BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Visit Hillsborough, NC - ECPv6.15.4//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Visit Hillsborough, NC REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251221T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251221T170000 DTSTAMP:20260613T150006 CREATED:20251217T142948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251217T142948Z UID:10014638-1766325600-1766336400@visithillsboroughnc.com SUMMARY:Classic Film: City Lights DESCRIPTION:The 1931 Chaplin film\, “City Lights\,” will be shown Sunday\, December 21\, at 2pm at the Orange County Public Library in Hillsborough. Originally scheduled for December 7\, the date was changed to avoid conflict with the town parade. All are welcome; the film and the popcorn are free. For more details go to the website of the Hillsborough Classic Film Society\, hillsboroughclassicfilms.com. \n  URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/classic-film-city-lights/ LOCATION:Orange County Main Library\, 137 W. Margaret Ln\, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States CATEGORIES:Film ORGANIZER;CN="Hillsborough Classic Film Society":MAILTO:gcorrado@aol.com GEO:36.0742437;-79.1006122 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Orange County Main Library 137 W. Margaret Ln Hillsborough NC 27278 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=137 W. Margaret Ln:geo:-79.1006122,36.0742437 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251207T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251207T170000 DTSTAMP:20260613T150006 CREATED:20251201T205957Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T205957Z UID:10014628-1765116000-1765126800@visithillsboroughnc.com SUMMARY:Classic Film: Chaplin's "City Lights" DESCRIPTION:The HILLSBOROUGH CLASSIC FILM SOCIETY’s holiday movie this year will be Charlie Chaplin’s “City Lights:” Sunday\, December 7th\, at 2pm.  Please notice the location: this month only\, the film will be shown at the ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY on West Margaret Lane in Hillsborough. \nChaplin made the film in 1931\, resisting the advent of sound just after talkies began to appear. In the essay that accompanied the Criterion restoration of the film\, Gary Giddins called it “an indelible masterwork of cinema\,” and noted that now\, nearly a century after its release\, it seems safe to call it a masterwork of Western civilization as well: \n“City Lights …  represents both a beginning\, in that it has been endlessly imitated\, and an end\, in that it has never been superseded. … Chaplin’s new art was a form of storytelling combining burlesque comedy and dreadful pathos\, each tuned to a pitch so high that the audience is jolted from one physical response to another: laughter and tears\, the two faces of Comedy and–not Tragedy but rather–the melodramatic concession of Pathos …. Familiar territory today\, but …  no one had brought it off before\, and Chaplin–the orphaned music hall clown who became\, through movies\, the most popular comedian the world has ever known–defied his partners warnings that his ambition would cost him his audience.” \nIt didn’t cost him his audience\, of course. Chaplin\, “the orphaned music hall clown\,” became\, through movies\, “the most popular comedian the world has ever known.” \nFrancesca Talenti will introduce the film and lead the discussion afterwards. Francesca is a Professor Emerita of Media Production at UNC-Chapel Hill. She is a filmmaker and animator\, a director and a media designer who has exhibited her work from The Folger and the Guthrie (design\, Hamlet\, Pericles)\, to Sundance\, to PBS National\, by way of Mumbai\, Göteborg\, Casablanca\, and many others. She has won 18 awards and has received numerous grants. She’s led the discussion for us on Vertigo (2019); Top Hat (2022); The Searchers (2023) ; West Side Story (2024); and a Christmas program of Chaplin films back in our second year of operation\, 2019. \nAs always\, the film is open to the public and free\, and the popcorn is free too. If you would like to attend\, please sign up by going to our website\, \,scrolling down to the line “PLEASE REGISTER HERE\,” and clicking on the link. \nAnd\, once again\, please don’t confuse the location: this month only the film will be shown in the Orange County Public Library\, 137 West Margaret Lane in Hillsborough. (A  note for those who are helped by the presence of  subtitles: Since this is taking place in the Library Meeting Room subtitles would be difficult or impossible to see; luckily this is\, by and large\, a silent film.) URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/classic-film-chaplins-city-lights/2025-12-07/2/ LOCATION:Orange County Main Library\, 137 W. Margaret Ln\, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-26-at-10.01.59-AM.png ORGANIZER;CN="Hillsborough Classic Film Society":MAILTO:gcorrado@aol.com GEO:36.0742437;-79.1006122 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Orange County Main Library 137 W. Margaret Ln Hillsborough NC 27278 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=137 W. Margaret Ln:geo:-79.1006122,36.0742437 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251207T170000 DTSTAMP:20260613T150006 CREATED:20251201T205957Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T205957Z UID:10014627-1765094400-1765126800@visithillsboroughnc.com SUMMARY:Classic Film: Chaplin's "City Lights" DESCRIPTION:The HILLSBOROUGH CLASSIC FILM SOCIETY’s holiday movie this year will be Charlie Chaplin’s “City Lights:” Sunday\, December 7th\, at 2pm.  