This is a FREE outdoor film series now in its seventh year. Movies on the Grass offers the campus and community new films that portray current issues in a relaxed setting, with discussion opportunities afterward in Hale Library 301. Showtime begins at dusk at Coffman Commons in front of Hale Library, or in case of rain, in 063 Seaton.

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FREE Film screenings at the Beach Museum of Art in parternship with Movies on the Grass: Sunday, March 4, at 4pm & Wednesday, April 4, Double Feature at 7pm. Sandwiches, snacks, and beverages will be offered for sale by Bluestem Bistro throughout the screenings. 3/4/12 - German director Wim Wenders' masterpiece vision of the near future exploring philisophical and moral questions related to seeing, dreaming, and remembering while also providing the excitment of the ultimate road movie.
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4/4/12 at 7pm- Filmaker David LeBrun's stunning animated documentary weaves poetry, oceanography, technology, history and hyth to tel the story of the 19th century biologist Franz Haeckel, who found in the depths of the sea and ecstatic visionary synthesis of science and art. Post film Q&A w/ films composer, Yuval Ron. 4/4/12 at 7pm - This witty and musically enjoyable take-off West Side Story features hapless lovers from Palestinian and Israeli families who run rival fast-food resturants. It won an Academy award in 2006 for best live-action short. The film uses humor to help viewers take a serious look at ethnic hatred.