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2. Thursday, April 15 – 7 PM • Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
   

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4. TYPEFACE
   

5. Directed by Justine Nagan, Kartemquin Films
   

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Once an industry leader for printing type, Two Rivers, WI has fallen on

economic hard times.  But on weekends, the quiet of this small town is interrupted when carloads of the nation’s top design talent flock to the Hamilton Wood Type Museum.  Despite its hip following, the Museum’s days seem numbered.

In a time when people carry computers in their pockets and watch TV while walking down the street, Justine Nagan's new documentary TYPEFACE (2009, 60 min) explores the twilight of an analog craft that freshly inspires artists in a digital age. TYPEFACE, Kartemquin Films' (Hoop Dreams) latest documentary on art and society, asks:  what is the responsibility of artists and historians to preserve a dying craft?  How can rural towns survive in a shifting industrial marketplace where big-box retailers are king?

With Chicago filmmaker Justine Nagan in person. 

1. Wed, May 12 - 7pm • Evanston Public Library
   

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3. I KNOW A WOMAN LIKE THAT
   

4. Directed by Elaine Madsen • Produced by Virginia Madsen
   

Filmmaker Elaine Madsen and her Academy Award nominated daughter Virginia Madsen went cross-country on a mother-daughter journey to conduct intimate and enlightening conversations with a group of older women, ages 64 to 94.

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rom Eartha Kitt, Rita Moreno, and Gloria Steinem to Evanston's former Mayor Lorraine Morton, I KNOW A WOMAN LIKE THAT (2009, 103 min) profiles older women who are not ready to retire but are passionately engaged in life. These inspiring women are still involved in the arts, athletics, social justice, environmentalism, and high finance. Their unconventional choices and attitudes about the opportunities they discover at this time in their lives will inspire people of all ages.

Filmmaker and author Elaine Madsen, who lived in Evanston for many years and is now based in California, will be present for a Q&A. 

Co-presented with Evanston’s Aging Well Conference.