Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m., Drexel Theatre, Bexley. Special presentation of the 2005 film adaptation of “Everything is Illuminated,” by novelist Jonathan Safran Foer, directed by Liev Schreiber and starring Elijah Wood and Eugene Hutz, is the story of a young man's quest to find the woman who saved his grandfather in a small Ukrainian town that was wiped off the map by the Nazi invasion. Critics have called the film, which is rated PG-13, “delightful,” “weird,” “charming" and “heartbreaking."
The screening will be followed by a discussion with panelists Margaret Quamme, a frequent film and book reviewer for the Columbus Dispatch, and Artie Isaac, a creativity facilitator and instructor at OSU's Fisher College and CCAD. PG-13. Tickets $7 adults, $6 students/seniors. http://www.drexel.net
Presentation sponsored by Bexley Community Book Club, a program of the Bexley Education Foundation. BCBC is a yearlong community read of the works of a Selected Author. 2012 Selected Author Jonathan Safran Foer will appear in Bexley on April 18, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets and info call 614.338.2093




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