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  • Friday Movie Matinee: Julie & Julia

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Join us for a free showing of Julie & Julia. This film is rated PG-13 and runs for 2 hours. This is a free event sponsored by the Elizabeth Walter Estate and the Friends of the Osterhout Free Library.

  • Friday Movie Matinee: Good Night, and Good Luck

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Join us for a free showing of Good Night, and Good Luck. This film is rated PG and runs for 1 hour and 30 minutes. This is a free event sponsored by the Elizabeth Walter Estate and the Friends of the Osterhout Free Library.

  • Horror Club: Villains

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Join Horror Club on Monday, November 17th at 5:00 p.m. for a showing of the film Villains! From IMBd: "After a pair of amateur criminals break into a suburban home, they stumble upon a dark secret that two sadistic homeowners will do anything to keep from getting out." This film is rated R and runs for […]

  • Friday Movie Matinee: Roman Holiday

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Join us for a free showing of Roman Holiday. This film is rated G and runs for 2 hours. This is a free event sponsored by the Elizabeth Walter Estate and the Friends of the Osterhout Free Library.

  • Friday Movie Matinee: A Star Is Born (1954)

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Join us for a free showing of A Star Is Born. This film is rated PG and runs for 3 hours. This is a free event sponsored by the Elizabeth Walter Estate and the Friends of the Osterhout Free Library.

  • Friday Movie Matinee: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Join us for a free showing of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. This film is rated PG-13 and runs for 3 hours. This is a free event sponsored by the Elizabeth Walter Estate and the Friends of the Osterhout Free Library.

  • Horror Club: Alligator

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Join Horror Club on Monday, November 17th at 5:00 p.m. for a showing of the film Alligator! From IMBd: "A pet baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives in the city sewers. Twelve years later, it grows to an enormous size thanks to a diet of discarded laboratory dogs injected with growth hormones. Now, […]

  • Friday Movie Matinee: Great Expectations (1946)

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Join us for a free showing of Great Expectations. This film is not rated and runs for 2 hours. This is a free event sponsored by the Elizabeth Walter Estate and the Friends of the Osterhout Free Library.

  • Winter Bingo Night

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Winter Bingo Night Are you ready to win at BINGO?! Join us for a cozy night in with sweet treats, hot cocoa, LOTS of prizes and a Winter movie! Teens & Young Adults Wednesday December 17th, 2025 5:00 -7:00PM Reading Room Registration is required. Call the library at 570-823-0156 or register online at https://osterhout.info/program-registration/

  • Friday Movie Matinee: It’s a Wonderful Life

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Join us for a free showing of It's a Wonderful Life. This film is rated PG and runs for 2 hours and 10 minutes. This is a free event sponsored by the Elizabeth Walter Estate and the Friends of the Osterhout Free Library.

  • Friday Movie Matinee: Home Alone

    Osterhout Free Library - Central Branch 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

    Join us for a free showing of Home Alone. This film is rated PG and runs for 1 hour and 43 minutes. This is a free event sponsored by the Elizabeth Walter Estate and the Friends of the Osterhout Free Library.

  • Friday Movie Matinee: Citizen Kane

    Join us for a free showing of Citizen Kane. This film is rated PG and runs for 2 hours. This is a free event sponsored by the Elizabeth Walter Estate and the Friends of the Osterhout Free Library.

  • Friday Movie Matinee: Green Book

    Join us for a free showing of Green Book. This film is rated PG-13 and runs for 2 hours and 10 minutes. This is a free event sponsored by the Elizabeth Walter Estate and the Friends of the Osterhout Free Library.

  • Friday Movie Matinee: Boys Town

    Join us for a free showing of Boys Town. This film is not rated and runs for 1 hour and 47 minutes. This is a free event sponsored by the Elizabeth Walter Estate and the Friends of the Osterhout Free Library.

  • Horror Club: Cocaine Bear

    Join Horror Club on Monday, January 26th at 5:00 p.m. for a showing of the film Alligator! From IMBd: "An oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge on a Georgia forest where a huge black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine." This film is rated R and runs for 1 […]

  • Friday Movie Matinee: All The King’s Men (1949)

    Join us for a free showing of All The King's Men. This film is not rated and runs for 1 hour and 50 minutes. This is a free event sponsored by the Elizabeth Walter Estate and the Friends of the Osterhout Free Library.

