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movie poster for "Train Dreams"

250th Film Festival

"Train Dreams"

2026-04-23 14:00:00 2026-04-23 16:00:00 America/New_York 250th Film Festival We are celebrating America's 250th Birthday with a screening of the 2025 film based on the 2011 novella by Denis Johnson. Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library - Meeting Room

Thursday, April 23
2:00pm - 4:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-04-23 14:00:00 2026-04-23 16:00:00 America/New_York 250th Film Festival We are celebrating America's 250th Birthday with a screening of the 2025 film based on the 2011 novella by Denis Johnson. Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library - Meeting Room

We are celebrating America's 250th Birthday with a screening of the 2025 film based on the 2011 novella by Denis Johnson.

Based on Denis Johnson's beloved novella, "Train Dreams" is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly-changing America of the early 20th Century. This film is rated PG-13. 

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Movies & Film | Anniversary | All Alexandria Reads |

TAGS: | Virginia250 | movie | film | america250 | Alex250 | AAR | #250films |

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