Friday Brown Bag Matinees
The Museum’s free film series is shown at noon on select Fridays in the McKean Pavilion, 161 West Canton Avenue (just behind the Museum). Those attending are invited to bring a lunch. The Museum provides soft drinks and refreshments. Admission is free, although please note that only Museum members may participate in off-site events.
2012-2013
Fall Series
19th-Century Masterpieces
November 2, 2012 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
The Private Life of a Masterpiece: Masterpieces 1851 to 1900—Edouard Manet: Le Déjeuner Sur L’Herbe (49 minutes)
November 9, 2012 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
The Private Life of a Masterpiece: Masterpieces 1851 to 1900—James McNeill Whistler: Portrait of the Artist’s Mother (49 minutes)
November 16, 2012 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
The Private Life of a Masterpiece: Masterpieces 1851 to 1900—Edvard Munch: The Scream (49 minutes)
- Books Related to Fall 2012 Series: Nineteenth-Century Masterpieces
- Perspectives on Manet edited by Therese Dolan
- James McNeill Whistler: Beyond the Myth by Ronald Anderson and Anne Koval
- Edvard Munch: The Modern Eye edited by Angela Lampe and Clément Chéroux
Winter Series
World’s Fairs
January 25, 2013 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Expo—Magic of the White City (53 minutes)
February 1, 2013 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Continuation of Expo—Magic of the White City (63 minutes)
February 8, 2013 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
The World’s Greatest Fair: Saint Louis 1904 (57 minutes)
February 15, 2013 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Continuation of The World’s Greatest Fair: Saint Louis 1904 (56 minutes)
February 22, 2013 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair (60 minutes)
- Books Related to Winter 2013 Series: World’s Fairs
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
- Beyond the Ice Cream Cone: The Whole Scoop on Food at the 1904 World’s Fair by Pamela J. Vaccaro
Spring Series
The History of Film
April 26, 2013 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Modern Marvels: Capture of Light—The Invention of Photography (45 minutes)
May 3, 2013 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
The Edison Effect: The Motion Picture (50 minutes)
May 10, 2013 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
George Méliès—First Wizard of Cinema: Le Grand Méliès (31 minutes) and movie shorts from The Movies Begin: Volume Four—The Magic of Méliès (14 minutes)
May 17, 2013 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Hugo (127 minutes). Field trip to Aloma Cinema Grill, Winter Park. Reservations and refundable deposit required.
- Books Related to Spring 2013 Series: History of Film
- Muybridge: The Eye in Motion: Tracing Cinema’s Origins by Stephen Barber
- The Private Life of a Masterpiece series, 2008.