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2011 Lake Forest Literary Festival

January 29, 2012

Check out the biographies and details of the 2011 festival.

Lake Forest Literary Festival Schedule

Thursday, January 13

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    13
    John Waters Film Fest: “Pink Flamingos” (1972) If you look closely, you'll see the poster is in Spanish. 
    4:15 p.m. 
    McCormick Auditorium Starring Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, and Mink Stole
    Join us for the first of eight films that comprise the John Waters Film Festival.Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as “The Filthiest Person Alive.” This is perhaps the top “gross out” movie of all time. Introduction by Associate Professor of English Davis Schneiderman.

Tuesday, January 25

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    25
    John Waters Film Fest: “Polyester” (1981) This is the original movie poster from 1981. 
    6:00 p.m. 
    McCormick Auditorium, Middle Campus Starring Divine, Tab Hunter, and Edith Massey
    A suburban housewife’s world falls apart when her pornographer husband admits he’s serially unfaithful to her, her daughter gets pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who’s been breaking local women’s feet. The original theatrical release included “Odorama”—scratch ‘n’ sniff cards for the audience. Introduction by Liz Benacka, a lecturer at the College who is teaching the course John Waters and American Culture.

Tuesday, February 22

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    22
    John Waters Film Fest: “Serial Mom” (1994)  
    6:00 p.m. 
    McCormick Auditorium, Middle Campus Starring Kathleen  Turner, Sam Waterston, and Ricki Lake
    Part of the John Waters film festival, Serial Mom is about a mother who takes her role as caregiver a bit too seriously. Introduction by Associate Professor of English Davis Schneiderman.

Thursday, March 3

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    3
    John Waters Film Fest: “Pecker” (1998)  
    4:15 p.m. 
    McCormick Auditorium, Middle Campus (Starring Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Bess Armstrong
    Part of the John Waters film festival, this movie is about a Baltimore sandwich shop employee who becomes an overnight sensation in the art world. Introduction by Liz Benacka, lecturer in the Department of Communication, who is teaching the course John Waters and American Culture.

Tuesday, March 15

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    15
    John Waters Film Fest: “Cecil B. Demented” (2000)  
    6:00 p.m. 
    McCormick Auditorium, Middle Campus Starring Melanie Griffith, Steven Dorff, and Alicia Witt
    Part of the John Waters film fest, this movie is about an insane independent film director and his renegade group of teen filmmakers who kidnap a Hollywood actress and force her to star in their underground film. Introduction by students in the communication course John Waters and American Culture.

Thursday, March 17

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    17
    John Waters Film Fest: Hairspray (2007 remake)  
    4:15 p.m. 
    McCormick Auditorium, Middle Campus Starring John Travolta, Queen Latifah, and Nikki Blonsky
    Part of the John Waters film fest, this remake of the 1988 cult classic Hairspray is about a pleasantly plump girl teenager who teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show. It will be introduced by a student in the communication course John Waters and American Culture.

Monday, March 21

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    21
    Literary Festival Film Screening: “The Alumni Chapter”  
    4:15 p.m. 
    McCormick Auditorium Watch “The Alumni Chapter,” a film by Matthew Helderman ‘11 that recently premiered at The Portage Theater in Chicago. The film is for anyone who ever had a hard time landing a job or figuring out what to do after college, or had to face that difficult, but sometimes necessary evil of leaving loved ones behind to forage a new life on their own. 

Tuesday, March 22