Please notice the location: this month only\, the film will be shown at the ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY on West Margaret Lane in Hillsborough. \nChaplin made the film in 1931\, resisting the advent of sound just after talkies began to appear. In the essay that accompanied the Criterion restoration of the film\, Gary Giddins called it “an indelible masterwork of cinema\,” and noted that now\, nearly a century after its release\, it seems safe to call it a masterwork of Western civilization as well: \n“City Lights …  represents both a beginning\, in that it has been endlessly imitated\, and an end\, in that it has never been superseded. … Chaplin’s new art was a form of storytelling combining burlesque comedy and dreadful pathos\, each tuned to a pitch so high that the audience is jolted from one physical response to another: laughter and tears\, the two faces of Comedy and–not Tragedy but rather–the melodramatic concession of Pathos …. Familiar territory today\, but …  no one had brought it off before\, and Chaplin–the orphaned music hall clown who became\, through movies\, the most popular comedian the world has ever known–defied his partners warnings that his ambition would cost him his audience.” \nIt didn’t cost him his audience\, of course. Chaplin\, “the orphaned music hall clown\,” became\, through movies\, “the most popular comedian the world has ever known.” \nFrancesca Talenti will introduce the film and lead the discussion afterwards. Francesca is a Professor Emerita of Media Production at UNC-Chapel Hill. She is a filmmaker and animator\, a director and a media designer who has exhibited her work from The Folger and the Guthrie (design\, Hamlet\, Pericles)\, to Sundance\, to PBS National\, by way of Mumbai\, Göteborg\, Casablanca\, and many others. She has won 18 awards and has received numerous grants. She’s led the discussion for us on Vertigo (2019); Top Hat (2022); The Searchers (2023) ; West Side Story (2024); and a Christmas program of Chaplin films back in our second year of operation\, 2019. \nAs always\, the film is open to the public and free\, and the popcorn is free too. If you would like to attend\, please sign up by going to our website\, \,scrolling down to the line “PLEASE REGISTER HERE\,” and clicking on the link. \nAnd\, once again\, please don’t confuse the location: this month only the film will be shown in the Orange County Public Library\, 137 West Margaret Lane in Hillsborough. (A  note for those who are helped by the presence of  subtitles: Since this is taking place in the Library Meeting Room subtitles would be difficult or impossible to see; luckily this is\, by and large\, a silent film.) URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/classic-film-chaplins-city-lights/2025-12-07/1/ LOCATION:Orange County Main Library\, 137 W. Margaret Ln\, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-26-at-10.01.59-AM.png ORGANIZER;CN="Hillsborough Classic Film Society":MAILTO:gcorrado@aol.com GEO:36.0742437;-79.1006122 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Orange County Main Library 137 W. Margaret Ln Hillsborough NC 27278 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=137 W. Margaret Ln:geo:-79.1006122,36.0742437 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T170000 DTSTAMP:20260613T150006 CREATED:20250908T185349Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T185349Z UID:10012539-1757858400-1757869200@visithillsboroughnc.com SUMMARY:Hillsborough Classic Film: Tarkovsky's "Mirror" (Russian\, 1975) DESCRIPTION:Please join the Hillsborough Classic Film Society on September 14th at 2PM at the Passmore Center in Hillsborough\, NC for the first movie of the 2025-2026 series\, “The Mirror\,” a 1975 film by the Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky. The film is considered to be Tarkovsky’s masterwork and it is consistently listed as one of the top movies of all time. In 2022\, the British Film Institute’s Sight & Sound poll of directors and critics ranked it 8th overall by directors and 31st overall by critics. Rotten Tomatoes has it receiving 100% from the critics and 91% from audiences. \nOur speaker is Gustavo Furtado\, one of the society’s favorite presenters. Gustavo is associate professor of Romance Studies and Arts of the Moving Image as well as Co-Director of the Amazon Humanities Lab at Duke. \nThe film is free and the popcorn is free as well. To register call the Passmore at 919 245-2015 or visit our website at hillsboroughclassicfilms.com. (Please do register if you intend to be there.) URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/hillsborough-classic-film-tarkovskys-mirror-russian-1975/ LOCATION:Passmore Center\, 103 Meadowlands Dr. \, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_4037.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Hillsborough Classic Film Society":MAILTO:gcorrado@aol.com GEO:36.0630504;-79.0775525 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Passmore Center 103 Meadowlands Dr. Hillsborough NC 27278 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=103 Meadowlands Dr.:geo:-79.0775525,36.0630504 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250413T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250413T170000 DTSTAMP:20260613T150006 CREATED:20250409T165520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250409T165520Z UID:10008972-1744552800-1744563600@visithillsboroughnc.com SUMMARY:UPCOMING CLASSIC FILM: SANSHO THE BAILIFF DESCRIPTION:THE HILLSBOROUGH CLASSIC FILM SOCIETY will present the Japanese film Sansho the Bailiff at 2pm Sunday\, April 13\, at the Passmore Center\, 103 Meadowlands Drive in Hillsborough. There are English subtitles. There will be an introduction before the film and a discussion afterwards led by filmmaker and Duke professor Gary Hawkins. As always\, the film and the popcorn are free and everyone is welcome. If you would like to attend\, please sign up before 3 pm Friday\, April 11\, by calling the Passmore Center at 919 245-2015 or by going to our website: . There’s more information about the film\, the director\, and Professor Hawkins at the website\, including links to trailers and a link to the classic Japanese short story on which the film is based. The Passmore opens its doors and provides help for the Society on the weekend when they are normally closed\, but they need to have some indication in advance that the audience will be large enough to justify the expense. We ask that you please sign up if you are thinking of coming. URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/upcoming-classic-film-sansho-the-bailiff/ LOCATION:Passmore Center\, 103 Meadowlands Dr. \, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/japanese-ad.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Hillsborough Classic Film Society":MAILTO:gcorrado@aol.com GEO:36.0630504;-79.0775525 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Passmore Center 103 Meadowlands Dr. Hillsborough NC 27278 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=103 Meadowlands Dr.:geo:-79.0775525,36.0630504 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250202T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250202T163000 DTSTAMP:20260613T150006 CREATED:20250121T141853Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T141853Z UID:10008151-1738504800-1738513800@visithillsboroughnc.com SUMMARY:Upcoming Classic Film: Wooden Crosses DESCRIPTION:THE HILLSBOROUGH CLASSIC FILM SOCIETY is delighted to present Raymond Bernard’s 1932 film\, Wooden Crosses\, at 2pm Sunday\, February 2\, at the Passmore Center. The Center is at 103 Meadowlands Drive in Hillsborough. The film is free (and so is the popcorn). \nWooden Crosses is a distinguished film not often seen in this country\, considered one of the two or three best films about the First World War. David Blakeslee\, writing in 2010\, said about it\, “No one who has ever seen this technical and emotional powerhouse has been able to forget it.” Professor Max Owre will be leading the discussion. Max is Executive Director\, Carolina Public Humanities at UNC. He is a fierce advocate for the public humanities and a great friend of the Classical Film Society; he has been helping us out since the very first season with Battle of Algiers in 2019\, Grand Illusion in 2020; Lacombe\, Lucien in 2022\, and Au Revoir Les Enfants in 2024. If you’d like more information about the film\, visit our website\, hillsboroughclassicfilms.com; there is a great deal of information there\, including links to reviews and to trailers; we recommend especially the 1970s interview with the director\, Raymond Bernard. \n Again\, Wooden Crosses will be shown at the Passmore Center on February 2 at 2 p.m. If you would like to attend\, please sign up before 3 pm Friday\, January 31\, by calling the Passmore Center at 919 245-2015 or by going to our website. The staff of the Passmore opens the Center’s doors and provides help for the Society on the weekend when they are normally closed\, but they need to have some indication in advance that the audience will be large enough to justify the expense. Please sign up if you are thinking of coming. URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/upcoming-classic-film-wooden-crosses/ LOCATION:Passmore Center\, 103 Meadowlands Dr. \, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/wooden-crosses.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Hillsborough Classic Film Society":MAILTO:gcorrado@aol.com GEO:36.0630504;-79.0775525 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Passmore Center 103 Meadowlands Dr. Hillsborough NC 27278 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=103 Meadowlands Dr.:geo:-79.0775525,36.0630504 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241215T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241215T163000 DTSTAMP:20260613T150006 CREATED:20241203T205755Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241203T205755Z UID:10008100-1734271200-1734280200@visithillsboroughnc.com SUMMARY:Upcoming Classic Film: Mon Oncle Antoine DESCRIPTION:THE HILLSBOROUGH CLASSIC FILM SOCIETY will present the French-Canadian film Mon Oncle Antoine at 2pm Sunday\, December 15\, at the Passmore Center\, 103 Meadowlands Drive in Hillsborough. It’s in Canadian French\, with English subtitles. There will be an introduction before the film and a discussion afterwards. As always\, the film and the popcorn are free. \nIf you would like to attend\, please sign up before 3 pm\, December 13th\, by calling the Passmore Center at 919 245-2015 or by going to our website: \n      hillsboroughclassicfilms.com. \nThe Passmore opens its doors and provides help for the Society on the weekend when they are normally closed\, but they need to have some indication in advance that the audience will be large enough to justify the expense. Please sign up if you are thinking of coming. \nMon Oncle Antoine is set in the asbestos region of Quebec. The action takes place during Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in a period just before the Asbestos Strike of 1949 and nearly a decade before the beginning of the Quiet Revolution that turned Quebec from a conservative\, church-dominated province\, with a deadly asbestos mining industry largely in the hands of English-speaking outsiders\, to a secular social democracy tending toward separatism. \nAlthough it is not well known in this country\, Mon Oncle Antoine is listed as the greatest Canadian film of all times in a number of polls\, including three of the Sight and Sound polls\, and has won a number of Canadian and international awards. Roger Ebert included it on his 2008 list of the greatest movies. URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/upcoming-classic-film-mon-oncle-antoine/ LOCATION:Passmore Center\, 103 Meadowlands Dr. \, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/13DAAFA2-4486-4562-8289-BB88BDD3CD45_4_5005_c.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Hillsborough Classic Film Society":MAILTO:gcorrado@aol.com GEO:36.0630504;-79.0775525 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Passmore Center 103 Meadowlands Dr. Hillsborough NC 27278 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=103 Meadowlands Dr.:geo:-79.0775525,36.0630504 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240908T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240908T163000 DTSTAMP:20260613T150006 CREATED:20240903T150033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240903T150033Z UID:10007673-1725804000-1725813000@visithillsboroughnc.com SUMMARY:Film: Battle of Algiers DESCRIPTION:THE HILLSBOROUGH CLASSIC FILM SOCIETY will be showing “The Battle of Algiers” on Sunday\, September 8\, at 2pm at the Passmore Center in Hillsborough. Admission is free\, but we urge you to register in advance if you can. Call the Center at 919 245-2015 or register at our website\, hillsboroughclassicfilms.com. (While you’re there\, consider signing up for the mailing list.) \n“The Battle of Algiers” is about the uprising that led to the end of the French occupation of Algeria. It won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival in 1966\, and was nominated for three Academy Awards. A 2012 poll of top critics by Sight and Sound\, the magazine of the British Film Institute\, placed it in at number 48 in the list of the world’s 250 best films. URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/film-battle-of-algiers/ LOCATION:Passmore Center\, 103 Meadowlands Dr. \, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/algiers.png ORGANIZER;CN="Hillsborough Classic Film Society":MAILTO:gcorrado@aol.com GEO:36.0630504;-79.0775525 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Passmore Center 103 Meadowlands Dr. Hillsborough NC 27278 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=103 Meadowlands Dr.:geo:-79.0775525,36.0630504 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240616T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240616T170000 DTSTAMP:20260613T150006 CREATED:20240528T142531Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240528T142531Z UID:10007518-1718546400-1718557200@visithillsboroughnc.com SUMMARY:A FILM FOR JUNETEENTH! DESCRIPTION:The federal holiday of Juneteenth celebrates the ending of slavery in this country. As part of the celebration\, the Hillsborough Classic Film Society will join with the Orange County Public Library in Hillsborough to present the noir mystery thriller Devil in a Blue Dress\, based upon the first book in Walter Mosely’s acclaimed Easy Rawlins series. Please join us for a free showing of this award-winning classic starring Denzel Washington on Sunday\, June 16\, at 2 pm\, in the Public Library on Margaret Lane. Popcorn and refreshments are included. A short discussion will follow the film. The event is part of Orange County Public Library’s Black Literature & Arts Celebration (BLAC)\, an annual celebration that takes place during the week leading up to Juneteenth. \nSeats are limited\, so please sign up if you intend to be there. You’ll find a registration form at the website for the event: \nhttps://orangecountync.librarycalendar.com/event/classic-black-film-devil-blue-dress-14180 \n(This is not part of the Film Society’s regular film series with the Passmore Center\, which will be starting up again in the fall. Do not register for this film at the Film Society’s website\, or by calling the Passmore Center.) \nFor ages 18+. This film is Rated R and may contain strong imagery. We suggest exploring the film’s rating at IMDB.com as you are making plans. URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/a-film-for-juneteenth/ LOCATION:Hillsborough Main Library\, 137 West Margaret Lane\, Hillsborough\, 27278\, United States CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/updated-Devil-In-A-Blue-Dress_8.5-x-11-in-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Hillsborough Classic Film Society":MAILTO:gcorrado@aol.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR