Eager children and their families can experience the joy and magic of the holiday season with a visit to the Simon Santa Photo Experience at College Mall. The mall provides children with special needs and their families with an opportunity to enjoy a carefully managed Santa photo experience through the Caring Santa program. This opportunity to safely experience the time-honored tradition and magic of Santa will occur on Sunday, December 4 at 10 a.m. Guests can register in advance at simon.com/caringsanta.

Nov 26 – Dec 18 Photos with Santa Every Sat 10am-4pm & Sun 12-4pm
Dec 19-24 Everyday 10am – 4pm

Located in the South Atrium, First Floor
$5 Per Photo

Each paid photo visit with Santa will receive an entry for the Giant Stocking contest (only one entry per child). The Giant Stocking filled with goodies will be given away on Christmas Eve, December 24th, at 4:00pm.

Help us celebrate Indiana’s 200th birthday with a fun afternoon of crafting Hoosier homemade toys. Learn how to make dolls, ball and cup games, and whirlygigs were made as we celebrate Indiana’s bicentennial (and we’ll have a chance to make some “global” toys, too). The event will be free and open to the public.

Gallery Talk: Modigliani in Focus
2:00-2:30 p.m.
IU Eskenazi Museum of Art
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Steinmetz-Kellett Gallery, first floor

Nan Brewer, the IU Art Museum’s Lucienne M. Glaubinger Curator of Works on Paper, will discuss original drawings by Amedeo Modigliani from the museum’s collection.

Movie: Modigliani of Montparnasse (1958)
3:00-4:48 p.m.
IU Cinema

Like its subject, this feature-length biopic of the Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) had a tragic history. The first director, Max Ophüls, died suddenly during filming; the second director, Jacques Becker, passed away within two years of its completion; and the actor, Gérard Philipe, was gravely ill and died at 36 (the same age as the artist he portrayed) before the film’s release. While these sad coincidences overshadowed the film, it is recognized for its cinematography and a narrative approach that is more of “a fantasy, a hallucination, a nightmare” than straight biography. In French with English subtitles. (HD Presentation)

This program is presented in partnership with IU Cinema and is sponsored in part by Marsha R. Bradford and Harold A. Dumes. The talks and films are free and open to the public.

https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/calendar/161204-aam.html

Live musical holiday variety show all new for 2016! Playhouse’s annual event for all ages – kids 10 & under free with paid adult. Big beautiful voices sing all your favorite classics. Special effects lighting and Santa Claus finale. Discounted Preview on Black Fri 11/25 with Opening night Sat 11/26. Sunday matinees. Beer, wine, special holiday drinks served in the auditorium.

Having left the Army following W.W.II, Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis (Danny Kaye) team up to become a top song-and-dance act. Davis plays matchmaker and introduces Wallace to Betty (Rosemary Clooney) and Judy Haynes (Vera-Ellen) who also have a song-and-dance act. When Betty and Judy travel to a Vermont lodge to perform a Christmas show, Wallace and Davis follow, only to find their former commander, General Waverly, as the lodge owner. A series of romantic mix-ups ensue as the performers try to help the General.

All of the songs in this film were written by Irving Berlin, including holiday classics such as “White Christmas,” which won an Oscar for best original song, and “Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep,” which was also an Oscar nominee.

As with all film screenings at the BCT, costumes are encouraged!

White Christmas
120 minutes
1954
Not rated