Palm Springs International Short Film Festival & Film Market

Six Cinematic highlights of the Palm Springs International ShortFest that provide some distinctly different perspectives on our world.

• Tuesday, July 22: 6:00pm - 8:00pm

THE NEXT MOVE
Finland, Director: Laura Neuvonen, 13 min.
When a young couple moves into their first home, the wife gets a little carried away with the decorating.

IT SNOWS IN MARRAKECH
Switzerland, Director: Hicham Alhayat, 15 min.
A dutiful son tries to dupe his father into believing the illusion that he’s arranged the trip of a lifetime for him…the only question is: who’s fooling who?

MOMENT OF TRUTH
Canada, Director: Jon Knautz, 4 min.
A young man on a hunting trip into the wood suddenly becomes hunted.

CHAMBRE 24
Switzerland, Director: Andrew Katumba, 14 min.
A man...a woman…a puppy…a hard of hearing hotelier and a slight mistake in the date make for a romantic ruin in this amusing homage to Nouvelle Vague cinema.

SOFT
United Kingdom, Director: Simon Ellis, 15 min.
A weak father finds himself confronting a gang of teenage thugs in this unexpectedly complex tale of urban angst.

THE GIRL WHO SWALLOWED BEES
Australia, Director: Paul McDermott, 9 min.
Rising Aussie star Pia Miranda is featured in this sublime tale about a girl who decides to end it all with some help of some honeybees. Hugh Weaving narrates

Good, Bad, and the Ugly

With Pacific Animal Productions

• SHOWTIME: Wednesday, July 23: 2:00pm
• SHOWTIME: Wednesday, July 23: 4:00pm

Pacific Animal Productions presents bugs and bugeaters. Meet six, eight, and multilegged critters and LOVE IT! Part of the 2008 Summer Reading Program. Sponsored by The Friends of the Rancho Mirage Library.

Classic Comedy Film Festival

Adam’s Rib (1949) starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy.

• Thursday, July 24: 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Beat the heat this July in the cool comfort of the Rancho Mirage Library Community Room and lighten your heart with laughter as you are treated to five of Hollywood’s most noteworthy Comedy Classics. You’ll also pick up a bit of movie trivia during a brief discussion following each screening. Best of all, there is no admission charge, and even the popcorn is on us! How can you go wrong? Sponsored by the Friends of the Rancho Mirage Library.

An Evening of Arias, Light Opera and Broadway

Palm Springs Opera Guild

• Tuesday, July 29: 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Once again the Rancho Mirage Public Library collaborates with the Palm Springs Opera Guild to bring Tenor Jesus Leon who has thrilled audiences around the world and participated in the Guild's yearly Vocal Scholarship Competition.

Mona Lands, Artistic Director for Opera in the Park and the Competition, will accompany our performer. The Opera Guild is known for its gifted young singers and for the popular programs that it has presented at the Library for the past nine years. Refreshments will be served at a post concert reception. Sponsored by the Friends of the Rancho Mirage Library.

Friends Book Discussion Group

The Golden Notebook, by Doris May Lessing

• Friday, August 8: 10:00am - 12:00pm

Barker Conference Room. Sponsored by the Friends of the Rancho Mirage Library.

Terra Cotta Warriors Exhibit

Bus Trip to Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA.

• DEPARTURE - Thursday, August 21: 9:00am
• COST - Members $65 / Non members $75

Includes transportation, seated lunch, Terra Cotta Warriors Exhibit, and snacks and beverage on return trip. Presented by The Friends of the Rancho Mirage Public Library. Limited to 50 persons. For additional information, call Ken Bernotas at 760-360-2116.

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