Concert Series
2009-2010 Season Schedule
The Washington College Concert Series—now in its 58th season—will host an exciting 2009-2010 line-up of performances. All concerts are held at the College's Gibson Center for the Arts. Single tickets can be purchased at the door, $15 for adults and $5 for youth and students. Season tickets are available for $50 per person in advance or at the box office on performance nights.
The season will feature:
- Sunday, Oct. 4, The Brentano String Quartet, 3 p.m., Hotchkiss Recital Hall
- Sunday, Nov. 1, Richard Stone, lute, 4 p.m., Hotchkiss Recital Hall
- Saturday, Jan. 23, Gemini Piano Trio, 8 p.m., Decker Theatre
- Saturday, Feb. 27, Lyric Brass Quintet, 8 p.m., Decker Theatre
- Sunday, March 28, Inna Faliks, piano, 4 p.m., Decker Theatre
Washington College students get in free with their college student ID.
Check back soon for more details.
Film Series
As a public service, admission is free to students, faculty, staff, and members of the college community. All films will be shown in the Norman James Theater at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sunday, and Monday evenings.
September 11, 13, 14 - The General (1927)
Silent comedy starring slapstick legend Buster Keaton. Set during the Civil War, a Confederate train engineer chases down his beloved locomotive, "The General," after the train is hijacked by Union spies.
September 18, 20, 21 - It Happened One Night (1934)
Screwball romantic comedy directed by Frank Capra and starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. A spoiled heiress running away from her family is aided by a reporter, who is looking for a story but ends up falling in love.
September 25, 27, 28 - Top Hat (1935)
Musical comedy starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. An American dancer arrives in London and falls in love with a fashion model, who falls for him only after multiple dance numbers, costume changes, a case of mistaken identity, and a trip to Vienna.
October 2, 4, 5 - VIctor Fleming Weekend
Oct 2 THE VIRGINIAN (1929) starring Gary Cooper.
Oct 4 GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) starring Clark Gable, Vivian Leigh.
Oct 5 6:30 PM Lecture by Michael Sragow, film critic for the Baltimore Sun and author of Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master.
7:30 PM THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) starring Judy Garland.
October 9, 11, 12 - Sullivan's Travels(1941)
Self-reflexive Hollywood satire directed by Preston Sturges, starring Joel McCrae and Veronica Lake. A lightweight director yearning to make a serious film about social ills hits the road disguised as hobo to experience the realities of life for the downtrodden.
October 23, 25, 26 - Citizen Kane (1941)
Classic character study directed by Orson Welles. The film uses flashbacks and other innovative techniques to unravel the mystery of power-hungry newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane's dying words.
Oct. 30, Nov. 1, 2 - The Big Sleep (1946)
Film noir directed by Howard Hawks starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Based on a Raymond Chandler novel, private detective Phillip Marlowe falls in love with a client's daughter and into a web of mysteries and murders.
Novenber 6, 8, 9 - On the Waterfront (1954)
Class drama directed by Elia Kazan and starring Marlon Brando, Rod Steiger, Karl Malden. An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.
November 13, 15, 16 - Vertigo (1958)
Psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak. A retired San Francisco detective suffering from vertigo becomes obsessed with a client's wife, whom he is hired to follow.
November 20, 22, 23 - Some Like It Hot (1959)
Cross-dressing comedy directed by Billy Wilder, starring Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, and Tony Curtis. Two musicians witness a mob hit in Chicago and flee by disguising themselves as women and joining an all-female band.
December 4, 6, 7 - Imitation of Life (1959)
Complex melodrama directed by Billy Wilder, starring Lana Turner and Sandra Dee. An aspiring white actress neglects her daughter, leaving her to be raised by a black nanny, whose own light-skinned daughter rejects her and attempts to pass as white.