Attend: Music & Film

This 1993 adventure film based on the Michael Crichton novel of the same name tells the story of what happens when a wildlife park of cloned dinosaurs suffers a power breakdown that allows the dinosaurs to escape. Directed by Steven Spielberg, the film is regarded as a landmark in the use of computer-generated imagery. Part of the...

Members of the Central Jersey Dance Society will lead bimonthly, three-hour sessions of dancing to recorded music of all kinds.  While not providing formal lessons, members of the society will demonstrate some of the basic steps to many of the ballroom and modern dances.

Consponsored by the library and the Central Jersey...

Written, produced and directed by Spike Lee, this 1989 film explores a neighborhood’s simmering racial tensions and how they culminate in tragedy on the hottest day of the summer. Lee also acted in the film that marked the screen debut of Martin Lawrence and Rosie Perez. Part of the Groundbreaking Movies series. 2 hours. Community...

Directed by Ben Affleck, “Argo” is a 2012 historical drama adapted from the book “The Master of Disguise” by CIA operative Tony Mendez and Joshuah Berman’s 2007 Wired article “The Great Escape.” The film tells how Mendez led the 1980 rescue of six U.S. diplomats during the Iran hostage crisis....