Prelude Opera presents a new opera composed by Laura Jobin-Acosta and Joanie Brittingham. The Brementown Musicians is from an old German fairy tale collected by the Grimm Brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm, in 1819 and given the title Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten. In our version, four animals escape their cruel owners and band together to form a musical quartet heading to Bremen, a town known for music. On the way they discover a house with treasures inside but must outwit the villanous robber.
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Prelude Opera: The Brementown Musicians
Prelude Opera presents a new opera composed by Laura Jobin-Acosta and Joanie Brittingham. The Brementown Musicians is from an old German fairy tale collected by the Grimm Brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm, in 1819 and given the title Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten. In our version, four animals escape their cruel owners and band together to form a musical quartet heading to Bremen, a town known for music. On the way they discover a house with treasures inside but must outwit the villanous robber.
Prelude Opera: The Brementown Musicians
Prelude Opera presents a new opera composed by Laura Jobin-Acosta and Joanie Brittingham. The Brementown Musicians is from an old German fairy tale collected by the Grimm Brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm, in 1819 and given the title Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten. In our version, four animals escape their cruel owners and band together to form a musical quartet heading to Bremen, a town known for music. On the way they discover a house with treasures inside but must outwit the villanous robber.
Fort Washington Library: Friday Matinee “Attack the Block”
Join us a we count down the Halloween season with some good gory fun films like 2011’s “Attack the Block” .
Starring John Boyega ( Star Wars) in his debut feature as the leader of a group of teens who defend their neighborhood in South London against aliens. Also along for the ride is Jodie Whitaker (Dr. Who) who ends up helping the teens after an earlier incident puts them at odds.
Fort Washington Library: Friday Matinee “Like Water for Chocolate”
Join us as we screen “Like Water for Chocolate” the film adaptation Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel’s 1989 novel of magical realism that explores love, repression, and the emotional power of food. The movie takes place during the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and tells the story of Tita the youngest daughter and cook of the De La Graza family, who must remain single in order to care for her aging mother.