Archive: 2022

January Classic Film: Wait Until Dark

On Friday January 20, The Library Film Series presents Wait Until Dark.     Starring Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, and Richard Crenna, this 1967 film is a fan favorite. This film earned Hepburn her fifth Academy Award nomination. A blind woman is terrorized by crooks who think she has a doll filled with heroin. 108 …

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Latter-day Gamers

The world of games has become a huge industry. Sales of board games are over $3 billion each year, video games are over $90 billion in The United States alone, and even card games generate almost a billion dollars. Students who once looked forward to working in the animation industry now look to game creation. …

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Provo Pop Music Connections Panel Q&A

  Provo and BYU have been connected to the music industry for generations, and the local music scene is more vibrant than ever. Join us for a discussion and Q&A with figures from Provo’s music past and present.   Date: Wednesday October 12 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Reynolds Auditorium on level 1 of the library. …

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October 6, The Alice Louise Reynolds Women in Scholarship Lecture

  Corinna Trujillo Tanner PhD, RN, from the College of Nursing will present this year’s Alice Louise Reynolds Women in Scholarship Lecture. Her lecture is titled Treasures from the Abyss: Pathways to Posttraumatic Growth. The unselfish touch of Alice Louise Reynolds can still be felt at Brigham Young University. The Harold B. Lee Library can …

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Library Film Series Fall 2022

Join us for free classic films every month this fall. All shows with be at 7:00 pm in the Alice Louise Reynolds Auditorium on level 1 of the library.   Friday, September 16 Roman Holiday Audrey Hepburn won a Best Actress Oscar as a young European princess who breaks off an official goodwill tour so …

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Provo Pop Music Connections

Follow the interwoven histories of family acts like the Osmonds and the King Sisters or learn about the explosion of contemporary acts like Neon Trees and Imagine Dragons in the new exhibition on the library’s main floor. Provo Pop Culture Music Connections looks at a century of music in Provo. For years huge names in …

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Mysterious Lee Society 9.23.22

Be a detective. Solve crimes. Uncover clues. Come to the library and discover the truth. Mysterious Lee Society An event for students. 9.23.22 18:00-21:00

Discovering Wonderland: Celebrating 150 Years of Yellowstone National Park

The library is celebrating 150 years of Yellowstone National Park with a new exhibit located in Special Collections on level 1. Discovering Wonderland features select items from the library’s large collection of Yellowstone materials. The exhibit features guide books, photographs, and ephemera along with a brief history of the park. The public is welcome and …

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Sc-Fi Summer Classic Film Series

The library is celebrating summer with a series of classic films. There will be showtimes at 3:00 and 7:00 pm in the library’s Alice Louise Reynolds Auditorium located on level 1. Admission is free. We’re sorry, but no food is allowed in the venue.   June 10 Forbidden Planet 1956 A flying saucer travels faster …

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Figures in Action and their Latter-day Saint Influence

Figurines date back to the Stone Age, but in the Twentieth Century the entertainment industry turned figures into big business. Today multiple companies produce a vast number of action figures and curios related to film and print. Latter-day culture has permeated the edges of popular culture for generations with member-driven creators in all aspects of …

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