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    Art & A Movie: The Big Lebowski

    Art & A Movie: The Big Lebowski

    Presented by Memphis Brooks Museum of Art at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

    February 2, 2012

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    THURS, FEB 2 | 6 pm (ends at 9 pm)
    Art & A Movie: The Big Lebowski

    Join fellow filmmakers in a make-and-take art workshop in the Rotunda before screening current offerings in contemporary cinema. Art materials and drinks included.

    6 pm | Art: Ransom Note Valentines
    Calling all nihilists, bowlers, and slackers: Sip a White Russian while you use newspaper scraps to make a ransom note-inspired postcard, which “The Dude” at the Brooks will deliver in time for Valentine’s Day.

    7 pm | Film: The Big Lebowski
    Directors: Joel and Ethan Cohen
    U.S.A. | 1998 | 117 minutes

    The Coen Brothers’ cult classic, loosely based on Raymond Chandler’s noir novel The Big Sleep, stars Jeff Bridges as a slacker who is ensnared in a wild goose chase while trying to retrieve the trophy wife of a wheelchair-bound millionaire who shares his same name. With John Goodman and Steve Buscemi as Bridges’ best friends and bowling team, Julianne Moore as avant-garde painter Maude Lebowski, and Tara Reid as the trophy wife. Admission: $7 mem/$9 non-mem/Free with VIP Film Pass. Call 901.544.6208 or visit brooksmuseum.org/films for more information or to purchase tickets.

    ART OPEN LATE is this Thursday!The Brooks stays open late every Thursday, 52 nights a year! Expect the unexpected, from gallery tours and artists talks, to films, musical performances and art-making activities, plus Brooks Milongas (tango dancing) in the Rotunda every third Thursday. Museum galleries and Museum Store are open until 8 pm, the Brushmark restaurant until 9 pm. To make dinner reservations call 901.544.6225


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        Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

        1934 Poplar Avenue
        Memphis, TN 38112

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        Admission: $7 mem/$9 non-mem/Free with VIP Film Pass. Call 901.544.6208 or visit brooksmuseum.org/films for more information or to purchase tickets.

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        THURS, FEB 2 | 6 pm (ends at 9 pm)

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