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Special Housing Offer!

Wednesday, December 31, 12:02 am

Calling all students and scholars: save $200 on your first full month's rent when you stay for three or more months! Click here to find out more about this offer.

Jamaica Inn

Saturday, January 3, 7:00 pm

New digital restoration! Hitchcock's last film before leaving England is a tale of thieves and smugglers set on the rocky coast of Cornwall towards the end of the 18th century. Operating out of the tavern Jamaica Inn, a gang of criminals prey upon the merchant ships they lure close to shore. When...

Flight of the Navigator

Saturday, January 10, 2:00 pm

The year is 1978: 12-year-old David Freeman (Joey Cramer), playing in the woods near his home, is knocked unconscious. He awakens and heads home, only to find strangers living there. He also finds that the year is 1986, and that he's been officially missing for eight years. NASA officials...

The 78 Project Movie with Joe Jack Talcum

Thursday, January 15, 7:00 pm

The 78 Project Movie is a film about connections, framed by a road trip across America to record musicians on a vintage Presto 1930s direct-todisc acetate recorder. The 78 Project creators Alex Steyermark and Lavinia Jones Wright shot the film from August 2012 to September 2013, driving across...

Culture + Cuisine: Africa

Tuesday, January 20, 6:00 pm

Join us at Kilimandjaro Restaurant, 4317 Chestnut Street!  Owner Youma Ba will speak about African cuisine and the work of her organization, Echoes of Africa.  Time, menu, and full program to be confirmed soon...

The Apple Hill String Quartet, with special guests Kinan Azmeh and Sally Pinkas

Saturday, February 7, 7:30 pm

The Apple Hill String Quartet is joined by virtuoso and Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmeh and Israeli pianist Sally Pinkas. This program is part of a project that aims to bring together musicians from Arab (Muslim and Christian) cultures with Israeli/Jewish and American cultures. Through creative...

this week at ihp

Saturday 1/3
All Around This World: Brazilian Capoeira
Saturday 1/3
Jamaica Inn
Thursday 1/8
Duffer / Yo A Romantic Comedy / Possibly in Michigan
Friday 1/9
Dreams that Money Can Buy / Angry Boy
Saturday 1/10
Flight of the Navigator

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