The American Museum of Natural History's Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival presents ROCKETS IN SPROCKETS: MULTIMEDIA EXPLORATIONS OF SPACE A series of free monthly events from February to June 2001 to celebrate the first anniversary of the Rose Center for Earth and Space. Monday, February 19, 2001 1pm and 6:30pm Kaufmann Theater You Don't Need A Rocket To Get To The Moon: Space Animation 1921 - 1956 Take a journey with super-stars Betty Boop, Felix the Cat and Porky Pig to the outer limits of the human imagination in this series of space travel cartoons rarely seen on film. Featuring the work of animation greats including Winsor McCay, Max and Dave Fleischer, and Otto Messmer. Curated by Karl Cohen, Professor of Animation History at San Francisco State University and author of Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators. Evening screening introduced by John Canemaker, Director of Animation at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Tuesday, March 20, 2001 7:00pm Kaufmann Theater Red/Blue Glasses Revisited: A 3-D Journey Through Space and Time In the 1940s, the Hayden Planetarium produced a series of 3-D illustrations to explain celestial navigation. This series of images inspired the career of artist Gerald Marks, internationally renowned for his 3-D installations. This evening blends yesterday's images with today's digital technology for a stellar 3-D slide show of inner and outer space. 3-D Glasses will be provided. For more information about this series and events in April, May and June, please visit our website at www.amnh.org/mead or call 212-769-5305. >Please use the 77th Street entrance to the Museum between Central >Park West and Columbus Avenue ***We apologize in advance if you have received this message in error. Please let us know if you would like to be removed from this list. -- ********************************** Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024-5192 Phone: 212 769-5305 Fax: 212 769-5329 Email: [log in to unmask] Website: http://www.amnh.org/mead ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite