On Saturday, October 11, the Central Library is open to registered Heartland Book Festival attendees only. Regular services, such as hold pickups, public computers and phones, and public meeting rooms, will not be available.
The 2025 Searching the Psyche Through Cinema film series investigates our relationship with food as a way of understanding ourselves. Join us for the series finale followed by a conversation.
In Big Night (R, 107 min.), two Italian immigrant brothers (Tony Shaloub and Stanley Tucci) open their dream restaurant in 1950s New Jersey. As their business struggles to compete with a rival Italian restaurant, they pin their hopes on a “big night” and a celebrity to turn things around.
Psychiatrist Manuel Morales and filmmaker and amateur chef Clark Topjon lead a post-screening discussion.
© Paramount Pictures
This event is co-sponsored by: Greater Kansas City and Topeka Psychoanalytic Center
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