Join the Village, Wilmette Public Library and GoGreen Wilmette in this inspiring and informative short film festival exploring the effects of climate change on our planet, in celebration of Earth Day. Four-time Academy Award nominee and sustainability advocate Edward Norton joins influential author and climate leader Bill McKibben in 2026 as Honorary Judge. A 'mini' festival of 10-12 short films in under two hours, selected internationally, explores the 'interior' responses to global warming---visceral, personal, artistic, and emotional. Drama, documentary, animation and humor bring solace, inspiration, and a call for community action. "THESE FILMS HIT US VISCERALLY, POWERFULLY." -- Bill McKibben, from the Introduction. will lead a post screening talk back.

An anxious law school dropout (Matthew Shear) stumbles into a job babysitting his psychiatrist's three granddaughters and falls for the girls' mother (Amanda Peet), an actress in a rocky marriage. A smart, New York-set romantic comedy co-starring Alessandro Nivola, Judd Hirsch, Bob Balaban, Andrea Martin, Zosia Mamet, and Holland Taylor. Winner of the SXSW Narrative Feature Audience Award.

Stand-up with a wrinkle

In German with English subtitles. During a weekend trip to the countryside, Laura, a young piano student from Berlin, miraculously survives a shocking car crash. Awakening in a nearby house, Laura finds herself in the care of a local woman, who tends to her with motherly devotion . As she recuperates, Laura begins to integrate herself into the lives of the woman and her initially reluctant husband and son. By turns haunted and hopeful, Laura and her adopted family reawaken to the world and come to find a strange harmony together. However, they cannot outrun the ghosts of the past, which begin to stir, as acclaimed director Christian Petzold (PHOENIX, TRANSIT) spins a modern gothic fairytale about the lies we tell ourselves and the strange ways that grief, connection, and humanity bind and sustain us.

An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero. Directed by Richard Donner, starring Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder and others Original release date December 15, 1978

Librarians unite to combat book banning, defending intellectual freedom on democracy's frontlines amid unprecedented censorship in Texas, Florida, and beyond. Tuesday, April 28 2026 at 7:00 pm Screening at Wilmette Theater Reception following at Patrician Gallery, 1135 Central Ave, Wilmette Following the screening, continue the evening at Patrician Gallery for conversation and light bites. The Librarians explores the fight against book banning and the defense of intellectual freedom—echoing the ideas at the center of Patrician Gallery's current exhibition, Illuminating Silence by Amanda Love. The exhibit, Illuminating Silence, runs from April 9 to June 12 , 2026.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is an animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros., and follows The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which was released in 2023 and earned more than $1.3 billion worldwide. Both the 2023 film and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie are produced by Chris Meledandri of Illumination and Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo. The film will be co-financed by Universal Pictures and Nintendo and will be released worldwide by Universal Pictures. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is directed by returning filmmakers Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, from a screenplay by returning screenwriter Matthew Fogel, with Brian Tyler returning to compose the score.

Live Music Wednesday Nights. The bands change every week, but the fun doesn't! Your ticket to enter also doubles as a voucher for ONE drink of your choice! Tickets are nonrefundable and nontransferable.

A documentary that challenges how people understand addiction, its impact, and the path to recovery. Two different stories set on opposite coasts share more in common than meets the eye. The shared arc of their lives reveals the devastation that substance use disorder leaves in its wake, the power of a little grace, and how love can light the path to redemption. Q&A to follow the screening with Director Jeff Shulman and others.