  • Friday Movie Matinee: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

    Join us for a free showing of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. This film is rated PG-13 and runs for 3 hours and 21 minutes. This is a free event sponsored by the Elizabeth Walter Estate and the Friends of the Osterhout Free Library.

  • Friday Movie Matinee: Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

    Join us for a free showing of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. This film is rated PG and runs for 2 hours. This is a free event sponsored by the Elizabeth Walter Estate and the Friends of the Osterhout Free Library.

  • Friday Movie Matinee: It Happened One Night

    Join us for a free showing of It Happened One Night. This film is not rated and runs for 1 hour and 45 minutes. This is a free event sponsored by the Elizabeth Walter Estate and the Friends of the Osterhout Free Library.

  • Horror Club: Heart Eyes

    Join Horror Club on Monday, February 23rd at 5:00 p.m. for a showing of the film Alligator! From IMBd: "When two coworkers have to survive the Heart Eyes Killer on Valentine's Day, the two have to find out who it is." This film is rated R and runs for 1 hour 37 minutes. Adults only. Viewer […]

  • Friday Movie Matinee: Just Mercy

    Join us for a free showing of Just Mercy. This film is rated PG-13 and runs for 2 hours and 16 minutes. This is a free event sponsored by the Elizabeth Walter Estate and the Friends of the Osterhout Free Library.

  • Friday Movie Matinee: Tender Mercies

    Join us for a free showing of Tender Mercies. A broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife, reaches out to his long-lost daughter, and tries to put his troubled life back together. (IMBd) This film is rated PG and runs for 1 hour and 32 minutes. This is a free event sponsored by the […]

  • Friday Movie Matinee: The Miracle Worker

    Join us for a free showing of The Miracle Worker. The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind, deaf and mute child Helen Keller how to understand and communicate. (IMBd) This film was approved and runs for 1 hour and 46 minutes. This is a free event sponsored by the Elizabeth Walter Estate […]

  • Friday Movie Matinee: Cabrini

    Join us for a free showing of Cabrini. After witnessing disease and poverty in the slums of New York, Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini embarks on a daring journey to persuade the hostile mayor to provide housing and healthcare for hundreds of orphaned children. (IMBd) This film is rated PG-13 and runs for 2 hour and […]

  • Friday Movie Matinee: Fiddler on the Roof

    Join us for a free showing of Fiddler on the Roof. In 1905 Russia, a traditionalist Jewish peasant contends with three of his daughters marrying men with modern romantic ideals, all while anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village. (IMBd) This film is rated G and runs for 3 hours. This is a free event sponsored by […]

  • Horror Club: Oddity

    Join the Horror Club on Monday, March 30th at 5:00 p.m. for a showing of the film Oddity! From IMBd:"A psychic medium attempts to uncover the truth behind her sister's murder at the site of the crime." This film is rated R and runs for 1 hour 38 minutes. Adults only. Viewer discretion advised. Do […]

  • Friday Movie Matinee: Spartacus

    Join us for a free showing of Spartacus. The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising. (IMBd) This film is rated PG-13 and runs for 3 hours. This is a free event […]

  • Friday Movie Matinee: L.A. Confidential

    Join us for a free showing of L.A. Confidential. As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice. (IMBd) This film is rated R and runs for 2 hours 18 minutes. This is a free event […]

  • Horror Club: Cocaine Bear

    Join Horror Club on Monday, April 20th at 5:00 p.m. for a showing of the film Cocaine Bear! From IMBd: "An oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge on a Georgia forest where a huge black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine." This film is rated R and runs for […]

  • Friday Movie Matinee: The Devil Wears Prada

    Join us for a free showing of The Devil Wears Prada. With an aspiration to become a journalist, Andy, a smart but sensible young graduate, travels to New York. She starts working as an assistant to one of the city's biggest high fashion magazine editors, the cynical Miranda Priestly. (IMBd) This film is rated PG-13 and […]