Sunday, April 25, 2010
Movie screening
The film “In the Name of Their Mothers: The Story of Irena Sendler” will be screened at 1:30 p.m. today in McKay Auditorium in the Beeghley Education Building at Youngstown State University.
The screening is sponsored by the Polish Arts Club, the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation and the YSU Center for Judaic and Holocaust Studies.
The film tells the story of Irena Sendler and a group of young Polish women who risked their lives to save thousands of Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto during World War II.
This screening will be the first in the United States since its premiere in Warsaw in February.
Mary Skinner, the director of the film, will be in Youngstown for the screening. She is the daughter of a World War II Warsaw war orphan.
For information about the film, call Aundrea Cika at (330) 646-4082.
‘The Music Man’ in Hubbard
The Hubbard High School Drama Club will present “The Music Man” at 2 p.m. today at the high school auditorium. Admission is $5.