Friday at Towngate and Tuesday at the Library

Wheeling Film Society Conversation: Psycho (Lunch With Books)

November 03, 2015

Event starts at 12:00 PM.

Oct. 30 - Towngate at 7

Screening: Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) - 109 mins.

Nov. 3 - Library at Noon

Conversation: Psycho

It is one of the most notorious films of the 20^th century, still a sure bet to raise pulses because of what Hitchcock understood better than any of his “slasher”-imitators: the most effective access to our fears is to make us imagine the worst – certainly far worse than he could have captured on camera in 1960.  The subject matter of Robert Bloch’s original novel (inspired by a true story of serial-killer Ed Gein) was deemed so offensive no Hollywood studio would fund the production, so Hitchcock, flush from the box-office success of 1959’s Technicolor extravaganza North by Northwest, wrote the checks himself and kept costs down by using his TV-show crew.  The result is one of the great films of his career – and a must for “Mischief Night.”  Parental discretion advised.

Happy Halloween

King Solomon White -- This Thursday, October 22, 2015 Event starts at 7:00 PM.

At a special Thursday evening edition of Lunch With Books, Dan Frizzi will discuss the life of Sol White, who learned to play baseball in the sandlots of Bellaire, OH of the 1870's. He played for the Wheeling Green Stockings, and later distinguished himself as a player, manager, and executive in the Negro Baseball Leagues. The author of “Sol White's History of Colored Baseball,” he lived long enough to see the color barrier broken by Jackie Robinson. Dan Frizzi, a local attorney and author, is a board member of the Great Stone Viaduct Historical Education Society.

Oct. 20 at noon: Growing Up Italian

Diana Pishner Walker will discuss her book, Spaghetti and Meatballs: Growing Up Italian. From planting a garden, big family holidays, and childhood memories of friends, family and games to special family recipes--the book is a must read for all ages.