2 p.m.
Gypsy jazz featuring guitarist Reynold Philipsek, Prairie Home Companion veteran violinist Gary Schulte, and Jeff Bruske performing on bass.
6:30 p.m.
This legacy of American jazz performance includes works from a variety of amazing American jazz artists from a variety of cultures and backgrounds.
6:30 p.m.
This performance of Latin music with Afro-Cuban influences includes the unique instruments and rhythms of salsa, merengue, and more.
Summer Outdoor Movies returns for its 8th season at Central Library with four films inspired by the work of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Grab your bug spray and blanket and spend your Fridays under the stars at the library. The series is presented by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library and Fitzgerald in Saint Paul.
Films are cancelled in case of rain.
This week: The Great Gatsby
Summer Outdoor Movies kicks off with Robert Redford's 1974 classic retelling of The Great Gatsby. Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.
Summer Outdoor Movies returns for its 8th season at Central Library with four films inspired by the work of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Grab your bug spray and blanket and spend your Fridays under the stars at the library. The series is presented by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library and Fitzgerald in Saint Paul.
Films are cancelled in case of rain.
This week: Three Comrades
Fitzgerald's one and only credited screenplay, Three Comrades, will come to Central Library on July 19. Directed by melodrama virtuoso Frank Borzage, this love story is centered on the lives of three young German soldiers in the years following World War I. Their close friendship is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman.
Take a walking tour of downtown Fitzgerald sites, led by Dave Page, before the screening on July 19. Start at Central Library at 8 p.m. and return by 9 p.m. Call The Friends for a reservation - space is limited.
Summer Outdoor Movies returns for its 8th season at Central Library with four films inspired by the work of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Grab your bug spray and blanket and spend your Fridays under the stars at the library. The series is presented by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library and Fitzgerald in Saint Paul.
Films are cancelled in case of rain.
This week: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Adapted from a 1922 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button tells the astonishing tale of a man who ages backwards. Born in his eighties just after World War I, Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) proceeds to live his life aging in reverse throughout the 20th century-growing up in New Orleans, meeting the girl of his dreams (Cate Blanchett), and sharing a few blissful years with her until their different aging agendas send them in opposite directions.
Summer Outdoor Movies returns for its 8th season at Central Library with four films inspired by the work of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Grab your bug spray and blanket and spend your Fridays under the stars at the library. The series is presented by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library and Fitzgerald in Saint Paul.
Films are cancelled in case of rain.
This week: Midnight in Paris
Wrapping up Summer Outdoor Movies on August 2 will be Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris. Gil Pender is a Hollywood screenwriter vacationing in Paris with his fiancé and her family. On a late night drunken stroll through the city streets, Pender spots a vintage 1920's car that picks him up and takes him back in time to the Jazz Age. While visiting the past, Pender encounters Modernist expatriates, Gertrude Stein, Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, and both F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald.