Saturday, September 26th Family Matinee: 4:00pm THE SECRET OF KELLS (animated feature)Twelve hundred years ago an orphan named Brendan met Brother Aidan, the keeper of an extraordinary, but unfinished, book of illuminations. Aidan sets Brendan a great task, to complete the Book of Kells, which sees him called to a new life of creativity and imagination where adventure, danger and action await him. With the threat of invading Vikings all around and the help of Aisling, a mysterious young girl, Brendan faces his deepest fears to complete the task. The Book of Kells is one of the masterpieces of European art and this story, a blend of fantasy and legend, tells of its creation. Join us at 3:00 PM at Every Picture Tells a Story for an hour of Irish storytelling (across the street from the Aero Theatre). (Details below) Directors: Tomm Moore & Nora Twomey Writers: Tomm Moore, Fabrice Ziolkowski Producers: Paul Young, Didier Brunner, Viviane Vanfleteren Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Mick Lally, Evan McGuire, Christen Mooney Best Irish Film: Dublin International Film Festival 2009 Official Selection: Generation KPlus - Berlin International Film Festival 2009 Winner: Audience Award, Edinburgh International Film Festival Winner: Audience Award: Best Film, Annecy International Animated Film Festival About the Author: Máire Clerkin grew up in London and learned Irish Dance from her mother. Her father comes from County Monaghan, where she spent many happy summer holidays. Despite these solid beginnings, Máire went astray: she studied the Performing Arts and ever since, has resisted getting a proper job.Her one-woman comedy The Bad Arm - Confessions of a Dodgy Irish Dancer, directed by Dan O'Connor at Bang Theatre in Hollywood, was LA Weekly's Theater Pick and formed part of the opening presentation at 2008 LA Irish Film Festival. Máire founded The Hairy Marys in 1984 with her sister, Angela. They performed at the Edinburgh Festival, Dublin Street Carnival, Brighton Festival, in London with The Pogues and throughout UK and Ireland. They blasted London’s comedy circuit with double act The Smarmy Old Sods. Funded by the Arts Council, Máire took shows Centenary Knees Up, Big Sister and Malice in Wonderland on tour with her company, Clerkinworks, and staged Unconnected Soundings at Clore Studio, Royal Opera House.Máire assisted Colin Dunne and Jean Butler with Dancing on Dangerous Ground at Theatre Royal Drury Lane and New York's Radio City Music Hall. In 2007 she directed A Gaelic Gathering at Walt Disney Concert Hall, which has since been adapted for schools with the Los Angeles Music Center. Since emigrating to California in 2003, Máire has choreographed dance-dramas for Irish dance academies, winning regional titles and twice placing 5th in the World Championships. She adjudicates competitions worldwide and works in LA as a Teaching Artist.

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