The Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy is hosting a special program on Free Summers Sunday featuring notable black Knox County citizens from both the past and the present.
The museum is open from 12 pm – 5 pm.
A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.
Join Red Skelton Museum Curator, Mark Kratzner and director, Anne Pratt as they present the fourth movie in the Oscar Laughs! series, “The Apartment.”
These events are made possible by a grant through the Indiana Humanities.
These events are free and open to the public, but attendees are asked to register in advance using the Eventbrite link.
Winners:
Best Motion Picture and Best Director: Billy Wilder
Best Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen: Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond
Best Art Direction – Black-and-White: Alexandre Trauner and Edward G. Boyle
Best Film Editing: Daniel Mandell
Nominees:
Best Actor: Jack Lemmon
Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Kruschen
Best Cinematography – Black-and-White: Joseph LaShelle
Best Sound: Gordon E. Sawyer
A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.
There is a Red Skelton connection.
Join Red Skelton Museum Curator, Mark Kratzner and director, Anne Pratt as they present the third movie in the Oscar Laughs! series, “Roman Holiday.”
These events are made possible by a grant through the Indiana Humanities.
These events are free and open to the public, but attendees are asked to register in advance using the Eventbrite link.
Winner:
Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn
Best Story: Dalton Trumbo
Best Costume Design – Black-and-White: Edith Head
Nominees:
Best Motion Picture and Best Director: William Wyler
Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Albert
Best Screenplay: Ian McLellan Hunter and John Dighton
Best Art Direction – Black-and-White: Hal Pereira and Walter H. Tyler
Best Cinematography – Black-and-White: Franz Planer and Henri Alekan
Best Film Editing: Robert Swink
On their wedding night, Bob reveals to Betty that he has purchased an abandoned chicken farm. Betty struggles to adapt to their new rural lifestyle, especially when a glamorous neighbor seems to set her eyes on Bob.
Join Red Skelton Museum Curator, Mark Kratzner and director, Anne Pratt as they present the second movie in the Oscar Laughs! series, “The Egg And I.”
These events are made possible by a grant through the Indiana Humanities.
These events are free and open to the public, but attendees are asked to register in advance using the Eventbrite link.
Nominee:
Best Supporting Actress: Majorie Main
A stern Soviet woman sent to Paris to supervise the sale of jewels seized from Russian nobles finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
Join Red Skelton Museum Curator, Mark Kratzner and director, Anne Pratt as they present the first movie in the Oscar Laughs! series, “Ninotchka.”
These events are made possible by a grant through the Indiana Humanities.
These events are free and open to the public, but attendees are asked to register in advance using the Eventbrite link.
Nominees:
Best Picture: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Best Actress: Greta Garbo
Best Original Story: Melchior Lengyel
Best Screenplay: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Walter Reisch
Admission is free.
The Vincennes University Performing Arts Department presents “Guitars in the Night.” The concert will take place on Thursday, November 17th at 7:00 p.m. (EST), in Vincennes University’s Red Skelton Performing Arts Center Theatre. Admission is free and the public is invited to attend.
This year’s concert features VU Music’s Blues Ensemble performing various blues tunes. Special Guests: Scott Mercer, Dave Parman, and the group “Wood & Wire”
VU Blues Ensemble:
Jordan L. Baker, drums
Madyson T. Borders, guitar and vocals
Eli C. Carie, guitar and vocals
Kye A. Jennings, bass guitar
Madison Pettengill, guitar and vocals
Prof. Virgil Franklin, guitar
“Wood & Wire”:
Bruce Hatton, guitar
Larry Marchino, guitar
Virgil Franklin, bass
2nd Annual Downtown Halloween Bash sponsored by Carson Thacker Agency will be on October 28th from 4-7! Join us for an evening of family fun including bounce houses, food trucks, games and trick-or-treating at downtown businesses!
The Vincennes University Performing Arts Department – Music will present “A Gala Concert” on Wednesday, October 5, at 7:30 pm in the Red Skelton Performing Arts Center Theatre, 20 Red Skelton Boulevard, Vincennes, Indiana. The concert is free, and the public is invited to attend. Doors will open at 7:00 pm.
of Vincennes and Knox County with a glimpse of history at every turn.
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