Caroline Wiess Law Building Events Year of Saturday, July 19, 2025-Saturday, July 18, 2026
Floating World: A.A.Murakami Through September 21, 2025
An immersive fusion of the technical and the natural by artist duo A.A.Murakami, Floating World transports you to ethereal environments of amorphous bubbles, futuristic sculptures, swirling fog rings, …
19 Jul Sat / 2025
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Mildred Pierce
7 p.m.—9 p.m.A landmark film noir exploring complex themes of female ambition and the societal expectations of women in the post-World War II era, Mildred Pierce stars Joan Crawford as a hard-working woman raising two daughters on her own.
20 Jul Sun / 2025
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Bradley Bailey
Lecture | Connecting Galleries: Arts of Japan & “Floating World: A.A.Murakami”
2 p.m.—3 p.m.Curator Bradley Bailey talks about the connection between artworks in the Arts of Japan Gallery and the exhibition Floating World: A.A.Murakami.
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Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
5 p.m.—6:45 p.m.Marlee Matlin shattered expectations as the first deaf actor to win an Academy Award for her groundbreaking performance in Children of a Lesser God (1987). Catapulted into the spotlight, 21-year-old Matlin challenged an industry unprepared for her immense talent, emerging as a trailblazer not only as a performer but also as an author and activist.
24 Jul Thu / 2025
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Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
7 p.m.—8:45 p.m.Marlee Matlin shattered expectations as the first deaf actor to win an Academy Award for her groundbreaking performance in Children of a Lesser God (1987). Catapulted into the spotlight, 21-year-old Matlin challenged an industry unprepared for her immense talent, emerging as a trailblazer not only as a performer but also as an author and activist.
25 Jul Fri / 2025
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Georgia O’Keeffe: The Brightness of Light
7 p.m.—9 p.m.Showcasing O’Keeffe’s vibrant art, observations by curators and scholars, and excerpts from 20,000 pages of letters between the artist and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz, the life of this remarkable artist is detailed. Claire Danes voices Georgia O’Keeffe.
26 Jul Sat / 2025
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Compensation
7 p.m.—9 p.m.A milestone of independent cinema, Zeinabu irene Davis’s first feature (presented in a 4K rejuvenation) presents parallel African American love stories between a deaf woman and a hearing man set decades apart. Inspired by a poem by legendary African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, this moving narrative depicts their struggle to overcome racism, disability, and discrimination.
27 Jul Sun / 2025
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Georgia O’Keeffe: The Brightness of Light
5 p.m.—7 p.m.Showcasing O’Keeffe’s vibrant art, observations by curators and scholars, and excerpts from 20,000 pages of letters between the artist and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz, the life of this remarkable artist is detailed. Claire Danes voices Georgia O’Keeffe.
01 Aug Fri / 2025
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Stray Dog (Noru Inu)
7 p.m.—9 p.m.Stray Dog goes beyond a crime thriller, probing the squalid world of postwar Japan, and the nature of the criminal mind.
02 Aug Sat / 2025
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
5 p.m.—8 p.m.In translating Milan Kundera’s supposedly “unfilmable” novel to the big screen, Philip Kaufman achieves a delicate, erotic balance by focusing on three central characters.
03 Aug Sun / 2025
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Ikiru
5 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Ikiru shows the director at his most compassionate—affirming life through an exploration of death.
