Join us for a special event screening of two classic Buster Keaton films, "One Week" & "The General" with live music from pianist Bruce Vogt!
In "One Week", Buster and his new bride receive a build-it-yourself house as a wedding gift, but their week-long construction project goes from tough to absurdly impossible (or, absurd and impossible!) when a rejected suitor re-numbers all the packing crates.
One of the most revered comedies of the silent era, "The General" finds hapless Southern railroad engineer Johnny Gray (Buster Keaton) facing off against Union soldiers during the American Civil War. When Johnny's fiancée, Annabelle Lee (Marion Mack), is accidentally taken away while on a train stolen by Northern forces, Gray pursues the soldiers, using various modes of transportation in comic action scenes that highlight Keaton's boundless wit and dexterity.
Bruce Vogt is a Canadian pianist and teacher who has received praise internationally for his mesmerizing solo and chamber music performances, inspiring audiences across Canada and throughout Europe and the USA.