{"id":3883,"date":"2015-04-10T14:46:34","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T14:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/?p=3598"},"modified":"2015-04-10T14:46:34","modified_gmt":"2015-04-10T14:46:34","slug":"tonight-only-the-brinton-silent-film-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/2015\/04\/10\/tonight-only-the-brinton-silent-film-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonight Only!  The Brinton Silent Film Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left;width: 325px;height: 204px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/Brinton_Tonight_ticket2-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"Brinton_Tonight_ticket2\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>Tonight Only!\u00a0 The Brinton Silent Film Project<\/h2>\n<p>Friends of the UI Libraries Annual Event<br \/>\nWednesday, May 6, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Join Mike Zahs and Red Cedar Chamber Music for an evening of motion pictures and music from the earliest days of film.\u00a0 In the late 19<sup>th<\/sup> and early 20<sup>th<\/sup> centuries, The Brinton Entertainment Co. of Washington, Iowa, would travel throughout the Midwest bringing films, magic lantern slides, and other forms of entertainment to populations who, in many cases, had never before seen such sights.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Brinton Collection is being preserved by the UI Libraries, and Zahs, partnering with Red Cedar Chamber Music, will show the silent films with a newly-commissioned score.\u00a0 The filmmakers from Northland Films, who have been documenting the Brinton Collection project, will discuss their film and show a special preview.<\/p>\n<p>Following the program, a reception will be offered in Special Collections, with the opportunity to interact with Zahs, the musicians, and the filmmakers and the chance to view some of the artifacts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Program at 5:30 PM<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Shambaugh Auditorium, Main Library<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Reception at 6:30 PM<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Special Collections Reading Room, Main Library<\/em><br \/>\ncash bar, light refreshments<\/p>\n<p>The event is free, but reservations ARE appreciated.\u00a0 RSVP <strong>by Thursday, April 30<sup>th<\/sup>, 2015<\/strong>, by calling 319-335-6093 or e-mail <a href=\"mailto:lib-friends@uiowa.edu\">lib-friends@uiowa.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight Only!&nbsp; The Brinton Silent Film Project Friends of the UI Libraries Annual Event Wednesday, May 6, 2015 Join Mike Zahs and Red Cedar Chamber Music for an evening of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3883"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3883"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3976,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3883\/revisions\/3976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}