As part of the 50th Anniversary celebration of the publication of Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbirdthe Capri Theatre and the Alabama Humanities present a screening of the feature motion picture based on the novel.

To Kill A Mockingbirdwill be shown Thursday, May 20 at 7:30pm at the Capri Theatre. Tickets are $6.00 for Capri members and $8.00 for the general public. Tickets go on sale one half hour before the show.

To Kill A Mockingbird
Thursday, May 20

This is a rare opportunity to view To Kill A Mockingbirdin a theatre setting shown on 35mm film. The Capri Theatre has acquired a special archival print for this presentation.

The movie To Kill A Mockingbirdwas released on Christmas Day, 1962 (coincidentally, two days after the Clover Theatre re-opened as the Capri). Starring Gregory Peck, the film was nominated for eight Academy Awards, winning Best Actor for Gregory Peck and Best Adapted Screenplay for Horton Foote. It lost out on Best Picture to  Lawrence of Arabia.

Since then, To Kill A Mockingbirdhas become a beloved classic, not only as a faithful adaptation of the novel, but as a remarkable film in its own right.

Alabama Humanities

As part of its commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the publishing of To Kill a Mockingbird, the Alabama Humanities Foundation (AHF) is hosting "TKAM 2010: To Kill a Mockingbird-Awakening America's Conscience," a series of statewide celebratory events to honor the book's lasting significance for the state, country and the world. The event is sponsored in Montgomery by Alabama River Group and Parsons & Whittemore, Jere Beasley, Pickwick Antiques, Vulcan Materials Company, Morgan Keegan, Balch & Bingham LLP and Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama LLC, with Montgomery May 22 event beverages compliments of Merrill Lynch.

May 18-21, Stonehenge Gallery, Montgomery: preview exhibit featuring works of art inspired by To Kill a Mockingbird (Hours: May 18-19, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; May 20, 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; May 21, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.)
May 20, 7:30 p.m., Capri Theatre, Montgomery: showing of To Kill a Mockingbird motion picture ($8 admission for general public; $6 admission for members)
May 22, 6 to 9 p.m., Wynfield Estates, Montgomery: 50th-anniversary celebration, art auction, live music and preview of Our Mockingbird, an AHF grant-funded documentary film (Ticket required. Visit ahf.net/mockingbird to purchase.)

The preview art exhibit features original works of art inspired by the book and its themes by select local, statewide and national artists. It will be on display at the Stonehenge Art Gallery May 18-21. In conjunction with the preview art exhibit at the Stonehenge Gallery, Montgomery's historic Capri Theatre will be showing the award-winning To Kill a Mockingbird motion picture on May 20 at 7:30 p.m.

All of the exhibit's works of art, including pieces by nationally known artists Nicolosi, Nall, Charlie Lucas and William Christenberry, as well as a host of other talented Alabama artists, will be auctioned as part of a special reception and celebration hosted by AHF in Montgomery at Wynfield Estates, the home of the late Winton and Carolyn Blount, on May 22 from 6 to 9 p.m. Copies of To Kill a Mockingbird signed by the author are also up for auction.

An online artwork catalog will be available for viewing on ahf.net/mockingbird.


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