm TBD
- PlayMakers: The Prologue Series -- Noises Off
Saturday, April 14: Noises Off
In this uproarious comedy, a fifth rate theatre troupe on a bottom tier provincial tour shows us both sides of comedic calamity. A hilarious fiasco of flubbed lines and missed cues ensues onstage, compounded by romantic turmoil offstage. By the time the curtain rings down, both the set and the ingénue will be stripped to their knickers and you’ll be helpless with laughter.
“A triumph of slapstick choreography“…“doors slam and trousers drop with dizzying abandon” – Time Magazine
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Past Events
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