Directed by Richard Berge and Bonni Cohen
Not Rated, 117 minutes
The Rape of Europa tells the epic story of the systematic theft, deliberate destruction and miraculous survival of Europe's art treasures during the Third Reich and the Second World War.
In a journey through seven countries, the film takes the audience into the violent whirlwind of fanaticism, greed, and warfare that threatened to wipe out the artistic heritage of Europe. For twelve long years, the Nazis looted and destroyed art on a scale unprecedented in history. But young art professionals as well as ordinary heroes, from truck drivers to department store clerks, fought back with an extraordinary effort to safeguard, rescue and return the millions of lost, hidden and stolen treasures.
The Rape of Europa begins and ends with the story of artist Gustav Klimt's famed Gold Portrait, stolen from Viennese Jews in 1938 and now the most expensive painting ever sold.Today, more than sixty years later, the legacy of this tragic history continues to play out as families of looted collectors recover major works of art, conservators repair battle damage, and nations fight over the fate of ill-gotten spoils of war.
Joan Allen narrates this breathtaking chronicle about the battle over the very survival of centuries of western culture.
Friday, December 4, 2009, at 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm
Saturday, December 5, 2009, at 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm
London, 1818, a secret love affair begins between 23 year old English poet, John Keats, and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, an outspoken student of fashion. [ more ]
Saturday, December 5, 2009, at 3:00 pm
Glorious classic film musical. 1927: Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are the darlings of the silent silver screen. Offscreen, Don, aided by his happy-go-lucky friend and piano accompanist, Cosmo Brown, has to dodge Lina's romantic overtures, especially when he falls for chorus girl Kathy Selden... [ more ]
Thursday, December 10, 2009, at 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm
Friday, December 11, 2009, at 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm
Saturday, December 12, 2009, at 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm
It's 1961 in the London suburb of Twickenham, and bright sixteen-year-old Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is on the cusp of womanhood, fantasizing about a more sophisticated, refined life while smoking Gauloises cigarettes. Though she feels smothered by her own adolescence, Jenny is an assiduous, cello-playing schoolgirl with a real chance of landing a spot at Oxford University. Her path takes a turn, however, when she meets David (Peter Sarsgaard), a man who seems to embody her every fantasy. [ more ]
The Ticket Office will be closed Thanksgiving week, Monday, November 23 through Sunday, November 29. It will reopen on Monday, November 30 at 12 pm. Ticket purchases are still available at any time online. [ more ]
Trio's and the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center have created a fantastic package that includes dinner at Trio's and tickets to the Stefon Harris & Blackout or Dianne Reeves performances. [ more ]
