Buster Keaton - A Jazz Age Evening at 1900

1900 Shawnee Mission Parkway,Mission Woods KS 66205

22 July, 2022

Description

Evening Two of the Buster Keaton Festival celebrates cinema legacy with a Jazz Age party! Join us and our special guest, Dana Stevens, Slate Magazine’s film critic and culture commentator, and author of the new film history, Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema and the Invention of the Twentieth Century. The evening begins with Keaton’s 1928 silent opus on love, film and chaos, The Cameraman, accompanied by Kansas City jazz pianist, Jackie Myers. After the movie, enjoy conversation with Stevens and a gaggle of local film connoisseurs! The Restaurant at 1900 provides movie food and premieres the Camera Man cocktail. Dana Stevens will have her acclaimed book for sale and a pen ready to sign it for you! The cost of your A JAZZ AGE EVENING AT 1900 ticket includes: Film screening of Keaton’s 1928 classic, The Cameraman, with live piano score Panel talk featuring Dana Stevens in conversation with Kansas City film makers, historians and culture buffs.The Restaurant at 1900’s movie food and cocktailsCamera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema and the Invention of the Twentieth Century will be available for purchase and signing! What better moment for our inspired Camera Man than the summer of 2022? And where better to enjoy The Invention of the Twentieth Century, than 1900?